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Maxon releases Redshift 2026.0

Check out the changes in this sizeable update to the production renderer, including the new Redshift Sun & Sky and Clouds objects.

Thursday, September 11th, 2025

Chaos releases Vantage 3.0 in beta

Major update to the real-time ray tracing renderer adds initial support for USD, MaterialX, 3D Gaussian Splatting, and volumes.

Friday, September 5th, 2025

Adobe releases Substance 3D Sampler 5.1

Check out the changes to the 3D scanning app, including new Auto Tiling and Fold Removal filters, and the option to flatten material layers.

Saturday, August 9th, 2025

Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2026.2

Check out the changes to the 3D modeling and animation software, including the option to send objects from a Max scene to a USD stage.

Wednesday, August 6th, 2025

Sneak peek: Houdini 21

Read our list of 300+ new features due in the next version of Houdini - from Neural Point Surface for liquids to the Otis organic tissue solver.

Tuesday, August 5th, 2025

Autodesk releases Arnold 7.4.3

Check out the new features in the renderer, including an Inference imager for applying machine learning models to stylize output.

Saturday, July 26th, 2025