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Get three 3D scanned mountains from the neat new asset library for kitbashing environments for VFX and concept art. Commercial use.

Tuesday, July 1st, 2025

Get VFX artist Cristian Spagnuolo's free library of retopologized scans of real-world statues. OBJ format, 8K textures, for commercial use.

Sunday, August 18th, 2024

3D texture painting software gets new Vulkan-based geometry map baking system, and more procedural texturing nodes

Monday, December 4th, 2023

Neat ZTool can be used to apply wrinkles from real-world facial scans to your character sculpts.

Monday, April 4th, 2022

Promising hard-surface-focused add-on implements Substance 3D Painter-style layer-based texture painting inside Blender.

Friday, August 15th, 2025

Master professional workflows for creating believable CG creatures for VFX projects with The Gnomon Workshop's masterclass.

Friday, August 15th, 2025

Check out the latest features in the popular UV packing plugin, including one-click Auto Repacking, and support for texel density.

Thursday, August 14th, 2025

Check out the new features in the compositing software for motion graphics and VFX, including better support for HDR metadata.

Thursday, August 14th, 2025

See key specs, expected prices and likely performance in CG apps for the RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF and RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell cards.

Wednesday, August 13th, 2025

Asset library ScansMatter's modular Warehouse Environment pack is free on Fab for the next two weeks. 4K PBR textures, commercial use.

Wednesday, August 13th, 2025