This neat free plugin lets you import OpenVDBs into UE5
Eidos-Montréal's UnrealVDB lets users view VDB files inside Unreal Engine and render them with its path tracer.
Wednesday, July 13th, 2022
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Sneak peek: EmberGen 1.0
Check out the new features coming to the real-time fluid simulator's GPU particle system, including motion trails and 'force masking'.
Tuesday, July 12th, 2022
Get FluidNinja VFX Tools for Unreal Engine for free
Popular add-on for baking fluid simulations to flipbooks and flowmaps in UE4 and UE5 is free during July 2022.
Wednesday, July 6th, 2022
Check out After Effects 3D plugin Helium 8.0
Check out the new features in the promising add-on for streamlining the process of creating 3D animation for motion graphics.
Friday, June 17th, 2022
Sebastian Schäfer releases Storm 0.6
Standalone granular fluid, liquid and smoke simulation tool now supports cloth and soft bodies.
Thursday, May 26th, 2022
Get ActionVFX and FILMPAC's free Inferno Collection
Free asset pack for the Inferno Challenge art contest includes nine 2K effects clips of fire and smoke. Commercial use.
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2022
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
JangaFX releases EmberGen 0.7.5.5
Update to the real-time gaseous fluid simulator adds support for Wacom tablets, EXR backplates.
Thursday, March 17th, 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
Get four free explosion assets from Compositing Academy
Get free rendered explosions for use in VFX compositing. 2K EXR image sequences; commercial use.
Sunday, January 9th, 2022
Download ActionVFX's free stock effects clips and textures
Get 6 free FX clips of emergency flares, 19 cartoon fire and smoke effects, and 50 dirt textures. For commercial use.
Tuesday, December 28th, 2021
Otoy unveils Octane 2022
Check out next year's roadmap for the GPU renderer, and the new features in OctaneRender 2022.1 XB0, the first public preview build.
Tuesday, November 30th, 2021