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Videos: major Houdini update adds Vellum multphysics solver, new cloth and hair tools, material-based facturing and simulation retiming.

Wednesday, October 10th, 2018

Newly updated lighting design app lets users create their own custom IES lights, including those with complex or asymmetric profiles.

Tuesday, October 9th, 2018

Planar tracking software now includes the 360-degree tracking tools from Mocha VR, supports GPU-accelerated object removal.

Thursday, October 4th, 2018

See the upcoming ZBrush features announced at Pixologic's 2018 user event, plus three free plugins to download today.

Saturday, September 29th, 2018

Big update turns iClone companion tool into a standalone character generator for games and VR work.

Friday, September 28th, 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

3ds Max and Cinema 4D crowd animation plugin's new 'alive' technology synchronises cameras and geometry with the host app.

Tuesday, September 25th, 2018

Long-awaited update to game engine updates GI system and Sandbox editor; introduces new 5%-of-royalties licensing model.

Monday, September 24th, 2018

Interesting new tool lets users link cloners, particles, fluids and volumetrics and see the results rendered on the fly.

Thursday, September 20th, 2018

Release adds new Fluid Loader object for tweaking and rendering cached sims, further updates to Alembic and OSL.

Thursday, September 20th, 2018

Open beta of next big update to renderer gets new layered texture node, in-viewport OptiX denoising.

Monday, September 17th, 2018

Long-awaited new mirrored projection system lets users paint symmetrically on any model: no need for a specialised UV layout.

Wednesday, September 12th, 2018

Terrain generator gets fast new snow system with separate controls for snow deposition and snow melt.

Wednesday, September 12th, 2018