Download free heightmaps from Depthfields
New online library includes 100+ heightmaps of mountains, islands and terrain for use in games or VFX.
Sunday, September 18th, 2016
Free Resources
Allegorithmic releases Substance Painter 2.3
Texture-painting app gets new free Photoshop export plugin, preserving layers, masks and blending modes.
Friday, September 16th, 2016
Chaos Group releases Phoenix FD 3.0 for 3ds Max
Big update to fluid simulator adds new FLIP liquids solver; new options for art directing and retiming sims.
Friday, September 16th, 2016
Reallusion releases Character Creator 1.5
New features in free app for creating rigged human characters include improved FBX export and clothing design options.
Thursday, September 15th, 2016
CrowdMaster is a free crowd sim tool for Blender
Neat add-on provides a node-based workflow for scattering, flocking and creating simple crowd animations.
Wednesday, September 14th, 2016
Blackmagic Design acquires Ultimatte
Fusion developer buys Ultimatte's multi-Academy-Award-winning greenscreen keying technology.
Wednesday, September 14th, 2016
Download Jason Lewis's amazing Star Wars UE4 level
Explore Mos Eisley and the Millennium Falcon's docking bay in this incredible free real-time scene.
Tuesday, September 13th, 2016
Get Radeon ProRender for 3ds Max or Maya
Updated: Maya version of AMD's free, physically accurate OpenCL based GPU renderer now available.
Tuesday, September 13th, 2016
Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.13
New features in varied update range from Alembic support to the option to paint meshes inside the VR Editor.
Thursday, September 8th, 2016
Hear Aaron Sims discuss his work on Stranger Things
Discover how the creature from Netflix's hit series was created at a free talk at Gnomon this evening. Watch it free online.
Thursday, September 8th, 2016
Triumph releases Blend4Web 16.08
Toolset for turning Blender scenes into interactive web apps gets improved Normal Editor, more shading options.
Thursday, September 1st, 2016
Envelop for Windows lets you use 3D software in VR
View any Windows app in VR using an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive. Free in beta - and a Maya plugin to come
Wednesday, August 31st, 2016
Download a free real-time PBR shader for Blender
Aidy Burrows' free shader set-up mimics UE4's physically based shading in the Blender viewport.
Tuesday, August 30th, 2016