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terrain generation

Next-gen terrain design tool now integrates with Houdini. Edit Gaea terrain in Houdini or software compatible with Houdini Engine.

Tuesday, August 13th, 2019

Free-in-beta material-authoring tool gets new Scatter modifier, updated Pattern modifer, layer blending modes and undo/redo system.

Monday, July 22nd, 2019

Discover how to create clouds, smoke and fog with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed masterclass.

Saturday, June 22nd, 2019

Procedural city generation software gets support for PBR materials, glTF export, improved integration with Houdini and Unreal Studio.

Thursday, May 16th, 2019

Vue gets updates to EcoSystems, the cloud tools and the Path Tracer; PlantFactory gets interactive path traced previews.

Thursday, April 25th, 2019

Discover how to use Houdini's powerful terrain-generation tools with Gnomon's detailed tutorial.

Friday, March 29th, 2019

Terrain-generation tool can now automatically create rivers and lakes according to rainfall and surface flow.

Wednesday, March 20th, 2019

Promising landscape-generation tool now costs $149 for 8K terrain export, or $199 for unlimited res.

Monday, March 18th, 2019

Big update adds parametric authoring and image-to-PBR-material conversion to the scan blending tool, now in free beta.

Friday, March 15th, 2019

Major update to Houdini adds ground-breaking Procedural Dependency Graph, distributed fluid sims, updated Vellum solver.

Wednesday, March 13th, 2019

Hotly tipped next-gen terrain design tool gets official release. The Community edition is free, and licensed for commercial work.

Tuesday, February 26th, 2019

Newly updated digital nature tools available as rental-only product bundles, not individual purchases.

Tuesday, December 4th, 2018

Landscape-generation software gets new cloud animation controls and new deferred shading mode.

Monday, November 19th, 2018