Dabarti Capture extracts surface data from photos
Neat new tool creates high-quality normal, albedo and depth maps from photos of real objects. The Lite edition is free.
Monday, May 22nd, 2017
Photogrammetry
3Dflow ships 3DF Zephyr Free
Download the new free personal edition of 3dflow's powerful image-based modelling software.
Friday, May 19th, 2017
Eos Systems releases PhotoModeler 2017 line-up
Pro photogrammetry tool gets new options for creating orthomosaics and surfaces from source photos.
Monday, April 17th, 2017
Artomatix unveils style transfer service for games artists
Cool AI tech automatically upreses PS2-era textures to today's games, or converts scanned textures to stylised ones.
Wednesday, March 8th, 2017
Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 6
Big update adds new tools for recreating real-world materials via photogrammetry, 32-bit workflow, 8K texture baking.
Wednesday, February 15th, 2017
The Pixel Farm releases PFTrack 2017
Biggest update to the camera tracker in five years extends the photogrammetry tools, integrates PFDepth for free.
Tuesday, January 17th, 2017
The 10 best visual effects breakdowns of 2016
Watch our pick of the best movie, TV and commercials breakdown videos created in the past year.
Wednesday, January 4th, 2017
MeshLab 2016 ships
Newly updated open-source app provides complete set of tools for cleaning and editing 3D scan data, or readying meshes for 3D printing.
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017
Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 5.6
Texture-creation app gets eight new filters for blending and editing 3D scanned real-world materials.
Friday, December 16th, 2016
Download Ten24's free 3D scan of a car
Get this photogrammetry-based scan of a Fiat in OBJ and ZTL format with a 10K texture map.
Sunday, December 4th, 2016
Download 17 free 3D scans from SnapTank
Get detailed models of animals and props from the online marketplace for 3D scan data. All in OBJ format.
Sunday, October 16th, 2016
Creative Dimension Software ships 3DSOM Pro 5
Reconstruct objects from photos shot against any background with the photogrammetry tool's new markerless workflow.
Sunday, October 9th, 2016
VFX techniques: how to build a photorealistic 3D city
Past Rodeo FX environment lead Jeremy Boissinot breaks down his workflow on Jack the Giant Slayer.
Wednesday, September 28th, 2016