Appleseed team releases appleseed 1.9
Open-source renderer adds image denoising, random walk SSS, neat camera shutter curve and light path recording systems.
Monday, May 14th, 2018
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Unity Technologies reveals Unity 2018 product roadmap
See the new graphics features due in Unity 2018.1 to 2018.3, from new materials and animation options to the GPU lightmapper.
Friday, March 23rd, 2018
Videos: See Microsoft's new DirectX Raytracing in action
Updated: neat Star Wars short shows the real-time effects possible in UE4 with this new extension to DX12.
Wednesday, March 21st, 2018
Sneak peek: see Arnold's new toon shader in action
New video also shows other features due in the renderer, like support for USD and MaterialX.
Thursday, March 8th, 2018
Corona Renderer for Cinema 4D moves into free beta
Beta 1 release adds support for interactive rendering, the Corona Image Editor, and material layering.
Monday, February 5th, 2018
SideFX releases Houdini 16.5
Video: see Houdini's upcoming retopology and facial autorigging tools, and a lot of neat new fluid, crowd and hair simulation features.
Tuesday, November 7th, 2017
Render Legion ships Corona Renderer 1.7 for 3ds Max
Now shipping: renderer gets new dedicated camera, skin and hair shaders, 300 readymade materials.
Wednesday, October 25th, 2017
Pixar ships RenderMan 21.5
Renderer gets innovative new physically based model for subsurface scattering, better hair rendering and render denoising.
Tuesday, August 1st, 2017
AMD updates Radeon ProRender for 3ds Max, Maya
Free GPU-based renderer now supports interactive viewport rendering and V-Ray materials.
Thursday, June 29th, 2017
Side Effects Software releases Houdini 16
Updated: 'Largest ever' Houdini update adds autorigging, more simulation tools, terrain system. Now shipping.
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017
Insydium ships Cycles 4D
Promising new plugin implements Blender's powerful GPU-based renderer and node-based materials inside Cinema 4D.
Thursday, November 17th, 2016
Act-3D releases Lumion 7.0
Real-time visualization app adds subsurface scattering, new procedural weathering system. Pro users also get procedural foliage.
Tuesday, November 1st, 2016
Redshift 2.0 ships: new 3ds Max version also available
Hotly tipped biased GPU-based renderer gets new PBR material, support for volumetrics and baking.
Tuesday, July 5th, 2016