Unity Technologies releases Unity 2018.1 in beta
New C#-scriptable render pipeline and node-based shader editor, but no more native Substance support.
Thursday, January 11th, 2018
Allegorithmic
Black Friday and winter 2017 deals for CG artists
Updated with discounts valid until the New Year, including Affinity Photo and Marmoset Toolbag.
Thursday, November 23rd, 2017
Allegorithmic unveils Substance Painter 2017.4
Texture painting app gets support for layer instancing, live link to UE4 and 20 new procedural materials.
Thursday, November 23rd, 2017
Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 2017.2
Material authoring software gets support for the AxF material format, plus seven new filters and noises.
Friday, October 20th, 2017
Allegorithmic releases Substance Painter 2017.3
Texture-painting tool gets export to Adobe's Project Felix, glTF 2.0 support, new Auto-Backup plugin.
Friday, September 29th, 2017
Allegorithmic releases Substance Painter 2017.2
3D texture painting app gets new Anchor Points system for creating smart multi-layer materials, free live linking plugin to Unity.
Sunday, July 30th, 2017
Check out the free artist talks at Substance Days 2017
Learn from top Substance Painter and Designer artists at Gnomon's Hollywood campus from 27-29 July. Watch free online.
Sunday, July 16th, 2017
Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 2017.1
Material authoring app gets new skew correction masks when baking maps, improved HBAO.
Friday, June 30th, 2017
Allegorithmic releases Substance Painter 2017.1
3D texture painting software gets support for HBAO, new live edge wear system, 230 new alphas.
Thursday, June 22nd, 2017
Allegorithmic stops 'major numbered versions' of its tools
Big annual releases of Substance Designer and Painter replaced with continuous updates, but you can still own outright.
Monday, May 8th, 2017
Allegorithmic ships Substance Painter 2.6
3D texture painting software gets free new Resources Updater plugin, plus new scripting options.
Saturday, April 29th, 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
Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 5.6
Texture-creation app gets eight new filters for blending and editing 3D scanned real-world materials.
Friday, December 16th, 2016