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RenderMan

Check out the latest workflow improvements in Quixel's free tool for exporting Megascans assets to DCC apps and game engines.

Wednesday, November 25th, 2020

Update to the production renderer adds new motion blur algorithm for volumes, and improves support for Houdini's Solaris layout toolset.

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020

Big update to the lighting and look dev tool to add new 'artist-focused' lighting workflows, support for multiple simultaneous test renders.

Monday, August 10th, 2020

Nifty work from Tangent Animation makes Cycles a Hydra delegate in Houdini's Solaris look dev toolset.

Thursday, July 2nd, 2020

See how AMD's flagship 64-core workstation CPU performs in Jason Lewis's real-world CG benchmarks.

Thursday, May 28th, 2020

3D animation and rendering app gets new GI system, improved SSS and hair shading, and support for Disney's Partio particles library.

Friday, April 24th, 2020

Maya crowd simulation tool gets new USD procedural plugin, plus morphology variation for crowd characters, skinned animated fur.

Friday, April 3rd, 2020

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Wednesday, March 18th, 2020

Major update to Houdini adds new look dev and layout system Solaris, USD-native renderer Karma, new modelling and simulation tools.

Wednesday, November 27th, 2019

Update extends the 3D texturing app's procedural materials system, adds V-Ray and 3Delight shaders, and streamlines the node graph.

Wednesday, November 6th, 2019

Get the hair and fur plugin and its Arnold, RenderMan and V-Ray shaders from Epic Games for free.

Thursday, October 24th, 2019

Sizeable update to the Maya fur and feathers plugin adds support for Alembic and OpenColorIO, plus new volumetric hair guide model.

Wednesday, August 21st, 2019

Update to the renderer adds initial support for OSL and OpenVDB in Arnold GPU, plus new Clip Geo shader for rendering cutaways.

Wednesday, July 31st, 2019