Foundry unveils Katana 4.0
Big update to the lighting and look dev tool to add new 'artist-focused' lighting workflows, support for multiple simultaneous test renders.
Monday, August 10th, 2020
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Watch Gnomon's masterclass on creating a fantasy creature
Take a CG creature from concept to final render with Avengers artist Babak Bina's five-hour masterclass.
Monday, August 10th, 2020
Download 50 free 3D models of jungle plants
Get environment artist Baiquni Abdillah's 50 3D models of South East Asian trees, ferns and flowers.
Sunday, August 9th, 2020
Check out Nomad: a neat new iOS and Android sculpting app
Promising new app lets artists sculpt, paint and remesh detailed models on iPads or Android tablets.
Saturday, August 8th, 2020
Toolchefs updates free open beta of Atoms Unreal
New UE4 plugin for Atoms Crowd promises to create large real-time crowd sims on consumer PCs.
Saturday, August 8th, 2020
Chaos Group releases V-Ray 5 for Maya
Now shipping: check out the new features in the next big update to the Maya edition of the renderer.
Friday, August 7th, 2020
Autodesk ships Arnold 6.0.4
Big update cuts render times on modern multi-core CPUs; adds new IPR window for 3ds Max users, and new Cinema 4D scattering system.
Thursday, August 6th, 2020
Create free, facially rigged CG characters with MB-Lab 1.7.8
Promising open-source tool can now create 3D characters licensed for use in commercial games work.
Wednesday, August 5th, 2020
Check out open-source auto-retopology tool AutoRemesher
New app from Dust3D developer Jeremy Hu turns source meshes into uniform all-quad geometry.
Tuesday, August 4th, 2020
CamTrackAR exports camera tracks to Blender for free
FXhome's iOS camera tracking app also exports to HitFilm; the paid version exports to After Effects.
Tuesday, August 4th, 2020
Sketchfab's models of the month: July 2020
See the month's best 3D models - including downloadable vehicles from Porsches to police cruisers.
Tuesday, August 4th, 2020
Download four free high-resolution UV checkermaps
Get Maurus Loeffel's custom UV checkermaps, plus the Illustrator file to create your own designs.
Sunday, August 2nd, 2020
Sneak peeks: Adobe's 2020 R&D projects for 3D graphics
See Adobe's latest 3D research: from parametric modeling to a new real-time physically based renderer.
Friday, July 31st, 2020