3DGS Render 3.0 lets you paint 3D Gaussian Splats in Blender
3D scanning firm Kiri Innovations' free add-on now lets you paint onto 3DGS data inside Blender, including through texture images.
Friday, March 28th, 2025
3D texture painting
Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Holiday 2024 deals for CG artists
Updated 24 December: Find discounts on CG hardware and software available until New Year, including 3DCoat, FumeFX and Yeti.
Tuesday, December 24th, 2024
Marmoset releases Toolbag 5.0
Major update to the real-time lighting and look dev tool adds support for UDIM workflows, interactive baking, hybrid rendering.
Monday, October 14th, 2024
Jens Kafitz releases Mari Extension Pack 6 R2
Free update to the industry-standard set of add-on tools for Mari adds powerful new Node Editor and Ramp Editor.
Tuesday, April 16th, 2024
Marmoset ships Toolbag 4.06
Now shipping: update to real-time rendering toolkit extends OpenUSD support, adds support for rendering EXR sequences.
Monday, August 7th, 2023
Free tool Masterpiece X lets you 'remix' characters in VR
Interesting new app lets users create custom game content from an online library of CC0 assets.
Friday, June 23rd, 2023
Marmoset releases Toolbag 4.05
Real-time rendering and look dev app gets new texture painting features, light baking, USD support.
Tuesday, January 24th, 2023
All of the Substance 3D tools are now free to students
Use Substance 3D Painter, Sampler, Designer, Stager and Modeler for free, including on portfolio material.
Sunday, October 2nd, 2022
Create a medieval castle in Unreal Engine 5
Master current games environment workflows with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new tutorial.
Monday, November 29th, 2021
Adobe ships Substance 3D Painter 7.4
3D texture painting app to get OpenColorIO 2 colour management for VFX pipelines.
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021
Adobe releases Substance 3D Painter 7.3
3D texture painting app gets new Warp and Cylindrical projection modes, revamped colour picker.
Sunday, October 17th, 2021
Marmoset ships Toolbag 4.03
Big free update to the real-time rendering and look dev tool adds neat texturing and lighting features, RTX-accelerated render denoising.
Thursday, July 8th, 2021
Adobe releases Substance 3D Painter 7.2
3D texture painting app gets better auto UV unwrapping, support for the new Adobe Standard Material.
Thursday, June 24th, 2021