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Read our pick of the 5 key changes to the open-source 3D software, from faster renders in Cycles to new procedural modelling nodes.

Wednesday, March 9th, 2022

Lighting and look dev software gets new Nuke Bridge for live linking to Nuke comps, updates to the Hydra Viewer and Foresight+ rendering.

Tuesday, December 14th, 2021

See our pick of UE4's new features, from more in-camera visual effects tools to multi-GPU lightmap baking.

Monday, August 23rd, 2021

Long-awaited update includes new hybrid CPU/GPU rendering mode. See all the new features here.

Wednesday, June 30th, 2021

Big update to the look dev and rendering tool adds USD exporter, Arnold-compatible material and intuitive new lighting workflows.

Wednesday, May 5th, 2021

Sizeable update to the 3D software adds 'full USD integration', new VR modelling app, and new character rigging and animation features.

Wednesday, March 24th, 2021

Big update to the compositing apps adds new Hydra viewport, ground-breaking machine learning toolset.

Wednesday, March 17th, 2021

VFX production renderer gets new V-Ray-style light mixer, improved GPU rendering and USD support, and support for OpenColorIO 2.0.

Saturday, January 30th, 2021

Big update to the terrain generator introduces new UI, history system, raises build speed by up to 60%.

Thursday, January 28th, 2021

Read our pick of the new features, from water and volumetric clouds to Booleans and GPU lightmapping.

Friday, December 4th, 2020

Image viewer and shot playback tool for VFX and animation gets support for Python 3, new long-term Available Previous Versions.

Thursday, November 5th, 2020

Update to the production renderer adds new motion blur algorithm for volumes, and improves support for Houdini's Solaris layout toolset.

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020

Image viewer and playback tool provided with Shotgun gets new prorgressive loading system to speed up work on long playlists.

Saturday, July 18th, 2020