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simulation

3D modeling and animation tool gets updates to the ML Deformer and liquid simulation in Bifrost. Check out all the new features here.

Wednesday, March 26th, 2025

Maya crowd simulation plugin goes back on sale as part of Autodesk's product bundle for VFX and games work. Check out its new features.

Wednesday, March 26th, 2025

New series of pro workstation and laptop GPUs include the 'most powerful desktop GPU ever created'. See its key specs for CG work.

Wednesday, March 19th, 2025

Destruction plugin for games and VFX gets a new Edge Fracture Tool, and improvements to clustering and simulation performance.

Thursday, January 30th, 2025

Check out upcoming features in the game engine, from rendering and simulation to Megaworlds biomes, next-gen terrain and Anim Next.

Tuesday, January 21st, 2025

DNEG TD Mengya Zhang's OpenCL-based tool generates realistic skin sliding without tissue simulation. Free to try on personal projects.

Monday, January 20th, 2025

Master professional production workflows for managing complex simulations with The Gnomon Workshop's Houdini masterclass.

Friday, January 17th, 2025

Get free smoke and fire FX as 2K ProRes files or sequences of VDB files optimized for rendering in Blender. For commercial use.

Sunday, January 12th, 2025

Updated 24 December: Find discounts on CG hardware and software available until New Year, including 3DCoat, FumeFX and Yeti.

Tuesday, December 24th, 2024

3D animation and motion graphics software gets revamped Boolean modeling system, plus updates to simulation and USD workflows.

Thursday, December 5th, 2024

Now available: read our pick of the new features in the open-source 3D software, from Grease Pencil 3 to updates to Eevee and Cycles.

Tuesday, November 19th, 2024

Hair and fur plugin gets new tools for 'grafting' procedural hair grooms onto a character, and 'boxing' operators into single modifiers.

Friday, November 15th, 2024

Read our pick of the features in this huge update to the game engine, from MegaLights to character rigging, animation and rendering.

Thursday, November 14th, 2024