Download Jaakko Saari's free rock heightmap generator
Neat tool for creating realistic rock surfaces comes as a Substance Designer scene or .sbsar file to use in other DCC apps.
Wednesday, February 21st, 2018
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SiNi Software releases Scatter for 3ds Max as free beta
Promising new scattering plugin aims to provide an artist-friendly way to create very large scenes.
Wednesday, February 21st, 2018
Autodesk posts Softimage to Arnold source code on GitHub
Code for the SitoA plugin available via an Apache 2.0 licence. Latest update supports Arnold 5.0.2.4.
Wednesday, February 21st, 2018
Unity now comes with ProBuilder built in for free
Popular level design and modelling tool now part of Unity 2018.1 after buyout of original devs ProCore.
Tuesday, February 20th, 2018
Download 300+ free 16,000px HDRIs from HDRI Haven
Updated: Many of the popular resource site's free HDRIs now come with 36MP backplates. For commercial use.
Sunday, February 18th, 2018
Discover the secrets of Marvel's work on Black Panther
Meet nine top Marvel Studios concept artists at a free event at Gnomon's LA campus next week.
Tuesday, February 13th, 2018
SideFX gives all Houdini Indie users a free extra licence
Maximum resolution of rendered output also raised to 4K, although the yearly rental price is up slightly.
Thursday, February 8th, 2018
Try every new feature in World Machine for free
New 3019 update brings every tool added to the terrain generator since 2014 to the free Basic edition.
Wednesday, February 7th, 2018
Visit the 2018 Gnomon Student Gallery Show
See some of the world's best new student CG artwork at a free show at LA's Gnomon Gallery this month.
Thursday, February 1st, 2018
Godot team ships Godot 3.0
Big update to the open-source game engine to add new PBR renderer, new audio engine, visual scripting, and early VR support.
Wednesday, January 31st, 2018
Download Epic Games' free Soul environment asset packs
Get 592 free building, rock and tree models from Epic's 2014 UE4 demo, all optimised for mobile.
Sunday, January 28th, 2018
Create free CG characters with Manuel Bastioni Lab 1.6.1
Updated: MakeHuman-style tool for creating custom 3D characters gets new hair library and hair shaders.
Sunday, January 28th, 2018
Download free tree-generation software Tree It
Neat free tool offers a surprising range of control options, and exports data in OBJ and X formats.
Thursday, January 18th, 2018