February 8, 2023
Major update adds complete new terrain-generation system to the Max particle and physics add-on. Read More »
September 11, 2021
Create facial hair for an animatable 3D character with The Gnomon Workshop's introductory tutorial. Read More »
January 21, 2021
Neat tool snaps hair guides to a target mesh, then lets you reshape the entire hairstyle interactively. Read More »
September 15, 2020
New trial edition lets you test this major update to the GPU renderer, even if you aren't an existing user. Read More »
May 27, 2020
Check out the new features in the latest experimental build of the GPU production renderer. Read More »
May 18, 2020
SDK update to the free, hardware-agnostic GPU renderer promises faster rendering on CPU plus GPU. Read More »
April 3, 2020
Maya crowd simulation tool gets new USD procedural plugin, plus morphology variation for crowd characters, skinned animated fur. Read More »
January 7, 2020
New Cinema 4D edition of the popular hair, fur and feather simulation plugin works with both Arnold and Redshift out of the box. Read More »
November 6, 2019
Performance-focused update adds new 2.5D displacement system and new hair materials to the renderer. Read More »
May 17, 2019
Renderer's fast, intuitive new system aims to make caustics a 'mainstream effect' in production. Read More »
January 8, 2019
Popular hair and fur plugin gets new physics, clumping and braiding toolsets, native support for Arnold. Read More »
October 15, 2018
Popular 3ds Max hair, fur and feathers tool coming to Cinema 4D. Sign up to join the beta program. Read More »
June 11, 2018
Big update to hair plugin adds new physics system, clumping controls, option to generate woven fabrics. Read More »
October 25, 2017
Now shipping: renderer gets new dedicated camera, skin and hair shaders, 300 readymade materials. Read More »
August 22, 2017
Popular hair-creation plugin gets new tools for generating realistic mesh hair, new dynamics options. Read More »
July 18, 2017
The Blur Studio artist discusses his award-winning short, The Legion, and new CG project The Vikings. Read More »
March 3, 2017
Hair, fur and feathers plugin can now generate hair from particles. New grooming and LOD workflows. Read More »
July 12, 2016
Popular 3ds Max hair plugin now out for Maya. Supports Nucleus physics and Arnold, V-Ray, Redshift and RenderMan rendering. Read More »
November 18, 2015
Updated, now shipping: 3ds Max hair plugin gets new groom preset system, plus better brush tools, MassFX dynamics, Alembic export. Read More »
February 28, 2015
Check out the month's best tech demos, including some stunning work from The Mill and Blur Studio. Read More »
