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Houdini Engine plugins for Unity and Unreal Engine now free for larger studios, not just indie artists.

Friday, February 26th, 2021

Updated: new connection plugins available for Nvidia's collaboration platform, now in free public beta.

Friday, February 26th, 2021

Discover the most important new tools in the open-source 3D app, from geometry nodes to APIC sims.

Thursday, February 25th, 2021

New online library of architectural 3D models is optimised for V-Ray and Chaos Vantage. Free to users of selected versions of V-Ray 5.

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021

New Lite edition of Tripolygon's popular sketch-based modeling and level design tool for Unity can be used free in commercial work.

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021

Download 3D buildings, props and characters from the console and PC title via the Unreal Marketplace. Commercial use.

Sunday, February 21st, 2021

Download this detailed free texture map to recreate the lunar surface in 3D. Licensed for commercial use.

Sunday, February 21st, 2021

Get VIShopper's free cutout bird's-eye views of people for use in arch viz and CG work. Commercial use.

Sunday, February 7th, 2021

Get Between Two Pines' simulated jets of smoke or steam for use in your 3D scenes. Commercial use.

Sunday, January 31st, 2021

Powerful virtual reality design tool now free to individual artists, including OBJ, FBX, IGES export.

Tuesday, January 26th, 2021

Google stops development of its virtual reality 3D painting and concept art app, but users can now compile it free from source code.

Tuesday, January 26th, 2021

Create detailed renders of the planet's surface from space with this huge free 16-bit texture map.

Thursday, January 21st, 2021

Get free explosions, smoke and energy effects clips. ProRes format, HD resolution, for commercial use.

Sunday, January 17th, 2021