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Blenderesse's neat add-on generates animated 3D birds for use in the backgrounds of animations or motion graphics. Now free in beta.

Friday, October 27th, 2023

Free generative AI plugin creates images and textures inside After Effects from text prompts, or even frames of a composition.

Thursday, October 26th, 2023

Check out the new features in the open-source digital painting app, including the Wide Color Gamut Color Selector and new text engine.

Monday, October 23rd, 2023

Reallusion's free auto-rigging tool now also generates animated previews of your 3D characters to share with clients or collaborators.

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023

Get a free 3D scan of a female head as FBX, OBJ, ZBrush and Blender files, with 8K PBR textures, plus 26 free makeup and dirt overlays.

Thursday, September 21st, 2023

See the month's best new 3D assets, including free 3D vehicles and props - and even a complete Sketchfab animated short.

Monday, September 18th, 2023

ProductionCrate's free add-on generates strings of animated text messages for VFX and motion graphics work.

Wednesday, September 13th, 2023

Updated: Neat add-on streamlines baking PBR textures inside Blender. Now supports thickness maps.

Sunday, September 10th, 2023

Popular open-source 3D texture painting software gets a new Smudge tool, group masks, and better OBJ import.

Friday, September 8th, 2023

Significant update reinstates GPU benchmarking to the popular free CG hardware benchmark.

Wednesday, September 6th, 2023

Generate 3D ivy over surfaces in your scenes with this handy procedural add-on. Version 1 is available for free.

Monday, August 21st, 2023

Free companion app for the Axiom solver for Houdini makes it possible to sketch ideas for sims on the go.

Tuesday, August 15th, 2023

Free node-based tool lets users author MaterialX materials for use in renderers like Arnold and Karma.

Thursday, August 3rd, 2023