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PBR

Now available: big update to the real-time toolkit adds scores of new features for rendering, texture baking and the Marmoset Viewer.

Thursday, April 26th, 2018

Free GPU-based renderer available for Blender and Maya on Macs. Now supports volumetrics, too.

Monday, April 9th, 2018

Get free tileable metal, concrete, wood and fabric textures at up to 8K resolution. Commercial use.

Sunday, April 8th, 2018

New versions of Quixel Suite tools to improve integration with Photoshop, add support for macOS.

Wednesday, March 14th, 2018

Newly updated tool coverts Blender scenes to interactive 3D web applications, complete with Cycles-compatible PBR materials.

Monday, February 26th, 2018

Posts now display 3D models interactively, with PBR materials, You can export directly from Modo.

Friday, February 23rd, 2018

Big update to the open-source game engine to add new PBR renderer, new audio engine, visual scripting, and early VR support.

Wednesday, January 31st, 2018

Read the Blender Foundation's pick of the top dev projects, from the Eevee PBR viewport renderer to 'Animation 2020'.

Thursday, January 4th, 2018

Now shipping: First update to LightWave in three years adds new PBR and volumetric renderer, plus new 3ds Max-style modifier stack.

Monday, January 1st, 2018

Powerful GPU-based renderer now available for viewport and offline renders in Unity. Free on one GPU.

Monday, December 18th, 2017

Crowd animation tool for 3ds Max and Cinema 4D gets new Unreal Engine plugin, multi-scene loader, physically based render engine.

Friday, November 24th, 2017

Get free scans of ground materials, rocks and vegetation from Quixel's newly revamped online library.

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2017

Online library C4D Center updates its set of free .c4d materials. Register on the site for hundreds more free resources.

Sunday, November 12th, 2017