Rotem Shiffman releases VFB+ 2.8 for 3ds Max for free
New version of advanced, renderer agnostic frame buffer tool for 3ds Max now available as freeware.
Monday, February 13th, 2017
Free Resources
Download Kungfujackrabbit Studio's 12 free Arnold shaders
Get 12 free metal, plastic and glass shaders for Arnold and Maya 2017, all licensed for commercial use.
Sunday, February 12th, 2017
Get four free Renderpeople 3D character models
Updated: New figures are fully rigged for 3ds Max, Maya, C4D. All are licensed for commercial use.
Sunday, February 12th, 2017
Download Pascal Ackermann's free male anatomy reference
Get the Ubisoft senior character artist's turntable of a detailed ZBrush sculpt of a male figure.
Sunday, January 29th, 2017
Nvidia makes OptiX free for commercial use
GPU ray tracing framework used in Pixar's Flow material editor now available free for commercial tools.
Friday, January 20th, 2017
fnord releases ProEXR free
Fully open-source set of plugins lets Photoshop, After Effects and Premiere read and write layered EXR files on Windows and OS X.
Thursday, January 5th, 2017
Marmoset ships free Toolbag scene importer for UE4
Export scenes from the rendering toolkit to Unreal Engine and have materials set up automatically.
Monday, January 2nd, 2017
Pixologic releases three new free ZBrush plugins
Get ZBrush to Photoshop CC, 3D Print Hub and real-world scale modeling tool Scale Master for free.
Monday, January 2nd, 2017
Get Avengers animator Kiel Figgins' free Deadpool rig
Free Maya character rig includes facial controls and linked proxy rig for real-time and blocking work.
Thursday, December 29th, 2016
Get Allan McKay's new free 18-hour VFX training course
Create a complete reverse-gravity destruction FX shot in 3ds Max and Nuke. Includes source footage and project files.
Wednesday, December 14th, 2016
Unity Technologies to make Anima2D available for free
Popular Unity skeletal 2D animation toolset to become free in January. Developer Sergi Valls joins Unity.
Monday, December 5th, 2016
Download Ten24's free 3D scan of a car
Get this photogrammetry-based scan of a Fiat in OBJ and ZTL format with a 10K texture map.
Sunday, December 4th, 2016
Download Ten24's free full body 3D scan of a male figure
Provided in ZTL format with textures, as part of a tutorial on retopologising scan data with ZBrush and Wrap 3.
Sunday, November 20th, 2016