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Download this detailed free texture map to recreate the lunar surface in 3D. Licensed for commercial use.

Sunday, February 21st, 2021

Create detailed renders of the planet's surface from space with this huge free 16-bit texture map.

Thursday, January 21st, 2021

Small update to the 3D layout and rendering software for graphic designers adds option to export UV layout of a model in PSD format.

Tuesday, September 29th, 2020

Big update to the image-based modeling software boosts performance and adds new laser scan registration app 3DF Scarlet.

Thursday, July 9th, 2020

Create compressed textures for games with this neat Photoshop plugin and standalone application.

Tuesday, March 24th, 2020

New online service splits images into surface colour and illumination maps, to create de-lighted textures.

Wednesday, June 26th, 2019

Updated: new visualisation tool from the creators of the Arion renderer gets perpetual licences.

Tuesday, June 18th, 2019

Games edition of the tree-generation tool gets new wind animation algorithm, better texture atlas generation. Smaller updates to the Cinema edition.

Wednesday, May 29th, 2019

'World's first RAW image compositor' edits still images non-destructively, and provides some neat keying and grading tools.

Friday, October 26th, 2018

Game dev Mike Voeller's promising free app turns source images into texture maps for PBR shading.

Thursday, October 18th, 2018

Get Jacek Pilarski's 16-bit panoramas of clouds at widths over 6,000px, for use in matte paintings.

Sunday, April 8th, 2018

Download Dan Rožański's handy free alpha masks for creating bolts, pipes, valves, vents and panelling.

Sunday, December 3rd, 2017

Updated with 100 new images: Download Double Negative matte painter Jacek Pilarksi's ultra-hi-res photo references.

Tuesday, October 18th, 2016