Sitni Sati releases FumeFX 5.0.4 for Maya
Gaseous fluid simulator gets new multiview option for the GPU viewport, more controls for Turbulence Noise.
Friday, August 9th, 2019
FumeFX
Do these videos show new simulation features in Maya?
Watch an enigmatic set of teasers of smoke, fire, cloth and granular fluids, posted to Autodesk's Twitter.
Monday, July 29th, 2019
Sitni Sati releases FumeFX 5.0.4 for 3ds Max
Gaseous fluid simulator can now use 3ds Max 2020.1's detachable viewports as floating previews.
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2019
Get Allan McKay's free 15-hour fireball VFX training course
Create a movie-quality shot of a fireball ripping through a plane interior with the FX guru's detailed new free course.
Thursday, June 15th, 2017
The 10 best visual effects breakdowns of 2016
Watch our pick of the best movie, TV and commercials breakdown videos created in the past year.
Wednesday, January 4th, 2017
Get Allan McKay's free tower destruction tutorial
Download the FX guru's eight-hour series of Max, thinkingParticles and FumeFX videos, with project files.
Tuesday, January 5th, 2016
Sitni Sati releases FumeFX 4.0 for 3ds Max
First update to top gaseous fluid simulator in three years boosts speed, adds new tools for art directing sims.
Tuesday, October 27th, 2015
cebas releases thinkingParticles 6.2
Subscription Drop 2 for the 3ds Max physics plugin adds new smoke solver, direct particle rendering.
Tuesday, August 18th, 2015
Get Allan McKay's free 10-hour course on ash FX
Download 10 hours of video on creating production-ready FX in 3ds Max, thinkingParticles and FumeFX, with project files.
Tuesday, May 5th, 2015
VFX breakdowns of the month: February 2015
Check out the month's best tech demos, including some stunning work from The Mill and Blur Studio.
Saturday, February 28th, 2015
Watch Allan McKay's videos on building custom FX tools
VFX supervisor's three-part training series includes five hours of video, plus all the MAX files and scripts.
Wednesday, December 17th, 2014
Thinkbox Software releases Stoke MX 2.0 for 3ds Max
Increasingly versatile simulation tool now incorporates firm's $595 Genome geometry modifier.
Wednesday, June 4th, 2014
Eye candy: the making of God of War 'From Ashes'
Allan McKay's neat 30-minute video explains how the ash effects from the Super Bowl spot were created.
Monday, March 10th, 2014