May 10, 2022
EmberGen creator's hotly tipped upcoming real-time liquid simulator now generates foam and spray. Read More »
May 3, 2022
Free asset pack for the Inferno Challenge art contest includes nine 2K effects clips of fire and smoke. Commercial use. Read More »
April 19, 2022
RTX-accelerated renderer for 3ds Max and Blender gets new snow and rain system, more post effects. Read More »
April 17, 2022
Get free FX elements simulated in EmberGen in CC0 format, including this seamlessly loopable tornado. Read More »
April 12, 2022
GPU-accelerated sparse gaseous fluid solver gets new profiling tools. Native Metal support now in beta. Read More »
March 17, 2022
Update to the real-time gaseous fluid simulator adds support for Wacom tablets, EXR backplates. Read More »
March 15, 2022
Check out the new GPU-based real-time fire and smoke simulator, now available in free public beta. Read More »
February 18, 2022
Cinematic effects plugin for Photoshop gets over 1,500 preset particle effects, plus native Metal and M1 support for Mac users. Read More »
January 9, 2022
Get free rendered explosions for use in VFX compositing. 2K EXR image sequences; commercial use. Read More »
December 28, 2021
Get 6 free FX clips of emergency flares, 19 cartoon fire and smoke effects, and 50 dirt textures. For commercial use. Read More »
November 30, 2021
Check out next year's roadmap for the GPU renderer, and the new features in OctaneRender 2022.1 XB0, the first public preview build. Read More »
November 20, 2021
Free GPU renderer gets better support for fog, smoke and clouds, plus Deep EXR export from Maya. Read More »
November 6, 2021
New two-part Gnomon Workshop tutorial provides a detailed guide to Houdini smoke and fire simulations. Read More »
October 27, 2021
Check out the key tools in this big update to the procedural 3D app: from muscles, multiphysics and Pyro simulations to Karma XPU. Read More »
August 20, 2021
Cost of the real-time gaseous fluid simulator down 15-20% for anyone earning under $1 million per year. Read More »
August 10, 2021
Maya's multiphysics plugin now lets you adjust properties interactively, and see the results in real time. Read More »
August 4, 2021
Updated: 3ds Max and Cinema 4D editions of the renderer both ship. Check out their new features here. Read More »
May 28, 2021
Dimension 5's rapidly evolving RTX-accelerated GPU renderer for 3ds Max and Blender gets new time-and-latitude based sky system. Read More »
April 13, 2021
Nvidia's apps for remixing game assets and generating facial animation from audio files due in open beta this week. Read More »
March 23, 2021
Check out the new features due in the next major update to the 3ds Max and Cinema 4D renderer. Read More »
