Get a free 43,200 x 21,600px displacement map of the Earth
Create detailed renders of the planet's surface from space with this huge free 16-bit texture map.
Thursday, January 21st, 2021
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Adobe ships Dimension 3.4
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
3Dflow ships 3DF Zephyr 5.0
Big update to the image-based modeling software boosts performance and adds new laser scan registration app 3DF Scarlet.
Thursday, July 9th, 2020
Download Nvidia's free Texture Tools Exporter 2020.1
Create compressed textures for games with this neat Photoshop plugin and standalone application.
Tuesday, March 24th, 2020
Tandent Vision Science launches Lightbrush Cloud
New online service splits images into surface colour and illumination maps, to create de-lighted textures.
Wednesday, June 26th, 2019
RandomControl launches Maverick Studio
Updated: new visualisation tool from the creators of the Arion renderer gets perpetual licences.
Tuesday, June 18th, 2019
IDV ships SpeedTree 8.4
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
FXhome ships Imerge Pro
'World's first RAW image compositor' edits still images non-destructively, and provides some neat keying and grading tools.
Friday, October 26th, 2018
Free tool Materialize converts photos to PBR materials
Game dev Mike Voeller's promising free app turns source images into texture maps for PBR shading.
Thursday, October 18th, 2018
Download 11 free hi-res aerial panoramas of clouds
Get Jacek Pilarski's 16-bit panoramas of clouds at widths over 6,000px, for use in matte paintings.
Sunday, April 8th, 2018
Get 21 free hard-surface alphas for ZBrush and Substance
Download Dan Rožański's handy free alpha masks for creating bolts, pipes, valves, vents and panelling.
Sunday, December 3rd, 2017
Get 600+ free panoramas of trees, clouds and mountains
Updated with 100 new images: Download Double Negative matte painter Jacek Pilarksi's ultra-hi-res photo references.
Tuesday, October 18th, 2016