Autodesk releases USD for 3ds Max 0.3
Third beta of the plugin adds a USD Stage Object for referencing entire USD scenes inside 3ds Max.
Tuesday, November 1st, 2022
game development
Download Lightmap's free set of 25 studio HDRI maps
Recreate real studio lighting in visualisations and portfolio renders. EXR format, for commercial use.
Sunday, October 30th, 2022
Download over 1,350 free PBR texture sets from LotPixel
Free scan-based textures of interior and exterior materials at up to 8K resolution. For commercial use.
Sunday, October 30th, 2022
Tutorial: Creating Creature Fur Using XGen & Arnold
Create production-quality grooms with Maya's XGen toolset with The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.
Monday, October 24th, 2022
Rookies 2022 rankings reveal the world's best CG schools
France's New3dge ranked overall best school. See who placed first for VFX, animation & game design.
Saturday, October 22nd, 2022
Faceware Technologies unveils Faceware Portal
New AI-based online service extracts facial animation from video footage without manual setup.
Thursday, October 20th, 2022
Adobe officially releases Substance 3D Modeler
Much-anticipated VR sculpting tool provides a new way to rough out characters or hard-surface props.
Tuesday, October 18th, 2022
Download KitBash3D's free Mission to Minerva model kit
Get 90 modular 3D models of sci-fi buildings and vehicle, created for KitBash3D's community art contest. Commercial use.
Sunday, October 16th, 2022
Open 3D Foundation releases Open 3D Engine 22.10
Open-source game engine's new terrain system handles '16km x 16km worlds at high framerates'.
Friday, October 14th, 2022
Download Epic Games' new free e-book on UE5's Nanite
Get a concise introduction to Unreal Engine's virtualized geometry system and its impact on game art workflows.
Friday, October 14th, 2022
Tutorial: Modeling a Stylized Character for Games
Design and render a 3D character for your game art portfolio with The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.
Saturday, October 8th, 2022
Adobe releases Substance 3D Designer 12.3
Material authoring app's modelling toolset gets support for subgraphs, plus new curve-editing nodes.
Friday, October 7th, 2022
Adobe releases Substance 3D Painter 8.2
Check out the new features in the biggest update to the 3D texturing painting software 'in quite a while'.
Friday, October 7th, 2022