Foundry unveils new ICVFX and virtual production tool Nuke Stage
New purpose-built app is designed for playing back environments onto LED walls. Read our FAQs on its workflow and requirements.
Friday, April 11th, 2025
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Adobe releases Substance 3D Stager 3.1 in beta
Scene layout and rendering app gets new generative AI features, including a new text-to-3D system for creating background models.
Saturday, December 14th, 2024
Adobe releases Substance 3D Stager 3.0.2
Shot layout and rendering app gets Firefly AI-based Generative Background system and improved real-time rendering.
Friday, May 24th, 2024
Adobe adds Firefly generative AI features to Substance 3D tools
Substance 3D Sampler and Substance 3D Stager get new AI-powered Text to Texture and Generative Background features.
Monday, March 18th, 2024
Sneak peek: Chaos's new AI technologies
Check out the tech in development at Chaos Next, the firm's new 'AI lab', ranging from PBR material generation to 3D set extension.
Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
Adobe unveils new Substance 3D Connector
Open-source plugin architecture will let you send assets from the Substance 3D applications direct to Blender, 3ds Max and Maya.
Tuesday, September 12th, 2023
Dimension 5 Techs releases D5 Render 2.5
Sizeable update to the GPU ray tracing renderer adds real-time caustics, and cutaway rendering.
Thursday, August 17th, 2023
Marmoset ships Toolbag 4.06
Now shipping: update to real-time rendering toolkit extends OpenUSD support, adds support for rendering EXR sequences.
Monday, August 7th, 2023
J Cube releases Multiverse | USD 8.2 for Maya
New features in the USD-native layout and look dev app include shader network transfer to Katana.
Monday, July 24th, 2023
Adobe releases Substance 3D Stager 2.1
Scene layout and rendering tool's new AI-based GPU denoiser cuts rendering times by 'up to 99%'.
Friday, June 23rd, 2023
Adobe releases Substance 3D Stager 2.0
Scene layout and rendering app gets presets for turntable renders, USD export and CAD file import.
Thursday, February 2nd, 2023
Marmoset releases Toolbag 4.05
Real-time rendering and look dev app gets new texture painting features, light baking, USD support.
Tuesday, January 24th, 2023
Foundry ships Katana 6.0
Lighting and look dev software gets Material Soloing and performance profiling features to help troubleshoot complex VFX scenes.
Friday, December 16th, 2022