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Check out the changes to the popular set of Cinema 4D add-ons, also including GPU-accelerated smoke and fire simulation in NeXus.

Tuesday, December 9th, 2025

Major update to the Cinema 4D plugins includes new versions of X-Particles, NeXus, plant generator Taiao and terrain tool TerraformFX.

Wednesday, July 5th, 2023

New GPU-accelerated particle, liquid and granular fluid simulation system for CInema 4D runs on AMD, Apple Silicon, Nvidia GPUs.

Thursday, September 22nd, 2022

Neat procedural plant generator for Cinema 4D generates animatable 3D trees, grasses and flowers for VFX and motion graphics work.

Wednesday, March 16th, 2022

Legal obstacles to open-sourcing the environment and plant-creation tools have been cleared - but email Bentley Systems to make it happen.

Wednesday, December 31st, 2025

First 2025 update to the high-end matchmoving app adds features for solving piggyback cameras, and a new Blender export script.

Tuesday, December 30th, 2025

Check out the latest changes to the matchmoving sofware, including improvements to lens distortion. Perpetual licenses available again.

Monday, December 29th, 2025

Check out the new features in the varied updates to the topology transfer tools for creating 3D characters from scan data.

Friday, December 26th, 2025

Site updates may be less frequent than usual over the next week, but normal service will resume on Monday 5 January.

Thursday, December 25th, 2025

First formal USD spec marks a step towards making USD an ISO-ratified cross-industry standard. See what it means for CG software developers.

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2025