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Check out the powerful look dev, lighting and shot layout system due in Houdini 18 later this year, and the accompanying Karma renderer.

Thursday, August 1st, 2019

Blender 2.80 ships

Major update to the open-source 3D software ships after four years of planning and development. Discover its key features here.

Wednesday, July 31st, 2019

Watch an enigmatic set of teasers of smoke, fire, cloth and granular fluids, posted to Autodesk's Twitter.

Monday, July 29th, 2019

VFX and finishing software gets new AI-based sky extraction system, plus the option to extract mattes from motion vector data.

Thursday, July 25th, 2019

Leading visual effects software firm's new boss previously worked at ILM, Lucasfilm, Digital Domain.

Wednesday, July 17th, 2019

VFX-focused update to the asset management tool for Megascans scan data adds USD support, plus new integration for Clarisse iFX.

Wednesday, July 10th, 2019

Now shipping: Cinema 4D physics plugin gets new shattering and particle-based dynamics systems.

Monday, July 8th, 2019

Keep your post-production on track by following VFX producer Julia Kerguelen's 10 real-world rules.

Thursday, July 4th, 2019

Set of 9 GPU-based, VFX-focused After Effects plugins includes neat new tool Supercomp; updates to Primatte Keyer, Knoll Light Factory.

Wednesday, June 19th, 2019

Continuum gets better integration with C4D and Primatte keying. Mocha Pro and Sapphire now available for Flame.

Thursday, June 13th, 2019

Real-time VFX and motion graphics tools get new GPU-agnostic hybrid ray tracing system, plus native support for Substance materials.

Friday, June 7th, 2019

Games edition of the tree-generation tool gets new wind animation algorithm, better texture atlas generation. Smaller updates to the Cinema edition.

Wednesday, May 29th, 2019

See how the game's photorealistic environments were created at Gnomon this Thursday, or watch the talk free online.

Tuesday, May 28th, 2019