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Popular hair-creation plugin gets new tools for generating realistic mesh hair, new dynamics options.

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2017

Hair, fur and feathers plugin can now generate hair from particles. New grooming and LOD workflows.

Friday, March 3rd, 2017

Updated, now shipping: 3ds Max hair plugin gets new groom preset system, plus better brush tools, MassFX dynamics, Alembic export.

Wednesday, November 18th, 2015

3ds Max hair tool adds option to model hair with standard poly tools, improved Nitrous viewport preview.

Tuesday, September 30th, 2014

New Node Tools system will let artists package groups of Geometry Nodes into standard Edit Mode menu commands.

Thursday, September 28th, 2023

Check out the neat $20 Geometry Nodes-based add-on, capable of generating simple, good-looking fluid sims in 'semi-realtime'.

Wednesday, September 27th, 2023

Check out the library of 16K heightmaps for generating high-res terrains, and a new Blender tool for creating custom erosion effects.

Tuesday, September 26th, 2023

Motion-capture software gets better finger and prop tracking, plus better integration with MetaHumans.

Tuesday, September 26th, 2023

Real-time ray tracing renderer becomes first DCC app to support NVIDIA's DLSS 3.5 and its AI-trained Ray Reconstruction denoiser.

Friday, September 22nd, 2023

New web app lets CG artists get 'clear and actionable feedback' on 3D models from collaborators and clients. Free for up to 5 projects.

Thursday, September 21st, 2023