Free tool of the day: Michał Gamrat's mgNodes for Maya
Control deformations and particles with this CUDA-based tool to scatter and manipulate points on a mesh.
Monday, December 2nd, 2013
Free Resources
Watch Jeremy Birn's Lighting & Rendering in Maya for free
Watch the Pixar TD's entire 2008 training DVD on his website, along with downloadable project files.
Friday, November 22nd, 2013
xoio releases 34 new free photographic cutout people
Studio's latest set of cutouts shows models shot from high angles, all licensed for commercial work.
Wednesday, October 30th, 2013
Get Miguel Angel Santiago's free noise library for Mari
DT3D Mari Procedural Library adds nine new procedural types to the app, with scope to author new ones.
Monday, October 28th, 2013
Animation Mentor releases free Maya character rig
Teach yourself the fundamentals of character work with the animation school's toon-style Stewart rig.
Wednesday, October 16th, 2013
Download 13 free 8K HDR panoramas
Artist Mark Curtis releases a set of very nice hi-res HDR images, all licensed for commercial use.
Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013
e-on releases free PLE edition of The Plant Factory
Learning edition has the tools of the $1,495 Producer edition, but renders are marked and export is limited.
Tuesday, September 24th, 2013
Get a free anatomy reference app from MARA3D
Take a photo of yourself using one of the developer's apps and get another of your choice for free.
Wednesday, September 18th, 2013
BadKing releases free ZBrush Mega Monster Brush Pack
Download over 150 heads and body parts in native ZBrush format, and build your own monsters from them.
Monday, July 15th, 2013
Wayne Robson releases three handy free MAXScripts
Wayne's Morph Switcher, Morph Renamer and Nitrous Tools fix common 3ds Max workflow niggles.
Thursday, July 11th, 2013
Amazon launches free online storyboarding tool
Amazon Storyteller takes scripts in RTF format and generates simple 2D storyboards automatically.
Monday, June 10th, 2013
NFB releases free iPad animation app
Create shorts using digital versions of Norman McLaren's techniques - or watch 51 of his own films.
Saturday, June 8th, 2013
Download Ten24's free hi-res scan of a human skull
Available as a ZBrush 4R5 ZTL file or decimated OBJ, and licensed for use in commercial work.
Friday, May 31st, 2013