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Read our run-down of the key changes in the largest ever update to Houdini, from character animation to rendering and machine learning.

Thursday, November 9th, 2023

Sizeable update to the GPU ray tracing renderer adds real-time caustics, and cutaway rendering.

Thursday, August 17th, 2023

3D modelling and rendering app gets new Boolean modifier, new material nodes, enhanced animation tools, and OCIO support.

Wednesday, March 29th, 2023

Cost of the premium features in the iOS and Windows drawing and painting app falls from $9.99/month to just $9.99/year in Fresco 3.6.

Wednesday, May 11th, 2022

Drawing and painting app for iOS and Windows tablets gets 3D perspective grids, and new tools for adding motion to static images.

Saturday, October 30th, 2021

Unusual physics-based animation software gets a new Graph Editor, new tools for tweening character poses, and new spline IK system.

Thursday, July 29th, 2021

First commercial release of the unusual physics-based animation app adds neat new Auto Physics tool. Still free to indie users, too.

Tuesday, April 13th, 2021

New free beta of the promising physics and AI-based animation tool adds an auto-keying system.

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020

Open-source 2D animation app gets stop-frame animation tools; vector-guided perspective drawing.

Monday, March 2nd, 2020

Sizeable update to the rotoscoping and paint software adds features across the board. Mocha planar tracker now thrown in for free.

Thursday, November 14th, 2019

Updated: get a new camera lattice deformer free as well as the harmonic deformer, soft IK solver and key reducer.

Monday, September 9th, 2019

Pose characters by drawing in the viewport with Moka Studio's innovative animation tool, then see the result in Maya.

Friday, October 5th, 2018

Real-time animation tool gets support for Bezier curve editing for motion paths, new Material Plus format for saving multi-materials.

Friday, September 28th, 2018