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See how top studios use the 3D painting tool at Foundry's user event at Gnomon on 1 February. Watch free online.

Friday, January 12th, 2018

New C#-scriptable render pipeline and node-based shader editor, but no more native Substance support.

Thursday, January 11th, 2018

Pioneering fluid simulation, particle and volumetrics tool, once sold for over €500, is now free on GitHub.

Tuesday, January 9th, 2018

See the creators of the award-winning series of VR shorts speak at Gnomon's LA campus on 16 Jan. Watch free online.

Sunday, January 7th, 2018

Hi-res texture overlays add realistic photographic effects to 3D renders. Download 20 sample files for free.

Sunday, January 7th, 2018

Read the Blender Foundation's pick of the top dev projects, from the Eevee PBR viewport renderer to 'Animation 2020'.

Thursday, January 4th, 2018

Download free human figures, one rigged for animation. FBX and 3ds Max formats; for commercial use.

Friday, December 29th, 2017

Neat free tool lets you scatter objects across a terrain and have them settle naturally under the influence of gravity.

Tuesday, December 26th, 2017

Discover best practices for pipeline development and rendering in UE4 at Gnomon on 20 January 2018. Watch free online.

Tuesday, December 26th, 2017

Read Amazon's list of key changes to its free AAA game engine, plus our pick of the best of the rest.

Sunday, December 24th, 2017

Get powerful particle and fluid simulation tools for Softimage, Maya, Modo and C4D for free.

Sunday, December 24th, 2017

New particle shading options, plus updates to the Cinemachine, 360° video and lightmap baking toolsets.

Friday, December 22nd, 2017

Powerful GPU-based renderer now available for viewport and offline renders in Unity. Free on one GPU.

Monday, December 18th, 2017