Free tool: export_masks for Substance 3D Painter
Get Wes McDermott's handy free add-on for... well, exporting layer masks from Substance 3D Painter.
Thursday, February 23rd, 2023
Free Resources
Free tool: Mohsen Tabasi's StableDiffusion_Houdini 2.0
Use Stable Diffusion to turn simple 3D scenes in Houdini into detailed concept images and illustrations.
Monday, February 20th, 2023
Check out promising free SDF modelling tool Clavicula
Unusual free tool provides a quick way to rough out ideas for props, concept art or product designs.
Thursday, February 16th, 2023
Free tool: Hextile for Houdini and Unreal Engine
Mohsen Tabasi's award-winning free tool minimises visible repeats by tiling textures using a hex grid.
Monday, February 13th, 2023
Download free After Effects image export script aeJPG
Handy free tool lets you take screenshots from After Effects' Composition Panel in one click.
Monday, February 13th, 2023
Download the entire city of New York in 3D for free
Download any part of Geopipe's 3D reconstruction of NYC in standard 3D formats. For commercial use.
Sunday, February 12th, 2023
Download free architectural textures from Texturama.com
Get up to 10 lightweight, AR-ready textures, including bulding facades, free from the newly revamped online library.
Sunday, February 12th, 2023
These free AI add-ons create PBR materials inside Blender
Use Dream Textures, DeepBump and DT2DB Bridge to create PBR materials in Blender 'in one click'
Wednesday, February 8th, 2023
Get free UV packing tool UV-Packer for Unreal Engine
New Unreal Engine 5 edition integrates 3d-io's popular UV packing tool into the game engine.
Monday, February 6th, 2023
Download ProductionCrate's new free VFX starter pack
Get 50 stock FX clips, including explosions, fire and magic effects. ProRes/H.264 format, up to 4K, for commercial use.
Sunday, February 5th, 2023
Free tool: StackUp
Handy 3ds Max script generates randomised buildings - or any other type of 3D model - by stacking modular components along splines.
Wednesday, January 25th, 2023
Free tool: Arseniy Korablev releases Teya Conceptor 5.0
Concept design and kitbashing app now generates 2D alphas and 3D buildings and plants with one click.
Wednesday, January 18th, 2023
Free tool: Batch Tonemapper
Handy free app batch-generates JPEG thumbnails for EXR and HDR files so they can be previewed properly on Windows or Linux.
Wednesday, January 18th, 2023