The best Black Friday and winter 2018 deals for CG artists
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If you’ve had your eye on new CG software – not to mention hardware, plugins and resources – now is the time to warm up your credit card, as developers rush to cut prices for the Black Friday sales.
Below, we’ve rounded up the best Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals for CG artists, with offer codes, including discounts on 3ds Max, Adobe tools, Clarisse iFX, Modo, Maya, Substance and Nuke Studio.
We’ve included hardware if it’s CG-related – for example, Wacom’s graphics tablets – along with plugins and resources like HDRIs, but we had to draw the line somewhere, so we haven’t covered training.
Where possible, we’ve listed deals provided directly by the developers, but at the foot of the story, you can find a few deals provided through resellers in specific countries.
The offers are in date order, and some run until 2019, so scroll down to see the ones that are still valid. To jump to the offers that run throughout December and the New Year, click here.
Until 23 November
Who: AXYZ design
What: Anima, 3D characters
When: ‘Black Friday’
Discount: 30%
Save 30% on Anima or AXYZ design 3D characters
Who: CG-Source
What: Textures
When: ‘Black Friday’
Discount: 50%
Save 50% on CG-Source textures
Who: Dosch Design
What: Model, texture and HDRI collections
When: ‘Black Friday’
Discount: 20% – Use offer code friday2018
Save 20% on Dosch Design resources
Who: Eurocom
What: Mobile workstations and gaming laptops
When: ‘Black Friday’
Discount: Variable – site visitors pitch for the discount they would like to receive
Find out how to pitch for your own custom discount on a Eurocom laptop
Who: Friendly Shade
What: Textures
When: ‘Black Friday’
Discount: 50% – Use offer code BF18
Save 50% on Friendly Shade textures
Who: HDRI-Locations
What: HDRIs
When: ‘Black Friday’
Discount: 50%
Save 50% on HDRI-Locations HDRIs
Who: Mettle
What: After Effects plugins (including Flux, Mantra VR, FreeForm Pro, ShapeShifter)
When: ‘Black Friday’
Discount: 25%
Save 25% on Mettle After Effects plugins
Who: Nevercenter
What: Silo, other Nevercenter software
When: ‘Black Friday’
Discount: 40% – Use offer code BLACKFRIDAY
Save 40% on Silo
Who: Otoy
What: OctaneRender Enterprise plus All-Access DCC plugin subscriptions
When: ‘Black Friday’
Discount: 25%
Save 25% on OctaneRender All Access subscriptions
Who: Paintstorm Studio
What: Paintstorm Studio
When: ‘Black Friday’
Discount: 50%
Save 50% on Paintstorm Studio
Who: Panocapture
What: HDRIs and photographic backplates
When: ‘Black Friday’
Discount: 50% – Use offer code BF2018
Save 50% on Panocapture HDRIs
Who: Pascal Ackermann
What: Ultimate Anatomy Tool Reference, Human Base Mesh
When: ‘Black Friday’
Discount: 50%
Save 50% on Ultimate Anatomy Tool Reference
Save 50% on Human Base Mesh
Who: RD-Textures
What: 3D scanned PBR textures
When: ‘Black Friday’
Discount: 35% – Use offer code RDT-BF2018
Save 35% on RD-Textures 3D scans
Who: Render Legion
What: Corona Renderer (Yearly Fair SaaS licence)
When: ‘Black Friday’
Discount: 22% – Use offer code BF18
Save 22% on Corona Renderer
Who: Shoran Software
What: RenderPal
When: Until 23 November
Discount: 40% – Use offer code BLACK18
Save 40% on RenderPal
Who: Syflex LLC
What: SyFlex
When: ‘Black Friday’
Discount: 35%
Save 35% on SyFlex
Who: Textures.com
What: Textures
When: ‘Black Friday’
Discount: 25% – Use offer code BLACKFRIDAY18
Save 25% on Textures.com textures
Who: UE4Arch
