Phoenix FD for Maya enters beta testing
V-Ray for Maya users can sign on for early access to Chaos Group's formerly Max-only fluid simulator.
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
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Video tutorial: create visual effects for Unreal Engine 3
Discover how to set up smoke effects with UDK and 3ds Max in this 20-minute video from Ubisoft's Maxime Deleris.
Thursday, May 19th, 2011
Chaos Group's PhoenixFD moves into liquid simulation
New 1.2 update adds liquid-simulation toolset to promising new 3ds Max smoke and fire engine.
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
Autodesk releases updates to 3ds Max, Maya, Softimage
Advantage Packs add iray renderer for 3ds Max; Composite, MatchMover and multiphysics for Softimage.
Thursday, September 30th, 2010
Video: Softimage gets new real-time fluid simulator
Exocortex teams with Lagoa Technologies to deliver real-time fire and smoke.
Friday, September 24th, 2010