Download 75 free C4D models from The Pixel Lab
Everything from creatures to ray guns, licensed for commercial use. Good for Unity & After Effects, too.
Thursday, August 28th, 2014
Free Resources
Evermotion releases NOX renderer as open source
Unbiased renderer for 3ds Max, Blender and Cinema 4D now available to integrate into other apps.
Wednesday, August 27th, 2014
GPUBox Artist builds you an instant GPU render farm
Renegatt Software's virtualization tool lets Blender or Octane access any CUDA GPU on your network.
Tuesday, August 26th, 2014
10 tips for guerrilla animation production
Hobbit veteran Kory Juul reveals the lessons he has learned while making CG feature White Tiger Legend.
Tuesday, August 26th, 2014
Mixamo launches Starter and Indie pricing plans
$50/month gets you ten animations, plus access to the character creator, facial mocap and decimation tools.
Friday, August 22nd, 2014
Download 14 free hi-res environment models
Ivan Arsic's models of trees, rocks and concrete come in OBJ format with 4K textures, licensed for commercial use.
Wednesday, August 20th, 2014
Corel ships Painter 2015 & new Painter Mobile app
Desktop edition gets interesting new physics-based particle brushes; free Android app lets you paint on the go.
Friday, August 15th, 2014
Autodesk releases Maya & 3ds Max 2015 Extension 1
New updates add OpenSubdiv and Alembic support to Max; colour-management and performance profiling tools to Maya.
Tuesday, August 12th, 2014
Faceware Technologies ships Faceware Live 2.0
Markerless facial mocap system adds support for multiple characters, option to stream data live into Unity.
Friday, August 8th, 2014
Side Effects releases Houdini Indie
Updated: new edition gives anyone making under $100K the full feature set of Houdini FX for $199/year.
Friday, August 8th, 2014
Epic Games previews Unreal Engine 4.4
New car paint shading model, and updates to Persona. Subscribers also get 7 free Mixamo animations.
Monday, August 4th, 2014
Zoic Studios ships $10 iPad app for viewing virtual sets
ZEUS:Scout lets users build and navigate virtual environments and comp them into live video footage.
Monday, August 4th, 2014
WuKong brings Flame-style workflow to Nuke
Handy free set of Python scripts lets users connect nodes by dragging one over another, and much more.
Wednesday, July 30th, 2014