3D texture painting app Wafer is now available for Windows
Updated: Sparseal's promising texture painting app gets its first official Windows release - and an experimental free build for macOS.
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026
game art
Open-source material authoring software Material Maker 1.6 is out
See the new features in the free alternative to Substance 3D Designer, including a new Controlled Variations system for material variants.
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026
CLO Virtual Fashion releases Marvelous Designer 2026.0
New features in the 3D clothing design tool include a 3D Pencil, updates to garment rigging and animation, and glTF support.
Monday, April 20th, 2026
Maxon releases ZBrush 2026.2 and ZBrush for iPad 2026.2
Check out the new features in the digital sculpting software and its iPad edition, including support for ARM processors on Windows.
Wednesday, April 15th, 2026
Download 480+ free kitbash assets and materials with Cargo 3.0
Check out the changes to KitBash3D and Greyscalegorilla's asset browser, plus the free 3D vehicles, buildings and materials available through it.
Sunday, April 12th, 2026
Houdini plant-generation toolkit Natsura is now in early access
Check out the interesting high-performance vegetation modeling toolset for games and VFX. Now available for commercial use.
Friday, April 10th, 2026
Get 650+ free assets for building dungeons in Blender and UE5
Build the low-poly 3D dungeon of your dreams with game art firm Tidal Flask Studios' FBX asset pack. Free for commercial use, but get in quick.
Wednesday, April 8th, 2026
Get free Maya character rigging toolset mGear 5.3
'Most feature-rich' update to the open-source rigging framework adds tools for automating Set Driven Key setup and blendshape transfer.
Tuesday, April 7th, 2026
Retopoflow 4 now makes Blender auto-save in Edit Mode
Latest update to the popular suite of sketch-based retopology tools fixes a long-standing issue with Blender itself. Check out the other changes.
Tuesday, April 7th, 2026
Tutorial: Introduction to Technical Animation for Games
Discover how to create gameplay animation in Unreal Engine with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed beginners' guide.
Monday, April 6th, 2026
Free tool: Open Light generates procedural HDR light textures
Lighting artist Borja Rama's amazing tool builds professional-quality gobos for visual effects, motion graphics and general CG work.
Monday, April 6th, 2026
Rokoko Create generates full-body animations for free
AI-powered browser-based tool generates idles and movement cycles from text prompts. You can export five per month in FBX format.
Friday, April 3rd, 2026
Autodesk releases Mudbox 2027
Digital sculpting software gets its sixth consecutive annual update with no new features listed, but the price of annual subscriptions is up.
Friday, March 27th, 2026