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Houdini

New integration plugin for the GPU renderer supports Houdini's native primitives, instancing and volumes.

Saturday, February 18th, 2017

Watch our pick of the best movie, TV and commercials breakdown videos created in the past year.

Wednesday, January 4th, 2017

Real-time lighting design tool adds new ways to position area lights or virtual lights within HDRI maps.

Friday, December 16th, 2016

New apps added to online render service alongside Maya and Nuke. GPU compute coming next year?

Monday, November 28th, 2016

Free version of Pixar's production renderer now available for learning, personal use, plugin development.

Wednesday, November 16th, 2016

Updated: Cinema 4D fluid simulator to get new sound node; new APIC solver generates smoother liquid flow than standard FLIP solvers.

Friday, October 7th, 2016

Top FX TD Wayne Hollingsworth shares his production tips at a free workshop at Gnomon this Thursday. Watch free online.

Monday, August 29th, 2016

GPU-based production renderer to get native integration with The Foundry's look development tool.

Thursday, August 25th, 2016

New features in Houdini 16 likely to include guided fluid sims, new muscle system, 'ground-up rewrite' of the node networks.

Wednesday, August 17th, 2016

We round up over 30 of the key new tools to be announced at the show, from full 3D packages to plugins.

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016

See four minutes of the best VFX and animation created in Houdini, from San Andreas to Dawn of War III.

Sunday, July 31st, 2016

Education edition now available to colleges for $75/year, and free to high schools and instructors.

Friday, July 15th, 2016

Now shipping: Chimney VFX artist Jan Białek's Houdini plugin renders 3D models in striking classical graphic styles.

Saturday, July 9th, 2016