See Rodeo FX's VFX breakdowns for House of the Dragon Season 3
See two excellent VFX breakdowns, one showcasing the full range of Rodeo FX's work; the other focusing on the dragon Silverwing.
Tuesday, October 6th, 2026
crowd simulation
See how Folks created the CG crowds for Chad Powers Season 1
Discover how the visual effects studio created CG stadiums packed with over 90,000 fans for the college football comedy drama.
Tuesday, September 8th, 2026
tyFlow 2.1 adds PhysX-powered vehicle rigging and simulation
Popular 3ds Max multiphysics plugin gets a complete new vehicle toolset, along with new Gaussian Splatting features.
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2026
See Trend VFX's seven-minute VFX breakdown for slave drama Asad
Watch the Egyptian studio's epic making-of for Moon Knight director Mohamed Diab's new movie, from crowds and cities to a CG baby.
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2026
Autodesk open-sources Golaem for Houdini and Unreal Engine
Add-ons for loading caches from the Maya crowd simulation add-on now available under an Apache 2.0 license, alongside Golaem 9.3.2.
Monday, August 3rd, 2026
SideFX just released Houdini 22
Check out the latest features in Houdini, from a complete new 3D Gaussian Splatting toolset to major updates to KineFX and Copernicus.
Thursday, July 16th, 2026
Unreal Engine 5.8 is here: discover its 5 key features for CG artists
Read our pick of the latest features in Unreal Engine, from Mesh Terrain to MetaHuman Crowds, by way of new rigging and animation tools.
Wednesday, June 17th, 2026
Sneak peek: Houdini 22
See the new features due in the next major version of Houdini, from updates to Copernicus to tools to train, relight and rig Gaussian Splats.
Monday, June 8th, 2026
Massive crowd simulation software gets free edition
New non-commercial Massive 101 edition makes it possible for any CG artist to try the crowd simulation tool created for The Lord of the Rings.
Friday, May 29th, 2026
iCrowds 2.0 is a Blender crowds system from the creators of iCity
Inexpensive add-on adds animated crowds to 3D scenes for animation or visualization - now including a ragdoll system for action shots.
Thursday, March 12th, 2026
tyFlow 2.0 now simulates smoke and fire as well as particles
Popular 3ds Max particle and multiphysics add-on for VFX and motion graphics gets neat new GPU-based Zenith fluid engine.
Thursday, March 5th, 2026
Tutorial: Simulating Crowds with Golaem & Maya
Master crowd simulation for VFX and game cinematics with The Gnomon Workshop's crash course in Maya crowds add-on Golaem.
Saturday, January 17th, 2026
Black Friday, Cyber Week and New Year deals for CG artists
Find great seasonal discounts on CG software, hardware and assets. Deals available in January include 3DCoat, 3D Scan Store, CGTrader.
Friday, November 28th, 2025