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
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Check out the new Substance Source Signature Series
Download two new procedural materials of the controls and panelling of an old steam train for free.
Wednesday, January 22nd, 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
Quixel ships Bridge 2019.5
Use the entire Megascans library for free in Unreal Engine via the newly rewritten, C++ based UE4 plugin for Quixel's asset manager.
Tuesday, December 24th, 2019
e-on software ships Vue R4 and PlantFactory R4
Vue gets automated real-world terrain data import; PlantFactory gets 3ds Max and Maya plugins.
Friday, December 13th, 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
Reallusion ships Headshot 1.0
AI-driven plugin for Character Creator generates 3D models of human heads from single source photos, with PBR texture maps.
Tuesday, November 19th, 2019
Xenko team ships Xenko 3.1
C#-based open-source 2D and 3D game engine gets its first major update since being made available under an MIT licence last year.
Thursday, November 14th, 2019
Epic Games acquires Quixel
All 10,000-plus Megascans assets to be made free to Unreal Engine users; Quixel Mixer and Bridge to be released free for everyone.
Tuesday, November 12th, 2019
Uppercut releases U-Render 2019.11 for Cinema 4D
'Really real-time' renderer for Cinema 4D now out of early access - and now supports volumetrics.
Friday, November 8th, 2019
Foundry ships Mari 4.6
Update extends the 3D texturing app's procedural materials system, adds V-Ray and 3Delight shaders, and streamlines the node graph.
Wednesday, November 6th, 2019
Esri ships CityEngine 2019.1
Edit 3D buildings created in the city-generation tool procedurally in Maya via new integration plugin Serlio: free for non-commercial use.
Wednesday, October 9th, 2019