What: Unreal Engine architectural assets
When: ‘Black Friday’
Discount: 30% – Use code BLACKFRIDAY2018
Save 30% on UE4Arch assets
Until 25 November
Who: Corel
What: Selected software (including Painter, Painter Essentials, ParticleShop)
When: Until 23 November Extended to 25 November
Discount: 30% (Painter, Painter Essentials), 20% (ParticleShop)
Save 30% on Corel Painter
Who: HDRMAPS
What: HDRIs
When: Until 25 November
Discount: 40%
Save 40% on HDRMAPS HDRIs
Who: iCube R&D Group
What: 3ds Max, Maya and V-Ray plugins (includes CityTraffic, MadCar, MultiScatter, VRayScatter)
When: Until 25 November
Discount: 30% – Use coupon code BlackFriday2018
Save 30% on iCube plugins
Who: Richard Rosenman Advertising & Design
What: Photoshop plugins
When: Until 25 November
Discount: 40% – Use offer code BLK40
Save 40% on Richard Rosenman Advertising & Design Photoshop plugins
Who: Unity Asset Store
What: Unity add-ons and resources
When: ‘This week’
Discount: Up to 70%
Save up to 70% on Unity add-ons
Unity Technologies also has a separate promotion offering top-rated commercial add-ons like Amplify Shader Editor, PuppetMaster and UMotion Pro with new Unity Plus and Unity Pro subscriptions.
Until 26 November
Who: 3D Collective
What: HDRIs, LUTs, 3D scans, textures
When: Until 26 November
Discount: Up to 50%
Save up to 50% on 3D Collective assets
Who: 3Dflow
What: 3DF Zephyr Lite
When: Until 26 November
Discount: 33%
Save 33% on 3DF Zephyr Lite
Who: Allegorithmic
What: Annual Substance subscription (includes Substance Painter, Substance Designer, Substance Source)
When: Until 26 November
Discount: 33% – Use offer code BF18-SUB
Save 33% on Substance Designer and Substance Painter
Who: Bertrand Benoit
What: Selected 3D models
When: Until 26 November
Discount: 30%
Save 30% on Bertrand Benoit 3D models
Who: Blender Market
What: Selected Blender assets
When: Until 26 November
Discount: 25%
Save 25% on Blender Market assets
Who: Chocofur
What: 3D models, Blender shaders
When: Until 26 November
Discount: 50% – Use offer code ChocoFriday2018
Save 50% on Chocofur assets
Who: Creative Crops
What: 3D scans of food
When: Until 26 November
Discount: 60% – Discount available when buying credit packages to use on the site
Save 60% on Creative Crops 3D scans
Who: Cubebrush
What: 3D models, brushes, materials
When: Until 26 November
Discount: 20% – Use offer code BLACK
Save 20% on Cubebrush resources
Who: DAZ 3D
What: Selected software, 3D characters and assets
When: ‘Cyber Monday’
Discount: Up to 70%
Save up to 70% on DAZ 3D products
Who: Dell
What: Selected hardware (including workstations, mobile workstations and monitors)
When: ‘Black Friday’ Extended to Cyber Monday
Discount: Variable (up to 42% off on UltraSharp monitors)
Save on Dell hardware
Who: Design Connected
What: Architectural 3D models
When: Until 26 November
Discount: 30-50% (individual models), 30-40% (subscriptions, first three months only)
Find out how to save up to 50% on Design Connected models
Who: DxO Labs
What: All software (includes the Nik Collection plugins for Photoshop)
When: Until 26 November
Discount: 50%
Save 50% on the Nik Collection
Who: Escape Motions
What: Digital painting software (Amberlight, Flame Painter, Inspirit, Rebelle)
When: ‘Black Friday’ ‘Cyber Monday’
Discount: 30%
Save 30% on Escape Motions software
Who: Greyscalegorilla
What: HDRIs, LUTs, Cinema 4D materials
When: Until 26 November
Discount: 40%
Save 40% on Greyscalegorilla assets
Who: FlippedNormals
What: 3D models, brushes, textures, rigs, scripts
