Adobe's Firefly AI art toolset: everything you need to know
Now available commercially: read our updated FAQs for Adobe's new suite of generative AI tools.
Friday, July 14th, 2023
visual effects
Infinigen: a free generator for procedural 3D environments
Intriguing Blender-based tool can automatically generate 3D terrain, plants - and even rigged creatures.
Thursday, July 13th, 2023
Chaos releases Phoenix 5.2
Check out the new features in the 3ds Max and Maya fluid simulator, including new options for directing liquids. Sims now 'up to 20%' faster.
Wednesday, July 12th, 2023
Move.ai introduces monthly pricing
Promising new AI-based mocap service now available via monthly as well as annual subscriptions.
Tuesday, July 11th, 2023
Wonder Studio is available
Updated: hotly tipped AI tool for automatically replacing live actors with 3D characters can now export scenes in USD format.
Tuesday, July 11th, 2023
Tutorial: Large-Scale Water FX in Houdini
Master production-scale fluid simulation with ILM artist Miguel Perez Senent's detailed tutorial.
Saturday, July 8th, 2023
Otoy joins the Academy Software Foundation
OctaneRender developer joins VFX and movie industry body alongside CoreWeave and Bolt Graphics.
Friday, July 7th, 2023
Discover 5 key features for CG artists in Unity 2023.1
Discover the key features in the new stable version of Unity, including better water, hair, skin and lens flares.
Thursday, July 6th, 2023
F12 releases The Grove 2.0 for Blender and Houdini
Big update makes the popular 3D tree-generation tool available to Houdini as well as Blender users.
Wednesday, July 5th, 2023
Insydium ships Fused 2023.3
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
Autograph 2023.6 is available
USD-based motion design and VFX software gets new tools to apply textures to deforming surfaces, for digital makeup and logo work.
Tuesday, July 4th, 2023
Watch the new demo video of JangaFX's LiquiGen
See footage of a pre-alpha build of EmberGen creator's hotly tipped upcoming real-time liquid simulator.
Monday, July 3rd, 2023
Tutorial: VFX for Games
Discover how to create real-time fantasy effects with Houdini and Unreal Engine in The Gnomon Workshop's introductory tutorial.
Sunday, July 2nd, 2023