Check out the new features in Vue 2024 and PlantFactory 2024
Final versions of the now-discontinued digital nature tools are available free for commercial use. Discover their features here.
Friday, May 10th, 2024
Blender
Download new free standalone UV packing tool Packer-IO
New app makes the automated UV packing tech behind 3d-io's popular UV-Packer plugins available to users of any DCC software.
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024
Download Vue, PlantFactory and PlantCatalog for free
E-on software's digital nature tools are now available as free perpetual licenses, but development has been discontinued. Read our FAQs here.
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024
Plastic Software releases Plasticity 2024.1
Significant update to the NURBS modeling tool overhauls surfacing workflow. xNURBS library now available free with Studio licenses.
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024
Dimension 5 Techs unveils D5 Render 2.7
Check out the new features in the real-time ray tracing renderer, including the D5 Scatter tool - and new AI tools, including Text to 3D.
Friday, April 26th, 2024
F12 releases The Grove 2.1 for Blender and Houdini
Update to the tree-generation software ditches Leonardo da Vinci's 'Rule of Trees' to better simulate how trees really age.
Thursday, April 25th, 2024
The making-of for Watermelon Girl charts a five-year labor of love
Check out self-taught animator SouthernShotty's inspirational animation breakdown for his 13-minute, one-person Blender short.
Monday, April 22nd, 2024
Tutorial: Designing Spaceships for Games
Sharpen your concept design skills with The Gnomon Workshop's advanced masterclass, recorded by Star Atlas artist Jort van Welbergen.
Saturday, April 20th, 2024
Maxon releases Redshift 3.6
Big update to the renderer adds non-photorealistic reneriing system, overhauls volume rendering, and adds official support for AMD GPUs.
Wednesday, April 10th, 2024
Download the free edition of RenderMan 26.3
Free edition of the renderer is licensed for personal use and tools development. Compatible with Blender, Houdini, Katana and Maya.
Tuesday, April 9th, 2024
Create Cinematic Concept Art for Films and Games
Discover key techniques in Blender and Photoshop with Larian Studios Art Director Jarold Sng's detailed tutorial for The Gnomon Workshop.
Sunday, April 7th, 2024
Adobe releases Substance 3D Connector
Open-source framework should help devs write plugins to send files between Substance 3D apps and tools like Blender and Maya.
Friday, April 5th, 2024
Cell Fluids 1.6 for Blender is out
Promising lightweight Blender fluids add-on can now bake simulations for export to game engines like Unity and Unreal Engine.
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024