E-Cycles speeds up Blender GPU rendering
New optimised version of Cycles renders up to 2.4x faster than standard Blender on CUDA GPUs.
Monday, January 7th, 2019
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Reallusion ships iClone 7.4 and launches iClone Open
New open Python API will let developers create custom tools for the real-time animation software.
Sunday, January 6th, 2019
Realsoft ships Realsoft 3D 8
One of the oldest 3D applications gets updated for current Hi-DPI displays and multicore CPUs, and gains a photon mapping system.
Friday, December 28th, 2018
CL3VER unveils CL3VER Cloud
New real-time visualisation platform based on Nvidia's RTX tech renders V-Ray scenes and streams the result to standard web browsers.
Thursday, December 20th, 2018
Uppercut launches U-Render in early access
Hotly tipped real-time Cinema 4D PBR render engine gets first paid release. Version 1.0 due next year.
Monday, December 17th, 2018
cebas ships finalRender Drop 2
Update to 3ds Max renderer improves path tracing speed, adds new 'biasHybrid' render mode, HDRI denoising, random walk SSS.
Thursday, December 6th, 2018
Abvent releases Twinmotion 2019 v2
Update to real-time visualisation tool integrates BIMobject's online library of free 3D furniture models.
Wednesday, December 5th, 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
Abvent ships Artlantis 2019
Architectural rendering software gets new site insertion tool and exposure slider. Old Render and Studio editions unified into one.
Tuesday, November 27th, 2018
Discover how to create AAA game art for virtual reality
Discover how First Contact Entertainment created VR shooter Firewall Zero Hour at Gnomon's free talk next week.
Monday, November 26th, 2018
Render Legion ships Corona Renderer 3 for 3ds Max
Renderer gets support for GPU-based render denoising, better displacement, reduced RAM use.
Friday, November 23rd, 2018
Videos: see Siggraph Asia 2018's best technical papers
Watch the best tech demos from the show - from advances in VR to new ways to melt your CG dragon.
Tuesday, November 20th, 2018
Planetside Software releases Terragen 4.3
Landscape-generation software gets new cloud animation controls and new deferred shading mode.
Monday, November 19th, 2018