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timeline

It's a huge update, so get up to speed faster with our run-down of the key features for CG artists.

Thursday, May 3rd, 2018

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

Powerful GPU-based renderer now available for viewport and offline renders in Unity. Free on one GPU.

Monday, December 18th, 2017

Update to real-time character animation tool overhauls the DoF system and animation timeline; adds paid-for Curve Editor plugin.

Wednesday, December 6th, 2017

To mark the news that Nvidia is to discontinue the renderer, we look back over the highs and lows of nearly 30 years of Mental Ray.

Monday, November 20th, 2017

Update to game engine adds new cinematics tools, improved sprite editing, particles and animation.

Wednesday, July 12th, 2017

Watch 30 minutes of footage of the Timeline editor, Cinemachine 2.0 procedural camera system, and 16K video recorder.

Wednesday, June 28th, 2017

Promising new rotoscoping tool gets support for GUI scaling, improvements to the built-in image viewer and shape export to Nuke.

Thursday, May 25th, 2017

Pose characters by drawing limb positions and lines of action directly onto the viewport with Moka Studio's intriguing new tool.

Friday, May 5th, 2017

Features to include new cinematics toolsets, a scriptable rendering pipeline, and a new C# job system.

Thursday, March 2nd, 2017

See all the new features due in Unity 5.6 and beyond - including a free integration of OctaneRender.

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016

Open-source digital paint package gets cool new 2D animation toolset, with export to commercial apps.

Tuesday, May 31st, 2016

Now shipping: Update adds multi-GPU support, better roto paint, new Smart Vector toolset in NukeX.

Thursday, April 28th, 2016