Allegorithmic releases Bitmap2Material 3
Games texture map creation tool gets support for PBR workflow. Neat shadow-removal and tiling options.
Tuesday, September 30th, 2014
Maya
Download the free Mery character rig for Maya
Check out the Mery Project's impressive free rigged character. Ideal for student and demo work.
Wednesday, September 24th, 2014
Sigrasoft ships WaxLab 3d sculpting plugin for Maya
Updated: Stefaan Sorensen's new plugin puts Mudbox-style tools right inside Maya. Now available on Linux.
Wednesday, September 17th, 2014
Janos Hunyadi releases PolyPaint importer for Maya
Scanline VFX artist's handy free tool gets ZBrush texture data into Maya without the need to set up UVs.
Wednesday, September 17th, 2014
Video: AMD demos new GPU-based Maya renderer
Designed to showcase use of OpenCL 2.0 for raytracing, and due for an open-source release.
Monday, September 1st, 2014
Gnomon releases full guide to character animation
Discover Guardians of the Galaxy animator In-Ah Roediger's workflow in Performance & Acting: Creating Believable Characters.
Thursday, August 28th, 2014
Gnomon ships superheroic character design training
Sculpt and render the Silver Surfer with Marvel artist Josh Herman's ZBrush, Maya & KeyShot tutorial.
Friday, August 22nd, 2014
Cool tech demo: create clouds with Elementacular
Updated and now shipping: Turn any model into an editable, relightable cloud with this neat Maya plugin.
Wednesday, August 20th, 2014
Golaem releases Golaem Crowd 3.3
Maya crowd simulator adds support for blendshape animaion - as shown in a rather endearing demo video.
Saturday, August 16th, 2014
Autodesk releases Maya & 3ds Max 2015 Extension 1
New updates add OpenSubdiv and Alembic support to Max; colour-management and performance profiling tools to Maya.
Tuesday, August 12th, 2014
Download 165 new Xfrog 3D plant models for free
Get 36 plants, trees and shrubs in a range of common formats, including OBJ, 3DS, plus Vue and Terragen.
Friday, July 25th, 2014
e-on ships Ozone 2014
Updated: Atmosphere creation plugin adds physically accurate sunlight. Free PLE edition now available.
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014
Download over 80 free 3ds Max, Maya & V-Ray materials
Updated: RenderBox Studio's free online library now includes two new sets of car paint materials.
Monday, July 21st, 2014