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Much-anticipated tool creates KineFX-compatible muscle and skin simulation rigs for use in visual effects, animation and games.

Thursday, July 10th, 2025

Get custom tools for creating stylized game assets, including procedural generators for 3D buildings, bridges and clouds.

Thursday, June 26th, 2025

Updated: Get tools for generating procedural ruins, bridges - and even procedural flesh - from the Houdini-to-UE5 game environment demo.

Sunday, April 27th, 2025

DNEG TD Mengya Zhang's OpenCL-based tool generates realistic skin sliding without tissue simulation. Free to try on personal projects.

Monday, January 20th, 2025

Free tools help artists and studios set up collaborative USD-based workflows without the need for a custom production pipeline.

Thursday, November 21st, 2024

Former ReDefine FX Supervisor's set of HDAs speeds up shader and AOV development in Houdini's Karma and Mantra renderers.

Friday, July 12th, 2024

Get the Flora plant-generation tools SideFX developed for its tech demo on creating open worlds with Houdini and Unreal Engine 5.

Sunday, February 4th, 2024

Check out the Summer 2023 updates to Nvidia's online design platform, plus plans to integrate Adobe's generative AI toolset.

Tuesday, August 8th, 2023

Use generative AI inside Houdini to create matte paintings or concept art based on simple 3D scenes.

Wednesday, May 10th, 2023

Heavyweight VFX and animation renderer now includes Pixar's own AI-trained denoiser. Sizeable update to RenderMan XPU, too.

Tuesday, April 18th, 2023

ReDefine FX supervisor's free tool helps users art direct instances of simulation caches like explosions.

Tuesday, March 21st, 2023

Mohsen Tabasi's award-winning free tool minimises visible repeats by tiling textures using a hex grid.

Monday, February 13th, 2023

Updated: get five new free tools from SideFX's Houdini-to-UE5 tech demo, plus its Houdini Engine for UE5 plugin.

Sunday, June 5th, 2022