Physically Based lists PBR values for real-world materials
Need to recreate ketchup in your CG software? This free online database has the info you need.
Monday, August 8th, 2022
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Free app Kiri Engine uses AI to edit noise from 3D scans
Promising new AI-enhanced photogrammetry app is available for both Android and iOS phones.
Sunday, August 7th, 2022
Tutorial: Creating Stylized VFX in Unreal Engine 5
Create a game-ready magic attack using UE5's Niagara toolset with The Gnomon Workshop's tutorial.
Saturday, August 6th, 2022
KeenTools ships FaceBuilder 2022.2 for Blender and Nuke
Turn photos of actors into matching MetaHumans with the new version of the head-generation plugin.
Friday, August 5th, 2022
Download Animal Logic's free ALab USD production scene
Updated: ace USD test scene now has 300+ production-quality assets, including two rigged characters.
Friday, August 5th, 2022
ASWF adopts OpenAssetIO and OpenFX
VFX industry body to oversee development of open standards for plugins and asset management.
Thursday, August 4th, 2022
5 CG software updates you may have missed in July 2022
Check out the new features in tyFlow, Redshift, Enscape, Render Manager and ftrack Connect 2.0.
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022
Otoy ships Sculptron 2022.1 in early access
Unusual GPU-based sculpting app gets new cloth sculpting system, plus tools for grooming hair and fur.
Friday, July 29th, 2022
The Grove Release 11 is out
Check out the new features in F12's biologically accurate Blender-based tree generator, like the new Roots tool and breeze animation.
Friday, July 29th, 2022
Download the free Modern Industrial Pack of 3D models
Kitbash industrial interiors with RenderCrate's set of over 400 modular parts. FBX format, for commercial use.
Thursday, July 28th, 2022
Sneak peek: Sculptron's crazy new cloth sculpting tools
Check out the eye-catching cloth brush and wrinkle deformer due in the GPU-based sculpting app.
Friday, July 22nd, 2022
SideFX releases Houdini 19.5
Read a detailed run-down of new features in the procedural 3D app, including updates to simulation, creature effects, Solaris and Karma.
Thursday, July 21st, 2022
Adobe releases Substance 3D Designer 12.2
Material authoring app gets native M1 support. See what else is new, and what has been deprecated.
Wednesday, July 20th, 2022