LuxRender 1.5 ships
Now officially shipping: Open-source renderer gets major speed boosts, support for AOVs. New 3ds Max exporter to come.
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2015
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Blackmagic Design releases Fusion 8 as free beta
New Mac edition and new UI, but no new features this time round. Beta of the commercial version due soon.
Friday, August 28th, 2015
Visit Gnomon's free 3D Artist Career Paths event
See Blizzard veterans explain how to break into the industry at Gnomon's Hollywood campus on Thursday 27 August, or watch online.
Wednesday, August 26th, 2015
Download two free 3D characters from xoio-air
Get male and female 3D scanned characters in OBJ and MAX formats, both licensed for commercial use.
Thursday, August 20th, 2015
Luxion launches KeyShot plugins for Maya, Cinema 4D
Free add-ons let users access the renderer directly from their software or export BIP files without KeyShot.
Saturday, August 15th, 2015
Watch Sculpting Human Anatomy - Clay to ZBrush
See a free three-hour session from Naughty Dog's Glauco Longhi at Gnomon's LA campus on Thursday, or watch online.
Tuesday, August 11th, 2015
Features planned for VPaint 1.5
See a list of new features planned for version 1.5 of the open-source app that creates vector animations that mimic 3D forms.
Saturday, August 8th, 2015
Watch Designing The Avengers: Age of Ultron
Updated: See Marvel Studios artists discuss their work at this free event on Saturday 8 August - now also to be livestreamed online.
Friday, August 7th, 2015
See Anatomy Lab: Designing Creatures for Film
Free event at Gnomon's Hollywood campus on Saturday 25 July offers four hours of practical anatomy tips.
Friday, July 17th, 2015
FXhome releases Hitfilm 3 Express for free
Get a neat free edition of the editing, compositing and VFX tool. Limited to 1080p export, but licensed for commercial use.
Tuesday, July 14th, 2015
Download PRMan for Blender
Free alpha plugin headed up by Pixar's Brian Savery lets Blender users render using RenderMan 20.
Friday, July 10th, 2015
Golaem releases VRayGolaem for 3ds Max
Free plugin lets Max users render full-size crowd simulations created using Golaem Crowd for Maya.
Friday, July 10th, 2015
Download the assets from the Unity 5 Blacksmith demo
Get two characters and two detailed environments in FBX format, plus lots of bonus tools, all available free.
Thursday, July 9th, 2015