Rendering Systems releases ShaderMap 4.2
Texture map generation tool gets new low-cost student and personal licences for non-commercial work.
Tuesday, August 6th, 2019
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Download Ten24's free hi-res 3D scan of a male human head
Get it from 3D Scan Store in ZTL, OBJ or FBX format, with up to 16,384 x 16,384-pixel PBR textures.
Thursday, June 27th, 2019
Pixar ships RenderMan 22.5
Update adds support for live displacement editing, SIMD acceleration for OSL. Houdini integration "completely rewritten".
Thursday, May 9th, 2019
Foundry makes its software free to students for a year
New Education Collective bundles also provide ongoing discounts on Nuke, Mari, Modo and Katana.
Tuesday, October 9th, 2018
Pixar ships free edition of RenderMan 22
Non-commercial edition gets new 'live rendering' workflow, lighting tech used on movies like Coco.
Monday, September 10th, 2018
Nukeygara ships Akeytsu 1.0
Now shipping: innovative new tool aims to rethink rigging and animation for artists, not engineers. Check out the feature set here.
Wednesday, October 25th, 2017
Autodesk makes Arnold free to schools and colleges
Free educational licences now available. Price of commercial subscriptions halved when renting in blocks of five.
Friday, August 18th, 2017
3Dflow ships 3DF Zephyr Free
Download the new free personal edition of 3dflow's powerful image-based modelling software.
Friday, May 19th, 2017
Ziva Dynamics releases free trial of Ziva VFX for Maya
Test the Maya skin and muscle system used on Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them for free.
Monday, April 10th, 2017
Golaem ships Golaem PLE
New free, time-unlimited edition lets artists try the Maya crowd simulation tool before they buy. Support for Redshift also added.
Monday, December 12th, 2016
Pixar releases RenderMan 21 Non-Commercial
Free version of Pixar's production renderer now available for learning, personal use, plugin development.
Wednesday, November 16th, 2016
my.SketchUp lets you use SketchUp in your web browser
Now in free public beta: Trimble's new online version of SketchUp even runs on Linux or Chrome OS.
Tuesday, October 25th, 2016
Side Effects cuts Houdini educational pricing
Education edition now available to colleges for $75/year, and free to high schools and instructors.
Friday, July 15th, 2016