Maxon releases Red Giant 2023.2 product updates

See what's new in Maxon's suites of effects plugins, including Trapcode 2023.2 and Magic Bullet 2023.2.

Sunday, January 15th, 2023

Maxon ships Cinema 4D 2023

3D software gets new soft body physics and symmetry modelling systems, OpenColorIO support. Updates are now subscription-only.

Wednesday, September 7th, 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

Maxon ships Cinema 4D R25

3D software gets updated UI, new Capsules and presets workflows, direct import of vector files, new options for stylising animations.

Wednesday, September 15th, 2021

Maxon releases Trapcode Suite 17.1 for After Effects

See the new features in the latest update to Maxon's suite of motion graphics and VFX plugins.

Wednesday, September 15th, 2021

Maxon ships Cinema 4D S24

Subscriber-only update to the 3D animation software adds new asset browser and scene manager, and new physics-enabled layout tools.

Tuesday, April 13th, 2021

Which CG applications support Apple's new M1 chips?

Discover which 3D, image-editing and rendering apps will support the first Apple Silicon processors when they ship next week.

Friday, November 13th, 2020

RayFire Studios releases RayFire 1.83 for 3ds Max

3ds Max demolition plugin's neat new interactive workflow removes the need to pre-shatter meshes.

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019

Notch Builder lets you author motion graphics in real time

Interesting new tool lets users link cloners, particles, fluids and volumetrics and see the results rendered on the fly.

Thursday, September 20th, 2018

Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.11

Big update to game engine includes new Sequencer cinematics editor. Source code for the upcoming VR Editor also available.

Wednesday, April 6th, 2016

Side Effects releases Houdini 14

Check out the new crowd pipeline, grooming tools, revamped UI and spectacular multiphysics system.

Thursday, January 15th, 2015

Check out 2015's hottest Blender R&D projects

Blender Foundation chairman Ton Roosendaal previews the software's upcoming features: from stereo 3D to Alembic and Ptex support.

Monday, January 5th, 2015

Sneak peek: Houdini 14

Demo video shows crowds, OpenVDB-based grooming, and position-based dynamics - from sand to squids.

Monday, December 8th, 2014