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character creator

Free(ish) tool for creating rigged 3D human characters gets support for PBR shading, image-based lighting.

Friday, March 24th, 2017

New features in free app for creating rigged human characters include improved FBX export and clothing design options.

Thursday, September 15th, 2016

Open-source character generator gets new figure posing and facial expression systems, new skin textures, and proper FBX export.

Tuesday, May 17th, 2016

$50/month gets you ten animations, plus access to the character creator, facial mocap and decimation tools.

Friday, August 22nd, 2014

Free tool generates custom male and female characters in OBJ format, licensed for commercial use.

Friday, January 24th, 2014

See the key features in the game engine and real-time renderer, from better 3D water to Variable Rate Shading and Deferred+ rendering.

Friday, April 25th, 2025

Check out the new features in the image-editing software, including nifty new Select Details options in the AI-based Object Selection tool.

Thursday, April 24th, 2025

Update to the renderer adds over 3,100 Chaos Scans materials to the Cosmos library, and improves DoF and volumetric effects.

Thursday, April 24th, 2025

Get JustB Studios' 1850s Post Office Environment pack of 3D assets for free for two weeks on the Fab marketplace. For commercial use.

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025

Lightweight Procedural Clouds Shader generates realistic clouds in production conditions, and works with the Cycles or Eevee renderers.

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025

Real-time physics framework used in game engines and offline simulation tools for 3ds Max and Maya is now fully open-source.

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025