The Gnomon Workshop ships Introduction to Maya 2020
Master modelling, animation, effects and rendering in Maya with this comprehensive tutorial series.
Saturday, November 14th, 2020
fluid simulation
SideFX ships Houdini 18.5
Big update to the procedural 3D software adds KineFX character rigging toolset; updates to Solaris, Karma and the simulation tools.
Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
Nvidia announces Omniverse open beta
USD-based 'open collaboration' platform for CG work will become free to individual users this fall.
Monday, October 5th, 2020
Effective TDs ships Storm 0.5
Big update to the standalone fluid simulation tool adds new smoke solver, option to upres sims, and 'complete procedural VDB toolkit'.
Monday, October 5th, 2020
Master FLIP fluid simulation in Houdini
Follow The Gnomon Workshop's essential introductory tutorial to Houdini's fluid simulation tools.
Saturday, October 3rd, 2020
Chaos Group ships Phoenix FD 4.30 for 3ds Max and Maya
New force tuning option in the fluid simulation app lets users 'mask' forces to control sims precisely.
Thursday, September 24th, 2020
Nvidia unveils Omniverse Machinima
Upcoming app will let users create 3D animations based on games assets using new AI-driven tools.
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2020
Blender Foundation releases Blender 2.90
Latest update to the open-source 3D app brings major changes to sculpting, rendering and simulation.
Tuesday, September 1st, 2020
Chaos Czech releases Corona Renderer 6 for 3ds Max
3ds Max renderer gets new sky model, better Phoenix FD support, adaptive environment sampling.
Tuesday, September 1st, 2020
LuxCoreRender 2.4 and BlendLuxCore 2.4 ship
Open-source renderer gets faster GPU rendering, plus support for Blender's mantaflow smoke sims.
Thursday, July 30th, 2020
JangaFX releases EmberGen 0.5.5
Real-time gaseous fluid simulator gets neat new GPU particle system for finer, wispier smoke effects.
Friday, July 17th, 2020
Insydium ships the X-Particles 2020 update
Major update to the Cinema 4D physics plugin adds powerful new fluids, flocking and scattering tools.
Saturday, July 4th, 2020
Chaos Group launches the V-Ray Collection
$699/year subscription includes 11 editions of V-Ray, plus Phoenix FD, Project Lavina and VRScans assets.
Wednesday, June 17th, 2020