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Free Resources

Aidy Burrows' free shader set-up mimics UE4's physically based shading in the Blender viewport.

Tuesday, August 30th, 2016

Top FX TD Wayne Hollingsworth shares his production tips at a free workshop at Gnomon this Thursday. Watch free online.

Monday, August 29th, 2016

Get 10 fantastic free stock models of weapons, vehicles, creatures and interiors, in a range of file formats.

Friday, August 26th, 2016

Now available: Substance Education licence lets students and teachers use Substance Painter, Designer and B2M for free.

Thursday, August 4th, 2016

Now shipping: Sketch forms in 3D space and export them as OBJs with this neat new app. Free Lite edition; full version is $20/year.

Monday, August 1st, 2016

Download them in 2K resolution from new stock practical effects footage site ActionVFX. Licensed for commercial use.

Sunday, July 10th, 2016

Updated: Get 50 foliage cutouts, over 1,800 texture reference images, and 111 new free stone textures.

Sunday, July 10th, 2016

Updated: Just logging in now gives you up 30 free hours of rendering a month, even for commercial jobs.

Thursday, July 7th, 2016

Updated: Neat set of free HDR sky images covers a range of times of day and weather. Also now includes a free 15K HDR.

Friday, June 17th, 2016

Download a PDF overview of key trends and best practices in GPU rendering. Targeted at V-Ray, but useful to anyone.

Thursday, June 16th, 2016

Create immersive VR environments using the same Source 2 toolset used internally at Valve itself.

Monday, June 13th, 2016

Updated: Beta 3.0 of next-gen animation system adds new weight painting and editing tools for skinning characters.

Tuesday, May 31st, 2016

See Alex Alvarez's class on creating photorealistic 3D environments at Gnomon's LA campus on Thursday, or watch free onine.

Monday, May 30th, 2016