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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Unity updates AI game tools service Unity Muse
Set of AI tools for games artists and developers gets new generative AI model for its text-to-PBR-material system. Find more details here.
Wednesday, March 6th, 2024
InstaMAT Studio is now available
Promising new app combines 3D texture painting, node-based material authoring and AI features. Free if you earn under $100k/year.
Thursday, January 25th, 2024
Unity unveils new generative AI service Unity Muse
New platform will let artists create game assets like character motions and textures from text prompts.
Wednesday, June 28th, 2023
ArmorPaint 0.8 ships
Huge update to the open-source 3D texture painting app adds real-time path tracing, edge wear materials, decals, and live links to Blender and Maya.
Friday, October 22nd, 2021
Free tool EbSynth turns video into hand-painted animation
Now in beta: neat app applies the look of hand-painted stills to video. Now exports direct to After Effects.
Friday, August 14th, 2020
Check out open-source 3D painting tool ArmorPaint
Version 0.7 of the Substance Painter-like texture painting tool adds live links to UE4 and Unity.
Monday, January 13th, 2020
Videos: the best of Siggraph 2018's technical papers
See our pick of the show's hottest research - from AI-driven animation to amazing simulation techniques.
Thursday, June 14th, 2018
Corel ships Painter 2018
Natural-media painting package gets new 2.5D paint system, built-in texture-synthesis system, and better cloning and selection tools.
Tuesday, June 27th, 2017
Videos: the best of Siggraph 2017's technical papers
See our pick of the show's hottest research - from cutting-edge fluid sims to ways to model tentacles.
Monday, June 19th, 2017
Spiral Graphics releases Genetica 4.0
Texture-editing package gets new, more intuitive workflow, 3D texture synthesis, native scripting language.
Sunday, May 26th, 2013