Download free 8K HDRIs from VFX artist Simon Lachapelle

Get over 20 high-res HDRIs of natural exteriors and architectural interiors in EXR format, for VFX, visualization and motion graphics.

Monday, May 26th, 2025

Movella releases mocap software Xsens Animate 2025

Software for processing data from inertial mocap systems gets separate new anatomy models for male and female actors.

Thursday, May 15th, 2025

VeeDynamics 'turbocharges' elastic body simulation in Blender

Simulate thousands of rubbery objects in near-real time with Łukasz Czyż's plugin implementing Vertex Block Descent methods in Blender.

Tuesday, May 13th, 2025

Review: HP Z4 Rack G5 rackmount workstation

How does HP's rackable graphics workstation compare to a desktop system in real-world rendering and CG tests? Jason Lewis finds out.

Tuesday, May 6th, 2025

Get 260+ free 3D scanned assets for building a ruined interior in UE5

Create ruined and post-apocalyptic industrial environments with Epic Games' new Derelict Corridor Megascans Sample project.

Tuesday, May 6th, 2025

SPECviewperf 15 adds Blender and UE5 tests to the benchmark

New version of the veteran graphics benchmark for testing workstations reflects recent changes to CG software and industry pipelines.

Monday, May 5th, 2025

Download Figment's free UDIM Globe toolset

Free Photoshop scripts convert high-res planetary textures to UDIMs for use in VFX and animation, in apps like 3ds Max, Blender, Maya.

Sunday, May 4th, 2025

CLO Virtual Fashion releases Marvelous Designer 2025.0

Big update to the 3D clothing design tool adds a new fur material, new keyframe animation capabilities, and a modular garment library.

Wednesday, April 30th, 2025

Download free Houdini tools from SideFX's Project Grot

Updated: Get tools for generating procedural ruins, bridges - and even procedural flesh - from the Houdini-to-UE5 game environment demo.

Sunday, April 27th, 2025

NVIDIA open-sources PhysX's GPU simulation code

Real-time physics framework used in game engines and offline simulation tools for 3ds Max and Maya is now fully open-source.

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025

See JangaFX's first demo of IlluGen, its app for in-game VFX

Check out the feature set of the much-anticipated tool for creating VFX assets for games, its workflow, its release date, and its likely price.

Thursday, April 17th, 2025

Character Creator gets new free MetaTailor plugin

Add-on lets you send characters from Character Creator to MetaTailor with one-click, fit 3D clothing to them, then send them back to CC4.

Thursday, April 17th, 2025

Epic Games releases Twinmotion 2025.1.1

Check out the latest features in the real-time visualization software, including support for DLSS 4 and a new procedural 3D grass material.

Wednesday, April 16th, 2025