All of the Substance 3D tools are now free to students
Use Substance 3D Painter, Sampler, Designer, Stager and Modeler for free, including on portfolio material.
Sunday, October 2nd, 2022
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Free tools: Unreal Live Link 2.1 for Maya is out
Check out the new features in Autodesk and Epic Games' free plugins live-linking Maya and UE5.
Tuesday, September 27th, 2022
Download 8 free cutout sitting people from VIShopper
Get free cutout people for use in CG and architectural visualization. PSD format, for commercial use.
Sunday, September 25th, 2022
Blender Studio releases Flamenco 3
Set up a Blender render farm 'in five minutes' with the new version of the open-source render manager
Thursday, September 22nd, 2022
Download free After Effects plugin Crate's Godrays
Add fast-rendering volumetric light rays to VFX and motion graphics with ProductionCrate's free tool.
Tuesday, September 20th, 2022
Sketchfab's models of the month: September 2022
See the month's best 3D models, from this futuristic tram to free downloadable industrial machinery.
Thursday, September 15th, 2022
Maxon releases Moves by Maxon 2023
See what's new in the free iPhone and iPad app for 3D scanning and facial and full-body motion capture.
Sunday, September 11th, 2022
Blender 3.3 LTS ships
See our pick of the 5 key new features in the open-source 3D software, from new hair grooming tools to better planar tracking.
Wednesday, September 7th, 2022
Check out SideFX's Fast Remesh for Houdini
Neat free tool turns meshes into even triangles up to 25x faster than Houdini's standard Remesh node.
Monday, August 29th, 2022
Check out open-source AI image upscaler Real-ESRGAN
Free image up-resing tool comes with dedicated AI models for photos, 2D illustrations and anime.
Monday, August 22nd, 2022
Boris FX makes Particle Illusion 2022.5 available free
Free standalone edition of the particle generator can now emit particles from imported 3D models.
Friday, August 19th, 2022
Sketchfab's models of the month: August 2022
See the month's best real-time 3D models, from piractical mishaps to a free scan of a Mad Max-style car.
Tuesday, August 16th, 2022
Adobe releases Substance 3D add-on for Blender 0.91
See what's new in this major compatibility-breaking update to the Substance plugin for Blender.
Tuesday, August 16th, 2022