LightWave Digital unveils LightWave 2026
See the new features in the 3D animation and rendering software, from vehicle auto-rigging to new tools for snow and lighting effects.
Monday, May 4th, 2026
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MagicPictures Software ships Aq Mesher and Aq Bullet
VFX house MagicPictures Studio's OpenVDB-based meshing and Bullet physics tools now available as 3ds Max plugins.
Monday, August 5th, 2019
Get Allan McKay's free tower destruction tutorial
Download the FX guru's eight-hour series of Max, thinkingParticles and FumeFX videos, with project files.
Tuesday, January 5th, 2016
Review: LightWave 11.0 to 11.6
Andy Bishop looks back over NewTek's11.x series of releases, and assesses what comes next.
Monday, November 11th, 2013
Next Limit ships RealFlow 2013
Long-awaited update adds Alembic support, GPU-accelerated Hybrido 2 fluid solver, new Relationship Editor.
Tuesday, May 28th, 2013
WetWork releases Snow 2.0 plugin for RealFlow
Update to RealFlow snow simulator adds rigid body interaction, fracture simulation and friction controls.
Friday, December 23rd, 2011
NewTek announces new features of LightWave 11
Extensive update to feature former CORE technologies like Bullet physics: due to ship by end of year.
Friday, November 11th, 2011
Videos: see RealFlow 2012's new features in action
Watch the updated Hybrido solver, retiming features, the new Voronoi fracture tool and servo engines.
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
Next Limit releases RealFlow 2012
Leading fluid simulator gets new rigid-body dynamics tools, retiming, and $245 one-year learning edition.
Thursday, July 28th, 2011