Houdini plant-generation toolkit Natsura is now in early access

Check out the interesting high-performance vegetation modeling toolset for games and VFX, used on SideFX's Project Elderwood demo.

Monday, July 28th, 2025

Abstract releases InstaMAT 2025

Major update sees the hotly tipped 3D texture painting and material authoring tools leave early access. Still free for indie artists.

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025

Reallusion announces new release date for Character Creator 5

Check out the new release date for the 3D character creation app for games and VFX, plus details of its ActorMixer character mixing system.

Monday, July 21st, 2025

Beeble launches SwitchLight 2.0

Now out of early access: next-gen video-to-PBR AI model lets artists relight video footage without manual 3D reconstruction.

Monday, July 21st, 2025

Lightmap adds new Lumi-Curve system to HDR Light Studio 9

Interesting new feature in the real-time lighting design tool lets artists use freeform curves as light sources to create artistic streaks and trails.

Friday, July 18th, 2025

Rig and animate 3D characters for free with AccuRig 2.0

Free tool generates body and finger rigs for humanoid 3D characters. Check out its new animation browsing and retargeting system.

Thursday, July 17th, 2025

QuadSpinner releases Gaea 2.2

Major update to the next-gen terrain generator for games and VFX adds 10 new nodes, and updates over 20 more. Check out the new features.

Tuesday, July 15th, 2025

Unigine 2.20 adds support for 3D Gaussian Splatting

Check out the new features in this wide-ranging update to the real-time 3D engine. Available free for indie games and VFX projects.

Monday, July 14th, 2025

Download over 1,500 free PBR texture sets from LotPixel

Download scan-based PBR texture sets of common interior and exterior materials at up to 8K resolution. For commercial use.

Sunday, July 6th, 2025

Free UV packing tool Packer-IO 1.3 now integrates directly in Blender

Check out the new features in the free standalone UV packing app, including support for texel density, and the Blender integration plugin.

Friday, July 4th, 2025

Download three free assets from terrain kitbash library Terra xL

Get three 3D scanned mountains from the neat new asset library for kitbashing environments for VFX and concept art. Commercial use.

Tuesday, July 1st, 2025

Open-source tool Infinigen Indoors generates procedural 3D interiors

Updated: free Blender-based tool generates 3D interiors, from rooms to entire houses. Check out its new Infinigen-Sim toolset.

Monday, June 30th, 2025

Reallusion releases Character Creator 4.54 and iClone 8.54

Character generator and real-time animation tool get updates to AI Smart Search, plus new lower-cost iContent licenses for stock assets.

Friday, June 27th, 2025