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Sunday, February 5th, 2023
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Maxon ships VFX Suite 3.1
Suite of After Effects plugins for common visual effects tasks gets new physically based lens flare generation tool Real Lens Flares.
Monday, April 25th, 2022
Maxon ships VFX Suite 2.1
See what's new in this performance-focused update to Maxon's suite of After Effects plugins for common VFX tasks.
Tuesday, December 7th, 2021
SideFX releases Houdini 19
Check out the key tools in this big update to the procedural 3D app: from muscles, multiphysics and Pyro simulations to Karma XPU.
Wednesday, October 27th, 2021
Maxon ends perpetual licences of Red Giant products
New versions of Trapcode Suite, VFX Suite and Magic Bullet Suite available only via subscriptions.
Friday, September 17th, 2021
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Sunday, January 17th, 2021
ActionVFX halves price of all stock effects clips
VFX library's 2K practical effects clips now cost as little as $5; 4K to 6K fire and smoke cost $15-20.
Tuesday, May 1st, 2018