Check out After Effects 3D plugin Helium 8.0
Check out the new features in the promising add-on for streamlining the process of creating 3D animation for motion graphics.
Friday, June 17th, 2022
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Blender 3.2 ships
Read our pick of the 5 key changes to the open-source 3D app, from the new 3D painting tools to Light Groups and fast shadow caustics.
Wednesday, June 8th, 2022
Sebastian Schäfer releases Storm 0.6
Standalone granular fluid, liquid and smoke simulation tool now supports cloth and soft bodies.
Thursday, May 26th, 2022
Download 15 free smoke, fire and dust sims in VDB format
Get free FX elements simulated in EmberGen in CC0 format, including this seamlessly loopable tornado.
Sunday, April 17th, 2022
Matt Puchala releases Axiom 2.2 for Houdini
GPU-accelerated sparse gaseous fluid solver gets new profiling tools. Native Metal support now in beta.
Tuesday, April 12th, 2022
JangaFX releases EmberGen 0.7.5.5
Update to the real-time gaseous fluid simulator adds support for Wacom tablets, EXR backplates.
Thursday, March 17th, 2022
Master creature grooming techniques in Houdini
Learn to style digital hair and fur with The Gnomon Workshop's guide to current VFX workflows.
Monday, August 9th, 2021
Check out neat free Houdini sparse GPU fluid solver Axiom
Updated: See what's new in Build 6 of the GPU-based alternative to Houdini's own Sparse Pyro solver.
Tuesday, May 18th, 2021
Otoy ships Sculptron 1.1
GPU-based tool for sculpting animation caches gets initial support for Alembic, plus option to use procedural textures as alphas.
Tuesday, May 11th, 2021
Black Friday and winter 2020 deals for CG artists
Updated: Check out our list of great seasonal deals on CG software, plugins, stock assets and hardware.
Monday, November 30th, 2020
Blender Foundation releases Blender 2.91
Open-source 3D app gets another major update. Read our five-minute run-down of all the key changes.
Thursday, November 26th, 2020
Effective TDs ships Storm 0.5
Big update to the standalone fluid simulation tool adds new smoke solver, option to upres sims, and 'complete procedural VDB toolkit'.
Monday, October 5th, 2020
Blender Foundation releases Blender 2.90
Latest update to the open-source 3D app brings major changes to sculpting, rendering and simulation.
Tuesday, September 1st, 2020