Black Friday and winter 2017 deals for CG artists
Updated with discounts valid until the New Year, including Affinity Photo and Marmoset Toolbag.
Thursday, November 23rd, 2017
HDRI
Download 44 free 14MP HDRs of industrial environments
New website HDR Vault offers 14MP spherical HDRs of industrial and public spaces under a CC0 licence.
Sunday, November 12th, 2017
Luxion releases free KeyShot 7 content pack
Free installer adds 10 6K Aversis HDRIs and 150 3K Poliigon texture maps to the renderer's asset library.
Thursday, September 14th, 2017
Luxion ships KeyShot 7 HD and KeyShot 7 Pro for ZBrush
Low-cost versions of the renderer for ZBrush users get new UI customisation, materials and environment options.
Thursday, August 17th, 2017
Get a free 16,000px HDRI every week from HDRI Haven
Download the first of artist Greg Zaal's free hi-res HDRIs today, showing an exterior scene at night. Commercial use.
Sunday, June 11th, 2017
Download 12 free HDR images of industrial environments
Get Philip Modin's 14-megapixel HDRs of factories and workshops. EXR format, for commercial use.
Sunday, June 4th, 2017
Sneak peek: Blender's new Eevee real-time render engine
Check out the feature set for the new, not-quite-PBR real-time render engine due in Blender 2.8 this year.
Friday, March 24th, 2017
fnord releases ProEXR free
Fully open-source set of plugins lets Photoshop, After Effects and Premiere read and write layered EXR files on Windows and OS X.
Thursday, January 5th, 2017
Adobe releases Project Felix in beta
Simple rendering and compositing app is free to anyone with a current paid Creative Cloud subscription.
Friday, December 23rd, 2016
Lightmap releases HDR Light Studio 5.4
Real-time lighting design tool adds new ways to position area lights or virtual lights within HDRI maps.
Friday, December 16th, 2016
Unity Technologies releases Unity 5.5
Sizeable update adds long-awaited tools for customising the Personal edition splash screen, HDRI-based Look Dev system.
Wednesday, November 30th, 2016
Best Black Friday and Cyber Monday offers for CG artists
See over 50 money-saving offers, including Adobe, Autodesk, Allegorithmic, Marvelous Designer and Next Limit.
Thursday, November 24th, 2016
Download three free high-res HDRI Skies sky maps
Get three free 16,000 x 8,000px HDRI skies, exclusively for our readers. All licensed for commercial use.
Sunday, October 23rd, 2016