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Funded by an Epic MegaGrant, the plugin will stream animation data from the AI-assisted animation app to the game engine in real time.

Tuesday, September 16th, 2025

3D texture painting software gets long-awaited Multi-Paint system for projection-painting multiple texture maps simultaneously.

Monday, September 15th, 2025

Free update to the 3D compositor adds multilayer support for the 3D renderer, extends the USD tools, and speeds up the Surface Tracker.

Friday, September 12th, 2025

Small update to the 3D animation and motion graphics software makes two 'general enhancements' but adds no new major features.

Friday, September 12th, 2025

Major update to the real-time ray tracing renderer adds initial support for USD, MaterialX, 3D Gaussian Splatting, and volumes.

Friday, September 5th, 2025

Check out the changes due in the next major update to the popular GPU-accelerated sparse volumetric fluid solver for games and VFX.

Monday, August 18th, 2025

Check out the new features in the real-time rendering and look dev tool, from dedicated decal layers to low-to-low-poly texture baking.

Sunday, August 17th, 2025

See key specs, expected prices and likely performance in CG apps for the RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF and RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell cards.

Wednesday, August 13th, 2025

Read our list of 300+ new features due in the next version of Houdini - from Neural Point Surface for liquids to the Otis organic tissue solver.

Tuesday, August 5th, 2025

Big update to the natural media painting software adds new Bristle Brushes, environment lighting for thick paint, and better PSD support.

Monday, August 4th, 2025

The real-time liquid simulator is now officially production-ready. Check out the new options for simulating deliciously viscous fluids.

Tuesday, July 29th, 2025

Check out the interesting high-performance vegetation modeling toolset for games and VFX, used on SideFX's Project Elderwood demo.

Monday, July 28th, 2025

See early mock-ups of how the open-source 3D software's interface is being reworked for new iOS - and later, Android - ports.

Friday, July 25th, 2025