Get free AI-based frame interpolation tool Flowframes
NMKD Software's neat tool retimes video - but you can also use it speed up 3D animation workflow.
Saturday, July 16th, 2022
render denoising
Open Image Denoise now runs on GPU as well as CPU
Open-source render denoiser used in Arnold. Blender and V-Ray now supports AMD, Intel & Nvidia GPUs.
Tuesday, May 17th, 2022
Autodesk ships 3ds Max 2023
3D modelling and rendering software gets glTF support, plus updates to the Physical Material, retopology tools and auto-backup.
Wednesday, March 30th, 2022
Autodesk ships Maya 2023
3D modelling and animation app gets new Blue Pencil annotation toolset, plus updates to Boolean modelling, retopology and Bifrost.
Wednesday, March 30th, 2022
LuxCoreRender 2.6 and BlendLuxCore 2.6 ship
Open-source renderer and its Blender plugin get support for OpenColorIO 2. Parsing of mesh lights '3x faster'.
Tuesday, January 4th, 2022
Intel becomes latest Blender Corporate Patron
Open-source 3D app now receives at least €120,000/year from all major CPU and GPU manufacturers.
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021
RandomControl ships Maverick Studio and Indie 2021.6
GPU renderers for visualisation and portfolio work get versatile object scattering and instancing system.
Tuesday, December 21st, 2021
e-on software ships Vue and PlantFactory 2021.2
Digital nature tools get new Omniverse connector, support for Redshift and RenderMan materials.
Friday, December 10th, 2021
Blender 3.0 ships
Updated: see our pick of the five key changes in this milestone release of the open-source 3D app, from Cycles X to the Pose Library.
Friday, December 3rd, 2021
Autodesk ships Arnold 7.0
Major update to the renderer adds Open Image Denoise and real-time colour correction, and extends Arnold GPU and USD workflows.
Tuesday, October 19th, 2021
Chaos Czech releases Corona Renderer 7
Updated: 3ds Max and Cinema 4D editions of the renderer both ship. Check out their new features here.
Wednesday, August 4th, 2021
Intel releases Open Image Denoise 1.4
Check out this major update to the CPU-based render denoising system used in Blender and Unity.
Monday, May 24th, 2021
LuxCoreRender 2.5 and BlendLuxCore 2.5 ship
Wide-ranging update to the open-source renderer and its Blender plugin adds RTX acceleration, new stereo cameras.
Monday, April 12th, 2021