Black Friday and winter 2017 deals for CG artists
Updated with discounts valid until the New Year, including Affinity Photo and Marmoset Toolbag.
Thursday, November 23rd, 2017
Photogrammetry
3DFlow ships 3DF Zephyr 3.5
Photogrammetry software gets support for custom shaders, option to export textures in EXR format or as 32-bit TIFFs, 4K video output.
Thursday, November 16th, 2017
Master environment art with Gnomon's new training videos
Two detailed new video tutorials set out current environment design workflows for VFX and games.
Monday, October 30th, 2017
Get Unity's Photogrammetry Workflow ebook for free
Master best practices for capturing real-time assets for games with this detailed, practical 96-page guide.
Sunday, August 13th, 2017
Download Unity Labs' free texture de-lighting tool
Neat Unity add-on removes baked-in lighting from textures generated using photogrammetry software.
Tuesday, July 11th, 2017
3Dflow ships 3DF Zephyr 3.3
Image-based modelling software gets new system for generating crisper, more detailed meshes. Now with new filtering options.
Tuesday, July 4th, 2017
Dabarti Capture extracts surface data from photos
Neat new tool creates high-quality normal, albedo and depth maps from photos of real objects. The Lite edition is free.
Monday, May 22nd, 2017
3Dflow ships 3DF Zephyr Free
Download the new free personal edition of 3dflow's powerful image-based modelling software.
Friday, May 19th, 2017
Eos Systems releases PhotoModeler 2017 line-up
Pro photogrammetry tool gets new options for creating orthomosaics and surfaces from source photos.
Monday, April 17th, 2017
Artomatix unveils style transfer service for games artists
Cool AI tech automatically upreses PS2-era textures to today's games, or converts scanned textures to stylised ones.
Wednesday, March 8th, 2017
Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 6
Big update adds new tools for recreating real-world materials via photogrammetry, 32-bit workflow, 8K texture baking.
Wednesday, February 15th, 2017
The Pixel Farm releases PFTrack 2017
Biggest update to the camera tracker in five years extends the photogrammetry tools, integrates PFDepth for free.
Tuesday, January 17th, 2017
The 10 best visual effects breakdowns of 2016
Watch our pick of the best movie, TV and commercials breakdown videos created in the past year.
Wednesday, January 4th, 2017