March 19, 2018
Top gaseous fluid simulator gets GPU-accelerated viewport preview, smoother simulation retiming, better fluid advection. Read More »
December 5, 2017
Now shipping: big update to the particle simulation tool adds new liquid and fire solvers, cloth system. Read More »
June 15, 2017
Create a movie-quality shot of a fireball ripping through a plane interior with the FX guru's detailed new free course. Read More »
March 10, 2017
Now shipping: fluid simulator gets new FLIP solver for liquids, updated gaseous fluid solver, new forces. Read More »
September 16, 2016
Big update to fluid simulator adds new FLIP liquids solver; new options for art directing and retiming sims. Read More »
March 22, 2016
Source code of fur system used on Call of Duty: Ghosts out now. New CGU/GPU rigid body system in beta. Read More »
January 5, 2016
Download the FX guru's eight-hour series of Max, thinkingParticles and FumeFX videos, with project files. Read More »
October 27, 2015
First update to top gaseous fluid simulator in three years boosts speed, adds new tools for art directing sims. Read More »
August 18, 2015
Subscription Drop 2 for the 3ds Max physics plugin adds new smoke solver, direct particle rendering. Read More »
May 5, 2015
Download 10 hours of video on creating production-ready FX in 3ds Max, thinkingParticles and FumeFX, with project files. Read More »
March 18, 2015
Updated, now shipping: Cinema 4D particle tool gets new FLIP fluid solver, particle-based dynamics. Read More »
October 21, 2014
Big update to multiphysics system adds surface tension, Bullet dynamics, lots of other cool tools. Read More »
August 20, 2014 | 3 comments
Updated and now shipping: Turn any model into an editable, relightable cloud with this neat Maya plugin. Read More »
July 1, 2014
Read our five-minute digest, from Blender 2.71 and GPU support in Fabric Engine to Autodesk buying Shotgun. Read More »
January 6, 2014
FX artist Dan Chamberlin's video deconstructs the fire effects from the League of Legends trailer's best shot. Read More »
December 5, 2013
Sizeable update to the physically based renderer adds new tools for for suns, seas and surface scattering. Read More »
May 27, 2013
Leading gaseous fluid simulator now available for Maya as well as Max. Runs on Windows and Linux. Read More »
July 17, 2012
New tool will act like a compositor for simulations, enabling artists to splice elements into hybrid sims. Read More »
June 18, 2012
Tame the elements with Scott Keating's 35-minute video on using Houdini 12's new dynamics tools. Read More »
April 12, 2012
Update to gaseous fluid simulator adds per-voxel controls, new space warps. Maya version due this year. Read More »
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