Download Viz-People's HDRi v1 collection for free
Get ten 12,000px x 5,800px spherical HDRs taken at different times of day, each with its own tonemapped PNG.
Friday, November 21st, 2014
Free Resources
Pixar ships RenderMan 19
Featuring the new RIS raytracing architecture and costing just $495. Free version now due early 2015.
Friday, November 21st, 2014
Download five free 4K light probes in EXR format
Check out Illuminated Tools' new set of free hi-res HDRIs. All are licensed for commercial use.
Friday, November 21st, 2014
IDV launches SpeedTree Modeler for Unity 5
Create unique trees complete with LoDs, collision primitives and wind forces for use with the Unity 5 beta.
Wednesday, November 19th, 2014
Red Giant Software releases Universe 1.3
Library of editing and compositing effects gets 13 new tools, six free; plus support for DaVinci Resolve.
Wednesday, November 19th, 2014
The Foundry ships Nuke 9, NukeX 9, Nuke Studio 9
New versions of the compositing tools now shipping. Price up slightly from Nuke 8, but down for NukeX.
Wednesday, November 19th, 2014
Download 12 free cutout people from VIShopper
High-resolution, supplied in PSD format with separate shadow layers and licensed for commercial use.
Tuesday, November 18th, 2014
Solid Iris Technologies unveils Thea Render 1.4
Hybrid renderer to support motion blur, displacement, render channels on GPU. New OpenCL port soon.
Monday, November 17th, 2014
CL3VER launches free iOS viewing app
Interactive 3D presentations created using the online platform can now be viewed natively on your iPad.
Friday, November 14th, 2014
Allan McKay launches free VFX careers podcasts
Updated: Get free careers advice from the VFX supervisor - including how to succeed at job interviews.
Friday, November 14th, 2014
The Foundry buys Mischief creator Made With Mischief
Cult $25 pen-sketching tool becomes The Foundry's first truly mass-market digital art product.
Thursday, November 13th, 2014
IKinema adds graph editor to WebAnimate
Updated: Free browser-based service gets new tools for stitching and retargeting motion clips.
Tuesday, November 11th, 2014
Blackmagic Design releases Fusion 7 for free
No optical flow or stereo tools, and no network rendering, but still a pretty darn powerful 3D compositor.
Monday, November 10th, 2014