Ephere releases Ornatrix 3ds Max 9
Check out the changes to the 3ds Max hair plugin for games and VFX, including a new Warp Roots modifier to help groom feathers.
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2025
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Ephere releases Ornatrix Maya 5
Check out the changes to the Maya plugin for creating hair and fur for games and VFX, including fast new workflows for braiding hair.
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2025
Tutorial: Creating Sci-Fi Electrical FX in Houdini
Master efficient workflows for creating professional visual effects with The Gnomon Workshop's intermediate-level Houdini tutorial.
Saturday, August 30th, 2025
Free add-on turns MetaHumans into rigged Houdini characters
Turn any MetaHuman exported from Unreal Engine into a ready-to-animate character with the updated Metahuman for Houdini add-on.
Friday, August 29th, 2025
Reallusion releases iClone 8.6
Check out the new features in the animation software, including support for Character Creator 5, and new export presets for UE5.
Thursday, August 28th, 2025
Reallusion releases Character Creator 5
Check out the new features in this major update to the 3D character creation app, from the new HD base characters to the new Maya plugin.
Thursday, August 28th, 2025
SideFX just released Houdini 21: check out its five key features
Read our pick of the changes in Houdini 21, from Copernicus and KineFX to new AI workflows - then see a list of all 300+ new features.
Wednesday, August 27th, 2025
Chaos releases V-Ray 7.1 for Blender
First big update to the new edition of V-Ray for Blender users adds support for Geometry Nodes and a Cycles-to-V-Ray material converter.
Tuesday, August 26th, 2025
CLO Virtual Fashion releases Marvelous Designer 2025.1
Clothing design tool gets the option to create garment parts by drawing onto a 3D avatar, and an AI Pose Generator. See the other changes.
Thursday, August 21st, 2025
Sitni Sati releases FumeFX 7.0 for 3ds Max
Smoke, fire and effects plugin gets GPU-accelerated ocean simulation system, with support for foam, spray and floating objects.
Tuesday, August 19th, 2025
MatPlus puts Substance 3D-style texture painting inside Blender
Promising hard-surface-focused add-on implements Substance 3D Painter-style layer-based texture painting inside Blender.
Friday, August 15th, 2025
Tutorial: Fantasy Creature Texturing & Look Dev
Master professional workflows for creating believable CG creatures for VFX projects with The Gnomon Workshop's masterclass.
Friday, August 15th, 2025
Adobe releases After Effects 25.4
Check out the new features in the compositing software for motion graphics and VFX, including better support for HDR metadata.
Thursday, August 14th, 2025