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

Thursday, November 23rd, 2023

Check out the new features in the terrain generator, including a new system of SImulation Layers for distributing sediment.

Monday, November 20th, 2023

Library Drop 05 makes over 200 new materials and textures available for the real-time rendering software, plus a new set of Smart Masks.

Sunday, November 12th, 2023

High-res character based on scans of France's most tattooed man comes as a UE5 project with 8K PBR textures and a MetaHuman rig.

Sunday, October 29th, 2023

Real-time visualization software gets Lumen real-time GI system, plus support for animated meshes and Substance materials. Price up $250.

Wednesday, October 25th, 2023

Popular real-time smoke and fire simulator gets support for ground plane shadows, and initial support for importing skinned meshes.

Wednesday, October 18th, 2023

UE5 to become a 'licensable piece of software like Maya and Photoshop' for non-games work like VFX, animation and visualization.

Thursday, October 5th, 2023

Online service automatically rigs 3D humanoids, animals and vehicles for use in real-time applications. Now comes with a Blender add-on.

Monday, October 2nd, 2023

But the firm 'continues to invest' in Unreal Engine, MetaHuman, Megascans, Twinmotion and RealityCapture, despite 830 job cuts.

Friday, September 29th, 2023

Check out the neat $20 Geometry Nodes-based add-on, capable of generating simple, good-looking fluid sims in 'semi-realtime'.

Wednesday, September 27th, 2023

See the month's best new 3D assets, including free 3D vehicles and props - and even a complete Sketchfab animated short.

Monday, September 18th, 2023

Updated: Neat add-on streamlines baking PBR textures inside Blender. Now supports thickness maps.

Sunday, September 10th, 2023

Popular open-source 3D texture painting software gets a new Smudge tool, group masks, and better OBJ import.

Friday, September 8th, 2023