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Houdini

GPU renderer gets updated RTX acceleration, new spectral sky and daylight system, ACES support.

Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019

Major update to Houdini adds new look dev and layout system Solaris, USD-native renderer Karma, new modelling and simulation tools.

Wednesday, November 27th, 2019

All-in-one production platform pitched as a complete visual effects studio in the cloud shuts just 18 months after its commercial launch.

Thursday, November 7th, 2019

Render manager now scales to thousands of slave machines. Free to use on Amazon Web Services.

Thursday, October 17th, 2019

Updated: now available for Blender. Exoside's new tool turns messy models into clean all-quad meshes.

Tuesday, October 8th, 2019

New pricing makes the powerful photogrammetry tool available for a mimum payment of just over $20.

Wednesday, September 11th, 2019

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

Tuesday, August 13th, 2019

See breakdowns of 10 key movies, TV series and ads created in V-Ray from Chaos Group's 2019 showreel.

Monday, August 12th, 2019

Check out the powerful look dev, lighting and shot layout system due in Houdini 18 later this year, and the accompanying Karma renderer.

Thursday, August 1st, 2019

Update to the renderer adds initial support for OSL and OpenVDB in Arnold GPU, plus new Clip Geo shader for rendering cutaways.

Wednesday, July 31st, 2019

Now shipping: new edition of V-Ray lets VFX studios use Houdini for look dev as well as final rendering.

Monday, July 29th, 2019

Check out the best new movies, ads and cinematics created using Houdini, then follow our links to the VFX breakdowns.

Monday, July 29th, 2019

Gaseous fluid simulator can now use 3ds Max 2020.1's detachable viewports as floating previews.

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2019