Miguel Winfield releases MG-Picker Studio 1.5
Create flexible, scriptable custom picker GUIs for your Maya rigs, or use the free readymade templates.
Wednesday, October 14th, 2015
Free Resources
Why 2D art skills help you create better 3D VFX
League of Legends VFX lead Christina Wun explains how colour and shape can help you create compelling in-game FX.
Saturday, October 10th, 2015
Natron 2.0 ships
Big update to the open-source compositor adds Python support, roto painting and new dopesheet. Check out the new features here.
Friday, October 9th, 2015
GenArts ships Sapphire 9
Suite of plugins for editing and compositing tools gets four diverse new effects, plus advanced options for building your own.
Friday, October 9th, 2015
Discover how 2D skills make for better 3D VFX
Free Q&A session with Riot Games at Gnomon's LA campus on Monday 12 October explores key skills for games artists.
Friday, October 9th, 2015
Autodesk Labs unveils Autodesk Raytracer for Max
Free tech preview offers 'easy-to-use physically based rendering' in 3ds Max, both locally and in the cloud.
Thursday, October 8th, 2015
Next Limit releases Maxwell Render 3.2
Updated, now shipping: Sizeable update to renderer adds features from faster SSS to light-emitting fur.
Tuesday, October 6th, 2015
F12 releases The Grove
Create realistic vegetation for use in Blender or export to other DCC apps with this neat new tree generator.
Monday, October 5th, 2015
Come to Gnomon's Crafting Star Citizen's 3D Concepts
Discover how the space sim's ships were designed at a free event at the school's LA campus on 8 October, or watch it online.
Friday, October 2nd, 2015
Allegorithmic integrates Iray into Substance Designer
Version 5.3 of the texturing tool adds Nvidia's GPU-accelerated renderer, complete with Yebis post effects.
Friday, October 2nd, 2015
PixelSquid releases new free Photoshop plugin
Browse the site's library of 3D models, position them directly in Photoshop comps, then download the render passes free.
Friday, October 2nd, 2015
Fabric Software ships Fabric Engine 2
Create complex CG tools without coding with Fabric's long-awaited new visual programming system.
Thursday, October 1st, 2015
Sketchfab's models of the month: September 2015
See the best real-time assets of the month, some freely downloadable: from Van Gogh to game characters.
Wednesday, September 30th, 2015