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Promising new free application provides a 'clean, distraction-free space' for sculpting characters and creatures for games and VFX work.

Wednesday, July 8th, 2026

Open-source app converts 3D scans or sculpts to clean, low-poly, all-quad geometry. Comes with an unofficial Blender bridge plugin.

Wednesday, July 8th, 2026

Get new versions of particle tools Krakatoa MX, Frost MX, Stoke MX and XMesh MX recompiled to support current versions of 3ds Max.

Monday, July 6th, 2026

Master production-proven workflows for creating weather effects in UE5 with The Gnomon Workshop's free masterclass.

Saturday, July 4th, 2026

Download stock asset provider Laya Design's Unreal Engine Science Fiction Desert City Kit free from Fab for the next two weeks.

Wednesday, July 1st, 2026

Get the real-time effects specialist's free app for generating vector fields to control particle simulations for games, motion graphics and VFX.

Tuesday, June 30th, 2026

New free edition of the real-time animation software can be used indefinitely, including on commercial projects - but there are limitations.

Wednesday, June 24th, 2026

Epic Games' free mocap plugin extracts full-body and finger motion from phone or camera footage to transfer to MetaHuman characters.

Thursday, June 18th, 2026

Get Dmitriy Dryzhak's White Castle model as a modular Unity or UE5 asset package, or in FBX format for use in any CG software.

Tuesday, June 16th, 2026

Get a free Maya creature rig with both body and facial controls, created using Maya character rigging framework BEAR.

Sunday, June 14th, 2026

Open-source game engine gets new native particle system, updates to tonemapping and the physical sky, and automatic LOD generation.

Thursday, June 11th, 2026

Kiri Innovations' free add-on now lets you transfer animation from proxy meshes - including rigged 3D characters - to 3DGS scans.

Tuesday, June 9th, 2026

New Blender edition of the popular C4D particle and fluid simulation tool is free in beta for anyone who signs up for an Insydium account.

Saturday, June 6th, 2026