LuxCoreRender 2.2 ships
Open-source renderer gets new GI cache system, Disney BRDF material and Open Image Denoise. Now compatible with Blender 2.80.
Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019
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Rendering Systems releases ShaderMap 4.2
Texture map generation tool gets new low-cost student and personal licences for non-commercial work.
Tuesday, August 6th, 2019
Appleseed team releases appleseed 2.0
Open-source physically based renderer gets new toon shading and image post-processing options.
Wednesday, November 7th, 2018
Quixel releases Quixel Mixer 1.0 in beta
Quixel's intuitive tool for blending scanned materials now out in beta. Free to Megascans subscribers.
Friday, May 18th, 2018
Marmoset ships Toolbag 3.04
Now available: big update to the real-time toolkit adds scores of new features for rendering, texture baking and the Marmoset Viewer.
Thursday, April 26th, 2018
Dabarti Capture extracts surface data from photos
Neat new tool creates high-quality normal, albedo and depth maps from photos of real objects. The Lite edition is free.
Monday, May 22nd, 2017
Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 6
Big update adds new tools for recreating real-world materials via photogrammetry, 32-bit workflow, 8K texture baking.
Wednesday, February 15th, 2017
Mankua Software releases PixaFlux in free open beta
New node-based image editor lets users design normal maps and preview the result in a PBR viewport.
Monday, February 15th, 2016
Allegorithmic releases Bitmap2Material 3.1
Toolkit for turning source images into games texture maps gets new PBR shaders, new emissive and opacity outputs.
Wednesday, September 9th, 2015
Rendering Systems releases ShaderMap 3
Inexpensive texture map creation tool gets new baking options, image filters, support for 32-bit workflow.
Tuesday, April 7th, 2015
Allegorithmic releases Bitmap2Material 3
Games texture map creation tool gets support for PBR workflow. Neat shadow-removal and tiling options.
Tuesday, September 30th, 2014