Substance 3D Designer's creators win Sci-Tech Awards
Other tech 'Oscars' go to Pixar's Fizt2 simulation system and Wētā FX's in-house render manager.
Friday, February 3rd, 2023
Free Resources
Mercenaries Engineering releases Rumba 1.2
Innovative character animation app gets revamped animation layer system, neat animatable sculpt tool.
Thursday, February 2nd, 2023
Tutorial: Creating Keyframe Concepts for Film & Animation
Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals the unexpected 3D tools that can speed up your concept art work.
Sunday, January 29th, 2023
Kinetix launches Kinetix Studio 2.0
Free browser-based AI mocap platform now supports animation style transfer and motion blending.
Sunday, January 29th, 2023
Download open-source VR sketching tool Open Brush 2.0
Big update to the free app adds a layers system, pressure sensitivity and new options for mixed reality.
Friday, January 27th, 2023
Marmoset releases Toolbag 4.05
Real-time rendering and look dev app gets new texture painting features, light baking, USD support.
Tuesday, January 24th, 2023
Sketchfab's models of the month: January 2023
See the month's best new models, including free downloadable cars, machines and this hippo character.
Wednesday, January 18th, 2023
Scene Group ships Cavalry 1.5
Check out the new features in the next-generation motion design tool, including the new Layouts system for building responsive graphics.
Tuesday, January 17th, 2023
Tutorial: Creating Fantasy Illustrations with Procreate
New Gnomon Worskhop tutorial reveals how to create pro-quality art with the popular iPad paint app.
Tuesday, January 17th, 2023
Maxon ships ZBrush 2023
First ever paid update to the digital sculpting software adds new 'Slime Bridge', revamps ZRemesher, and integrates the Redshift renderer.
Thursday, January 12th, 2023
Nuke to go subscription-only
Sales of perpetual licences of Nuke, NukeX, Nuke Studio and Hiero to end on 31 December. Annual subscriptions introduced.
Wednesday, January 11th, 2023
Download 10 x 16K space HDRIs from ProductionCrate
Get 10 free high-res HDRIs suitable for rendering deep space scenes. EXR format, for commercial use.
Sunday, January 8th, 2023
Amazon open-sources Krakatoa, XMesh, Frost, Stoke
Volumetric rendererer and particle tools for 3ds Max and Maya now free via an Apache 2.0 licence.
Wednesday, January 4th, 2023