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KeyShot Studio Professional 2026Annual – 12-month term
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KeyShot Studio Professional is the powerful 3D rendering and animation software known for its user-friendly interface and its ability to produce stunningly realistic images. It enables designers and engineers to quickly visualize and present concepts and products. KeyShot Studio Professional supports both CPU and GPU rendering, delivering maximum flexibility and performance when creating real-time renderings.
The software is used across many fields, including product design, engineering, packaging design and marketing. It supports a wide range of file formats and integrates seamlessly with numerous CAD programs. KeyShot offers features such as real-time changes, advanced lighting algorithms, an extensive material library and cloud integration for team collaboration.
With the ability to create highly realistic animations and visualizations, KeyShot Studio Professional is an indispensable tool for professional designers and engineers.
Release Notes
What's new in KeyShot Studio?
From generative AI and faster GPU rendering to new CAD integrations – an overview of the most important improvements in the latest versions.
2026.1 The most important new features Current version
AI Shots – greatly improved
- More realistic results thanks to a new, custom-built Qwen AI model (replacing Flux Fast from KS 2025)
- Background mode now with correct perspective & scaling
- Short prompts now deliver equally good results – no more lengthy prompt-writing required
- NewUpscaling – double or quadruple the resolution of renderings & AI Shots
- NewTransform Mode – adjust existing render/AI images afterwards via prompt
- NewReplace Mode – mask areas in the image and replace them precisely via prompt
- Still runs locally on your own hardware
Custom Pivot & Move Tool
- Multiple named custom pivots per part or group
- Move-tool gizmo in sync between the Real-time and Geometry view – no more duplicate tool
New Gallery
- New Gallery window as the central hub for all your render results
- Searchable, sortable, with folders & subfolders
Easier keyframe animations
- New “Per Keyframe” toggle shows keyframes directly in the Curve Editor
- Adjust easing curves while adding, moving or deleting keyframes at the same time
- Pauses are easier to insert
Scripting & headless rendering
- CAD metadata accessible via scripting (lux.sceneNode.getMetadata())
- Render animations in headless mode (renderAnimation())
- ~3× faster animation rendering in headless operation
New integrations
- IFC import (Industry Foundation Classes)
- Import PBR material information from USD files
- Updated support for SolidWorks, Solid Edge, CATIA and NX
GPU performance
- Faster material evaluation on the GPU
- Significantly faster rendering with complex materials
- Faster marquee selection in scenes with many parts
Usability updates
- New ground planes are now added only to the active model set
- User avatar + navigation in the top right of the ribbon (account, support, manual)
- Marquee deselect via Ctrl+Shift+Drag (Win) or Cmd+Shift+Drag (Mac)
2025.3 Faster workflow & new tools
Speed up your workflow with the 2025.3 update! KeyShot Studio is continuously improved to support your design workflow as well as possible – with the new custom pivot tool, Open PBR, Cryptomatte, the depth-of-field lock, up to 85 % faster displacement maps, up to 50 % higher AMD performance and much more.
- New depth-of-field lock in the camera settings
- Custom pivot point in the Move tool
- Improvements to the Material Graph: now dockable and easier to use
- Light Layers: axis to lock the light position
- Significantly faster displacements (in some cases up to 85 % faster)
- Open PBR support for Rhino and Blender users
- AI Shots update: compare AI-generated images and set one as a backplate with a single click
- Up to 50 % higher AMD performance
- Triplanar shaders
- Cryptomatte support
- Rhino importer instancing
Video covering the new features
2025.2 Generative AI & AMD GPU support
Version 2025.2 brings a number of important new features that speed up the workflow and expand creative possibilities. At the heart of it are the first-ever generative AI features: with the “Imagine”, “Background” and “Restyle” modes you can develop new ideas in an instant and accelerate your work – especially in product marketing. These tools do not replace traditional 3D rendering; they intelligently complement the proven ray-tracing engine.
The AI tools are included free with the subscription, run locally and fit into your existing workflow – with full control. With no credits or limits, you can keep generating ideas, styles and backgrounds until you find exactly the right one.
Another key addition is expanded hardware support: GPU mode, previously reserved for NVIDIA graphics cards, now also supports AMD hardware. This gives users considerably more flexibility when choosing powerful systems.
