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Pixar releases RenderMan 26.3

Check out the new features in the production renderer, including tiled denoising, and support for the new versions of Maya and Houdini.

Thursday, December 19th, 2024

Foundry releases Nuke 16.0 in beta

Next major update to Nuke introduces native multishot compositing, and improves roto performance and BlinkScript editing.

Thursday, December 12th, 2024

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

Foundry releases Mari 7.1

Now available: 3D texture painting software gets new 2D painting mode for editing source images or creating custom decals.

Monday, December 9th, 2024

Adobe releases Substance 3D Painter 10.1

Check out the changes to the 3D texture painting app, including the Embroidery decal material, eight new filters, and better USD support.

Wednesday, September 18th, 2024

Foundry releases Flix 7.1

Heavyweight story development tool with integrations to Photoshop and Maya can now also be used in a standard web browser.

Friday, September 6th, 2024

5 key features in Blender 4.1

Read our pick of the new features in the open-source 3D app, from better baking to improvements to Cycles and the Sequencer.

Tuesday, March 26th, 2024

Ynput releases Ayon 1.0

Open-source pipeline for VFX and animation work is now production-ready - and available in the cloud as well as to install locally for free.

Thursday, January 18th, 2024

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