Cell Fluids is a lightweight new real-time fluid solver for Blender
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
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Boonika Art Tools launches AAA Terrains and Erosion Mixer
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
Blackmagic Design releases Fusion Studio 18.5
Big update to the compositing app adds initial USD support, new Multi-merge tool for layer-based work.
Monday, July 24th, 2023
IDV releases SpeedTree 9.5
Tree-generation software for games and VFX gets new Projectors system for adding surface details like moss and snow.
Friday, July 21st, 2023
Magic Nodes: node-based compositing in After Effects
Updated with details of version 1.5: neat add-on lets you wire nodes together to create composites.
Tuesday, May 30th, 2023
Autodesk ships Bifrost for Maya 2.7.1
Maya multiphysics plugin gets better voxel smoothing, volume rendering, Component Tag support.
Monday, May 15th, 2023
See the 2023 Blender development roadmap
See which major features are due in the open-source 3D software in 2023 - and which are delayed.
Tuesday, May 9th, 2023
Baguette: a powerful free nodal rigging system for Maya
Get Nims Bun's ultra-flexible rigging framework, used in production at Pixomondo, and now available free.
Tuesday, March 7th, 2023
Boonar Studio releases Terrain Mixer 2.1
Check out the new features in the popular Blender tool for generating terrain for games & matte paintings.
Thursday, January 26th, 2023
Autodesk open-sources Bifrost USD
Toolset for authoring USD scenes with the graph editor from Maya's Bifrost plugin now free under an Apache 2.0 licence.
Monday, December 12th, 2022
JangaFX unveils GeoGen
EmberGen developer's upcoming real-time terrain generator is pitched as the Substance 3D Designer of planetary creation.
Thursday, December 8th, 2022
Blackmagic Design releases Fusion Studio 18.1
Compositing software gets support for AI-based Magic Mask system and more GPU-accelerated tools.
Monday, November 14th, 2022
Material Maker 1.0 is out
Hotly tipped open-source material authoring and 3D texture painting app gets its milestone 1.0 release. Check out all of its new features.
Sunday, July 24th, 2022