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Read our pick of the 5 key changes to the open-source 3D app, from the new 3D painting tools to Light Groups and fast shadow caustics.

Wednesday, June 8th, 2022

Android tech demo shows what can be achieved in mobile games using the open-source engine.

Tuesday, May 17th, 2022

Major update to the GPU renderer adds support for CPU and hybrid rendering. Support for AMD GPUs on Windows and Linux to come.

Wednesday, April 20th, 2022

Real-time visualisation tool gets new GPU path tracer, HDRI skydomes, support for point clouds.

Thursday, January 13th, 2022

New Alembic procedural speeds up viewport rendering of animation caches by up to 12x in Blender 3.0.

Monday, December 13th, 2021

Cinema 4D renderer gets new texture randomisation options, light instancing, native support for Apple M1 processors.

Wednesday, December 8th, 2021

Check out next year's roadmap for the GPU renderer, and the new features in OctaneRender 2022.1 XB0, the first public preview build.

Tuesday, November 30th, 2021

Major update to the renderer adds Open Image Denoise and real-time colour correction, and extends Arnold GPU and USD workflows.

Tuesday, October 19th, 2021

Physically based 'really real-time' renderer gets new Sheen effect to mimic the look of real-world fabrics.

Thursday, September 16th, 2021

Updated: 3ds Max and Cinema 4D editions of the renderer both ship. Check out their new features here.

Wednesday, August 4th, 2021

Long-awaited update includes new hybrid CPU/GPU rendering mode. See all the new features here.

Wednesday, June 30th, 2021

Big update to the look dev and rendering tool adds USD exporter, Arnold-compatible material and intuitive new lighting workflows.

Wednesday, May 5th, 2021

Real-time rendering toolkit gets new GPU-accelerated ray tracing system, new 3D painting toolset.

Monday, April 5th, 2021