Abstract unveils InstaMAT 2025
Promising 3D texture painting and material authoring tools come out of early access next week. Check out the features due in the update.
Wednesday, July 16th, 2025
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Adobe releases Substance 3D Designer 15.0
Big update to the material-authoring software adds new 3D renderer and the option to import entire USD scenes to edit materials in context.
Wednesday, July 16th, 2025
Marmoset releases Toolbag 5.02 in beta
Check out the new features in the real-time rendering and look dev tool, from dedicated decal layers to low-to-low-poly texture baking.
Monday, June 16th, 2025
See JangaFX's first demo of IlluGen, its app for in-game VFX
Check out the feature set of the much-anticipated tool for creating VFX assets for games, its workflow, its release date, and its likely price.
Thursday, April 17th, 2025
Autodesk releases Maya 2026 and Maya Creative 2026
3D modeling and animation tool gets updates to the ML Deformer and liquid simulation in Bifrost. Check out all the new features here.
Wednesday, March 26th, 2025
Adobe releases Substance 3D Painter 11.0
Check out the new features in the 3D texture painting app, including an Auto-update system, and more path tools, filters and texture generators.
Monday, March 17th, 2025
Assetify 2.1 converts Blender assets to game-ready formats
Asset baking and export add-on can now bake PBR textures from any Blender shader set-up, not just the Principled BSDF shader.
Saturday, March 15th, 2025
Tutorial: Creating Production-Ready Hero Assets Using Mari
Master professional asset development workflows for VFX with The Gnomon Workshop's advanced-level tutorial.
Sunday, March 9th, 2025
Download Marmoset's free materials for Toolbag 5
Library Drop 06 makes 150+ new assets available for the real-time rendering and look dev software, including 86 new materials.
Wednesday, March 5th, 2025
Free add-on Paint System 'turns Blender into Photoshop'
Updated for version 1.2: Intuitive layer-based texture painting add-on for Blender now supports shader layers and texture baking.
Wednesday, February 12th, 2025
Tutorials: Creating a Character for Games - Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
Master industry-standard workflows for sculpting and texturing AAA game characters with The Gnomon Workshop's two-part tutorial series.
Tuesday, February 4th, 2025
Marmoset releases Toolbag 5.0
Major update to the real-time lighting and look dev tool adds support for UDIM workflows, interactive baking, hybrid rendering.
Monday, October 14th, 2024
CLO Virtual Fashion releases Marvelous Designer 2024.0
Updated: check out the 3D clothing design software's new USD-based workflow for exporting simulations to Unreal Engine 5.4.
Monday, April 29th, 2024