Polygon Flow has released a tutorial explaining how to use the scattering tools in GraphN, its suite of world-building tools for Unreal Engine and Maya. Watch it on YouTube. 

Kstudio has announced an update to Fusion, its procedural modelling tool that arrays and deforms geometry along a spline. (more...)

Lightmap has released a pack of 25 studio HDRI maps made using HDR Light Studio. Find out more on the Lightmap website. 

iToo Software has released a new version of its scattering plugin for 3ds Max. Headline features include Forest Sets, linked areas, Effects improvements, and more. (more...)

Chaos has announced an update to its image sequence player. (more...)

Autodesk has released an update to its USD implementation for 3ds Max. (more...)

Matt Puchala has announced the release of Axiom 3 for Houdini, the latest version of his volumetric fluid simulator that can run true sparse simulations fully on a GPU for the fast creation of fire, smoke, and other pyrotechnic effects. New features and updates include: (more...)

SitniSati has released a tutorial demonstrating how to use FumeFX 6's Swarm node to create a school of that circles around an attraction point before adding a shark with the Neighbours node so that it searches for the fish in its vicinity. Watch it on YouTube.