DGDM ships SLiB | Browser and SLiB | Browser Pro 1.0
Maya plugins for browsing shaders get new search and favourites options. Base edition is still free.
Tuesday, December 8th, 2015
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Creative Dimension Software ships 3DSOM Pro 4
Updated: Image-based modelling tool gets more flexible, higher-res capture process, WebGL export.
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015
The GIMP team announces GIMP 2.9
Big update to open-source image-editing tool adds support for 32-bits-per-channel colour, OpenEXR files.
Monday, November 30th, 2015
Download Houdini Engine for 3ds Max
Get the binaries of Hideki Suzuki's free plugin for importing and editing Houdini content inside 3ds Max.
Monday, November 30th, 2015
Get free Maya shader library building tool BlissLib
Download TD Einar Gabbassov's free framework for building custom libraries of Maya, mental ray and RenderMan shaders.
Friday, November 20th, 2015
Get free auto-retopology tool Instant Meshes
ETH Zurich's neat free app converts any mesh to uniform quads, then lets you customise their edge flow.
Thursday, November 19th, 2015
Visit Trojan Horse was a Unicorn's free LA meetup
See speakers from THU 2015 and discover the future of the show at Gnomon on Thursday 19 November, or watch free online.
Monday, November 16th, 2015
The Foundry releases Colorway 2.0
Iterative look design tool gets streamlined for team collaboration. Free until January, then available on subscription only.
Friday, November 13th, 2015
Download innoBright's free tech preview of Altus 1.0
Intriguing new tool denoises Arnold, V-Ray, Corona and Redshift renders, generating clean images 2-9x faster.
Wednesday, November 4th, 2015
Gnomon reveals how to break into the CG industry
See artists from ILM, Disney and Blizzard give their career tips at a free live event in LA on 5 November, or watch online.
Wednesday, October 28th, 2015
Expresii now available as free public beta
Beautiful new tool lets you paint with virtual brushes and inks, complete with fluid flow and blending.
Wednesday, October 28th, 2015
YafaRay gets new lease of life as YafaRay-E 1.0
New 'experimental' release adds new tools and fixes old bugs in the pioneering open-source raytracer.
Friday, October 23rd, 2015
Björn Sonnenschein creates Natronizer for Blender
Handy free live link plugin lets users composite Blender video projects in Natron, not the native compositor.
Thursday, October 22nd, 2015