Otoy reveals its roadmap for OctaneRender 2018 and 2019
Next-but-one releases to add light linking, trace sets, new RNDR framework with support for iOS and integrated graphics.
Tuesday, March 20th, 2018
renderer
Sneak peek: see Arnold's new toon shader in action
New video also shows other features due in the renderer, like support for USD and MaterialX.
Thursday, March 8th, 2018
Render Legion scraps Corona Renderer for SketchUp
Chaos Group 'did a far better job' with V-Ray for SketchUp, admits firm of its now-defunct alpha builds.
Monday, February 5th, 2018
Luxion ships KeyShot 7.2
Renderer gets improved support for HiDPI displays and option to export metadata in XMP format, plus integration with Deadline.
Thursday, January 25th, 2018
Appleseed renderer gets new native Maya plugin
Version 1.8 of the open-source physically based renderer also adds procedural objects, render-time instancing.
Tuesday, December 5th, 2017
innoBright ships Altus 1.9
Standalone render denoising tool gets streamlined full-screen GUI. CUDA version dropped in favour of 'faster, more reliable' OpenCL.
Friday, November 3rd, 2017
Render Legion ships Corona Renderer 1.7 for 3ds Max
Now shipping: renderer gets new dedicated camera, skin and hair shaders, 300 readymade materials.
Wednesday, October 25th, 2017
Nvidia releases Mental Ray for Maya 1.2
First version of the renderer compatible with Maya 2018, and with Nvidia's upcoming Volta GPUs.
Wednesday, September 27th, 2017
cebas releases finalRender R4 for 3ds Max
Long-awaited physically accurate hybrid CPU/GPU renderer ships after six years in development.
Wednesday, September 20th, 2017
AAA Studio cuts price of FurryBall RT again
New licences of the GPU renderer for 3ds Max, Maya and C4D now cost €259. Version 1.5 now out.
Tuesday, September 19th, 2017
Chaos Group releases V-Ray 3.6 for Maya
Big update adds hybrid CPU/GPU rendering; V-Ray materials and lights work directly in Viewport 2.0.
Thursday, September 14th, 2017
Luxion releases free KeyShot 7 content pack
Free installer adds 10 6K Aversis HDRIs and 150 3K Poliigon texture maps to the renderer's asset library.
Thursday, September 14th, 2017
Otoy releases free Nuke, After Effects plugins for OctaneVR
Subscription-only edition of the Octane renderer adds free support for the leading compositing tools.
Tuesday, September 5th, 2017