Aaron Dabelow open-sources his 3ds Max add-ons
Handy tools like procedural geometry creator Debris Maker 2 available free under a MIT licence.
Sunday, January 26th, 2020
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Get free procedural texture generator Material Maker
Neat open-source tool authors PBR texture maps using a Substance Designer-like node graph workflow. 0.8 update now out.
Sunday, January 26th, 2020
Autodesk to raise price of multi-user subscriptions
Cost of multi-user subs to 3ds Max and Maya to go up around 14%; M&E Collection up around 33%.
Thursday, January 23rd, 2020
Watch The Heretic, Unity's beautiful new CG short
See the latest Unity demo short, showcasing advances in real-time shading for hair, eyes and cloth.
Thursday, January 23rd, 2020
Check out the new Substance Source Signature Series
Download two new procedural materials of the controls and panelling of an old steam train for free.
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2020
See how thatgamecompany created the magical art of Sky
Discover how the award-winning iOS game was created at Gnomon's LA campus next week. Watch online for free.
Tuesday, January 21st, 2020
Mathieu Menuet unveils E-Cycles 2020 and RTX 2020
Optimised version of Blender's Cycles engine makes rendering "up to 4x faster" on Nvidia RTX GPUs.
Tuesday, January 21st, 2020
iClone Unreal Live Link now free to indie users
Reallusion makes plugin originally priced at $1,490 free to artists earning less than $100,000/year.
Monday, January 20th, 2020
Alexey Vanzhula releases Modeler 1.0 for Houdini
Versatile hard-surface modelling toolkit brings workflow in Houdini more in line with other DCC tools.
Monday, January 20th, 2020
Get neat free ZBrush texturing plugin ZBrush Compositor
Texture and light ZBrush sculpts in Substance Painter or Marmoset Toolbag without setting up UVs.
Thursday, January 16th, 2020
Adobe wins tech Emmy Award for Character Animator
Real-time 2D animation app wins Technology & Engineering award for innovations affecting television.
Thursday, January 16th, 2020
Shoot and edit better video reference for animation
See Method Studios' Sarah Arduini set out her character animation workflow in Gnomon's new tutorial.
Wednesday, January 15th, 2020
Get promising free low-poly 3D modeling tool Dust3D
Neat ultra-lightweight tool creates low-poly games assets, complete with automated character rigs.
Wednesday, January 15th, 2020