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3D clothing design app gets new PBR texture map generator, plus experimental new generative AI tools for patterns and graphics.

Tuesday, June 18th, 2024

New version of the plugin for round-tripping assets between Character Creator and ZBrush now transfers surface color and detail.

Friday, June 7th, 2024

Maya edition of the renderer gets support for MaterialX, initial support for LookdevX, and the option to scatter lights with Chaos Scatter.

Monday, February 19th, 2024

Physical Addons' promising plugin generates photorealistic animated ocean surfaces, and is lightweight enough to run on a laptop.

Thursday, November 23rd, 2023

Now officially shipping after three years in beta: pioneering standalone retopology tool gets its first major update in over a decade.

Wednesday, October 4th, 2023

Get a free 3D scan of a female head as FBX, OBJ, ZBrush and Blender files, with 8K PBR textures, plus 26 free makeup and dirt overlays.

Thursday, September 21st, 2023

Material authoring and 3D capture tool gets new AI-trained texture-generation and upscaling toolsets

Tuesday, September 5th, 2023

AI-based online service can also tile or upscale existing textures, or create missing PBR texture maps.

Thursday, May 4th, 2023

Character-creation tool gets long-awaited dynamic wrinkle system, better MetaHuman compatibility.

Thursday, February 23rd, 2023

Use Dream Textures, DeepBump and DT2DB Bridge to create PBR materials in Blender 'in one click'

Wednesday, February 8th, 2023

Major update adds USD support to the 3D texture painting software, and revamps baking workflow.

Thursday, January 12th, 2023

Easy-to-use iPad retopology app now also supports UV unwrapping, UV packing and texture baking.

Monday, November 7th, 2022

Free scan-based textures of interior and exterior materials at up to 8K resolution. For commercial use.

Sunday, October 30th, 2022