Motiva ships Layama 1.5
Datasmith creator's unusual tool for turning 3ds Max, Blender and UE4 scenes into 'pseudo VR' gets new option to add interactive hotspots.
Wednesday, April 28th, 2021
commercial use
Nekki ships Cascadeur 2021.1
First commercial release of the unusual physics-based animation app adds neat new Auto Physics tool. Still free to indie users, too.
Tuesday, April 13th, 2021
Sketchfab's models of the month: March 2021
See the month's best real-time 3D models, from free 3D scanned environments to dogs in frog suits.
Thursday, April 1st, 2021
Download free parallax maps from wParallax
Add fake 3D interiors to buildings with these 1K and 3K EXR textures for 3ds Max, C4D and Blender. Commercial use.
Monday, March 22nd, 2021
Sketchfab's models of the month: February 2021
See the past month's best real-time 3D assets, including this ingenious 45-second animated CG short.
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021
Download free UV packing tool UV-Packer for Blender
New Blender edition of 3d-io's popular 3ds Max plugin optimises UV packing of complex models.
Monday, March 1st, 2021
Chaos rolls out Chaos Cosmos
New online library of architectural 3D models is optimised for V-Ray and Chaos Vantage. Free to users of selected versions of V-Ray 5.
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021
Get a free 46,080 x 23,040px displacement map of the Moon
Download this detailed free texture map to recreate the lunar surface in 3D. Licensed for commercial use.
Sunday, February 21st, 2021
Download 8 free aerial sets of cutout photographic people
Get VIShopper's free cutout bird's-eye views of people for use in arch viz and CG work. Commercial use.
Sunday, February 7th, 2021
Sketchfab's models of the month: January 2021
See the month's best real-time 3D assets, from a NASA-inspired mech to free car and creature models.
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021
cebas releases thinkingParticles 6.10
GPU-accelerated spectral renderer finalRender now bundled with the 3ds Max particle plugin for free.
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021
Download five free loopable OpenVDB smoke animations
Get Between Two Pines' simulated jets of smoke or steam for use in your 3D scenes. Commercial use.
Sunday, January 31st, 2021
Download 500 free stock FX elements from ProductionCrate
Get free explosions, smoke and energy effects clips. ProRes format, HD resolution, for commercial use.
Sunday, January 17th, 2021