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visual effects

Check out the new features in the real-time tool for exploring V-Ray scenes, like the new cloud system.

Monday, July 18th, 2022

See a full list of new features in the next version of Houdini, including updates to creature effects, fluid simulation, Solaris and Karma.

Monday, July 18th, 2022

NMKD Software's neat tool retimes video - but you can also use it speed up 3D animation workflow.

Saturday, July 16th, 2022

New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals how to sculpt a production-ready creature in ZBrush and Maya.

Saturday, July 16th, 2022

Community-made plugin lets you render Blender animations, VFX and visualisations in Autodesk's Arnold renderer.

Friday, July 15th, 2022

Scattering plugin gets support for V-Ray 6, plus new options for replacing scene objects by name.

Thursday, July 14th, 2022

Eidos-Montréal's UnrealVDB lets users view VDB files inside Unreal Engine and render them with its path tracer.

Wednesday, July 13th, 2022

Check out the new features coming to the real-time fluid simulator's GPU particle system, including motion trails and 'force masking'.

Tuesday, July 12th, 2022

Check out the curve-based hair system due in Blender 3.3, and the upcoming real-time compositor.

Monday, July 11th, 2022

OpenVDB-based meshing plugin gets new GPU-accelerated, network-capable FLIP/PIC solver.

Friday, July 8th, 2022

Latest update makes the renderer subscription-only, but licences work across 8 other host applications.

Thursday, July 7th, 2022

Popular add-on for baking fluid simulations to flipbooks and flowmaps in UE4 and UE5 is free during July 2022.

Wednesday, July 6th, 2022

New 2022.35 update lets users sculpt and paint simultaneously with any of 3DCoat's voxel brushes.

Monday, July 4th, 2022