Foundry makes its software free to students for a year
New Education Collective bundles also provide ongoing discounts on Nuke, Mari, Modo and Katana.
Tuesday, October 9th, 2018
Free Resources
Free Maya script Couture helps retopologise 3D clothing
Handy tool helps convert 3D scans or Marvelous Designer models into animation-ready low-poly assets.
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018
Maxon ships more free Cinema 4D plugins via Maxon Labs
New Solidify tool and workarounds for features deprecated in R20 added to online library of add-ons.
Wednesday, September 26th, 2018
Get Paragon UE4 character and environment assets free
Updated with new free assets. Download 39 characters and 1,500 environment assets from Epic Games' MOBA.
Tuesday, September 25th, 2018
Get Digital Forms' free 3D scan of a clothed male figure
Download the games art studio's raw scan data in OBJ format. The file is licensed for commercial use.
Friday, September 21st, 2018
Free tool MeshSync live links Unity to DCC software
Open-source app syncs geometry, lights and cameras between Unity and 3ds Max, Blender, Maya and MotionBuilder.
Wednesday, September 19th, 2018
Download Video Copilot's free Orb plugin for After Effects
Free plugin generates realistic 3D planets, complete with physically based shading and atmospheres.
Wednesday, September 19th, 2018
Unreal Studio now free until November 2019
Suite of tools for getting CAD data into Unreal Engine for visualisation to stay in open beta another year.
Tuesday, September 18th, 2018
Free tool Kiko ports animation curves from Maya to Nuke
Toolchefs' neat open-source tool transfers curves between DCC apps in a pipeline-friendly way.
Sunday, September 16th, 2018
Pixar ships free edition of RenderMan 22
Non-commercial edition gets new 'live rendering' workflow, lighting tech used on movies like Coco.
Monday, September 10th, 2018
Epic Games releases free Shotgun integration for UE4
New plugin integrates UE4 with the production-tracking system. Includes a Maya FBX exporter for asset review.
Friday, August 31st, 2018
SideFX ships Houdini Reality Capture plugin as free beta
New photogrammetry plugin lets artists use RealityCapture's popular toolset directly inside Houdini.
Wednesday, August 29th, 2018
Epic Games ships free MotionBuilder Live Link for UE4
Free plugin streams mocap data from MotionBuilder to preview it inside Unreal Engine in real time.
Thursday, August 16th, 2018