Visualise height maps in 3D with neat free tool Aerialod
Fun new app turns elevation data into 3D terrain and renders path-traced stills or turntable animations.
Sunday, October 20th, 2019
Free Resources
Unity subscription prices to rise in 2020
Cost of new Plus subscriptions to rise 14%; new Pro subscriptions up 20%. Existing subs unaffected.
Friday, October 18th, 2019
AWS Thinkbox releases Deadline 10.1
Render manager now scales to thousands of slave machines. Free to use on Amazon Web Services.
Thursday, October 17th, 2019
Check out neat physics-based animation app Cascadeur
Updated: Nekki's unusual animation software gets new rigging tools, updated AI-based AutoPosing system.
Wednesday, October 16th, 2019
10bit FX introduces new pricing options for Notch Playback
Real-time graphics tool gets new weekly rental option, perpetual licences for use in installations.
Tuesday, October 15th, 2019
Esri ships CityEngine 2019.1
Edit 3D buildings created in the city-generation tool procedurally in Maya via new integration plugin Serlio: free for non-commercial use.
Wednesday, October 9th, 2019
WTools3D ships LWCAD 2018.3
Big free update to the LightWave modelling toolkit adds new tools for UV mapping NURBS surfaces and for converting quads to NURBS.
Wednesday, October 9th, 2019
Download 27 free game-ready movement animations
Get Hammerhead's free walk, run and jump animations as FBX files or a complete Unreal Engine project.
Sunday, October 6th, 2019
Learn Clarisse iFX from DreamWorks' Danny Janevski
Get started with Isotropix's layout and look dev tool at a free event at Gnomon's LA campus next week, or watch on Twitch.
Saturday, October 5th, 2019
Soft8Soft ships Verge3D 2.15 for 3ds Max and Blender
Tool for converting 3D scenes into browser apps adds support for game controllers - from VR devices to steering wheels.
Friday, October 4th, 2019
LuxCoreRender 2.2 ships
Open-source renderer gets new GI cache system, Disney BRDF material and Open Image Denoise. Now compatible with Blender 2.80.
Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019
Sketchfab's models of the month: September 2019
See the month's best real-time 3D models, from League of Legends fan art to this free scan of a statue.
Tuesday, October 1st, 2019
Free 3D viewer Emb3D adds option to display models in AR
iOS and Android model viewer gets augmented reality support, plus new web app and cloud services.
Monday, September 30th, 2019