Deep FX releases Deep Rising FX 2.5

LightWave fluid simulation plugin gets new foam and white water system; improved memory usage.

Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019

Chaos Group ships Phoenix FD 3.10 for 3ds Max and Maya

Create new forms of goo thanks to the fluid simulation tool's support for liquids of variable viscosity.

Friday, February 16th, 2018

SideFX releases Houdini 16.5

Video: see Houdini's upcoming retopology and facial autorigging tools, and a lot of neat new fluid, crowd and hair simulation features.

Tuesday, November 7th, 2017

Deep FX ships Deep Rising FX 1.2 for LightWave

Affordable new particle-based fluid simulation plugin adds support for Bullet dynamics, OBJ mesh export.

Thursday, June 1st, 2017

Chaos Group releases Phoenix FD 3.0 for 3ds Max

Big update to fluid simulator adds new FLIP liquids solver; new options for art directing and retiming sims.

Friday, September 16th, 2016

AlphaVFX ships BulletFX 4

Fast-evolving 3ds Max multiphysics plugin gets revamped FLIP fluid, cloth and FEM solvers, better V-Ray support, plus more streamlined UI.

Tuesday, July 12th, 2016

cebas releases thinkingParticles 6.3

3ds Max physics plugin gets better liquid simulation and particle caching, plus support for Alembic.

Thursday, March 24th, 2016

Videos: the best of Siggraph 2015's technical papers

Watch our pick of the show's hottest research - from recreating fine skin details to simulating mayonnaise.

Tuesday, June 16th, 2015

Insydium releases X-Particles 3

Updated, now shipping: Cinema 4D particle tool gets new FLIP fluid solver, particle-based dynamics.

Wednesday, March 18th, 2015

Tutorial: Create Disintegration VFX in Houdini & Nuke

Discover how to turn a character to ash with The Gnomon Workshop's introductory tutorial.

Tuesday, September 19th, 2023

JangaFX ships EmberGen 1.0

Check out the new features in the first production release of the hotly tipped real-time gaseous fluid simulator for games and VFX work.

Wednesday, March 15th, 2023

Review: Asus ProArt Studiobook 16 OLED laptop

Find out how this Nvidia Studio laptop fares in real-world tests with 3ds Max, Blender, Maya and UE5.

Tuesday, March 7th, 2023

Best Black Friday and winter 2022 deals for CG artists

Updated: save money with these seasonal deals on CG software, plugins, stock assets and hardware.

Monday, November 28th, 2022