Expresii 1.0 ships
Now shipping: promising $59 digital painting system uses fluid dynamics to mimic real brush-and-ink strokes.
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016
fluid simulation
Next Limit releases RealFlow | Cinema 4D
Now shipping: New $795 edition of the fluid simulator is 'fully integrated' inside C4D, though it lacks some advanced tools.
Thursday, June 23rd, 2016
Videos: the best of Siggraph 2016’s technical papers
Watch our pick of the show's hottest research - from new ways to 3D print Moomins to Schrödinger's Smoke.
Monday, May 30th, 2016
Basefount ships Miarmy 4.7
Maya crowd-simulation tool now lets crowd agents float in water, or get up after being turned into ragdolls.
Friday, May 27th, 2016
Eye candy: the RealFlow 2015 showreel
See three minutes of gorgeous new work created with the fluid simulator, from ads to the titles for Daredevil.
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016
Insydium releases X-Particles 3.5
Cinema 4D particles tool gets new audio modifier and trail deformer. Price of floating licences reduced.
Tuesday, December 1st, 2015
Next Limit releases RealFlow 2015.1
Updated: Fluid simulator's GPU-accelerated Dyverso solvers now simulate immiscible fluids, support wet maps.
Wednesday, November 25th, 2015
Sitni Sati releases FumeFX 4.0 for 3ds Max
First update to top gaseous fluid simulator in three years boosts speed, adds new tools for art directing sims.
Tuesday, October 27th, 2015
Blackcore releases ExplosiaFX for Softimage
New plugin lets users create voxel-based gaseous fluid effects using Softimage's ICE toolset.
Wednesday, September 9th, 2015
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