When: Until 26 November
Discount: 50% – Use offer code BLACK
Save 50% on FlippedNormals resources
Who: Foundry
What: Modo (monthly or annual subscription and maintenance upgrades)
When: Until 26 November
Discount: 30% (subscriptions) or 15% (maintenance upgrades)
Save up to 30% on Modo subscriptions
Who: HDRI Hub
What: HDRIs, photographic backplates, stock footage, textures
When: 23 and 26 November only
Discount: 40% – Use offer code HDRIBLACK18
Save 40% on HDRI Hub HDRIs
Who: HP
What: Selected hardware (includes workstations and mobile workstations)
When: ‘Black Friday’ Extended to Cyber Monday
Discount: Up to 62%
Save up to 62% on HP hardware
Who: Insydium
What: X-Particles, Cycles 4D
When: Until 26 November
Discount: 40% – Use offer code BLK40
Save 40% on X-Particles and Cycles 4D
Who: Isotropix
What: Clarisse iFX (Indies licence plus one year’s maintenance)
When: Until 26 November
Discount: 40%
Save 40% on Clarisse iFX
Who: iToo Software
What: 3ds Max plugins (includes ForestPack Pro and RailClone Pro)
When: Until 26 November
Discount: 25%
Save 25% on iToo Software plugins
Who: KitBash3D
What: Concept design model kits
When: Until 26 November
Discount: 50%
Save 50% on KitBash3D model kits
Who: Kstudio
What: 3ds Max plugins, 3D models
When: Until 26 November
Discount: 30% – Use offer code BLACKFRIDAY-2018
Save 30% on Kstudio plugins
Who: Laubwerk
What: 3D plants
When: Until 26 November
Discount: 25-55% – Use offer codes from the link below
Save up to 55% on Laubwerk plant kits
Who: Lenovo
What: Selected hardware (including workstations and mobile workstations)
When: ‘Black Friday’ Extended to Cyber Monday
Discount: Varies (includes up to 25% on ThinkStation P-Series workstations)
Save on Lenovo hardware
Who: Luxion
What: KeyShot
When: 26 November only (new licences), until 30 November (upgrades and add-ons)
Discount: 20% – Use offer code CM2018 (or offer code CMW2018 for upgrades)
Save 20% on KeyShot
Who: Marmoset
What: Toolbag (freelance/academic licences only), Hexels, HDRI panoramas
When: Until 26 November
Discount: 30% (Toolbag), 50% (Hexels), 90% (HDRIs)
Save 30% on Marmoset Toolbag
Who: model+model
What: Architectural 3D models
When: Until 26 November
Discount: 30% – Use offer code BF2018
Save 30% on model+model architectural models
Who: MoonGorilla
What: Coolorus
When: Until 26 November
Discount: 40%
Save 40% on Coolorus
Who: Next Limit
What: Maxwell, RealFlow, RealFlow | Cinema 4D, RealFlow | Maya
When: Until 26 November
Discount: 50%
Save 50% on Maxwell
Save 50% on RealFlow
Who: Oleg Ushenok
What: Kitbash part collections
When: Until 26 November
Discount: 50% – Use offer code 50
Save 50% on Oleg Ushenok kitbash part collections
Who: Pilgway
What: 3D-Coat
When: Until 26 November
Discount: Up to 26%
Save up to 26% on 3D-Coat
Who: PlaySys
What: Real HDR and Real IES product bundle
When: Until 26 November
Discount: 34%
Save 34% on Real HDR and Real IES
Who: Pixel Fondue
What: Modo add-ons
When: Until 26 November
Discount: Up to 30% – Use offer code pf_friday
Save up to 30% on Modo add-ons
Who: Project Dogwaffle Team
What: Howler
When: Until 26 November
Discount: 60%
Save 60% on Howler
Who: Quixel
What: Megascans subscriptions
When: Until 26 November
Discount: 50% (new subscriptions) – Use offer code BF2018
Save 50% on new Megascans subscriptions
Existing Megascans users can claim extra points on their subscription. The offer also continues from 26-30 November, during which time you can save 30% on new subscriptions. For details, follow the link above.
