SideFX unveils Solaris
Check out the powerful look dev, lighting and shot layout system due in Houdini 18 later this year, and the accompanying Karma renderer.
Thursday, August 1st, 2019
render engine
Otoy launches new free Prime usage tier for OctaneRender
New free editions of the renderer for Unreal Engine and Blender 2.80 available as early public previews.
Tuesday, July 30th, 2019
First release candidate for Blender 2.80 now available
The almost-final version of the long-awaited major update to Blender is now free to download.
Friday, July 12th, 2019
Godot team ships Godot 3.1
Open-source game engine gets new Boolean modelling system, soft body dynamics, plus revamped 2D and 3D animation toolsets.
Thursday, March 14th, 2019
Eye candy: Insydium's new X-Particles showreel
See beautiful semi-abstract effects created in the Cinema 4D particle tool and rendered in Cycles 4D.
Tuesday, December 18th, 2018
Blender 2.80 is now in beta. See the top 5 features here
Videos: See five things to love about the open-source 3D app, from the new UI to rendering and 2D animation tools.
Friday, November 30th, 2018
Insydium ships Cycles 4D
Promising new plugin implements Blender's powerful GPU-based renderer and node-based materials inside Cinema 4D.
Thursday, November 17th, 2016
Sneak peek: Vue 2016
Updated: Latest preview shows the landscape generation software's new heightfield terrain system.
Sunday, October 9th, 2016
Autodesk ships 3ds Max 2017
Videos: See the new ART renderer, revamped UI, and updates to the UV and modelling tools in action here.
Monday, April 18th, 2016
FrostSoft ships PixelBerg 1.8 for Cinema 4D
Promising real-time PBR render engine now supports C4D's standard renderer for final-quality images.
Friday, January 15th, 2016
Corona Renderer team reveals price, release date
And its 'Fair SaaS' pricing for the much-anticipated 3ds Max renderer sounds a lot like a dig at Adobe.
Wednesday, October 8th, 2014
Otoy releases OctaneRender 2.1
GPU-based renderer gets option to export render passes, new undo system, up to 30% speed boost.
Friday, September 26th, 2014
Corona Renderer dev team post first Cinema 4D build
Free alpha of the promising renderer includes instancing, basic support for native C4D materials and lights.
Monday, September 8th, 2014