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smoke simulation

Discover how Ingenuity Studios created a six-mile CG river and complex smoke and fire simulations for Kevin Costner's epic Western.

Friday, July 26th, 2024

Real-time smoke and fire simulator for games and VFX gets movable, parentable simulation domains, and live recording in the timeline.

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024

Check out the new features in the Unreal Engine simulation baking tool, including support for UE5's new Heterogeneous Volumes.

Saturday, June 22nd, 2024

MagicPictures Software's node-based, GPU-accelerated tool can simulate smoke, liquids, sand, snow and mud. The Lite edition is free.

Friday, June 21st, 2024

Discover how to create a professional-quality VFX shot with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed guide to explosion simulation.

Sunday, April 28th, 2024

Long-awaited new macOS edition of the veteran 3D animation tool is due out later today, for both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs.

Friday, February 9th, 2024

See what's new in this big update to the real-time smoke and fire simulator, like the option to parent emitters to bones in characters.

Wednesday, January 24th, 2024

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

Veteran 3D animation software gets its first update in over three years, following a change of owner in April. Check out its new features here.

Thursday, November 30th, 2023

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

Tuesday, November 28th, 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

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