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Blender Foundation releases Blender 2.81
The leading open-source 3D package gets another big update. Check out the key features here.
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Radeon ProRender for Blender gets ‘full spectrum rendering’
Free GPU renderer gets hybrid rasterised/ray traced render mode. Now usable on Linux and Windows.
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AMD launches new Radeon Pro W5700 workstation GPU
'World’s first 7nm professional PC workstation card' is the first in AMD's new line-up of pro GPUs.
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Nvidia drops macOS support for CUDA
This week's 10.2 release of CUDA Toolkit, used by many GPU render engines, is the last to run on Macs.
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Get free VFX image viewer and playback tool DJV 2
Ex-Lucasfilm engineer Darby Johnston's shot review tool is engineered for serious VFX and animation work.
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Chaos Group ships Phoenix FD 4.0 for 3ds Max and Maya
Fluid simulator gets new rigid body solver and texture UVW system. 3ds Max edition now integrated with thinkingParticles.
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Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2020.3
MAXtoA plugin updated to support Arnold 5.4, but otherwise, it's mainly bugfixes this time round.
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Red Giant launches Red Giant Complete
New subscription package gets you all of Red Giant's VFX and motion graphics tools at $599/year.
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Effective TDs ships Storm 0.3
Standalone granular fluid and liquid simulation system gets new real-time, VDB-based particle meshing system, new Alembic file stitcher.
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Chaos Group ships V-Ray Next for Maya Update 2
Update adds RTX-accelerated GPU ray tracing, new animation-friendly light cache and deep EXR output.
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SideFX ships Houdini 18
Major update to Houdini adds new look dev and layout system Solaris, USD-native renderer Karma, new modelling and simulation tools.
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The best Black Friday and winter 2019 deals for CG artists
Check out these 100 great deals on CG software, hardware and assets: from Adobe applications to ZBrush.
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Chaos Czech ships Corona Renderer 5 for Cinema 4D
Performance-focused update adds new 2.5D displacement system, improves rendering of caustics.
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Foundry ships Flix 6.2
Story development tool reinstates support for Toon Boom Storyboard Pro, adds new comments system for managing feedback on projects.
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Sketchfab’s models of the month: November 2019
See the month's best real-time 3D models: several available as free downloads, like this detailed mech.
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Otoy releases OctaneRender 2020.1 in public preview
GPU renderer gets updated RTX acceleration, new spectral sky and daylight system, ACES support.
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Otoy unveils Sculptron
Check out this new GPU-based tool for sculpting animation caches or converting them to volumes, available as a free public alpha.
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Pixar ships RenderMan 23.0
Workflow-focused update improves interactive rendering and adaptive sampling. Free non-commercial edition also available for download.
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Check out the new features coming up in Redshift 3.0
Updated: latest experimental build of the GPU renderer lets you use Cinema 4D noises in other apps.
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Maxon ships Cinema 4D R21.1
Update adds support for Redshift materials within the node-based material system, and restores the option to view help files offline.
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