Get free CG resources in 3D World's Advent giveaway
Downloads available so far include a nice Dutch Skies sIBL/HDRI set licensed for commercial use.
Monday, December 10th, 2012
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Allan McKay releases two new free FumeFX tutorials
Watch the 3ds Max effects expert deconstruct a fire sim from the Young Empires' White Doves video.
Monday, November 26th, 2012
Julien Vanhoenacker ships Deflicker_Velocity for Nuke
Useful free tool helps to reduce lighting flicker when compositing raytrace-rendered animation.
Friday, November 23rd, 2012
xoio releases 36 new free photographic cutout people
Download greenscreen images of folks photographed from a low angle for use in your commercial work.
Tuesday, November 20th, 2012
Tutorials: explore Mudbox's texturing capabilities
See how to use it with Maya with Naughty Dog's Christophe Desse and with 3ds Max by Pixel 23's Leandré Hounnake.
Monday, November 19th, 2012
MakeHuman 1.0 Alpha 7 released
Big update to the free CG character generator improves base mesh, adds libraries of hair and clothes.
Wednesday, November 14th, 2012
Epic Games ships Carapace
Download this neat little free tool for creating perspective grids, written by environment artist Warren Marshall.
Thursday, November 8th, 2012
OLM Digital updates its open-source plugins
Noise Deformer updated to Maya 2013; Photoshop and After Effects antialiasing tool OLM Smoother gets new Nuke version.
Sunday, November 4th, 2012
Craig Barr posts an hour of free Mudbox video training
Videos from Autodesk University explore Mudbox's role in product, architectural and automotive design.
Thursday, November 1st, 2012
10 key tips for lighting and look development
Improve the realism of your work with these expert tips from Sony Pictures Imageworks' Cosku Turhan
Wednesday, October 31st, 2012
Digital Frontier ships free 3ds Max Alembic importer
Import files in the new industry-standard interchange format into 3ds Max, complete with animation.
Tuesday, October 30th, 2012
Get Mash: 12 free motion graphics nodes for Maya
Try Mainframe North's excellent readymade tools for creating common motion design behaviours.
Monday, October 22nd, 2012
JefeCorp makes JefeCheck free to download
Is this production-ready playback and shot review software the best VFX tool you've never heard of?
Friday, October 19th, 2012