Who: Reallusion
What: Software and plugins (including iClone)
When: Until 26 November
Discount: Up to 50%
Save 40% on iClone
Who: Renderpeople
What: 3D characters
When: Until 26 November
Discount: 15%
Save 15% on Renderpeople 3D characters
Who: Rizom-Lab
What: RizomUV
When: Until 26 November
Discount: 25%
Save 25% on RizomUV
Who: Russian3DScanner (R3DS)
What: Wrap
When: Until 26 November
Discount: 50%
Save 50% on Wrap
Who: SiNi Software
What: 3ds Max plugins (including Disperse, Ignite, Scatter, ProxSi, SiClone)
When: Until 26 November
Discount: 30% – Use offer code BFCM18
Save 30% on SiNi Software plugins
Who: Soft8Soft
What: Verge3D for 3ds Max and Blender
When: Until 26 November
Discount: 20% – Use offer code BlackFriday
Save 20% on Verge3D
Who: Triangle Form
What: 3D models, architectural scenes
When: Until 26 November
Discount: 50% – Use offer code BF2018
Save 50% on Triangle Form models
Who: Vizpark
What: Product bundles (3ds Max plugins, models, plants, HDRIs, textures)
When: Until 26 November
Discount: Up to 50%
Save up to 50% on Vizpark product bundles
Who: VizPeople
What: 3D characters, 2D cutout people, HDRIs
When: Until 26 November
Discount: 50%
Save 50% on Viz-People 2D and 3D people
Who: Wacom
What: Intuos Pro graphics tablet
When: Until 26 November
Discount: Up to 20% (deals vary with region)
Save up to 20% on a Wacom Intuos Pro graphics tablet via Amazon UK or Amazon US
Who: Wacom Europe
What: Any Wacom product (including Cintiq, Cintiq Pro, MobileStudio Pro and styluses)
When: Until 26 November
Discount: 20% – Use offer code BLACKCYBER2018
Save 20% on Wacom products (UK only)
Save 20% on Wacom products (Mainland Europe)
Who: Xfrog
What: Xfrog software, XfrogPlants collections
When: Until 25 November Extended to Cyber Monday according to this Facebook post
Discount: Via Turbo Squid on Cyber Monday
Save on Xfrog plants
Until 27 November
Who: 3D Scan Store
What: Head, hand and full-body scans of people
When: Until 27 November
Discount: 60%
Save 60% on 3D Scan Store scans
Who: Allegorithmic (via Steam)
What: Substance Painter, Substance Designer, Substance bundle (both products plus B2M)
When: Until 27 November
Discount: 34% (Substance Painter, Substance Designer), 51% (bundle)
Save 34% on Substance Painter
Save 34% on Substance Designer
Who: Autodesk
What: One to three-year subscriptions on selected software (including 3ds Max, Maya, Maya LT)
When: Until 27 November
Discount: 30%
Save 30% on 3ds Max, Maya and Maya LT
Who: Betanji
What: 3D models and textures
When: Until 27 November
Discount: 50%
Save 50% on Betanji 3D models
Who: Celsys
What: Clip Studio Paint
When: Until 27 November
Discount: 50%
Save 50% on Clip Studio Paint
Who: Effective TDs
What: 3ds Max plugins (including TP Debugger, Demolition Master), Storm
When: Until 27 November
Discount: Up to 40%
Save up to 40% on Effective TDs software
Who: Evermotion
What: 3D models, architectural scenes
When: Until 27 November
Discount: 50%
Save 50% on Evermotion models and scenes
Who: Gobotree
What: 3D characters, photographic cutouts
When: Until 27 November
Discount: 50% – Use offer code BlackFriday2018
Save 50% on Gobotree resources
Who: Human Alloy
What: Stock 3D characters
When: Until 27 November
Discount: 20% – Stacks with existing discounts, for a total saving of up to 50%
