Go from zero to hero in Substance Painter 2020
Master Adobe's texturing software with The Gnomon Workshop's essential new introductory tutorial.
Monday, October 12th, 2020
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Download over 500 free real-time 3D plants and buildings
Get games asset studio SilverTM's City Park Environment Collection free from the UE4 Marketplace.
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020
AutoMAT makes Marmoset Toolbag materials for you
Neat €3 plugin assembles folders of texture maps into PBR materials for 'even the messiest scenes'.
Thursday, September 10th, 2020
Download 50 free 3D models of jungle plants
Get environment artist Baiquni Abdillah's 50 3D models of South East Asian trees, ferns and flowers.
Sunday, August 9th, 2020
Get 150+ free automotive materials for Unreal Engine
Download free car paint, metal and glass materials optimised for the new features in Unreal Engine.
Sunday, June 21st, 2020
Download 37 free 3D models from 3D Model Haven
Get free props and environment models in FBX and Blender format with PBR textures. CC0 licence.
Thursday, April 2nd, 2020
Autodesk ships 3ds Max 2021
Games-friendly update to 3ds Max adds new PBR features, support for Substance .sbsar files, and makes Arnold the default render engine.
Wednesday, March 25th, 2020
Download over 550 free Project Nature plant models
Get high-quality free Unreal Engine grass, shrub and tree assets, many with support for wind animation.
Wednesday, March 25th, 2020
iCube R&D Group ships MultiScatter 1.5 for 3ds Max
Scattering plugin gets improved object painting and distribution, plus option to scatter V-Ray Lights.
Thursday, February 27th, 2020
Get over 600 sets of free PBR textures from Texture Box
Download sets of texture maps for bricks, concrete, wood and plaster at 4,096 x 4,096px resolution.
Sunday, February 9th, 2020
Download 600+ free 4K texture sets from Share Textures
Updated: website provides sets of 4,096 x 4,096px textures of real-world materials via a CC0 licence.
Sunday, November 10th, 2019
Rendering Systems releases ShaderMap 4.2
Texture map generation tool gets new low-cost student and personal licences for non-commercial work.
Tuesday, August 6th, 2019
Adobe releases Substance in Maya 2.0
'Complete rewrite' of the free Maya Substance plugin adds support for 8K textures, numerical output, Python scripting.
Friday, July 19th, 2019