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StudioGPU releases $3,999 GPU-accelerated renderer for free; aims to make money from support and training.

Monday, May 23rd, 2011

Point cloud renderer for Softimage gains GI, AO, DoF, motion blur. Check out the new 'Cloudalypse' demo above.

Monday, April 4th, 2011

Speed and simplicity are main goals of new release for the open source RenderMan-compliant renderer.

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

GPU-accelerated engine rolled out in new Advantage Pack. GPU boosts speed five times, claims developer.

Friday, October 1st, 2010

Updated for Beta 2: 3D texture painting software gets new Tri-Planar Tiled and Hex Tile nodes, plus support for A/B comparisons.

Thursday, September 24th, 2026

Updated for Alpha 3: next major version of the GPU renderer can now bake SDFs to meshes, to use as proxy geometry in simulations.

Thursday, September 24th, 2026

Watch the studio's breakdown of a blazing building, with simulated fire, smoke and particles, from the finale of the Disney+ 'wrong-com'.

Thursday, September 24th, 2026

Adobe buys pioneering developer of AI image enhancement and upscaling tools. Read our FAQs on what the deal means for CG artists.

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2026

Check out the studio's VFX breakdown for the spectacular elemental duels from Season 2 of the fantasy action-adventure series.

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2026

Check out the week's other updates to CG tools, like animation library builder Animcraft, game engine Unigine, and OctaneRender.

Sunday, September 20th, 2026