Chaos ships V-Ray 6 for Maya
Check out the new features in the Maya edition of the renderer, from Enmesh geometry replication to support for USD volume shaders.
Wednesday, August 31st, 2022
volume rendering
Check out the new features in Blender's Cycles X renderer
See how the major rewrite of the renderer has evolved from initial alpha to its release in Blender 3.0 next week.
Thursday, November 25th, 2021
Discover 5 key new features from Blender 2.93 LTS
See the highlights of today's update to the open-source 3D app, from sculpting to 2D animation.
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021
Isotropix ships Clarisse 5.0
Big update to the look dev and rendering tool adds USD exporter, Arnold-compatible material and intuitive new lighting workflows.
Wednesday, May 5th, 2021
The Blender Foundation unveils Cycles X
Big update to Blender's production renderer will reduce render times 'up to 7x' on current Nvidia GPUs.
Friday, April 23rd, 2021
RandomControl launches Maverick Indie
New half-price edition of spectral GPU renderer Maverick Studio is aimed at DCC work, not CAD users.
Friday, September 6th, 2019
Chaos Group releases V-Ray for Houdini
Now shipping: new edition of V-Ray lets VFX studios use Houdini for look dev as well as final rendering.
Monday, July 29th, 2019
RandomControl launches Maverick Studio
Updated: new visualisation tool from the creators of the Arion renderer gets perpetual licences.
Tuesday, June 18th, 2019
Online documentation for V-Ray Next for Max goes live
Check out all the new features of the upcoming release, plus a demo of volume rendering on the GPU.
Friday, May 4th, 2018
Sneak peek: Arnold 5
See new features due in the next release of the renderer, including a physically based hair shader, better volumetrics, and support for OSL.
Friday, March 31st, 2017
Chaos Group releases Phoenix FD 3.0 for Maya
Now shipping: fluid simulator gets new FLIP solver for liquids, updated gaseous fluid solver, new forces.
Friday, March 10th, 2017
Chaos Group releases Phoenix FD 3.0 for 3ds Max
Big update to fluid simulator adds new FLIP liquids solver; new options for art directing and retiming sims.
Friday, September 16th, 2016
Pixar releases RenderMan Pro Server 18
New features include path tracing for faster re-rendering, geometric area lights, Beam Diffusion SSS.
Friday, June 28th, 2013