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(Updated) Next Limit's Luis Miguel Mora has released two new videos showing improvements to the Hybrido mesher in RealFlow 2014: video 1-video 2.
In advance of releasing the 2014 version of the fluid simulation tool, RealFlow, Next Limit has announced that they will be reducing the price to $2,500 per node-locked license. Also announced, is standard floating licenses will now include one free node, and the RealFlow RenderKit will be free and unlimited. For full details, you can check out the Next Limit email newsletter on their website.

German website PC Games Hardware has posted some videos showcasing an ILM presentation on their GPU fluid simulation tool, PLUME. The website is in German, but the videos are in English, and you can check them out over at PC Games Hardware.

(Updated) The Foundry have announced Nuke Studio at NAB 2014. This latest offering from The Foundry combines the VFX and compositing tools of Nuke, with the editorial and online tools of Hiero. Head over to The Foundry's website for more details.

FX artist Will Wallace has unleashed a sample video of what he has been working on the past little while. The House FX is series of training videos that focuses on destroying a house using destruction techniques in 3DS Max and Thinking Particles. The tutorials have yet to be released, but you can check out a great preview video over at TheHouseFX website.

FXGuide have posted an interview with the various studios that recently delivered VFX work for the film "300: Rise of an Empire". You can read the full interview on the FXGuide website.

Autodesk has announced the new features and improvements of the upcoming version of 3DS Max 2015. Some of the features include new placement tools, Populate enhancements for creating crowds, Python scripting, and many more. For the full list, you can head over to the Autodesk 3DS Max features page.