Sneak peek: GPU-accelerated smoke and fire in NeXus
Check out nxExplosiaFX, the new smoke and fire simulation tool in Insydium's GPU-based particle effects add-on for Cinema 4D.
Friday, October 17th, 2025
GPU-accelerated
Get standalone GPU FLIP fluid solver Storm HydroFX free in beta
Promising new tool based on the Storm multiphysics simulator exports liquid sims in Alembic format for use in other CG apps.
Monday, October 13th, 2025
Chaos adopts HIP to unleash AMD acceleration in V-Ray GPU
[Sponsored] Discover how Chaos is porting the GPU functionality of its industry-leading V-Ray renderer to run on AMD Radeon PRO GPUs.
Wednesday, October 8th, 2025
Sitni Sati releases FumeFX 7.1 for 3ds Max
Update to the popular effects plugin makes it easier to exchange simulation caches with Houdini, Bifrost, EmberGen and LiquiGen.
Monday, October 6th, 2025
Theory Accelerated releases Axiom 4 for Houdini
Latest update to the GPU-accelerated sparse volumetric fluid solver improves collisions between smoke and surrounding objects.
Thursday, September 25th, 2025
SideFX just released Houdini 21: check out its five key features
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
RE:Vision Effects releases video and animation upscaler REZUp 2
Check out the new machine learning models in the pro upscaling plugin for compositing and video editing applications.
Friday, August 22nd, 2025
Sitni Sati releases FumeFX 7.0 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
JangaFX releases LiquiGen 1.0
The real-time liquid simulator is now officially production-ready. Check out the new options for simulating deliciously viscous fluids.
Tuesday, July 29th, 2025
Abstract releases InstaMAT 2025
Major update sees the hotly tipped 3D texture painting and material authoring tools leave early access. Still free for indie artists.
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025
QuadSpinner releases Gaea 2.2
Major update to the next-gen terrain generator for games and VFX adds 10 new nodes, and updates over 20 more. Check out the new features.
Tuesday, July 15th, 2025
Sneak peek: check out FumeFX's new ocean simulation toolset
Video: check out the upcoming NodeWorks: Ocean tools in the smoke, fire, liquids and multiphysics simulation plugin for 3ds Max.
Monday, July 7th, 2025
Maxon releases Cinema 4D 2025.3 with new liquid simulation system
3D animation and motion graphics app gets liquid simulation toolset, plus support for UDIMs and texel density. See all the new features.
Thursday, June 19th, 2025