December 12, 2019
Varied update adds support for simulations in cached playback; new retopology and rigging tools. Read More »
November 22, 2018
Long-awaited major update to the GPU renderer adds the Brigade path tracing engine, AI denoising, light linking, new ubermaterial. Read More »
September 3, 2018
Now available: Update adds node based material system, volume modelling, MoGraph fields, and multi-pass rendering on the GPU. Read More »
August 14, 2018
Next update to GPU renderer to add new procedural 'uberprimitive' and volumetric lighting system. Read More »
November 8, 2017
Videos: See the new Principled BRDF shader and procedural modelling tools in action. Lots of UV workflow improvements, too. Read More »
September 13, 2017
Now officially released. New denoise system and PBR shader in Cycles, plus some great add-ons. Read More »
June 1, 2017
Update improves GPU rendering, adds support for Arnold's alShader, OSL, scenes created in other versions of V-Ray. Read More »
April 21, 2017
Release improves speed and quality, adds new physically based shaders. Updated: new Houdini plugin HtoA 2.0 now available. Read More »
March 30, 2017
Sizeable update to renderer adds interactive lights, better interactive look dev, resumable rendering. Read More »
March 24, 2017
Check out the feature set for the new, not-quite-PBR real-time render engine due in Blender 2.8 this year. Read More »
February 22, 2017
Updated: 'Largest ever' Houdini update adds autorigging, more simulation tools, terrain system. Now shipping. Read More »
October 9, 2016
Download the free V-Ray version of the VFX industry-standard shader. Works with both Max and Maya. Read More »
August 17, 2016
New features in Houdini 16 likely to include guided fluid sims, new muscle system, 'ground-up rewrite' of the node networks. Read More »
July 19, 2016
Updated: Onelvxe Studios' add-on mimics RenderMan's 'ubershader' in Blender. Now a paid-for product as well as a free beta. Read More »
July 23, 2013
Free DirectX 11-based viewer lets games artists review assets in a range of standard 3D file formats. Read More »
March 26, 2013
Watch videos of the new modelling, scene assembly and Paint Effects options and the DirectX 11 viewport. Read More »
