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particle effects

Standalone app and plugin for adding cinematic effects to still images also now works with non-Adobe software, including Affinity.

Friday, June 26th, 2026

Open-source game engine gets new native particle system, updates to tonemapping and the physical sky, and automatic LOD generation.

Thursday, June 11th, 2026

New features in the effects plugins include AI-powered video deinterlacing and updates to AI facial matte generation.

Friday, May 15th, 2026

Digital painting and animation tool gets new accompanying web-based apps, including a complete low-poly 3D landscape generator.

Saturday, March 28th, 2026

Product and portfolio rendering plugin can now create interactive standalone presentations that run outside the Unreal Edtitor.

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026

Check out the latest features in the motion design app just acquired by Canva, including a new Mesh solver for creating organic growth effects.

Wednesday, February 25th, 2026

Check out the changes to the popular set of Cinema 4D add-ons, also including GPU-accelerated smoke and fire simulation in NeXus.

Tuesday, December 9th, 2025

Check out the changes to the VFX plugins for compositing and video editing apps, including AI masking tools and revamped chromakeying.

Monday, November 3rd, 2025

Create energy FX using a robust generalist approach in Houdini, Maya and Nuke with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed tutorial.

Sunday, May 25th, 2025

Effects plugins for compositing and video editing apps get new AI tools for generating masks and depth maps, and fixing glitches. Prices up.

Thursday, May 22nd, 2025

Check out the latest features in the particle and physics plugin, including the new Explosion Tool and 160+ new scripting functions.

Friday, May 16th, 2025

Check out upcoming features in the game engine, from rendering and simulation to Megaworlds biomes, next-gen terrain and Anim Next.

Tuesday, January 21st, 2025

Set of effects plugins for video editing and compositing apps gets new AI-based motion blur filter and updates to Particle Illusion.

Friday, November 1st, 2024