Quixel releases Mixer 2019
Big update adds parametric authoring and image-to-PBR-material conversion to the scan blending tool, now in free beta.
Friday, March 15th, 2019
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Godot team ships Godot 3.1
Open-source game engine gets new Boolean modelling system, soft body dynamics, plus revamped 2D and 3D animation toolsets.
Thursday, March 14th, 2019
Meshroom 2019.1 is out now
Open-source photogrammetry tool adds support for source images captured using projected light, and now runs on non-Nvidia GPUs.
Wednesday, March 13th, 2019
Cebas releases finalRender for Maya 2018 as free open beta
Old production edition of the renderer now updated for Maya 2018 and free for commercial use.
Thursday, March 7th, 2019
Maxon ships Cinebench R20
Popular free tool for benchmarking graphics workstations now properly stresses modern CPUs, but the GPU benchmark has gone entirely.
Wednesday, March 6th, 2019
Download 56 free PBR fabric materials for Unreal Engine
Get games artist Ronan Mahon's free set of 4K PBR materials based on 3D scans of real-world fabrics.
Monday, March 4th, 2019
Red Giant releases Trapcode Suite 15.1
Free update to suite of After Effects plugins adds the option to use text and masks as particle emitters.
Friday, March 1st, 2019
QuadSpinner ships Gaea
Hotly tipped next-gen terrain design tool gets official release. The Community edition is free, and licensed for commercial work.
Tuesday, February 26th, 2019
Boris FX releases free update to Continuum 2019
Free 12.0.1 update improves performance of the effects plugin suite's new Particle Illusion toolset.
Monday, February 25th, 2019
Download over 100 free Arnold materials from Visualact
Get 117 metal, plastic and ceramic materials as Maya scene files with 2,048px textures. Commercial use.
Sunday, February 24th, 2019
Get CGWire's free production-tracking spreadsheets
Download readymade templates for scheduling and tracking CG projects. XLS, ODS and PDF format.
Sunday, February 24th, 2019
Get SideFX's free AliceVision photogrammetry plugin
New plugin makes it possible to use the open-source image-based modelling framework from Houdini.
Friday, February 22nd, 2019
Discover the secrets of MPC's creature work
Discover how the Oscar-winning studio creates CG characters at a free event at Gnomon next week. Watch online for free.
Saturday, February 16th, 2019