Otoy releases OctaneRender 2023.1
Check out the new features in the GPU production renderer, and the current state of the Octane 2023 product roadmap.
Thursday, October 26th, 2023
spectral rendering
cebas releases finalRender Drop 6 for 3ds Max
GPU-accelerated spectral renderer gets new dedicated smoke and fire material, plus temporal denoising.
Monday, September 19th, 2022
Check out cutting-edge renderer Mitsuba 3
As well as standard forward rendering, the research-oriented tool can generate 3D objects matching 2D images.
Tuesday, July 26th, 2022
cebas ships thinkingParticles 7 for 3ds Max
Powerful multiphysics plugin gets new MPM solvers to simulate granular fluids like sand and snow.
Thursday, September 16th, 2021
cebas releases thinkingParticles 6.10
GPU-accelerated spectral renderer finalRender now bundled with the 3ds Max particle plugin for free.
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021
Get finalRender for free
New free edition of the 3ds Max production renderer lacks hybrid CPU/GPU and network rendering, but can be used commercially.
Wednesday, March 25th, 2020
RandomControl launches Maverick Indie
New half-price edition of spectral GPU renderer Maverick Studio is aimed at DCC work, not CAD users.
Friday, September 6th, 2019
RandomControl launches Maverick Studio
Updated: new visualisation tool from the creators of the Arion renderer gets perpetual licences.
Tuesday, June 18th, 2019
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
Otoy previews OctaneRender 2018.1's Vectron and Spectron
Next update to GPU renderer to add new procedural 'uberprimitive' and volumetric lighting system.
Tuesday, August 14th, 2018
Appleseed renderer gets new native Maya plugin
Version 1.8 of the open-source physically based renderer also adds procedural objects, render-time instancing.
Tuesday, December 5th, 2017
cebas releases finalRender R4 for 3ds Max
Long-awaited physically accurate hybrid CPU/GPU renderer ships after six years in development.
Wednesday, September 20th, 2017