3d-io releases Flatiron 2.0 for 3ds Max
Games texture-baking plugin now supports animated textures; outputs multiple render elements in one pass.
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2014
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Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 4.1
Games texturing tool gets new baking options and ability to group nodes. Eight new video tutorials, too.
Tuesday, February 25th, 2014
Autodesk Labs launches Project Khan
Free cloud-based system based on Donya Labs' Simplygon technology automates creation of LOD assets for games.
Thursday, November 14th, 2013
Get 15 different grass clumps in MAX, OBJ and FBX format
Download architectural visualisation pro Mischa Winkler's useful free asset. Licensed for commercial use.
Saturday, November 9th, 2013
Abvent releases Artlantis 5
Architectural renderer gets new UI, material catalog and preview options, plus tools to build VR objects.
Wednesday, September 4th, 2013
Mad science: sculpt Unity models in augmented reality
GameDraw developer Mixed Dimensions announces support for meta's AR glasses. See a video here.
Monday, June 17th, 2013
Sites to bookmark: the Texturepilot texture library
Browse over 100,000 images tailored to games and VFX at this excellent, straighforward online library.
Thursday, June 13th, 2013
Epic adds Substance support to Unreal Engine
See Allegorithmic's parametric texture format in action in UE3 in the very Lovecraftian 'Beneath' demo.
Monday, February 18th, 2013
Autodesk releases 123D Creature
Fun iPad app sculpts and poses characters via a skeletal system, then readies them for 3D printing.
Friday, February 15th, 2013
Get free CG resources in 3D World's Advent giveaway
Downloads available so far include a nice Dutch Skies sIBL/HDRI set licensed for commercial use.
Monday, December 10th, 2012
Allegorithmic releases Bitmap2Material 2.0
Normal mapping toolkit gets new image-editing controls, faster algorithms, 15 built-in grunge maps.
Thursday, December 6th, 2012
Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 3.1
Update to games texturing tool adds the option to paint seamlessly tiling textures automatically.
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012
Tandent Vision Science releases Lightbrush
Cool new software breaks photos into lighting and surface colour components, for editing separately.
Friday, August 31st, 2012