Andras Ketzer releases FluidNinja Live 2 for Unreal Engine
Long-awaited major update to the popular VFX system for Unreal Engine improves performance, and adds new ways to control sims.
Thursday, September 3rd, 2026
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DreamWorks Animation releases MoonRay 1.7
Check out the latest features in the open-source release of DreamWorks' renderer, used on movies like The Wild Robot.
Thursday, December 26th, 2024
LightWave Digital releases LightWave 2024.1
3D modeling and animation software gets new tools for copying and pasting animations, and for controlling depth of field in renders.
Thursday, September 19th, 2024
tyFlow 1.111 integrates Stable Diffusion into 3ds Max
Multiphysics add-on's tyDiffusion module generates AI renders and animations matching 3ds Max scenes. Included in the free edition.
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024
Adobe releases Substance 3D Modeler 1.10 and 1.10.5
Latest updates to the VR sculpting app add support for VDB files, an Outliner and a new workflow for creating hard-surface models.
Wednesday, May 15th, 2024
DreamWorks Animation releases MoonRay 1.5
Check out the latest features in the open-source release of DreamWorks' renderer, used on movies like The Croods: A New Age.
Sunday, March 3rd, 2024
tyFlow 1.1 for 3ds Max adds new PRISM fracturing system
Check out the popular 3ds Max particle and multiphysics add-on's neat new GPU-accelerated mesh fracturing and Boolean system.
Tuesday, January 30th, 2024
Dimension 5 Techs releases D5 Render 2.6
Check out the new AI features in the GPU-based ray tracing renderer, including automatic atmosphere and texture generation.
Friday, December 15th, 2023
LightWave Digital releases LightWave 2023
Veteran 3D animation software gets its first update in over three years, following a change of owner in April. Check out its new features here.
Thursday, November 30th, 2023
Download three free smoke and explosion VDBs from ActionVFX
Get a free explosion, smoke plume and meteor trail from ActionVFX's new library of stock .vdb files, with a Blender fire and smoke shader.
Sunday, November 26th, 2023
Tyson Ibele releases tyFlow 1.012 for 3ds Max
Major update adds complete new terrain-generation system to the Max particle and physics add-on.
Wednesday, February 8th, 2023
Nvidia unveils NeuralVDB
'Next evolution' of OpenVDB brings the power of AI to volumetric data, reducing the memory footprint of fluid simulations by up to 100x.
Tuesday, August 9th, 2022
Check out cutting-edge renderer Mitsuba 3
As well as standard forward rendering, the research-oriented tool can generate 3D objects matching 2D images.
Tuesday, July 26th, 2022