Free tool: export_masks for Substance 3D Painter
Get Wes McDermott's handy free add-on for... well, exporting layer masks from Substance 3D Painter.
Thursday, February 23rd, 2023
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Free tool: Hextile for Houdini and Unreal Engine
Mohsen Tabasi's award-winning free tool minimises visible repeats by tiling textures using a hex grid.
Monday, February 13th, 2023
Download free After Effects image export script aeJPG
Handy free tool lets you take screenshots from After Effects' Composition Panel in one click.
Monday, February 13th, 2023
Maxon ships Redshift 3.5.13
Update makes Intel's OIDN denoiser and Cinema 4D's Brick and Tile shaders available to all of the renderer's host applications.
Thursday, February 9th, 2023
Adobe releases After Effects 23.2
Compositing app gets support for OCIO and ACES colour managment for VFX and movie editing projects.
Wednesday, February 8th, 2023
Tyson Ibele releases tyFlow 1.012 for 3ds Max
Major update adds complete new terrain-generation system to the Max particle and physics add-on.
Wednesday, February 8th, 2023
Download ProductionCrate's new free VFX starter pack
Get 50 stock FX clips, including explosions, fire and magic effects. ProRes/H.264 format, up to 4K, for commercial use.
Sunday, February 5th, 2023
Spline Dynamics releases Scatter Tools for 3ds Max
Neat new set dressing plugin can automatically add ornaments and books to the furniture in a scene.
Friday, February 3rd, 2023
Adobe releases Substance 3D Sampler 4.0
Major update to the material authoring tool adds intuitive new AI-assisted 3D scanning toolset.
Wednesday, February 1st, 2023
Adobe releases Substance 3D Designer 12.4
Material authoring tool gets quality-of-life updates when working with nodes, formulas or the 3D View.
Wednesday, February 1st, 2023
Free tool: StackUp
Handy 3ds Max script generates randomised buildings - or any other type of 3D model - by stacking modular components along splines.
Wednesday, January 25th, 2023
Autograph: a next-gen tool for motion design and VFX
Left Angle's unusual USD-based app is pitched as the world's first 'responsive design video software'.
Friday, January 20th, 2023
Sketchfab's models of the month: January 2023
See the month's best new models, including free downloadable cars, machines and this hippo character.
Wednesday, January 18th, 2023