Download the assets from Epic Games' UE4 Kite demo
Free Open World Demo Collection asset pack includes 42 rock and tree meshes, 138 hi-res textures.
Friday, April 10th, 2015
environment
Gnomon ships Introduction to World Machine
Master the powerful terrain-creation tool with this two-hour video from QuadSpinner founder Dax Pandhi.
Monday, March 30th, 2015
Autodesk launches Memento
Free professional desktop software turns scan data or photos into 3D meshes and cleans them for export.
Wednesday, February 25th, 2015
Gnomon ships new guide to games environment art
Master hard-surface workflows in ZBrush with Nate Stephens' Environment Modeling and Sculpting for Game Production.
Monday, December 29th, 2014
Ambiera releases CopperCube 5
3D authoring tool for WebGL, Flash and mobile games gets terrain generator, new physics options.
Wednesday, October 1st, 2014
Gnomon releases Creating Believable 3D Environments
New two-hour video sets out Blizzard cinematic environment modeling star Seth Thompson's workflow.
Wednesday, September 10th, 2014
Download 75 free C4D models from The Pixel Lab
Everything from creatures to ray guns, licensed for commercial use. Good for Unity & After Effects, too.
Thursday, August 28th, 2014
e-on ships Vue xStream 2014.5 and Infinite 2014.5
Free update to pro editions of natural environment software adds new options for lighting interior scenes.
Thursday, May 22nd, 2014
Gnomon releases Creating Terrains with Satellite Data
New two-tutorial set provides comprehensive guide to creating detailed, art-directable 3D terrain.
Monday, April 28th, 2014
NASA researcher turned matte artist Nathalie Mathé
The Fast & Furious 6 veteran tells us how a chance meeting with Ralph McQuarrie led to a career in VFX.
Wednesday, March 26th, 2014
Eye candy: Framestore's Gravity VFX show and tell
Nice new breakdown video gives a glimpse into the movie's CG environments and simulation work.
Tuesday, February 25th, 2014
Planetside Software unveils Terragen 3.1
New instancing features, plus the option to use satellite photos to generate instant textured terrain.
Tuesday, February 4th, 2014
e-on software ships Vue 2014 product range
Updated: Entire Vue 2014 line-up now available. New features include physical sunlight, tone mapping.
Thursday, November 28th, 2013