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3D terrain

Neat 'open use' tool exports 3D terrains or heightmaps to DCC tools and game engines, at up to 65K resolution.

Friday, January 10th, 2020

Fun new app turns elevation data into 3D terrain and renders path-traced stills or turntable animations.

Sunday, October 20th, 2019

Get high-quality free 3D landscape assets from the team behind student movie Alter '49. CC0 licence.

Sunday, April 14th, 2019

We chat to the former Framestore pipeline developer about his promising new Maya and Houdini crowd simulation tool.

Wednesday, January 17th, 2018

Master efficient workflows for creating professional visual effects with The Gnomon Workshop's intermediate-level Houdini tutorial.

Saturday, August 30th, 2025

New collaboration between Khronos Group and the Open Geospatial Consortium paves the way towards support for 3DGS data in glTF files.

Friday, August 29th, 2025

Turn any MetaHuman exported from Unreal Engine into a ready-to-animate character with the updated Metahuman for Houdini add-on.

Friday, August 29th, 2025

Check out the new features in the animation software, including support for Character Creator 5, and new export presets for UE5.

Thursday, August 28th, 2025

Check out the new features in this major update to the 3D character creation app, from the new HD base characters to the new Maya plugin.

Thursday, August 28th, 2025

Read our pick of the changes in Houdini 21, from Copernicus and KineFX to new AI workflows - then see a list of all 300+ new features.

Wednesday, August 27th, 2025