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FumeFX for 3ds Max

Smoke, fire and effects plugin gets GPU-accelerated ocean simulation system, with support for foam, spray and floating objects.

Tuesday, August 19th, 2025

Video: check out the upcoming NodeWorks: Ocean tools in the smoke, fire, liquids and multiphysics simulation plugin for 3ds Max.

Monday, July 7th, 2025

Updated 24 December: Find discounts on CG hardware and software available until New Year, including 3DCoat, FumeFX and Yeti.

Tuesday, December 24th, 2024

Major update to the gaseous fluid simulator and multiphysics plugin adds new GPU-accelerated liquid simulation toolset.

Thursday, September 12th, 2024

Read our pick of the changes in Houdini 21, from Copernicus and KineFX to new AI workflows - then see a list of all 300+ new features.

Wednesday, August 27th, 2025

First big update to the new edition of V-Ray for Blender users adds support for Geometry Nodes and a Cycles-to-V-Ray material converter.

Tuesday, August 26th, 2025

Wacom ups its funding for Blender by €210,000/year in partnership to develop 'next-gen" Blender experience on Android tablets.

Monday, August 25th, 2025

Check out the price and key specs for the 'industry first' pen display with Calman Ready built in for color calibration for high-end CG work.

Monday, August 25th, 2025

Master professional workflows for creating games environments with The Gnomon Workshop's intermediate-level tutorial.

Saturday, August 23rd, 2025

Check out the new machine learning models in the pro upscaling plugin for compositing and video editing applications.

Friday, August 22nd, 2025