Additionally integrated:
- Light Layers & material randomization for more creative control over scenes and materials
- Improved color picker – a much-requested usability enhancement
- New SolidWorks plugin: converts CAD decals directly into KeyShot labels
- PANTONE© Duality colors for new, modern color options
2025.1 Fastest rendering & Planar Lights
There's fast – and there's lightning fast. KeyShot Studio 2025.1 delivers the fastest rendering performance to date and introduces brand-new lighting features, customer-requested UX updates and more.
Up to 20 % faster rendering performance
The latest version of Studio feels snappier and more responsive. Render times for bump and normal textures in GPU mode have also been accelerated – resulting in shorter frame times and faster visual noise resolution. Depending on scene complexity, you can expect up to 20 % better performance overall.
Planar Lights for easy softbox lighting
KeyShot Studio 2025.1 introduces Planar Lights that specifically emulate the softboxes used by real photographers – including barn doors whose dimensions and closing angle can be easily adjusted. This lets you reproduce common real-world lighting setups faster and more easily.
Fast & easy light positioning
A brand-new light positioning tool lets you place and aim physical lights easily – without a 3D move tool. Drag the mouse over the real-time image rendered in 2D to focus a light on the desired point, and use the scroll wheel to move it closer or farther away.
Up to 60 % faster exports
The new export mode creates 3D view objects in GLB, USD and KeyShot Web Viewer format, including an export preview to spot issues early. Texture resolution can now be adjusted on a per-part level to fine-tune the balance between quality and file size. Depending on the scene and hardware, exports can be up to 60 % faster.
Further updates & upgrades
- Scriptable re-tessellate – imported CAD files can be processed fully automatically via script
- Rounded edges in GPU mode – simulates realistic wear for lifelike renderings
- Better CAD integration for SolidWorks (new, more reliable plugin), Alembic (no more crash on n-gons) and Collada (security update)
- Hide parts in animations – the new “Hide Events” animation type controls the visibility of parts over time and works together with the existing opacity curves
Technical Requirements
System requirements
KeyShot is engineered to run fast on everything from modest hardware configurations to the most powerful systems. It uses all available CPU cores and scales performance almost linearly. Below are the minimum and recommended specifications for the latest KeyShot Studio version.
Platform
64-bit
Windows, macOS & Linux
Memory
min. 4 GB
16 GB or more recommended
Processor
Quad-core 1
Intel/AMD 64-bit with SSE4.1 or higher
Display
1080p / 15.6"
or higher
Graphics (UI)
OpenGL 2.0 2
for the user interface
Network
Internet
for product activation
Desktop
Windows 10 (22H2 or later) through Windows 11
Server
Windows Server 2019 through Windows Server 2022
Supported
macOS Sonoma 14 through macOS Tahoe 26
Note
Ventura 13 may still work but is no longer officially supported
Supported
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (kernel 5.4) through Ubuntu 21.04
Other
Distributions with glibc version 2.23
GPU mode (optional – for GPU-accelerated rendering)
NVIDIA
- Consumer / Gaming: GeForce RTX 20, 30, 40 & 50 series 3, TITAN RTX
- Professional / Workstation: RTX A-series (A2000 to A6000); Quadro GV100, GP100, P400+, P1000+, P3200+, M2000+
- Minimum driver: 576.52 – if you experience performance issues or freezes, update to 591.44 or newer
- Multi-GPU with memory scaling via NVIDIA NVLink is supported
AMD
- Graphics cards: Radeon RX 7600 or higher
- Minimum driver: 23.30
- Multi-GPU possible – no memory sharing, no CrossFire/MGPU
AI Shots
- Recommended: any NVIDIA RTX GPU from the last three years with ≥ 16 GB VRAM (more VRAM = higher achievable resolution)
- Also possible on CPU, AMD (RDNA3+) and Apple ARM GPUs – however, NVIDIA offers by far the best performance
NVIDIA drivers later than version 572.61 contain a bug that can cause stutters or freezes when interacting with Windows Explorer. If you are affected, please update to driver version 591.44 or newer.
1 KeyShot uses all available CPU cores – more cores/threads result in faster render times.
2 KeyShot does not require a GPU to render; however, certain UI elements require a GPU with support for OpenGL 2.0 or higher.
3 Intel GPUs are not supported in GPU mode and may cause crashes. If you have integrated Intel graphics or an Intel GPU as the only card in the system, please refer to the corresponding note in KeyShot Support.
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