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See the week's other updates to CG tools, like V-Ray 7.4 for Cinema 4D, Storm HydroFX 1.5, and free motion graphics tool Autograph 2026.1.

Sunday, August 16th, 2026

Check out the new features in the wide-ranging update to the Cinema 4D edition of the hair, fur and feather-generation add-on.

Wednesday, August 12th, 2026

Check out the Italian studio's breakdown of the CG cars and eye-catching stunt effects for the Netflix motor sport drama.

Wednesday, August 5th, 2026

Add-ons for loading caches from the Maya crowd simulation add-on now available under an Apache 2.0 license, alongside Golaem 9.3.2.

Monday, August 3rd, 2026

Discover how a shared Houdini timeline driving environmental FX powered the multi-million-year timelapses in the Netflix series.

Friday, July 24th, 2026

Check out the latest features in Houdini, from a complete new 3D Gaussian Splatting toolset to major updates to KineFX and Copernicus.

Thursday, July 16th, 2026

Read our pick of the latest features in Unreal Engine, from Mesh Terrain to MetaHuman Crowds, by way of new rigging and animation tools.

Wednesday, June 17th, 2026

Master professional simulation workflows using Houdini's Vellum solver with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed six-hour tutorial.

Saturday, June 13th, 2026

See the new features due in the next major version of Houdini, from updates to Copernicus to tools to train, relight and rig Gaussian Splats.

Monday, June 8th, 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

See videos of key tools used on the Avatar sequels, including the Loki multiphysics framework and Pahi fluid simulation pipeline.

Monday, May 18th, 2026

Check out the promising new GPU-accelerated sparse liquid solver from Theory Accelerated, creator of the popular Axiom fluid solver.

Thursday, April 23rd, 2026

Check out the new features in Maxon's 3D animation and motion graphics software, and register for the beta of the new iPad edition.

Thursday, April 16th, 2026