October 24, 2018
Update boosts speed of the smoke and fire simulator; adds support for nParticles and Arnold volumes. Read More »
October 10, 2018
Videos: major Houdini update adds Vellum multphysics solver, new cloth and hair tools, material-based facturing and simulation retiming. Read More »
May 1, 2018
VFX library's 2K practical effects clips now cost as little as $5; 4K to 6K fire and smoke cost $15-20. Read More »
March 19, 2018
Top gaseous fluid simulator gets GPU-accelerated viewport preview, smoother simulation retiming, better fluid advection. Read More »
December 5, 2017
Now shipping: big update to the particle simulation tool adds new liquid and fire solvers, cloth system. Read More »
March 10, 2017
Now shipping: fluid simulator gets new FLIP solver for liquids, updated gaseous fluid solver, new forces. Read More »
September 27, 2016
Now shipping: Suite of plugins for compositing apps gets three new effects, new presets for Builder. Read More »
September 16, 2016
Big update to fluid simulator adds new FLIP liquids solver; new options for art directing and retiming sims. Read More »
March 22, 2016
Source code of fur system used on Call of Duty: Ghosts out now. New CGU/GPU rigid body system in beta. Read More »
January 5, 2016
Download the FX guru's eight-hour series of Max, thinkingParticles and FumeFX videos, with project files. Read More »
October 27, 2015
First update to top gaseous fluid simulator in three years boosts speed, adds new tools for art directing sims. Read More »
October 9, 2015
Suite of plugins for editing and compositing tools gets four diverse new effects, plus advanced options for building your own. Read More »
August 18, 2015
Subscription Drop 2 for the 3ds Max physics plugin adds new smoke solver, direct particle rendering. Read More »
May 5, 2015
Download 10 hours of video on creating production-ready FX in 3ds Max, thinkingParticles and FumeFX, with project files. Read More »
March 23, 2015
GPU-accelerated editions of motion blur and retiming plugins available for HitFilm, Natron and Autodesk compositing apps. Read More »
March 18, 2015
Updated, now shipping: Cinema 4D particle tool gets new FLIP fluid solver, particle-based dynamics. Read More »
February 4, 2015 | 11 comments
Firm to phase out perpetual licences of 3ds Max, Maya in favour of monthly or yearly pay-as-you-go pricing. Read More »
December 21, 2014
Updated: New node-based Builder lets users create custom effects for host compositing and editing apps. Read More »
October 21, 2014
Big update to multiphysics system adds surface tension, Bullet dynamics, lots of other cool tools. Read More »
October 10, 2014
3ds Max, Maya, et al now free to colleges worldwide, as well as individual students and teachers. Read More »
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