Download 500 free HDRIs from HDRI Skies
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
Free Resources
Get Chaos Group's free 60 page guide to GPU rendering
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
Valve releases Destinations Workshop Tools for free
Create immersive VR environments using the same Source 2 toolset used internally at Valve itself.
Monday, June 13th, 2016
Nukeygara updates free public beta of Akeytsu
Updated: Beta 3.0 of next-gen animation system adds new weight painting and editing tools for skinning characters.
Tuesday, May 31st, 2016
Watch a free masterclass on 3D environment work
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
Handplane 3d releases Handplane Baker for free
Neat free tool generates AO, cavity, curvature, normal and other maps for use in game engines. Handles dense ZBrush sculpts.
Monday, May 9th, 2016
Use Deadline for free this month
Thinkbox Software offers free hours of the renderfarm manager in May to trial Deadline 8's new on-demand licensing system.
Thursday, May 5th, 2016
FXhome releases HitFilm 4 Express for free
Cut-down version of the editing, compositing and effects software gets new tools from the Pro edition.
Friday, April 29th, 2016
Download 39 free hi-res 3D scans of common foods
Get Blank Repository's million-poly 3D models of fruit, veg, bread and junk food in OBJ format, licensed for commercial use.
Tuesday, April 26th, 2016
Get over 500 free anatomy images from Anatomy 360
View renders of male and female figures in multiple poses, created from hi-res 3D scans of live actors.
Sunday, April 17th, 2016
Download Ten24's free full body scan of an adult male
In OBJ and ZTL format as both raw data and animation-ready geometry, and licensed for commercial use.
Wednesday, March 30th, 2016
Download Google's Nik plugin collection for free
Set of seven colour-correction, HDR and image-editing plugins for Photoshop and Lightroom now free.
Wednesday, March 30th, 2016
Crytek releases CryEngine V for free
AAA game engine now available on a 'pay what you want basis'; gets new C# API and particle system, revamped renderer.
Wednesday, March 16th, 2016