Adobe acquires Allegorithmic
We assess the potential impact of the buyout on the licensing and development of key Allegorithmic software like Substance Painter.
Thursday, January 24th, 2019
Free Resources
NewTek ships LightWave 2019
Fastest major update in LightWave history adds multi-user bridge to UE4, new digital sculpting tools, nodal editing of OpenVDB volumes.
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019
Download free cross-platform 3D file viewer MadView3D
Lightweight 3D model viewer has some neat display options - and runs on a unique set of platforms.
Sunday, January 20th, 2019
Neat free tool Origami creates low-poly geometry inside Nuke
Handy add-on creates patches or scatter objects from hi-res models; rebuilds point cloud scan data.
Friday, January 18th, 2019
Download the free beta of Jet Fluids for Cinema 4D
Try Plugins 4D dev Kent Barber's new C4D fluids add-on for free while it is in early development.
Wednesday, January 16th, 2019
Hear The Third Floor discuss the future of visualisation
Discover new trends in previs and postvis at the legendary studio's free talk at Gnomon on 24 January. Watch free online.
Friday, January 11th, 2019
Agisoft releases Metashape
Popular image-based modelling tool PhotoScan gets a free update speeding up 3D mesh generation - and changing the product name.
Tuesday, January 8th, 2019
E-Cycles speeds up Blender GPU rendering
New optimised version of Cycles renders up to 2.4x faster than standard Blender on CUDA GPUs.
Monday, January 7th, 2019
Neat new tool Glycon lets you record mocap in virtual reality
Low-cost app lets users record full-body motion capture in FBX format using an HTC Vive or Oculus Rift.
Monday, January 7th, 2019
Reallusion ships iClone 7.4 and launches iClone Open
New open Python API will let developers create custom tools for the real-time animation software.
Sunday, January 6th, 2019
Realsoft ships Realsoft 3D 8
One of the oldest 3D applications gets updated for current Hi-DPI displays and multicore CPUs, and gains a photon mapping system.
Friday, December 28th, 2018
Download Harry Emilianov's free UE4 cloud shader
Free volumetric system generates good-looking animatable clouds in real time inside Unreal Engine.
Thursday, December 27th, 2018
Asolve launches Render Node Monitor 2.0
New cloud-based 3ds Max render management system is aimed at freelancers and smaller studios.
Monday, December 24th, 2018