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CUDA

First update to the open standard for VFX plugins in almost a decade improves color management, and widens CPU and GPU support.

Friday, September 6th, 2024

Check out the new features in the GPU-accelerated sparse volumetric fluid solver, including support for height fields as collision sources.

Wednesday, September 4th, 2024

Discover which NVIDIA GPU is best for CG work in real-world content creation and GPU rendering tests, including Blender, Maya and UE5.

Friday, August 30th, 2024

New deep learning framework built on OpenVDB is intended to enable developers and researchers to build city-scale generative AI models.

Tuesday, July 30th, 2024

Discover which of AMD's professional GPUs is best for CG work in real-world content creation and GPU rendering tests.

Thursday, July 25th, 2024

Unusual tool for creating software-agnostic animation libraries gets new AI-based markerless full-body motion-capture system

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024

Multiphysics add-on's tyDiffusion module generates AI renders and animations matching 3ds Max scenes. Included in the free edition.

Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024

MagicPictures Software's node-based, GPU-accelerated tool can simulate smoke, liquids, sand, snow and mud. The Lite edition is free.

Friday, June 21st, 2024

Check out the latest features in the open-source release of DreamWorks' renderer, used on movies like The Croods: A New Age.

Sunday, March 3rd, 2024

Experimental tech lets NVIDIA-only apps, including RealityCapture and Arnold, run unmodified on AMD GPUs. Check out our FAQs on it.

Friday, February 16th, 2024

Check out the popular 3ds Max particle and multiphysics add-on's neat new GPU-accelerated mesh fracturing and Boolean system.

Tuesday, January 30th, 2024

Check out the features due in the GPU renderer in 2024, including MaterialX support, new AI assistant OctaneGPT, and light field baking.

Tuesday, November 28th, 2023

Maya muscle and soft tissue simulation plugin gets new CUDA-based GPU solver, plus option to visualise stretching in the viewport.

Thursday, August 10th, 2023