Download 140 Xfrog plant models for free
Get 31 common species in a wide range of standard formats, including OBJ, 3DS, plus Vue and Terragen.
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013
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Tutorials: better lighting effects in 3ds Max
Read Jamie Cardoso's guides to creating custom IES light webs and fixing glitches with self-illumination.
Thursday, December 27th, 2012
Isotropix ships Clarisse iFX
Much-anticipated genre-breaking 2D/3D package priced at $2,995: download the free PLE version now.
Monday, December 24th, 2012
Maxon releases ArtSmart plugin for Cinema 4D
Sign up on Cineversity and get the free motion-graphics tool for handling Illustrator files in Cinema.
Thursday, December 13th, 2012
Download free Evermotion models from now 'til Xmas
Get a new high-quality model each day from now until the 25th - each licensed for commercial use.
Wednesday, December 12th, 2012
Blender Foundation releases Blender 2.65
New fire and smoke tools, plus support for Imageworks' Open Shading Language.
Tuesday, December 11th, 2012
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
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