Sneak peek: GPU-accelerated smoke and fire in NeXus
Check out nxExplosiaFX, the new smoke and fire simulation tool in Insydium's GPU-based particle effects add-on for Cinema 4D.
Friday, October 17th, 2025
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Unreal Engine 5.7: five key features for CG artists
See our pick of the features in the next version of Unreal Engine, from the new procedural plant editor to updates to MetaHumans.
Thursday, October 16th, 2025
Chaos releases Anima 6.2 with extended traffic simulation
Check out the new features in the streamlined crowd and traffic simulation tool for 3ds Max, Cinema 4D and Unreal Engine.
Thursday, October 9th, 2025
Sitni Sati releases FumeFX 7.1 for 3ds Max
Update to the popular effects plugin makes it easier to exchange simulation caches with Houdini, Bifrost, EmberGen and LiquiGen.
Monday, October 6th, 2025
Theory Accelerated releases Axiom 4 for Houdini
Latest update to the GPU-accelerated sparse volumetric fluid solver improves collisions between smoke and surrounding objects.
Thursday, September 25th, 2025
Maxon releases Cinema 4D 2026.0
Small update to the 3D animation and motion graphics software makes two 'general enhancements' but adds no new major features.
Friday, September 12th, 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
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
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
NVIDIA unveils two compact new RTX PRO Blackwell GPUs
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
Turn a custom ZBrush model into a game-ready character with CC4
[Sponsored] Games artist Francis Lamoureux reveals how he uses Reallusion's Character Creator to convert sculpts to game characters.
Wednesday, August 6th, 2025
Sneak peek: Houdini 21
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
See CG benchmarks for AMD's Threadripper 9980X and 9970X
Discover how AMD's new Ryzen Threadripper 9000 Series CPUs performed in CG apps like Blender, Maya and UE5 in our early tests.
Wednesday, July 30th, 2025