Download 1,200 new free 2K HDRIs from MattePaint
Get seven timelapse sequences of 360-degree HDRI skies, shot at 41 EVs, and provided in EXR format. For commercial use.
Friday, June 24th, 2022
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JangaFX releases EmberGen 0.7.5.5
Update to the real-time gaseous fluid simulator adds support for Wacom tablets, EXR backplates.
Thursday, March 17th, 2022
Download 2,600 free 2K sky images from MattePaint
Get 2,000 x 1,000px sky images to use in matte painting or as render backplates. For commercial use.
Sunday, February 13th, 2022
Master 3D scan integration techniques for visual effects
New Gnomon tutorial reveals how to clean 3D scan data to integrate with a photographic backplate.
Monday, September 14th, 2020
Andrei Sarmadac and Kun Shi release Rocket 3F 1.8
Streamlined modeling software gets new portable edition that can be run from a flash drive.
Friday, September 20th, 2019
Download 29 free Eisklotz HDRIs at resolutions up to 16K
Get 29 high-res HDRIs of interior and exterior scenes, many with backplates. For commercial use.
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2018
Download 300+ free 16,000px HDRIs from HDRI Haven
Updated: Many of the popular resource site's free HDRIs now come with 36MP backplates. For commercial use.
Sunday, February 18th, 2018
DGDM releases SLiB | Match
Handy new Maya plugin automatically creates a virtual camera matching the perspective of any photographic backplate.
Tuesday, May 30th, 2017
HDR Sets releases HDR Sets GUI 1.2 for free
Create Smart IBL lighting setups in Maya and V-Ray semi-automatically with this handy free helper script.
Thursday, January 22nd, 2015
Download free spherical HDRIs from Panocapture
Get three 16k x 8k City Dusk panoramas in HDR format, plus 23 accompanying backplate images.
Monday, November 10th, 2014