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V-Ray 7 for Houdini

Check out the changes to the Houdini edition of the renderer, including a 'completely re-imagined' volume shader for smoke and fire.

Thursday, December 11th, 2025

Check out the new features in the renderer, including a new Houdini-specific volume shader and better integration with Solaris.

Wednesday, January 29th, 2025

Check out the new features in the digital painting and animation app, including a new rich text system and built-in video transcoding.

Saturday, January 24th, 2026

Dell becomes the first major PC manufacturer to back development of the open-source 3D software, contributing €30,000/year.

Friday, January 23rd, 2026

Thinkinetic's destruction plugin now lets users update the geometry or shatter pattern of the object being broken after a sim has been run.

Thursday, January 22nd, 2026

Check out the promising new GPU-accelerated sparse liquid solver from Theory Accelerated, creator of the popular Axiom fluid solver.

Wednesday, January 21st, 2026

Now production-ready: neat new tool creates VFX-quality fluid simulations for export to CG software in USD or Alembic format.

Wednesday, January 21st, 2026

Check out the new features for CG, VFX and motion graphics artists in the latest major update to Adobe's compositing software.

Wednesday, January 21st, 2026