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Houdini

Activision's neat open-source USD Shell Extension lets you view and edit USD files directly in Windows.

Tuesday, June 15th, 2021

Discover how to create realistic shaders for VFX with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new tutorial.

Wednesday, June 9th, 2021

Check out the new features in J Cube's USD-native Maya layout, look dev and lighting toolset. Freelancers can use it for free.

Monday, June 7th, 2021

Check out this major update to the CPU-based render denoising system used in Blender and Unity.

Monday, May 24th, 2021

Crowd animation system for Maya and Houdini gets new behaviour tree. UE4 plugin also now updated.

Saturday, May 22nd, 2021

Updated: See what's new in Build 6 of the GPU-based alternative to Houdini's own Sparse Pyro solver.

Tuesday, May 18th, 2021

Big update to the look dev and rendering tool adds USD exporter, Arnold-compatible material and intuitive new lighting workflows.

Wednesday, May 5th, 2021

Updated: Blender, Cinema 4D, Houdini and Maya users can now run the renderer on Macs with M1 processors as well as AMD GPUs.

Friday, April 30th, 2021

New service lets users set up a complete production studio in the cloud. See the price, specs and supported software.

Thursday, April 29th, 2021

Greyscalegorilla Plus subs now give access to all of the firm's C4D plugins, resources and training.

Monday, April 26th, 2021

Studios will pay to use the hotly tipped open collaboration system, but individual artists can use it free.

Monday, April 12th, 2021

Discover how Rebellion's VFX team created the game's colourful trailer using Houdini and Unreal Engine.

Saturday, April 10th, 2021

Free GPU renderer get supports for Cryptomatte AOVs, and a new 16-bit Machine Learning denoiser.

Thursday, April 1st, 2021