Luxion ships KeyShot 3
Easy-to-use photorealistic renderer adds intriguing new no-keyframe system for technical animation.
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
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Refractive Software unveils OctaneRender for 3ds Max
New plugin to enable artists to use the physically accurate GPU-based renderer directly inside 3ds Max.
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
MachStudio Pro developer StudioGPU shuts up shop
Developer of GPU-accelerated renderer takes website offline - but app can still be downloaded for free.
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
Abvent ships Artlantis 4
Standalone architectural renderer gains new radiosity engine plus iVisit 3D panorama-creation tools.
Monday, October 17th, 2011
Thea Render 1.1 ships
Promising hybrid renderer now integrated with Motiva Colimo to generate near-infinite variants of an image in real time.
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
$10,000 contest launches free version of Lumion
Create a movie in the new non-commercial edition of Act-3D's real-time renderer and win cash prizes.
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
Sneak peek: see Krakatoa MX 2.0 in action
Check out a brace of videos showing off the new hair support in Thinkbox's 3ds Max render engine.
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
Siggraph 2011: Imagination shows off Brazil 3.0 beta
Render engine returns from a string of buyouts rebuilt and repositioned as an SDK for interactive raytracing.
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
Siggraph 2011: Thinkbox to unveil Krakatoa 2.0 MX
3ds Max renderer to support hair, improved Magma and fractals, and gain new standalone sibling app.
Monday, August 1st, 2011
AAA Studio releases FurryBall 2.1 for Maya
Production-proven GPU-accelerated renderer gains support for real-time DoF, Bokeh effects, motion blur.
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
Evermotion releases new unbiased renderer
Free open beta of NOX available even for commercial jobs. Includes plug-ins for 3ds Max and Blender.
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
e-on launches LumenRT
Vue developer begins shipping new $295 real-time visualisation tool for SketchUp and SketchUp Pro.
Friday, May 27th, 2011
MachStudio Pro 2 made available as free download
StudioGPU releases $3,999 GPU-accelerated renderer for free; aims to make money from support and training.
Monday, May 23rd, 2011