Download 15 free smoke, fire and dust sims in VDB format

Get free FX elements simulated in EmberGen in CC0 format, including this seamlessly loopable tornado.

Sunday, April 17th, 2022

JangaFX releases EmberGen 0.7.5.5

Update to the real-time gaseous fluid simulator adds support for Wacom tablets, EXR backplates.

Thursday, March 17th, 2022

Cebas launches finalFluid for 3ds Max

Check out the new GPU-based real-time fire and smoke simulator, now available in free public beta.

Tuesday, March 15th, 2022

5 tools updates you may have missed in December 2021

Including support for hair rendering in Redshift RT, plus ArtEngine, HitFilm and ftrack Studio updates.

Monday, January 3rd, 2022

Otoy releases OctaneRender 2021.1

GPU production renderer gets new USD importer, Boolean clipping material, volumetric light linking.

Friday, October 29th, 2021

Check out the Blender 3.x product roadmap

See the key changes planned for the open-source 3D software from Blender 3.0 to Blender 3.7 in 2023.

Thursday, October 28th, 2021

Chaos ships V-Ray 5 for 3ds Max Update 2

3ds Max renderer gets new texture projection system V-Ray Decal and light instancing with VRayInstancer.

Tuesday, October 26th, 2021

Autodesk ships Arnold 7.0

Major update to the renderer adds Open Image Denoise and real-time colour correction, and extends Arnold GPU and USD workflows.

Tuesday, October 19th, 2021

cebas ships thinkingParticles 7 for 3ds Max

Powerful multiphysics plugin gets new MPM solvers to simulate granular fluids like sand and snow.

Thursday, September 16th, 2021

Autodesk ships Bifrost for Maya 2.3

Maya's multiphysics plugin now lets you adjust properties interactively, and see the results in real time.

Tuesday, August 10th, 2021

Chaos Czech releases Corona Renderer 7

Updated: 3ds Max and Cinema 4D editions of the renderer both ship. Check out their new features here.

Wednesday, August 4th, 2021

Maxon, Tangent Animation join Academy Software Foundation

Cinema 4D and LoUPE developers become members of industry body to promote open-source VFX tech.

Monday, August 2nd, 2021

Check out neat free Houdini sparse GPU fluid solver Axiom

Updated: See what's new in Build 6 of the GPU-based alternative to Houdini's own Sparse Pyro solver.

Tuesday, May 18th, 2021