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Get over 20 high-res HDRIs of natural exteriors and architectural interiors in EXR format, for VFX, visualization and motion graphics.

Monday, May 26th, 2025

Scene layout and rendering app gets new generative AI features, including a new text-to-3D system for creating background models.

Saturday, December 14th, 2024

Royalty-free open-source codec for professional video production is the VFX industry standards body's latest hosted project.

Tuesday, November 5th, 2024

Currently free in beta: new web-based platform is geared towards VFX and post-production artists looking to upscale shots to 4K or 8K.

Monday, October 21st, 2024

Get VFX artist Cristian Spagnuolo's free library of retopologized scans of real-world statues. OBJ format, 8K textures, for commercial use.

Sunday, August 18th, 2024

Discover which of AMD's professional GPUs is best for CG work in real-world content creation and GPU rendering tests.

Thursday, July 25th, 2024

Big update to the browser-based generative AI tool makes it possible to create 8K 360° environments from text prompts or sketches

Friday, April 19th, 2024

High-res character based on scans of France's most tattooed man comes as a UE5 project with 8K PBR textures and a MetaHuman rig.

Sunday, October 29th, 2023

Get a free 3D scan of a female head as FBX, OBJ, ZBrush and Blender files, with 8K PBR textures, plus 26 free makeup and dirt overlays.

Thursday, September 21st, 2023

Updated: Epic Games has ported the high-performance shot review tool to Windows as well as Linux.

Monday, July 31st, 2023

AI-based online service can also tile or upscale existing textures, or create missing PBR texture maps.

Thursday, May 4th, 2023

Streamlined app for generating photorealistic CG skies, including 360° HDRIs, is out in early access.

Monday, December 19th, 2022

Check out the latest features in the procedural 3D city generation app, including workflow improvements when drawing street networks.

Tuesday, November 15th, 2022