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PBR

Check out the feature set for the new, not-quite-PBR real-time render engine due in Blender 2.8 this year.

Friday, March 24th, 2017

Master PBR shading workflows in Substance Painter and UE4 with Riot Games' Nick Reynolds' detailed guide.

Friday, March 24th, 2017

Updated: Check out the neat new cel-shading options coming up in the next release of LightWave.

Thursday, March 16th, 2017

Cool AI tech automatically upreses PS2-era textures to today's games, or converts scanned textures to stylised ones.

Wednesday, March 8th, 2017

Open source C# engine from firm behind Final Fantasy XV's render tech to go commercial in April.

Friday, February 24th, 2017

Sizeable update to the game engine now available in beta, along with its new VR editing toolset.

Thursday, December 15th, 2016

Aidy Burrows' free shader set-up mimics UE4's physically based shading in the Blender viewport.

Tuesday, August 30th, 2016

Massive online library of scans of real-world materials and objects used on The Jungle Book finally goes live. Two free helper tools, too.

Wednesday, August 24th, 2016

Major update to the hybrid 2D/3D rendering software adds new PBR render engine and UV baking tools.

Wednesday, July 20th, 2016

Major update to the heavyweight production renderer adds Pixar's own in-house shaders and lights, removes Reyes rendering and RSL.

Wednesday, July 20th, 2016

Updated: Onelvxe Studios' add-on mimics RenderMan's 'ubershader' in Blender. Now a paid-for product as well as a free beta.

Tuesday, July 19th, 2016

Big update to voxel sculpting and painting package adds 'completely remade' PBR shading system, plus neat new low-poly retopology tools.

Saturday, July 9th, 2016

Hotly tipped biased GPU-based renderer gets new PBR material, support for volumetrics and baking.

Tuesday, July 5th, 2016