See Wayne Robson Mudbox training DVDs for free
Autodesk's only Mudbox Master makes ten of his legendary tutorial DVDs free to view on his new site.
Friday, January 20th, 2012
Free Resources
The Foundry releases Hiero in free open beta
Test the VFX project management and shot review tool before the price goes up to $5,000 this February.
Thursday, January 19th, 2012
Ryan Smith releases free beta of TreeGen for 3ds Max
Useful script creates custom trees for game use, with over 35 settings to control leaves and branches.
Monday, January 16th, 2012
CGschool releases free 90-minute Onyx Trees tutorial
Create vegetation with the OnyxTREE STORM, Onyx2Max and OnyxGRASS plug-ins for 3ds Max.
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Oramyst launches royalty-free character design site
Buy or download royalty-free character concept art, complete with orthographic reference images.
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
Read excerpts of Jamie Cardoso's new book for free
Arch viz artist posts extracts from 3D Realism: Practical and Easy Workflows on his blog.
Monday, December 26th, 2011
IKinema trials free online mocap-editing system
WebAnimate enables users to edit or retarget motion data in a web browser via a Maya-like interface.
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
E-on software releases free versions of Vue 10
For testing purposes, at least. Check out the Vue 10 PLE and Vue 10 for 3D Artists Trial Version here.
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
Get free models from the 3D World web 'advent calendar'
Not to mention free textures, HDRIs and training. Download a new set each day from the mag's website.
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
NFB releases PixStop: free stop-motion app
Child-friendly app offers iPad owners basic stop-motion and pixilation capabilities.
Friday, November 25th, 2011
Pixologic announces free 'ZBrush 4R2b' update
Increasingly oddly titled upcoming update to 'polish the rough corners' of the recent ZBrush 4R2 release.
Thursday, November 17th, 2011
Get 20 free cutout people from Pixel Flakes
Visualisation agency releases set of free stock characters with shadow templates for use in design work.
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
Autodesk releases two new free consumer 3D apps
Launches new 123D Make prototyping software and rebrands Project Photofly as 123D Catch.
Thursday, November 10th, 2011