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

SideFX releases Houdini 19.5

Read a detailed run-down of new features in the procedural 3D app, including updates to simulation, creature effects, Solaris and Karma.

Thursday, July 21st, 2022

Sneak peek: Houdini 19.5

See a full list of new features in the next version of Houdini, including updates to creature effects, fluid simulation, Solaris and Karma.

Monday, July 18th, 2022

SideFX releases Houdini 19

Check out the key tools in this big update to the procedural 3D app: from muscles, multiphysics and Pyro simulations to Karma XPU.

Wednesday, October 27th, 2021

Group test: AMD and Nvidia professional GPUs - 2021

See how Nvidia and AMD's current pro GPUs perform in real-world tests, from modeling to rendering.

Thursday, October 14th, 2021

SideFX ships Houdini 18.5

Big update to the procedural 3D software adds KineFX character rigging toolset; updates to Solaris, Karma and the simulation tools.

Wednesday, October 21st, 2020

Insydium releases X-Particles 2020 features in beta

Check out the new ocean surface and flocking systems in the Cinema 4D particle and physics add-on.

Thursday, April 30th, 2020

SideFX ships Houdini 18

Major update to Houdini adds new look dev and layout system Solaris, USD-native renderer Karma, new modelling and simulation tools.

Wednesday, November 27th, 2019

SideFX ships Houdini 17.5

Major update to Houdini adds ground-breaking Procedural Dependency Graph, distributed fluid sims, updated Vellum solver.

Wednesday, March 13th, 2019

Download the free beta of Jet Fluids for Cinema 4D

Try Plugins 4D dev Kent Barber's new C4D fluids add-on for free while it is in early development.

Wednesday, January 16th, 2019

SideFX ships Houdini 17

Videos: major Houdini update adds Vellum multphysics solver, new cloth and hair tools, material-based facturing and simulation retiming.

Wednesday, October 10th, 2018

Deep FX releases Deep Rising FX 2.0

LightWave fluid simulatior gets new granular and viscous jet solvers, plus support for GPU acceleration.

Monday, March 5th, 2018

Side Effects Software releases Houdini 16

Updated: 'Largest ever' Houdini update adds autorigging, more simulation tools, terrain system. Now shipping.

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017