June 10, 2019
Standalone multiphysics software supports SPH fluids, Bullet physics, fracturing; exports Alembic files. Read More »
June 4, 2019
New open-source tech to support interactive previews of USD files, and speed up volumetric renders. Read More »
May 9, 2019
Gaseous fluid simulator adds support for tyFlow, plus option to use the original FumeFX 4 solver. Read More »
May 3, 2019
Industry open-source initiative to 'support and drive collaboration' around OpenCue render manager. Read More »
February 12, 2019
Latest update to the renderer adds the option to pause offline renders, better support for Alembic files, and network rendering on Linux. Read More »
January 23, 2019
Fastest major update in LightWave history adds multi-user bridge to UE4, new digital sculpting tools, nodal editing of OpenVDB volumes. Read More »
December 27, 2018
Houdini edition of the renderer gets support for texture baking, and Nvidia's OptiX denoising in interactive renders. Read More »
November 5, 2018
First update to the Maya edition of RealFlow adds Visualizer daemon to preview forces in the viewport. Read More »
October 24, 2018
Update boosts speed of the smoke and fire simulator; adds support for nParticles and Arnold volumes. Read More »
October 17, 2018
Big update to the 3ds Max particle plugin's fluid simulation tools adds new options for generating waves, water levels and diffusion effects. Read More »
September 3, 2018
Now available: Update adds node based material system, volume modelling, MoGraph fields, and multi-pass rendering on the GPU. Read More »
August 14, 2018
Next update to GPU renderer to add new procedural 'uberprimitive' and volumetric lighting system. Read More »
August 1, 2018
See everyday objects twisted into strange and colourful forms with Cinema 4D R20's fields system. Read More »
June 26, 2018
New features include OpenVDB, FumeFX and Phoenix FD support, better interoperability with V-Ray. 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 »
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 »
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