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smoke simulation

Next major update to the real-time smoke and fire simulator to feature sparse sims, simulation retiming, USD support and a macOS edition.

Monday, January 27th, 2025

Updated 24 December: Find discounts on CG hardware and software available until New Year, including 3DCoat, FumeFX and Yeti.

Tuesday, December 24th, 2024

3D animation and motion graphics software gets revamped Boolean modeling system, plus updates to simulation and USD workflows.

Thursday, December 5th, 2024

Discover how the studio recreated 1940s Bratislava for the period drama, blending seamless set extensions and crowd simulation.

Thursday, November 21st, 2024

3D modeling and animation software gets new tools for copying and pasting animations, and for controlling depth of field in renders.

Thursday, September 19th, 2024

Check out the latest features in the 3D animation and motion graphics app. Redshift GPU renderer now bundled with every subscription.

Wednesday, September 11th, 2024

Now officially released: new AI tech compresses offline smoke and fire sims "up to 100x" for rendering in real time in Unreal Engine 5.

Tuesday, July 30th, 2024

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