Sebastian Schäfer releases Storm 0.6
Standalone granular fluid, liquid and smoke simulation tool now supports cloth and soft bodies.
Thursday, May 26th, 2022
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Download 15 free smoke, fire and dust sims in VDB format
Get free FX elements simulated in EmberGen in CC0 format, including this seamlessly loopable tornado.
Sunday, April 17th, 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
Ziva Dynamics releases Ziva VFX 2.0 for Maya
Popular soft tissue simulation plugin gets its first major update in two years. See the new features.
Thursday, March 31st, 2022
Autodesk ships Maya 2023
3D modelling and animation app gets new Blue Pencil annotation toolset, plus updates to Boolean modelling, retopology and Bifrost.
Wednesday, March 30th, 2022
Nvidia releases Omniverse Create 2022.1
Big update to the Omniverse scene layout app adds soft-body physics, new character animation toolset.
Saturday, March 26th, 2022
Omniverse gets Substance support, new UE5 live link
Option to use renderers like Cycles, OctaneRender and V-Ray inside Omniverse apps due soon.
Saturday, March 26th, 2022
Nvidia unveils RTX A5500 and six new RTX laptop GPUs
New cards flesh out Nvidia's line-up of Ampere GPUs for pro desktop workstations - and now for laptops.
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2022
Cebas launches finalFluid for 3ds Max
Check out the new GPU-based real-time fire and smoke simulator, now available in free public beta.
Tuesday, March 15th, 2022
CLO Virtual Fashion updates Marvelous Designer 11
New update to the 3D clothing design tool improves FBX export, adds support for UDIM file naming.
Friday, February 25th, 2022
ToolChefs ships AtomsUnreal 3.0 in beta
Unreal Engine plugin for the Atoms Crowd simulation system gets support for runtime variation and 'XPU animation'.
Friday, January 28th, 2022
Unity acquires Ziva Dynamics
Buyout of leading character rigging and simulation tools developer strengthens Unity's portfolio of digital human and creature tech.
Tuesday, January 25th, 2022
Discover how to create an FX production shot in Houdini
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals how to create a horror movie effect from start to finish.
Saturday, January 22nd, 2022