That’s undeniably true: the Redshift team has put out 15 updates to the renderer already this year, many adding support for new hardware or new versions of its host DCC apps. “In order to provide the best customer experience, we believe all customers should the latest version.” “In order to maintain compatibility with the latest hardware, drivers and host application updates our Redshift development team is constantly updating, optimising and ensuring stability.” In its online FAQs about the change of licensing, Maxon notes that, as a multi-host GPU renderer, “Redshift’s functionality is fully dependent upon third-party hardware and software solutions”.

Necessary to encourage users to run the latest version of the software? The cost of subscriptions, which will only be available through Maxon’s own licensing system, will be “comparable” to current annual maintenance fees. Maxon is discontinuing perpetual licences of Redshift, making the GPU production renderer for 3ds Max, Blender, Cinema 4D, Houdini and Maya a subscription-only product from 31 August 2021.

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