Mankua Software releases PixaFlux in free open beta

New node-based image editor lets users design normal maps and preview the result in a PBR viewport.

Monday, February 15th, 2016

Jens Kafitz releases Mari Extension Pack 3 R2

Updated: Free R2 update adds new edge wear presets, Quixel-like Dynamask system to the powerful collection of Mari tools.

Friday, January 22nd, 2016

Graphine releases Granite SDK 3.0

Update to UE4 texture-streaming system lifts restrictions on layered textures, halves processor usage.

Wednesday, January 6th, 2016

The Foundry ships Mari 3

Updated, now shipping: Texturing app gets OpenSubdiv support; Arnold, V-Ray, Redshift and UE4 shaders; native Modo integration.

Thursday, December 3rd, 2015

Quixel ships Quixel Suite 2.0

Updated, now shipping: Games texturing toolkit gets powerful 3D painting and map baking options. See the new features in action here.

Monday, November 30th, 2015

Best Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2015 CG discounts

We round up 50 seasonal deals on CG tools, including Modo, Corona, LightWave, Painter and Poser Pro.

Monday, November 30th, 2015

Graphine releases Granite for Unity 5

Use 'hundreds of 8K textures' in your real-time apps with the newly updated texture-streaming system.

Thursday, October 1st, 2015

Sketchfab's models of the month: September 2015

See the best real-time assets of the month, some freely downloadable: from Van Gogh to game characters.

Wednesday, September 30th, 2015

Get Substance Designer: Texture Creation

Master the powerful node-based texturing tool with Naughty Dog artist Rogelio Olguin's Gnomon tutorial.

Friday, September 4th, 2015

Substance Painter 1.5 and Substance Designer 5.2 ship

Both Allegorithmic texturing tools get export presets for V-Ray, Arnold, Redshift and Corona; new viewport display options.

Wednesday, August 26th, 2015

Solid Iris Technologies releases Thea Render 1.5

Hybrid renderer gets new advanced material options, plus support for Allegorithmic's Substances.

Thursday, July 23rd, 2015

Pilgway releases 3D-Coat 4.5

Updated: Voxel sculpting package gets new PBR materials system, Photoshop-compatible layer groups, new UV options.

Friday, May 29th, 2015

FaronStudio releases PixPlant 3

Straightforward general-purpose app tiles source photos into a range of common texture map types.

Tuesday, April 28th, 2015