May 23, 2018
New fluids plugin integrates with native Maya systems like MEL and nParticles; costs €300 less than RealFlow standalone. Read More »
May 8, 2018
Videos: see new volume rendering features like support for OpenVDB and updates to CoronaVolume. Read More »
May 4, 2018
Check out all the new features of the upcoming release, plus a demo of volume rendering on the GPU. Read More »
April 11, 2018
Fascinating demo shows quest to remove "bullshit parameters" from the renderer, free with the upcoming Katana 3.0. Read More »
March 19, 2018
Top gaseous fluid simulator gets GPU-accelerated viewport preview, smoother simulation retiming, better fluid advection. Read More »
February 8, 2018
3ds Max particle tool gets neat new 'All Purpose Fields' to help art direct simulations, OpenVDB support. Read More »
January 1, 2018 | 18 comments
Now shipping: First update to LightWave in three years adds new PBR and volumetric renderer, plus new 3ds Max-style modifier stack. Read More »
December 5, 2017
Now shipping: big update to the particle simulation tool adds new liquid and fire solvers, cloth system. Read More »
July 6, 2017
Interesting new LightWave plugin offers unusual ways to edit and resmesh simulation and scan data. Read More »
May 7, 2017 | 2 comments
Now shipping: New €90 live-linking tool turns Houdini into an 'effects co-processor' for 3ds Max. Read More »
April 25, 2017
Speed and open standards focused update adds support for VFX Reference Platform 2017, extends GPU acceleration. Read More »
April 21, 2017
Release improves speed and quality, adds new physically based shaders. Updated: new Houdini plugin HtoA 2.0 now available. Read More »
March 31, 2017
See new features due in the next release of the renderer, including a physically based hair shader, better volumetrics, and support for OSL. Read More »
March 29, 2017
Updated: Neat tool auto-detects bad frames in rendered image sequences. Also now works with particle caches. Read More »
March 16, 2017 | 6 comments
Updated: Check out the neat new cel-shading options coming up in the next release of LightWave. Read More »
March 2, 2017
Nuke edition of the renderer gets support for volumetrics, render denoising, Adaptive Lights system. Read More »
February 18, 2017
New integration plugin for the GPU renderer supports Houdini's native primitives, instancing and volumes. Read More »
December 19, 2016
Maya cloud-creation plugin gets OpenVDB export for rendering in Arnold, V-Ray and RenderMan. Read More »
July 5, 2016
Hotly tipped biased GPU-based renderer gets new PBR material, support for volumetrics and baking. Read More »
June 14, 2016
Updated: free OpenCL-based GPU-accelerated path tracing renderer now available in beta. Read More »
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