Get 10 free 16K and 90 free 1K HDRIs from HDRI Haven
Updated: Includes interiors and exteriors and many times of day. Shot at up to 24 EVs; available for commercial use.
Wednesday, October 12th, 2016
Free Resources
Download 160 free Xfrog 3D plant models
Get 33 individual plant species, including trees, shrubs and flowers, in over 10 common 3D file formats.
Tuesday, October 11th, 2016
Next Limit ships Maxwell 4
Now shipping: physically accurate renderer gets CUDA-based GPU render engine. Relighting system Multilight now a standalone tool.
Tuesday, October 11th, 2016
Gnomon ships Introduction to Redshift for Maya
Get up and running with the GPU based renderer with Christophe Desse's complete four-hour video.
Monday, October 10th, 2016
Neoglyphic Entertainment ships NeoFur 2.0 for UE4
Real-time hair and fur plugin now supports motion blur, import of NURBS curves from DCC tools.
Monday, October 10th, 2016
Chaos Group puts Arnold's alSurface shader in V-Ray
Download the free V-Ray version of the VFX industry-standard shader. Works with both Max and Maya.
Sunday, October 9th, 2016
Sneak peek: Vue 2016
Updated: Latest preview shows the landscape generation software's new heightfield terrain system.
Sunday, October 9th, 2016
Navié unveils Effex 2.8
Updated: Cinema 4D fluid simulator to get new sound node; new APIC solver generates smoother liquid flow than standard FLIP solvers.
Friday, October 7th, 2016
The Foundry unveils Modo 10.2
Next week's update to the all-round 3D software to add schematic-free Booleans, extended procedural modelling, auto retopology system.
Thursday, October 6th, 2016
Google releases open-source Tilt Brush Toolkit
Free set of scripts should help tools developers integrate the VR paint app with production pipelines.
Thursday, October 6th, 2016
Wacom unveils MobileStudio Pro 13 and 16 pen displays
Powerful touch-enabled Windows 10 tablets have 4K displays, offer 8,192 levels of pressure sensitivity.
Thursday, October 6th, 2016
Eos Systems releases PhotoModeler UAS
New edition of the high-end image based modelling app is aimed specifically at drone photography.
Wednesday, October 5th, 2016
Pixologic unveils ZBrush 4R8
Cool free update to the sculpting app to add support for vector displacement maps, real-time Booleans, new LazyMouse options.
Saturday, October 1st, 2016