Rendering Systems releases ShaderMap 3
Inexpensive texture map creation tool gets new baking options, image filters, support for 32-bit workflow.
Tuesday, April 7th, 2015
texturing
Gnomon ships Introduction to Substance Painter
Master the next-gen texturing tool with a four-hour video guide from Naughty Dog's Christophe Desse.
Thursday, April 2nd, 2015
Allegorithmic unveils Substance Painter 1.3
Games texturing tool to get new Smart Materials system, texture bakers, improved viewport display.
Friday, February 20th, 2015
Visit Gnomon's 2015 Student Gallery Show for free
See the best work from students at the top CG school at Hollywood's Gnomon Gallery from 31 January.
Tuesday, January 20th, 2015
Autodesk releases 123D Sculpt+ for iOS and Android
New app provides useful sculpting, painting and character-posing toolkit for creating assets on the move.
Wednesday, January 14th, 2015
Allegorithmic releases Substance Painter 1.1
Next-gen games texture painting app gets support for material IDs, ZBrush-style Lazy Mouse system.
Wednesday, December 17th, 2014
Gnomon releases Making Frankenstein's Monster
Recreate the creature in Mudbox and Maya with Treyarch character artist Peter Zoppi's full five-hour guide.
Tuesday, November 25th, 2014
Quixel releases Quixel Suite
Updated: new versions of NDO and DDO now officially out of beta. New batch options and 16K support too.
Thursday, October 23rd, 2014
Ambiera releases CopperCube 5
3D authoring tool for WebGL, Flash and mobile games gets terrain generator, new physics options.
Wednesday, October 1st, 2014
Allegorithmic releases Bitmap2Material 3
Games texture map creation tool gets support for PBR workflow. Neat shadow-removal and tiling options.
Tuesday, September 30th, 2014
Janos Hunyadi releases PolyPaint importer for Maya
Scanline VFX artist's handy free tool gets ZBrush texture data into Maya without the need to set up UVs.
Wednesday, September 17th, 2014
Gnomon releases Creating Believable 3D Environments
New two-hour video sets out Blizzard cinematic environment modeling star Seth Thompson's workflow.
Wednesday, September 10th, 2014
Knald Technologies releases Lys in open beta
Cool new tool converts HDR files between formats and generates specular and irradiance textures.
Thursday, September 4th, 2014