GIMP team ships GIMP 2.10.18
Nice workflow update gives the open-source image editor Photoshop-like tool groups, faster PSD import, new 3D Transform tool.
Monday, March 2nd, 2020
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ArmorPaint wins $25,000 Epic MegaGrant
The money will fund development of the promising open-source 3D texture painting tool through 2020.
Wednesday, February 26th, 2020
Blender Foundation releases Blender 2.82
Significant update overhauls Blender's simulation tools and adds support for UDIMs and USD export.
Friday, February 14th, 2020
Godot 3.2 ships
Leading open-source game engine gets revamped shader editor, glTF 2.0 and FBX import, and a new pseudo-3D system for 2D games.
Thursday, January 30th, 2020
Aaron Dabelow open-sources his 3ds Max add-ons
Handy tools like procedural geometry creator Debris Maker 2 available free under a MIT licence.
Sunday, January 26th, 2020
Get free procedural texture generator Material Maker
Neat open-source tool authors PBR texture maps using a Substance Designer-like node graph workflow. 0.8 update now out.
Sunday, January 26th, 2020
Get promising free low-poly 3D modeling tool Dust3D
Neat ultra-lightweight tool creates low-poly games assets, complete with automated character rigs.
Wednesday, January 15th, 2020
Check out open-source 3D painting tool ArmorPaint
Version 0.7 of the Substance Painter-like texture painting tool adds live links to UE4 and Unity.
Monday, January 13th, 2020
Download version 2.0 of Spin VFX's free Nuke Gizmos
Get the VFX studio's popular - and newly updated - open-source collection of compositing tools.
Monday, January 6th, 2020
Check out promising open-source 2D animation tool enve
Free app provides an interesting range of features, particularly for vector and motion design work.
Friday, January 3rd, 2020
Krita wins Epic MegaGrant
Digital painting tool becomes the latest open-source CG app to be backed by Epic Games, winning $25,000 to improve QA testing.
Thursday, December 19th, 2019
Get free VFX image viewer and playback tool DJV 2
Ex-Lucasfilm engineer Darby Johnston's shot review tool is engineered for serious VFX and animation work.
Sunday, November 24th, 2019
Blender Foundation releases Blender 2.81
The leading open-source 3D package gets another big update. Check out the key features here.
Thursday, November 21st, 2019