These free AI add-ons create PBR materials inside Blender
Use Dream Textures, DeepBump and DT2DB Bridge to create PBR materials in Blender 'in one click'
Wednesday, February 8th, 2023
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Maxon ships ZBrush 2023
First ever paid update to the digital sculpting software adds new 'Slime Bridge', revamps ZRemesher, and integrates the Redshift renderer.
Thursday, January 12th, 2023
5 key features in Blender 3.4
Read our pick of the new features in the open-source 3D software: from path guiding in Cycles to a hidden bonus for motion designers.
Wednesday, December 7th, 2022
Sneak peek: ZBrush 2023
See new features from the beta build of the digital sculpting app shown at ZBrush Summit 2022, and Redshift running inside ZBrush.
Thursday, November 17th, 2022
Download over 1,350 free PBR texture sets from LotPixel
Free scan-based textures of interior and exterior materials at up to 8K resolution. For commercial use.
Sunday, October 30th, 2022
Download over 90 free 3D models from RenderCrate
Free assets include this modular kit of 3D parts for medieval castles. FBX format, 8K PBR textures, commercial use.
Sunday, February 13th, 2022
Download 32 free mocap moves and 4 rigged characters
Get free rigged 3D characters and mocap moves from Reallusion's ActorCore library. FBX format, for commercial use.
Monday, January 24th, 2022
Savage Interactive releases Procreate 5.2
iPad sketching app now lets users import and paint directly onto 3D models in OBJ or USDZ format.
Monday, November 1st, 2021
hdRstr ray traces thousands of area lights in real time
Neat Maya and Houdini add-on lets you edit ultra-complex lighting set-ups interactively in the viewport.
Tuesday, September 14th, 2021
glTF files can now include accurate translucent materials
Real-time 3D file format gets new extensions for PBR material properties like index of refraction.
Wednesday, July 14th, 2021
Pilgway ships 3DCoatTextura
New sub-€100 3D texturing app can be used to paint or bake 16k PBR texture maps for use in other DCC software or game engines.
Tuesday, July 13th, 2021
Free tools: Material Maker now also does 3D painting
Promising open-source node-based material authoring tool gets new 3D texture painting toolset.
Wednesday, July 7th, 2021
Adobe releases Substance 3D Sampler 3.0
Material authoring app formerly known as Substance Alchemist also now creates lighting set-ups.
Thursday, June 24th, 2021