Blackcore releases ExplosiaFX for Softimage
New plugin lets users create voxel-based gaseous fluid effects using Softimage's ICE toolset.
Wednesday, September 9th, 2015
fluid simulation
Next Limit releases RealFlow 2015
Fluid simulator gets new GPU based solvers, better OpenVDB support, new artist and TD tools.
Friday, July 31st, 2015
Videos: the best of Siggraph 2015's technical papers
Watch our pick of the show's hottest research - from recreating fine skin details to simulating mayonnaise.
Tuesday, June 16th, 2015
Chaos Group releases V-Ray for 3ds Max 3.20
New video: Service pack adds new VR cameras, GPU-based texture baking, option to render fluid sims.
Tuesday, June 9th, 2015
Next Limit announces RFCORE for Cinema 4D
New addition to RealFlow product line will let users create and render liquid sims directly inside C4D.
Friday, April 17th, 2015
Next Limit releases RealFlow RenderKit 2014
Free RF tool for meshing particles at render time gets better Arnold support, system for surface spray.
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2014
Cool tech demo: the Project Proteus fluid simulator
Check out this physically based, 100% parallelised 'next-gen' fluid simulator, soon available in beta.
Thursday, October 30th, 2014
Mootzoid releases emPolygonizer 5
Softimage particle meshing plugin comes to Maya, Modo and Fabric Engine. The demo reel is amazing.
Thursday, October 30th, 2014
Eye candy: Next Limit's RealFlow 2014 showreel
Watch drips, drizzles and splashes created with the fluid simulator, plus a couple of larger VFX shots.
Tuesday, August 19th, 2014
Next Limit ships RealFlow 2014
Fluid simulator adds viscosity, new Ocean Force daemon, support for the Arnold renderer. Price down too.
Tuesday, June 17th, 2014
Sneak peak: viscous fluids in RealFlow 2014
Updated: watch Next Limit's complete FMX presentation, showing all the new features of RF 2014.
Thursday, May 15th, 2014
Marcus Nordenstam discusses Bifrost
Naiad's co-author turned Autodesk product manager tells us how Maya 2015's new fluid simulator will stir up FX artists' workflows
Monday, March 31st, 2014
Videos: see the new features in Maya 2015
Major update adds new FX tools, new skinning system, lots of smaller features. See them all in action here.
Wednesday, March 19th, 2014