Download Nvidia's free Texture Tools Exporter 2020.1
Create compressed textures for games with this neat Photoshop plugin and standalone application.
Tuesday, March 24th, 2020
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Wednesday, March 18th, 2020
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
Serif ships Affinity Photo, Designer and Publisher 1.8.6
Check out the neat new features in Serif's professional image-editing, vector design and layout tools.
Friday, February 28th, 2020
Adobe ships Photoshop 21.1
Update adds new GPU-based lens blur filter with more realistic Bokeh, plus the option to perform multiple Content-Aware Fills in one go.
Friday, February 21st, 2020
Future Mac versions of Cinema 4D will need Metal support
Controversial macOS Catalina update recommended for anyone wanting to use Cinema 4D R22.
Friday, February 21st, 2020
Anastasiy ships MagicPicker 7.1
Popular Photoshop colour wheel and colour picker plugin gets new HUD mode, plus improved performance on older hardware.
Thursday, January 30th, 2020
Download 800+ free 3D LUTs
Get photography collective Q-DDL's free 3D LUTs for color grading or applying film looks to video or rendered images. Commercial use.
Sunday, January 19th, 2020
The 10 best VFX and animation breakdowns of 2019
Watch the best tech breakdowns of 2019, as determined by 120,000 CG Channel Facebook followers.
Sunday, January 12th, 2020
Master new 3D and VR workflows for mech design
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial Designing a Piloted Combat Mech provides over 10 hours of training.
Friday, January 3rd, 2020
Adobe releases Substance Painter 2019.3
Big update to the 3D painting app adds support for Photoshop .abr brushes, automatic UV unwrapping.
Wednesday, December 18th, 2019
The best Black Friday and winter 2019 deals for CG artists
Save money this month with these great seasonal deals on CG software, hardware and assets.
Friday, November 29th, 2019
Adobe ships Photoshop 21.0
Image-editing and painting tool gets neat AI-driven object selection tool; improved Content-Aware Fill, image warping and HDR editing.
Tuesday, November 5th, 2019