Terragen 4 Pro now free for students and teachers
Educational users get free, non feature-limited licenses of Terragen 4 Professional, normally sold for $699.
Friday, September 23rd, 2016
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Solid Angle releases Arnold for 3ds Max
Free preview build of the MAXtoA plugin provides native, cloud-ready integration between Max and the Arnold renderer.
Tuesday, July 26th, 2016
Side Effects cuts Houdini educational pricing
Education edition now available to colleges for $75/year, and free to high schools and instructors.
Friday, July 15th, 2016
The Foundry releases Mari Non-commercial
Master the 3D texture painting app with the new free learning edition, or use it to create demo reel material.
Wednesday, May 11th, 2016
FXhome releases HitFilm 4 Express for free
Cut-down version of the editing, compositing and effects software gets new tools from the Pro edition.
Friday, April 29th, 2016
The Foundry ships Modo Indie 10.0
Export-limited version of Modo for indie game artists ships. Update is free to owners of Modo Indie 901.
Thursday, April 28th, 2016
The Foundry releases Mari Indie 3.0
New update to $150 edition of Mari for game artists loosens restrictions on bit depth and object count.
Wednesday, February 10th, 2016
IKinema launches IKinema RunTime-Indie for UE4
New perpetual licence lets indie artists and small studios use the top IK middleware for under $150.
Thursday, January 7th, 2016
FXhome releases Hitfilm 3 Express for free
Get a neat free edition of the editing, compositing and VFX tool. Limited to 1080p export, but licensed for commercial use.
Tuesday, July 14th, 2015
Nuke Non-Commercial is now free to download
All the toolsets of Nuke Studio, but limited to HD output. Check out what you can and can't do with it here.
Tuesday, April 14th, 2015
Pixar makes RenderMan free for non-commercial use
Use for tools development is fine too. Ships with Maya and Katana plugins; Houdini and C4D to come.
Tuesday, March 24th, 2015
E-on software releases LumenRT VIZ for free
New non-commercial edition gives SketchUp users free access to e-on's real-time rendering system.
Thursday, March 12th, 2015
Free non-commercial version of FurryBall ships
Get the free version of the GPU renderer for Max, Maya and C4D. Not watermarked, but capped at full HD.
Wednesday, January 14th, 2015