The Grove Release 11 is out
Check out the new features in F12's biologically accurate Blender-based tree generator, like the new Roots tool and breeze animation.
Friday, July 29th, 2022
wind animation
Download free Houdini tools from Project Titan
Updated: get five new free tools from SideFX's Houdini-to-UE5 tech demo, plus its Houdini Engine for UE5 plugin.
Sunday, June 5th, 2022
IDV ships SpeedTree 9.0
Tree-generation software for VFX and games gets freehand editing mode, new tools for integrating 3D scans, and new pricing model.
Monday, January 17th, 2022
Download 22 free Megascans 3D trees for Unreal Engine
Get 22 models of black alders in .uasset format with LODs and 8k textures from the new Megascans Trees range.
Sunday, December 19th, 2021
The Grove Release 10a is now shipping
F12's popular tree generator now lets you create new branches by sketching directly in the viewport.
Wednesday, April 7th, 2021
Exlevel ships GrowFX 2.0
Long-awaited overhaul of the 3ds Max plant-generation plugin adds new Node Editor for authoring plants via visual programming.
Monday, March 8th, 2021
Download 70 free low-poly 3D plant models
Get 70 free real-time 3D models of temperate grasses and flowers, created by artist Erhan Yilmaz.
Friday, October 9th, 2020
Download over 550 free Project Nature plant models
Get high-quality free Unreal Engine grass, shrub and tree assets, many with support for wind animation.
Wednesday, March 25th, 2020
FXGear ships Qualoth 2020
Robust Maya cloth plugin gets support for Maya 2020's cached playback system for simulations, finer control over cloth collisions.
Friday, March 6th, 2020
F12 ships The Grove Release 8
Major update to the biologically plausible tree-generation tool adds the option to record timelapse animations of your trees growing.
Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019
Digital Expressions Sweden releases Tropism 1.0 for Modo
Neat procedural add-on lets users generate ultra-customisable trees and plants via native Modo tools.
Saturday, June 22nd, 2019
IDV ships SpeedTree 8.4
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
IDV ships SpeedTree Engine for Clarisse iFX
New version of the tree-creation tech lets users generate variant trees and animation inside Clarisse.
Thursday, January 17th, 2019