Get 650+ free assets for building dungeons in Blender and UE5
Build the low-poly 3D dungeon of your dreams with game art firm Tidal Flask Studios' FBX asset pack. Free for commercial use, but get in quick.
Wednesday, April 8th, 2026
Free Resources
Get free Maya character rigging toolset mGear 5.3
'Most feature-rich' update to the open-source rigging framework adds tools for automating Set Driven Key setup and blendshape transfer.
Tuesday, April 7th, 2026
Free tool: Open Light generates procedural HDR light textures
Lighting artist Borja Rama's amazing tool builds professional-quality gobos for visual effects, motion graphics and general CG work.
Monday, April 6th, 2026
Rokoko Create generates full-body animations for free
AI-powered browser-based tool generates idles and movement cycles from text prompts. You can export five per month in FBX format.
Friday, April 3rd, 2026
Free tool VDBRender adds native OpenVDB rendering to Nuke
VFX artist Marty Blumen's neat free add-on renders volumes like clouds and fire in Nuke without round-tripping to an external renderer.
Monday, March 30th, 2026
Autodesk releases Arnold 7.5.1 with free cloud rendering
New version of the production renderer includes 40 free hours per month on the tech preview of cloud rendering service Flow Render.
Wednesday, March 25th, 2026
Free tutorial: Creating Cinematics in Unreal Engine 5
Discover how to create an action sequence in UE5 with DNEG artist Kosuke Iwasaki's free intermediate tutorial for The Gnomon Workshop.
Monday, March 23rd, 2026
Canva releases first major update to its free Affinity software
Check out the new features in Affinity 3.1, including Live Tone Blend Groups and a new Tone Brush for compositing and retouching images.
Wednesday, March 18th, 2026
Been laid off? JangaFX is giving you its tools free for six months
Updated: games and VFX artists can now apply for temporary licenses of EmberGen, LiquiGen, IlluGen and GeoGen via JangaFX's web portal.
Friday, March 13th, 2026
Neat free Blender add-on LimbKit generates 3D hands and feet
Fast, fun Geometry Nodes-based tool lets you block out hands, feet, paws and claws quickly for illustration or animation work.
Friday, March 6th, 2026
Get AlgoMesh's free Cinema 4D plugin for Differential Line Growth
Neat free add-on turns splines into complex organic forms suitable for motion graphics and VFX. Works with text splines too.
Monday, March 2nd, 2026
Download the free edition of RenderMan 27.2
Free edition of the renderer is licensed for personal use and tools development. Compatible with Blender, Houdini, Katana and Maya.
Saturday, February 28th, 2026
Pikimov 5 is a free alternative to After Effects and CapCut
Promising browser-based app gets a new Classic editor for video editing, as well as editors for 2D and 3D motion design.
Tuesday, February 24th, 2026