Next Limit ships Maxwell 4
Now shipping: physically accurate renderer gets CUDA-based GPU render engine. Relighting system Multilight now a standalone tool.
Tuesday, October 11th, 2016
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Chaos Group puts Arnold's alSurface shader in V-Ray
Download the free V-Ray version of the VFX industry-standard shader. Works with both Max and Maya.
Sunday, October 9th, 2016
Google releases open-source Tilt Brush Toolkit
Free set of scripts should help tools developers integrate the VR paint app with production pipelines.
Thursday, October 6th, 2016
Pixologic unveils ZBrush 4R8
Cool free update to the sculpting app to add support for vector displacement maps, real-time Booleans, new LazyMouse options.
Saturday, October 1st, 2016
Check out the new features in Blender 2.78
Now shipping: Open-source 3D app gets cool new curve sketching tool, 'Bendy Bones', Alembic import.
Friday, September 30th, 2016
Download 24 free ZBrush brushes for sculpting monsters
Get Michael Dunnam's Monster Mash IMM brush kits for quickly roughing out creature sculpts.
Friday, September 30th, 2016
Autodesk releases Sketchbook Motion
Neat iPad app turns sketches into simple 2D animations using an intuitive sketch-based workflow.
Monday, September 26th, 2016
See the world's best new art work created in ZBrush
Free exhibition The Art of ZBrush II opens at Hollywood's Gnomon Gallery on Saturday 1 October.
Sunday, September 25th, 2016
Download the free Allright Rig for Unreal Engine
Beta of Alexander Shatalov's promising rigging and animation add-on for UE4 now free to all.
Friday, September 23rd, 2016
Terragen 4 Pro now free for students and teachers
Educational users get free, non feature-limited licenses of Terragen 4 Professional, normally sold for $699.
Friday, September 23rd, 2016
Download 221 free custom ZBrush brushes
Download Michael Dunnam's free XMD brushes, then sign up for his sculpting challenge to get 25 more Premium brushes.
Thursday, September 22nd, 2016
Download free Maya workflow utility Helios
Version 1.1 update: Neat add-on for accessing Maya commands faster gets new UI, better search algorithm.
Wednesday, September 21st, 2016
Download free heightmaps from Depthfields
New online library includes 100+ heightmaps of mountains, islands and terrain for use in games or VFX.
Sunday, September 18th, 2016