Best Black Friday and winter 2021 discounts for CG artists
Updated with Christmas and New Year deals: save money on CG software, hardware and assets.
Thursday, December 23rd, 2021
architectural visualization
Download 290+ free MaterialX materials from AMD's library
New GPUOpen MaterialX library provides free PBR materials in the new open format for look dev data.
Tuesday, December 21st, 2021
RandomControl ships Maverick Studio and Indie 2021.6
GPU renderers for visualisation and portfolio work get versatile object scattering and instancing system.
Tuesday, December 21st, 2021
Download 22 free Megascans 3D trees for Unreal Engine
Get 22 models of black alders in .uasset format with LODs and 8k textures from the new Megascans Trees range.
Sunday, December 19th, 2021
iToo Software releases RailClone 5 for 3ds Max
Parametric modelling plugin gets new banking controls for splines; can now distribute lights and VDBs.
Friday, December 17th, 2021
Autodesk ships 3ds Max 2022.3
3D modeling and rendering tool gets Per Viewport Filtering options, further updates to Smart Extrude.
Wednesday, December 8th, 2021
Chaos ships V-Ray 5 for Cinema 4D Update 2
Cinema 4D renderer gets new texture randomisation options, light instancing, native support for Apple M1 processors.
Wednesday, December 8th, 2021
Blender 3.0 ships
Updated: see our pick of the five key changes in this milestone release of the open-source 3D app, from Cycles X to the Pose Library.
Friday, December 3rd, 2021
Download Maxon's free Cineware for Unreal plugin
New live link plugin makes it possible to edit Cinema 4D content interactively inside Unreal Engine.
Friday, December 3rd, 2021
5 tools updates you may have missed in November 2021
See what's new in RenderMan, Redshift, Enscape, R3DS Wrap and Render Manager 2 for 3ds Max.
Thursday, December 2nd, 2021
Adobe ships Substance 3D Stager 1.1
Scene layout and rendering app gets key workflow improvements - and a new $150 perpetual licence.
Wednesday, November 24th, 2021
Magic Bullet Suite 15.1 ships
Update to Maxon's colour correction plugins lets users apply looks inside Unreal Engine as well as compositing and editing apps.
Saturday, November 20th, 2021
Download 90 free high-poly 3D plant models from Maxtree
Get tree, plant and grass models in FBX, 3ds Max, Blender and Cinema 4D formats. For commercial use.
Wednesday, November 17th, 2021