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LOD

Sizeable update to the real-time visualization app adds volumetric clouds, Virtual Shadow Maps and automatic LOD generation.

Wednesday, February 19th, 2025

Updated: Version 2.6 of the facial and full-body rig builder for games, animation and VFX characters comes with this free bird rig.

Friday, January 10th, 2025

Grab the files for the lead character and environment from the beautiful real-time demo for the new graphics and simulation features in Unity 6.

Friday, October 18th, 2024

Discover how the new graphics and simulation features in Unity 6 were used to create the demo, which runs in real time on a GeForce 4090 GPU.

Friday, September 20th, 2024

Future releases of the open-source 3D software will also come pre-configured with a remote library of CC0 brushes, materials and meshes.

Thursday, August 8th, 2024

Major update to the Maya crowds tool adds new workflows for creating shots without simulation, and a new UE5-style ML Deformer.

Thursday, June 6th, 2024

Final versions of the now-discontinued digital nature tools are available free for commercial use. Discover their features here.

Friday, May 10th, 2024

Get over 100 species of grasses and flowers in FBX or Alembic format, or for use with the Gscatter Blender plugin. For commercial use.

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024

Physical Addons' promising plugin generates photorealistic animated ocean surfaces, and is lightweight enough to run on a laptop.

Thursday, November 23rd, 2023

[Sponsored] Discover how to reuse one character in many projects with Reallusion's Character Creator 4.1.

Thursday, December 29th, 2022

Modelling, retopology and painting app gets multiresolution sculpting system, better volumetric painting.

Saturday, November 26th, 2022

Photogrammetry app now exports low-res scans to Sketchfab without using credits. Update also improves export to UE5.

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2022

Character creation tool gets neat new auto-rigging system, new LOD creation and subdivision options.

Thursday, September 29th, 2022