Pilgway releases 3D-Coat 4.5
Updated: Voxel sculpting package gets new PBR materials system, Photoshop-compatible layer groups, new UV options.
Friday, May 29th, 2015
texturing
Gnomon releases Texturing Environments with Mari
DreamWorks veteran Jessica Canter's new 150-minute tutorial provides a broad-based guide to environment work.
Friday, May 15th, 2015
FaronStudio releases PixPlant 3
Straightforward general-purpose app tiles source photos into a range of common texture map types.
Tuesday, April 28th, 2015
Mario Röske releases IPackThat
Piranha Bytes artist's handy UV packing tool promises better results in less time than packing by hand.
Friday, April 17th, 2015
The Foundry announces Modo 901
Price of an individual licence up $300, but MeshFusion comes free. See the new modelling, UV and rendering tools here.
Wednesday, April 8th, 2015
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
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