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Next-gen terrain design tool now integrates with Houdini. Edit Gaea terrain in Houdini or software compatible with Houdini Engine.

Tuesday, August 13th, 2019

Neat tool for creating realistic rock surfaces comes as a Substance Designer scene or .sbsar file to use in other DCC apps.

Wednesday, February 21st, 2018

Neat add-on generates textured digital terrains, complete with water and instanced rocks and trees.

Tuesday, April 11th, 2017

Updated: Stefaan Sorensen's new plugin puts Mudbox-style tools right inside Maya. Now available on Linux.

Wednesday, September 17th, 2014

Latest update to the production renderer extends support for MaterialX Lama and checkpointing inside RenderMan XPU.

Sunday, December 7th, 2025

Check out the new features in the set of tools for motion graphics and VFX artists, including generation of depth maps from video.

Sunday, December 7th, 2025

Check out the new AI technologies in the standalone app and Photoshop plugin for adding cinematic effects to still images.

Sunday, December 7th, 2025

Create a portfolio-worthy matte painting in Photoshop, Nuke and Blender with The Gnomon Workshop's new masterclass.

Saturday, December 6th, 2025

Read our pick of the latest features, from the power to create terrain shaders in the Shader Editor to a big step towards a unified renderer.

Friday, December 5th, 2025

Check out the changes to the GPU renderer for 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Houdini and Maya, including updates to displacement.

Thursday, December 4th, 2025