Save up to 50% on Human Alloy 3D characters
Who: HP UK
What: All hardware (including workstations and mobile workstations)
When: Until 27 November
Discount: 15% – Use offer code SAVE15
Save 15% on HP hardware (UK only)
Who: Lightmap
What: HDRI Light Studio and connection plug-ins (node-locked one-year subscriptions)
When: Until 27 November
Discount: 33%
Save 33% on HDRI Light Studio
Who: Smith Micro
What: Poser, Moho
When: Until 27 November
Discount: 30%
Save 30% on Poser and Moho
Who: Serif
What: Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, brush packs
When: ‘Black Friday’ Until 27 November
Discount: 30%
Save 30% on Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer
Who: Turbo Squid
What: Selected 3D models
When: Until 23 November Extended to 27 November
Discount: Up to 40%
Save up to 40% on Turbo Squid 3D models
Who: Unreal Engine Marketplace
What: Unreal Engine add-ons
When: Until 27 November
Discount: Up to 90%
Save up to 90% on Unreal Engine add-ons
Who: XMD
What: ZBrush add-ons, brushes and resources (annual or lifetime membership)
When: Until 27 November
Discount: 60% (discount applied at checkout)
Save 60% on XMD membership
Until 28 November
Who: Anastasiy
What: Photoshop plugin bundles (including MagicPicker, MagicSquire, MagicRefs, MixColors)
When: Until 28 November
Discount: 50%
Save 50% on Anastasiy plugins
Who: Dimensiva
What: 3D furniture and architectural models
When: Until 28 November
Discount: Up to 50%
Save up to 50% on Dimensiva models
Who: FxFactory
What: Effects plugins for compositing and editing software
When: Until 28 November
Discount: 20%
Save 20% on FxFactory plugins
Who: Hum3D
What: 3D models
When: Until 28 November
Discount: Up to 70%
Save up to 70% on Hum3D models
Who: Skylum
What: Aurora HDR, Luminar
When: Until 28 November
Discount: 28% (Aurora HDR and Luminar bundle)
Save 28% on Aurora HDR and Luminar
Until 30 November
Who: ActionVFX
What: Stock FX footage
When: Until 30 November
Discount: 50%
Save 50% on ActionVFX footage
Who: Adobe
What: Creative Cloud All Apps subscriptions (including Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Premiere Pro)
When: Until 23 November Extended to 30 November
Discount: 25%
Save 25% on Adobe Creative Cloud subscriptions (US only: the saving is bigger in other territories)
Who: aescripts + aeplugins
What: After Effects scripts and plugins
When: 26-30 November
Discount: 25%
Save 25% on aescripts + aeplugins After Effects resources
Who: Boris FX
What: Continuum, Mocha Pro, Sapphire, product bundles
When: Until 26 November Extended to 30 November
Discount: Up to 50%
Save up to 50% on Boris FX software
Who: BOXX Technologies
What: GoBOXX MXL mobile workstation
When: Until 30 November
Discount: Up to 6% – Use offer code MXL300
Save 6% on a GoBOXX MXL mobile workstation
Who: CGTrader
What: 3D models
When: Until 26 November Extended to 30 November
Discount: Up to 70%
Save up to 70% on CGTrader models
Who: Dabarti
What: Dabarti Capture Pro
When: Until 30 November
Discount: 30%
Save 30% on Dabarti Capture Pro
Who: ExLevel
What: GrowFX
When: Until 30 November
Discount: 50%
Save 50% on GrowFX
Who: Illuminated Tools
What: Light probes
When: Until 30 November
Discount: 50% – Use offer code thanksies
Save 50% on Illuminated Tools light probes
Who: Kinematic Lab
What: 3ds Max plugins
