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particle simulation

Get the real-time effects specialist's free app for generating vector fields to control particle simulations for games, motion graphics and VFX.

Tuesday, June 30th, 2026

3D animation and motion graphics software gets a new, completely redesigned UV Editor and UV tools. Check out all of the changes here.

Wednesday, June 10th, 2026

New Blender edition of the popular C4D particle and fluid simulation tool is free in beta for anyone who signs up for an Insydium account.

Saturday, June 6th, 2026

Popular 3ds Max particle and multiphysics add-on for VFX and motion graphics gets neat new GPU-based Zenith fluid engine.

Thursday, March 5th, 2026

New CUDA-based GPU solver makes smoke and fire simulation in the 3ds Max effects plugin '2-5x' faster than on the CPU.

Friday, December 19th, 2025

Check out the changes to the 3D modeling and animation software, including new Advanced Distributions for motion graphics.

Thursday, December 4th, 2025

Find great seasonal discounts on CG software, hardware and assets. Deals available in January include 3DCoat, 3D Scan Store, CGTrader.

Friday, November 28th, 2025

Check out nxExplosiaFX, the new smoke and fire simulation tool in Insydium's GPU-based particle effects add-on for Cinema 4D.

Friday, October 17th, 2025

Update to the popular effects plugin makes it easier to exchange simulation caches with Houdini, Bifrost, EmberGen and LiquiGen.

Monday, October 6th, 2025

Smoke, fire and effects plugin gets GPU-accelerated ocean simulation system, with support for foam, spray and floating objects.

Tuesday, August 19th, 2025

3D animation and motion graphics app gets liquid simulation toolset, plus support for UDIMs and texel density. See all the new features.

Thursday, June 19th, 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

3D animation and motion graphics app gets integrated Spline Modifiers and updates to particle simulation. Liquid simulation 'coming soon'.

Thursday, April 3rd, 2025