Tutorial: Designing & Creating a Creature Bust
Create a production-ready 3D creature with this new Gnomon Workshop tutorial from Wētā FX's Pascal Raimbault.
Tuesday, August 9th, 2022
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Physically Based lists PBR values for real-world materials
Need to recreate ketchup in your CG software? This free online database has the info you need.
Monday, August 8th, 2022
Godot 3.5 ships
Check out the new features for CG artists in the open-source game engine, like the material overlay system and support for 3D text.
Monday, August 8th, 2022
Free app Kiri Engine uses AI to edit noise from 3D scans
Promising new AI-enhanced photogrammetry app is available for both Android and iOS phones.
Sunday, August 7th, 2022
Tutorial: Creating Stylized VFX in Unreal Engine 5
Create a game-ready magic attack using UE5's Niagara toolset with The Gnomon Workshop's tutorial.
Saturday, August 6th, 2022
KeenTools ships FaceBuilder 2022.2 for Blender and Nuke
Turn photos of actors into matching MetaHumans with the new version of the head-generation plugin.
Friday, August 5th, 2022
5 CG software updates you may have missed in July 2022
Check out the new features in tyFlow, Redshift, Enscape, Render Manager and ftrack Connect 2.0.
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022
The Grove Release 11 is out
Check out the new features in F12's biologically accurate Blender-based tree generator, like the new Roots tool and breeze animation.
Friday, July 29th, 2022
JangaFX releases GTV 2.0
Download the free, newly GPU-accelerated tool for browsing textures and sprite sheets, like those generated by EmberGen.
Friday, July 29th, 2022
Download the free Modern Industrial Pack of 3D models
Kitbash industrial interiors with RenderCrate's set of over 400 modular parts. FBX format, for commercial use.
Thursday, July 28th, 2022
Epic Games joins the Open 3D Foundation
Unreal Engine creator now a board member of the governing body for rival game engine Open 3D Engine.
Monday, July 25th, 2022
Material Maker 1.0 is out
Hotly tipped open-source material authoring and 3D texture painting app gets its milestone 1.0 release. Check out all of its new features.
Sunday, July 24th, 2022
SideFX releases Houdini 19.5
Read a detailed run-down of new features in the procedural 3D app, including updates to simulation, creature effects, Solaris and Karma.
Thursday, July 21st, 2022