Foundry releases Katana 9.0
Heavyweight lighting and look development tool gets a new 'UsdSuperLayer' and a preview of Hydra 2.0 rendering.
Wednesday, February 18th, 2026
USD layer
Adobe releases Substance 3D Designer 15.0
Big update to the material-authoring software adds new 3D renderer and the option to import entire USD scenes to edit materials in context.
Wednesday, July 16th, 2025
Foundry releases Katana 8.0
Check out the new features in the lighting and look development software, including support for USD export and USD roundtripping.
Tuesday, December 10th, 2024
Download SideFX's free Project Greylight toolkit for Houdini
Free tools help artists and studios set up collaborative USD-based workflows without the need for a custom production pipeline.
Thursday, November 21st, 2024
Adobe releases Substance 3D Painter 8.3
Major update adds USD support to the 3D texture painting software, and revamps baking workflow.
Thursday, January 12th, 2023
Maxon releases Cinema 4D 2023.1
3D design and animation software gets new smoke and fire simulation system and native Redshift camera.
Thursday, November 10th, 2022
Nvidia releases Omniverse Create 2022.3 in beta
Major update to Omniverse's scene layout app adds new physics features and support for MaterialX.
Wednesday, November 9th, 2022
10 key features for CG artists from Unreal Engine 4.25
See the best new tools in the game engine and real-time renderer - from new ray traced materials to LIDAR support.
Wednesday, May 6th, 2020
SideFX unveils Solaris
Check out the powerful look dev, lighting and shot layout system due in Houdini 18 later this year, and the accompanying Karma renderer.
Thursday, August 1st, 2019