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Massive online library of scans of real-world materials and objects used on The Jungle Book finally goes live. Two free helper tools, too.

Wednesday, August 24th, 2016

Quixel's CEO tells us how he ate gruel for months to develop killer texturing tools - only to keep giving them away free.

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015

Updated, now shipping: Games texturing toolkit gets powerful 3D painting and map baking options. See the new features in action here.

Monday, November 30th, 2015

Updated: new versions of NDO and DDO now officially out of beta. New batch options and 16K support too.

Thursday, October 23rd, 2014

See the key features in the game engine and real-time renderer, from better 3D water to Variable Rate Shading and Deferred+ rendering.

Friday, April 25th, 2025

Check out the new features in the image-editing software, including nifty new Select Details options in the AI-based Object Selection tool.

Thursday, April 24th, 2025

Update to the renderer adds over 3,100 Chaos Scans materials to the Cosmos library, and improves DoF and volumetric effects.

Thursday, April 24th, 2025

Get JustB Studios' 1850s Post Office Environment pack of 3D assets for free for two weeks on the Fab marketplace. For commercial use.

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025

Lightweight Procedural Clouds Shader generates realistic clouds in production conditions, and works with the Cycles or Eevee renderers.

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025

Real-time physics framework used in game engines and offline simulation tools for 3ds Max and Maya is now fully open-source.

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025