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node-based

Check out designer Albert Omoss's intriguing node-based image editor, pitched as a Photoshop alternative for game art and texture processing.

Friday, May 1st, 2026

See the new features in the free alternative to Substance 3D Designer, including a Controlled Variations system for material variants.

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026

Check out the interesting high-performance vegetation modeling toolset for games and VFX. Now available for commercial use.

Friday, April 10th, 2026

See what's new in the promising alternative to the Substance tools for texture painting and material authoring. Free to indie artists.

Thursday, March 12th, 2026

Check out the latest changes to the match-moving software for pro VFX, including a new Maya export script. Now free to trial for 14 days.

Monday, February 16th, 2026

See the new features in the open-source alternative to Substance 3D Designer, including DDS support and seven new SDF nodes.

Tuesday, January 20th, 2026

Check out the latest changes to the matchmoving sofware, including improvements to lens distortion. Perpetual licenses available again.

Monday, December 29th, 2025

Check out the new features in the varied updates to the topology transfer tools for creating 3D characters from scan data.

Friday, December 26th, 2025

Check out the features due in next year's major update to the terrain design app, including USD support and new Blender and Maya plugins.

Tuesday, December 9th, 2025

Check out the new features in the procedural city generation software, including new workflows for creating more complex forms for buildings.

Monday, December 8th, 2025

Open-source alternative to tools like Substance 3D Designer and Painter gets a long-awaited update. Check out the new features.

Tuesday, October 7th, 2025

Check out the new features in the topology transfer tools for creating digital doubles and blendshapes from 3D scans of actors.

Thursday, October 2nd, 2025

Interesting new tool for creating VFX for games generates both 2D and 3D assets for FX like magic and energy from a single node graph.

Tuesday, July 29th, 2025