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Maya particle renderer adds Magma toolkit from 3ds Max edition, better surfacing and shadowing options.

Wednesday, December 18th, 2013

Update to the particle plugin to add fluids, XPresso integration, full multi-threading. Check 'em all out here.

Friday, May 10th, 2013

Still pining for Naiad? This highly scalable, Alembic-supporting tool could be exactly what you need.

Tuesday, August 28th, 2012

Master the art of high-precision sculpting and surfacing in Gnomon's new creature tutorial.

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011

Compositing, finishing and effects software gets a new Annotations system and two new AI models for generating depth maps from clips.

Tuesday, April 21st, 2026

Check out the latest features in the production renderer, including support for Windows on ARM and hardware ray tracing on AMD GPUs.

Tuesday, April 21st, 2026

Check out the new features in the plugins for motion design and VFX, including support for free motion graphics software Autograph.

Tuesday, April 21st, 2026

Insydium's popular Cinema 4D particle tool is coming to Blender. Read our FAQs on its likely price, features and release date.

Monday, April 20th, 2026

New features in the 3D clothing design tool include a 3D Pencil, updates to garment rigging and animation, and glTF support.

Monday, April 20th, 2026

Discover how to set up, block and refine a movie-quality animation with The Gnomon Workshop's beginner-friendly guide.

Monday, April 20th, 2026