LightWave Digital unveils LightWave 2026
See the new features in the 3D animation and rendering software, from vehicle auto-rigging to new tools for snow and lighting effects.
Monday, May 4th, 2026
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Maxon adds real-time renderer Redshift Live to Redshift 2026.4
New real-time engine replaces Redshift RT, and was developed in parallel with the new Vectorworks edition of the renderer.
Thursday, March 19th, 2026
BiteTheBytes releases World Creator 2026.2
See the latest features in the terrain generation tool for games and VFX, including AgX tonemapping and new Pattern distributions.
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026
Chaos releases V-Ray 7.2 for Maya
Check out the changes to the Maya edition of the renderer, including a new displacement material, and a viewport live link to Vantage.
Saturday, December 13th, 2025
Sneak peek: GPU-accelerated smoke and fire in NeXus
Check out nxExplosiaFX, the new smoke and fire simulation tool in Insydium's GPU-based particle effects add-on for Cinema 4D.
Friday, October 17th, 2025
Maxon releases Redshift 2025.6
Check out the changes in the latest version of the GPU production renderer for 3ds Max, Blender, Cinema 4D, Houdini and Maya.
Thursday, July 17th, 2025
Maxon releases Redshift 2025.5
Check out the new features in the GPU renderer, including support for rendering USDZ files, and support for point clouds in Blender.
Thursday, June 19th, 2025
LightWave Digital releases LightWave 2025
Check out the new features in the 3D software, including viewport path tracing, a new Toon Filter, and new rigging and animation tools.
Friday, April 18th, 2025
Dimension 5 Techs releases D5 Render 2.9
GPU renderer and real-time visualization tool gets new terrain sculpting and phasing animation systems, plus 3D Gaussian Splatting.
Wednesday, October 30th, 2024
Dimension 5 Techs releases D5 Render 2.8
Check out the new features in the GPU renderer, including the new AI Enhancer, Sunlight Caustics and better translucent materials.
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024
Adobe releases Substance 3D Stager 3.0.2
Shot layout and rendering app gets Firefly AI-based Generative Background system and improved real-time rendering.
Friday, May 24th, 2024
Maxon ships Cinema 4D S26.1
Subscriber-only release updates Cinema 4D's cloth simulation tools and node UI, and adds new HDRIs, textures and Redshift materials.
Thursday, June 30th, 2022
Foundry ships Nuke, NukeX, Nuke Studio, Nuke Indie 13.2
Compositing and editorial tools get support for NDI, OpenTimelineIO and new machine learning features.
Thursday, April 14th, 2022