Substance 3D Designer to get new Hydra viewport
Change will let artists use apps like RenderMan or OctaneRender as viewport renderers inside Designer. Native MaterialX support also due.
Tuesday, September 12th, 2023
Universal Scene Description
Autodesk ships Arnold 7.2.3
Check out the new features in the production renderer, including faster GPU rendering, and Apple Silicon support for Houdini users.
Thursday, August 10th, 2023
Marmoset ships Toolbag 4.06
Now shipping: update to real-time rendering toolkit extends OpenUSD support, adds support for rendering EXR sequences.
Monday, August 7th, 2023
Nvidia releases 2023.1 updates to Omniverse apps
Check out the new features in USD Composer 2023.1, USD Presenter 2023.1 and Audio2Face 2023.1.
Monday, August 7th, 2023
QuiltiX: a new open-source MaterialX material editor
Free node-based tool lets users author MaterialX materials for use in renderers like Arnold and Karma.
Thursday, August 3rd, 2023
Blackmagic Design releases Fusion Studio 18.5
Big update to the compositing app adds initial USD support, new Multi-merge tool for layer-based work.
Monday, July 24th, 2023
Blackmagic Design releases DaVinci Resolve 18.5
Big update to the grading, editing and VFX software adds USD support, AI-based relighting tools.
Monday, July 24th, 2023
J Cube releases Multiverse | USD 8.2 for Maya
New features in the USD-native layout and look dev app include shader network transfer to Katana.
Monday, July 24th, 2023
Wonder Studio is available
Updated: hotly tipped AI tool for automatically replacing live actors with 3D characters can now export scenes in USD format.
Tuesday, July 11th, 2023
Autograph 2023.6 is available
USD-based motion design and VFX software gets new tools to apply textures to deforming surfaces, for digital makeup and logo work.
Tuesday, July 4th, 2023
Adobe releases Substance 3D Stager 2.1
Scene layout and rendering tool's new AI-based GPU denoiser cuts rendering times by 'up to 99%'.
Friday, June 23rd, 2023
Adobe releases Substance 3D Painter 9.0
3D texture painting software gets neat 3D path system for painting along editable Bezier guide curves.
Wednesday, June 21st, 2023
Autodesk ships Arnold 7.2.2
Update makes CPU renders on Intel, AMD and Apple CPUs perceptually identical, and edits to large scenes 'nearly instantaneous'.
Thursday, June 8th, 2023