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simulation

Check out a gripping breakdown of the creation, then destruction, of a CG New York street for the Gothic horror miniseries.

Friday, December 15th, 2023

3D animation and motion graphics tool gets new options for rigid body and Pyro simulations, new Key Reducer for mocap data.

Tuesday, December 12th, 2023

Discover how to use Houdini's sparse Pyro solver in production with The Gnomon Workshop's essential tutorial.

Tuesday, December 5th, 2023

Check out Rodeo FX's spectacular VFX breakdown of the spy thriller's extended opening chase down a snowy mountainside.

Tuesday, November 28th, 2023

Discover great seasonal discounts on 3D assets, apps and software, including offers still valid until the end of December.

Tuesday, November 28th, 2023

Physical Addons' promising plugin generates photorealistic animated ocean surfaces, and is lightweight enough to run on a laptop.

Thursday, November 23rd, 2023

3D modeling and animation software gets updates to LookdevX, the character rigging and animation tools, and to USD for Maya.

Wednesday, November 15th, 2023

Discover how Framestore created the distinctively handmade look of its animation sequence for the new Haunted Mansion movie.

Friday, November 10th, 2023

Read our run-down of the key changes in the largest ever update to Houdini, from character animation to rendering and machine learning.

Thursday, November 9th, 2023

Create a VFX sequence of a character dissolving using Unreal Engine, Houdini and Photoshop with The Gnomon Workshop's tutorial.

Sunday, November 5th, 2023

Check out Framestore's VFX breakdown of some of its 520 VFX shots from Season 2 of the Amazon Prime Video fantasy series.

Tuesday, October 24th, 2023

See the new features due in the next major version of Houdini, including updates to animation and simulation and the Karma renderer.

Thursday, October 19th, 2023

Discover how to turn a character to ash with The Gnomon Workshop's introductory tutorial.

Tuesday, September 19th, 2023