Check out new open-source VFX render manager OpenCue
Heavyweight tool is based on Sony Pictures Imageworks' in-house tech and backed by Google Cloud.
Friday, January 25th, 2019
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LuxCoreRender 2.1 ships
Open-source physically based renderer gets new denoiser, plus option to pause and resume renders via the Blender plugin.
Monday, January 21st, 2019
Download free cross-platform 3D file viewer MadView3D
Lightweight 3D model viewer has some neat display options - and runs on a unique set of platforms.
Sunday, January 20th, 2019
Neat free tool Origami creates low-poly geometry inside Nuke
Handy add-on creates patches or scatter objects from hi-res models; rebuilds point cloud scan data.
Friday, January 18th, 2019
Download the free beta of Jet Fluids for Cinema 4D
Try Plugins 4D dev Kent Barber's new C4D fluids add-on for free while it is in early development.
Wednesday, January 16th, 2019
Hear The Third Floor discuss the future of visualisation
Discover new trends in previs and postvis at the legendary studio's free talk at Gnomon on 24 January. Watch free online.
Friday, January 11th, 2019
Download Harry Emilianov's free UE4 cloud shader
Free volumetric system generates good-looking animatable clouds in real time inside Unreal Engine.
Thursday, December 27th, 2018
Isotropix ships Clarisse iFX 3.6 SP7
Free update to the look dev and rendering system adds support for Disney's principled shader model.
Friday, December 21st, 2018
Amazon ships Lumberyard 1.17
Update to free game engine improves workflow in the Asset Browser and Entity Outliner, particularly if working with slices.
Thursday, December 20th, 2018
Uppercut launches U-Render in early access
Hotly tipped real-time Cinema 4D PBR render engine gets first paid release. Version 1.0 due next year.
Monday, December 17th, 2018
Download 5,000 free texture images from Texture Ninja
Get textures and photo cutouts from 3D artist Joost Vanhoutte's website under a free CC0 licence.
Sunday, December 16th, 2018
Download the free D-NOISE plugin for Blender
Neat add-on uses Nvidia's AI-based OptiX tech to denoise renders, baked textures - and even photos.
Tuesday, December 11th, 2018
Download free 3D scans of food from creative crops
Get free scans of bread and vegetables in OBJ, FBX or Cinema 4D format with 8K PBR textures. Commercial use.
Sunday, December 9th, 2018