When: Until 30 November
Discount: 50% – Use offer code FRIDAY
Save 50% on Kinematic Lab plugins
Who: Lindalë
What: Skatter for SketchUp
When: Until 30 November
Discount: 50%
Save 50% on Skatter for SketchUp
Who: Mamoworld
What: After Effects plugins (includes MochaImport+)
When: Until 30 November – Use offer code CYBER
Discount: 23%
Save 25% on Mamoworld After Effects plugins
Who: Maxtree
What: 3D plant collections
When: Until 30 November – Use offer code RONEN-BF18
Discount: 50%
Save 50% on Maxtree 3D plant collections
Who: VIShopper
What: Photographic cutout people
When: Until 30 November
Discount: 30-60%
Save up to 50% on VIShopper photogrpaphic cutout people
Who: YCDIVFX
What: Nyx Voltron
When: Until 30 November
Discount: 50% – Use offer code NYX-BLACKFRIDAY-2018
Save 50% on Nyx Voltron
Until December
Who: ActionVFX
What: Stock FX footage
When: Until 27 December
Discount: 25%
Save 25% on ActionVFX footage
Who: CGTrader
What: 3D models
When: Until 31 December
Discount: 25%
Save up to 50% on CGTrader models
Who: FXhome
What: HitFilm Pro Bundle (HitFilm Pro, Ignite Pro, Imerge Pro, Action Pro beta)
When: Until 4 December
Discount: 33%
Save 33% on the HitFilm Pro Bundle
Who: Red Giant
What: Plugins for editing and compositing software (including Trapcode Suite, Magic Bullet Suite)
When: 4 December only
Discount: 40%
Save 40% on Red Giant plugins
Who: Foundry
What: Nuke Studio, Hiero
When: Until 31 December
Discount: 15% (Nuke Studio), 40% (Hiero)
Save 15% on Nuke Studio
Who: Nevercenter
What: Silo, photo apps
When: ‘Holiday’ season
Discount: 30% – use offer code HOLIDAY
Save 30% on Silo
Until the New Year
Who: CLO Virtual Fashion
What: Marvelous Designer
When: Until 18 February 2019
Discount: Up to 51%
Save up to 51% on Marvelous Designer
Who: Marmoset
What: Toolbag (freelance/academic licences only), Hexels, HDRI panoramas
When: Until 2 January 2019
Discount: 30% (Toolbag), 50% (Hexels), 83% (HDRIs)
Save 30% on Marmoset Toolbag
Who: Turbo Squid
What: Selected 3D models
When: Until 2 January 2019
Discount: Up to 40%
Save up to 40% on Turbo Squid 3D models
Resellers
Offers may only be available in specific countries
Who: Motion Media (US)
What: Various DCC applications
When: Black Friday
Discount: Up to 60% – Register on the site for an email with offer codes
Sign up for email notification of Motion Media’s Black Friday offers
MotionMedia isn’t listing its offers publicly this year, but the firm distributes software by most of the major DCC manufacturers, including Autodesk, Blackmagic Design, Chaos Group and Maxon.
Who: Newegg (US)
What: PC hardware (includes CPUs, GPUs, RAM, NAS)
When: Varies
Discount: Varies
Save on PC hardware via Newegg
Who: Novedge (US)
What: Various DCC and CAD applications
When: Varies
Discount: Varies (20% on Rhino)
Save on DCC and CAD software via Novedge
Who: Ronen Bekerman
What: Architectural visualisation software and resources (including TwinMotion)
When: Varies
Discount: Varies (20% on TwinMotion)
Save on architectural visualisation software via Ronen Bekerman’s deals
Who: Toolfarm (US)
What: Cinema 4D
When: Until 26 November
Discount: 25%
Save 25% on Cinema 4D
Check Toolfarm’s blog for a range of other discounts on compositing and editing software.
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