July 13, 2017
New open exchange standard for material data aims to do for look dev what Alembic did for geometry. Read More »
June 17, 2017
Open format for exchanging 3D assets between game engines or web apps now supports physically based rendering. Read More »
April 16, 2017
Updated: Online library hosts 1,000 materials in Substance format, designed for PBR workflows. Download 12 for free. Read More »
April 11, 2017
Neat add-on generates textured digital terrains, complete with water and instanced rocks and trees. Read More »
March 12, 2017 | 1 comment
Get a useful range of materials in C4D format from C4D Center. Register on the site for hundreds more free resources. Read More »
January 2, 2017
Export scenes from the rendering toolkit to Unreal Engine and have materials set up automatically. Read More »
December 23, 2016
Simple rendering and compositing app is free to anyone with a current paid Creative Cloud subscription. Read More »
October 26, 2016
Updated: New trial library of V-Ray scans of real-world materials now available. Pricing announced, too. Read More »
August 24, 2016
Massive online library of scans of real-world materials and objects used on The Jungle Book finally goes live. Two free helper tools, too. Read More »
January 7, 2016
Create customisable CG eyes with colour and highlights with Pablo Munoz Gomez's cool ZBrush shader. Read More »
September 16, 2015
Download free CG resources from Allegorithmic's new online platform, from Substance materials to this Iron Man model. Read More »
March 23, 2015
GPU-based renderer gets support for instancing, AxF material format. New Maya plugin and server edition also in development. Read More »
March 19, 2015
RenderMan-compliant renderer used on Elysium now available for 3ds Max. The first licence is free. Read More »
February 3, 2015 | 2 comments
Get Arvin Villapando's new brick, rock and sidewalk materials, for use in Max, Maya, Modo, UDK or Unity. Read More »
December 4, 2014
Latest update adds 'experimental' new 3D UI system, better emissive materials and character animation. Read More »
July 14, 2014
Ultra-detailed plant models now support translucency. Use them natively in Max or C4D, or in other apps via Python. Read More »
May 28, 2013
Intuitive standalone renderer to get caustics, procedural materials and a rather cool-looking new toon shader. Read More »
March 29, 2013
Free update to the texturing tool adds live link to Photoshop, new graph profiler, better 3D preview. Read More »
August 31, 2012
Newly open-sourced tool analyses BRDF data, enabling comparison to data from real-world materials. Read More »
May 28, 2012
3D printing firm adds experimental new Black Elasto Plastic to its line-up of available materials. Kinky. Read More »
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