Free tool: Hextile for Houdini and Unreal Engine
Mohsen Tabasi's award-winning free tool minimises visible repeats by tiling textures using a hex grid.
Monday, February 13th, 2023
SideFX
Blender will no longer ditch the VFX Reference platform
Open-source 3D app to revert to supporting the industry standard after criticism from VFX artists.
Thursday, September 29th, 2022
Check out SideFX's Fast Remesh for Houdini
Neat free tool turns meshes into even triangles up to 25x faster than Houdini's standard Remesh node.
Monday, August 29th, 2022
SideFX releases Houdini 19.5
Read a detailed run-down of new features in the procedural 3D app, including updates to simulation, creature effects, Solaris and Karma.
Thursday, July 21st, 2022
Sneak peek: Houdini 19.5
See a full list of new features in the next version of Houdini, including updates to creature effects, fluid simulation, Solaris and Karma.
Monday, July 18th, 2022
Eye candy: SideFX's 2022 Houdini games reel
See the games Houdini was used on this year alongside clips of the custom tools used to create them.
Tuesday, July 12th, 2022
Download free Houdini tools from Project Titan
Updated: get five new free tools from SideFX's Houdini-to-UE5 tech demo, plus its Houdini Engine for UE5 plugin.
Sunday, June 5th, 2022
Matt Puchala releases Axiom 2.2 for Houdini
GPU-accelerated sparse gaseous fluid solver gets new profiling tools. Native Metal support now in beta.
Tuesday, April 12th, 2022
SideFX releases the Houdini 19 Apple Silicon build
New preview build of the VFX-industry-standard app adds native support for Apple's M1 processors.
Wednesday, March 9th, 2022
Chaos releases V-Ray 5 for Houdini Update 2
Update to the Houdini edition of the renderer extends V-Ray for Solaris, improves the hair material.
Saturday, December 11th, 2021
Unity acquires Weta Digital for $1.6 billion
Firm aims to put Weta's legendary in-house VFX tools 'into the hands of millions of artists' worldwide.
Wednesday, November 10th, 2021
SideFX releases Houdini 19
Check out the key tools in this big update to the procedural 3D app: from muscles, multiphysics and Pyro simulations to Karma XPU.
Wednesday, October 27th, 2021
Weta Digital unveils WetaH
New cloud service to provide studios of all sizes with access to the Academy Award-winning VFX facility's in-house Houdini tools.
Saturday, August 28th, 2021