Facebook introduces glTF 2.0 support for 'richer 3D posts'
Posts now display 3D models interactively, with PBR materials, You can export directly from Modo.
Friday, February 23rd, 2018
Blender
Try this impressive new FLIP fluid simulator for Blender
Sign up to beta test Ryan Guy and Dennis Fassbaender's production-ready fluid solver for Blender 2.79.
Tuesday, February 13th, 2018
Soft8Soft releases Verge3D
Updated: turn 3D assets created in Blender - and now also in 3ds Max - into interactive scenes you can view in a standard web browser.
Friday, February 9th, 2018
Create free CG characters with Manuel Bastioni Lab 1.6.1
Updated: MakeHuman-style tool for creating custom 3D characters gets new hair library and hair shaders.
Sunday, January 28th, 2018
See the 10 hottest new features due in Blender in 2018
Read the Blender Foundation's pick of the top dev projects, from the Eevee PBR viewport renderer to 'Animation 2020'.
Thursday, January 4th, 2018
Appleseed renderer gets new native Maya plugin
Version 1.8 of the open-source physically based renderer also adds procedural objects, render-time instancing.
Tuesday, December 5th, 2017
Get 21 free hard-surface alphas for ZBrush and Substance
Download Dan Rožański's handy free alpha masks for creating bolts, pipes, valves, vents and panelling.
Sunday, December 3rd, 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
Get four free Renderpeople rigged 3D characters
Updated: Scan-based figures work in 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Maya - and now Blender, Unity, Unreal Engine.
Sunday, November 12th, 2017
Nukeygara ships Akeytsu 1.0
Now shipping: innovative new tool aims to rethink rigging and animation for artists, not engineers. Check out the feature set here.
Wednesday, October 25th, 2017
Get Xolotl Studio's Substance Painter Live Link
Updated: neat plugin live links Substance Painter to Blender, Modo or Maya - and now 3ds Max and V-Ray.
Wednesday, October 25th, 2017
Sneak peek: Blender 2.8
Updated: Read the full design document for the new workflow and 2D animation features, and Eevee, the real-time render engine.
Monday, October 9th, 2017
Check out the new features in Blender 2.79
Now officially released. New denoise system and PBR shader in Cycles, plus some great add-ons.
Wednesday, September 13th, 2017