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
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Planetside Software releases Terragen 4.5
Landscape-generation software gets OpenColorIO support, plus better support for PBR workflows.
Thursday, January 7th, 2021
Master natural environment creation for visual effects
Create detailed environments in Houdini and Clarisse iFX with The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.
Monday, July 27th, 2020
e-on software ships Vue R2 and PlantFactory R2
Vue gets updates to EcoSystems, the cloud tools and the Path Tracer; PlantFactory gets interactive path traced previews.
Thursday, April 25th, 2019
Sneak peek: Video Copilot's new Nebula 3D plugin
Video: see footage created with the firm's cool-looking new 3D volumetrics tool for After Effects.
Friday, April 12th, 2019
Download 11 free hi-res aerial panoramas of clouds
Get Jacek Pilarski's 16-bit panoramas of clouds at widths over 6,000px, for use in matte paintings.
Sunday, April 8th, 2018
Trimble cans SketchUp Make, launches SketchUp Free
Old free desktop edition of the software replaced by new browser-based version. Check out the differences here.
Thursday, November 16th, 2017
e-on software to can Carbon Scatter, CloudFactory Ozone
2017 editions of the scattering and cloud-creation plugins, now on 'pre-release', will be the last to ship.
Wednesday, July 19th, 2017
Alexandra Institute releases Elementacular 1.5
Maya cloud-creation plugin gets OpenVDB export for rendering in Arnold, V-Ray and RenderMan.
Monday, December 19th, 2016
Get 600+ free panoramas of trees, clouds and mountains
Updated with 100 new images: Download Double Negative matte painter Jacek Pilarksi's ultra-hi-res photo references.
Tuesday, October 18th, 2016
Planetside Software ships Terragen 4
New version of landcape generator available to buy. Former Animation module now included as standard.
Friday, September 23rd, 2016
Otoy releases OctaneRender 3.0
Now shipping: Long-awaited update to GPU renderer to add volumetrics, support for deep pixel compositing.
Tuesday, May 24th, 2016
Crytek releases CryEngine V for free
AAA game engine now available on a 'pay what you want basis'; gets new C# API and particle system, revamped renderer.
Wednesday, March 16th, 2016