tyFlow 1.1 for 3ds Max adds new PRISM fracturing system
Check out the popular 3ds Max particle and multiphysics add-on's neat new GPU-accelerated mesh fracturing and Boolean system.
Tuesday, January 30th, 2024
game development
Polyqoniq releases botaniq 7.0 for Blender
Popular library of 3D plants updated to work with polygoniq's open-source engon asset browser. Download 38 of the assets for free.
Sunday, January 28th, 2024
Tutorial: Creating a Laser Sword for Games
Discover how to create AAA-quality assets for games with The Gnomon Workshop's guide to hard-surface modeling and texturing work.
Saturday, January 27th, 2024
Theory Accelerated releases Axiom 3.2 for Houdini
Check out the new features in the GPU-accelerated sparse volumetric fluid solver, including speed boosts for users of new GeForce RTX GPUs.
Saturday, January 27th, 2024
Adobe releases Substance 3D Sampler 4.3
Material authoring and 3D capture tool gets new Texture Generators to add procedural noise to materials. Perpetual licenses discontinued.
Friday, January 26th, 2024
InstaMAT Studio is now available
Promising new app combines 3D texture painting, node-based material authoring and AI features. Free if you earn under $100k/year.
Thursday, January 25th, 2024
JangaFX releases EmberGen 1.1
See what's new in this big update to the real-time smoke and fire simulator, like the option to parent emitters to bones in characters.
Wednesday, January 24th, 2024
Free tool: MaterialVault for Unreal Engine
VFX and visualization artist Scott Rafferty's open-source plugin gives UE5 a single unified interface to browse, edit and apply materials.
Sunday, January 21st, 2024
Sneak peek: Cascadeur for mobile
Check out Nekki's preview video of the phone and tablet edition of its AI-assisted character animation software, due in beta later this year.
Thursday, January 18th, 2024
Download Autodesk's free Maya 2024 Bonus Tools
Check out the changes to Autodesk's set of free add-ons for 3D modeling and UV editing, now updated to support Maya 2024.
Tuesday, January 16th, 2024
Free tool: sculpt stylized hair with custom ZBrush brush RenHair
Former Overwatch artist Renaud Galand's neat free custom brush sculpts subtly asymmetric strands of hair for stylized 3D characters.
Tuesday, January 9th, 2024
Unity to lay off 25% of its staff
Firm to cut approximately 1,800 jobs in a bid to refocus on its core game engine and game tools business.
Tuesday, January 9th, 2024
Get over 400 modular 3D assets for building fantasy environments
Get the Ithris Cemetery and Fantasy Bundle Environment Kit 3 in 1 packs free from the Unreal Marketplace this month. For commercial use.
Sunday, January 7th, 2024