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Suite of effects plugins gets new tool for importing, texturing and rendering 3D objects in After Effects, for motion graphics or VFX work.

Thursday, April 11th, 2024

Updated: neat plugin formerly known as MetaShoot creates portfolio renders and visualizations in a few clicks. See what's new in Atlux λ 1.1.

Thursday, March 14th, 2024

Now shipping: update to real-time rendering toolkit extends OpenUSD support, adds support for rendering EXR sequences.

Monday, August 7th, 2023

Check out the new features in the physically based GPU renderer. You can use it for free in a web browser.

Friday, March 17th, 2023

First ever paid update to the digital sculpting software adds new 'Slime Bridge', revamps ZRemesher, and integrates the Redshift renderer.

Thursday, January 12th, 2023

See new features from the beta build of the digital sculpting app shown at ZBrush Summit 2022, and Redshift running inside ZBrush.

Thursday, November 17th, 2022

Free GPU renderer gets new bevel shader, better interactive rendering. New Maya and Houdini versions also available.

Tuesday, November 8th, 2022

Real-time rendering toolkit gets physically accurate DoF, lens flares and motion blur. GPU ray tracing now supported on AMD hardware.

Wednesday, May 4th, 2022

Big update to the Omniverse scene layout app adds soft-body physics, new character animation toolset.

Saturday, March 26th, 2022

Option to use renderers like Cycles, OctaneRender and V-Ray inside Omniverse apps due soon.

Saturday, March 26th, 2022

GPU renderers for visualisation and portfolio work get versatile object scattering and instancing system.

Tuesday, December 21st, 2021

Blender 3.0 ships

Updated: see our pick of the five key changes in this milestone release of the open-source 3D app, from Cycles X to the Pose Library.

Friday, December 3rd, 2021

First major update to the figure posing and animation software in five years adds RTX-accelerated ray tracing, CPU render denoising.

Monday, February 1st, 2021