February 8, 2023
Use Dream Textures, DeepBump and DT2DB Bridge to create PBR materials in Blender 'in one click' Read More »
December 7, 2022
Read our pick of the new features in the open-source 3D software: from path guiding in Cycles to a hidden bonus for motion designers. Read More »
February 13, 2022
Free assets include this modular kit of 3D parts for medieval castles. FBX format, 8K PBR textures, commercial use. Read More »
January 24, 2022
Get free rigged 3D characters and mocap moves from Reallusion's ActorCore library. FBX format, for commercial use. Read More »
November 1, 2021
iPad sketching app now lets users import and paint directly onto 3D models in OBJ or USDZ format. Read More »
October 29, 2021
GPU production renderer gets new USD importer, Boolean clipping material, volumetric light linking. Read More »
September 14, 2021
Neat Maya and Houdini add-on lets you edit ultra-complex lighting set-ups interactively in the viewport. Read More »
September 1, 2021
Character artist Daniel Bystedt's neat add-on streamlines baking PBR texture maps inside Blender. Read More »
July 14, 2021
Real-time 3D file format gets new extensions for PBR material properties like index of refraction. Read More »
July 7, 2021
Promising open-source node-based material authoring tool gets new 3D texture painting toolset. Read More »
April 9, 2021
Amazon's free game engine to get new 'high-performance physically based renderer' with an interesting modular design. Read More »
January 15, 2021
Tool for authoring Photoshop filters and converting images into PBR texture maps gets new projects system, and new lower pricing. Read More »
September 10, 2020
Neat €3 plugin assembles folders of texture maps into PBR materials for 'even the messiest scenes'. Read More »
June 28, 2020
Get free PBR texture packs from the creator of LightWave plugin treesDesigner. Commercial use. Read More »
February 9, 2020
Download sets of texture maps for bricks, concrete, wood and plaster at 4,096 x 4,096px resolution. Read More »
January 26, 2020
Neat open-source tool authors PBR texture maps using a Substance Designer-like node graph workflow. 0.8 update now out. Read More »
November 19, 2019
AI-driven plugin for Character Creator generates 3D models of human heads from single source photos, with PBR texture maps. Read More »
August 6, 2019
Texture map generation tool gets new low-cost student and personal licences for non-commercial work. Read More »
October 18, 2018
Game dev Mike Voeller's promising free app turns source images into texture maps for PBR shading. Read More »
November 12, 2017
Online library C4D Center updates its set of free .c4d materials. Register on the site for hundreds more free resources. Read More »