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Maxon releases Cinema 4D 2026.0

Small update to the 3D animation and motion graphics software makes two 'general enhancements' but adds no new major features.

Friday, September 12th, 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

Chaos releases V-Ray 7.1 for Blender

First big update to the new edition of V-Ray for Blender users adds support for Geometry Nodes and a Cycles-to-V-Ray material converter.

Tuesday, August 26th, 2025

Marmoset releases Toolbag 5.02

Check out the new features in the real-time rendering and look dev tool, from dedicated decal layers to low-to-low-poly texture baking.

Sunday, August 17th, 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

Dimension 5 releases D5 Render 2.11

Wide-ranging update to the architectural renderer adds AI PBR material generation, plus new scene layout, camera and lighting tools.

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025