Golaem ships Golaem 8.0
Major update to the Maya crowd simulation software lets users interact with Golaem simulations inside Unreal Engine in real time.
Thursday, November 4th, 2021
Redshift
Apple unveils new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors
See how the first Apple Silicon processors targeted at graphics pros perform in apps like Cinema 4D and Redshift.
Friday, October 22nd, 2021
Blender 3.1 to introduce native Metal support in Cycles
New macOS backend unveiled as Apple becomes a Corporate Patron of the Blender Development Fund.
Sunday, October 17th, 2021
Group test: AMD and Nvidia professional GPUs - 2021
See how Nvidia and AMD's current pro GPUs perform in real-world tests, from modeling to rendering.
Thursday, October 14th, 2021
Maxon ends perpetual licences of Red Giant products
New versions of Trapcode Suite, VFX Suite and Magic Bullet Suite available only via subscriptions.
Friday, September 17th, 2021
Maxon releases public beta of Redshift RT
New hybrid rasterisation/ray tracing mode provides a high-quality real-time preview of Redshift scenes.
Tuesday, September 14th, 2021
Redshift goes subscription-only
Perpetual licences of the GPU renderer discontinued in favour of subscription plans. See the prices for individuals and teams here.
Tuesday, August 31st, 2021
Redshift gets new 'Easy' UI
Redshift 3.0.51 update streamlines the GPU renderer's user interface. Blender plugin gets support for OSL shaders and UDIM textures.
Thursday, August 12th, 2021
Maxon, Tangent Animation join Academy Software Foundation
Cinema 4D and LoUPE developers become members of industry body to promote open-source VFX tech.
Monday, August 2nd, 2021
Maxon ships Redshift 3.0.46
GPU renderer for 3ds Max, Blender, C4D, Houdini and Maya gets new OCIO 2-based colour management system, including ACEScg support.
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2021
AMD unveils Radeon Pro W6800 and W6600 GPUs
New RDNA 2 GPUs are AMD's first workstation cards built for modern hardware-accelerated ray tracing.
Wednesday, June 9th, 2021
Multiverse | USD 6.7 ships
Check out the new features in J Cube's USD-native Maya layout, look dev and lighting toolset. Freelancers can use it for free.
Monday, June 7th, 2021
D5 Render 1.9 ships
Dimension 5's rapidly evolving RTX-accelerated GPU renderer for 3ds Max and Blender gets new time-and-latitude based sky system.
Friday, May 28th, 2021