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Get free procedural texture generator Material Maker
Neat open-source tool authors PBR texture maps using a Substance Designer-like node graph workflow.
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Visualise height maps in 3D with neat free tool Aerialod
Fun new app turns elevation data into 3D terrain and renders path-traced stills or turntable animations.
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Download Location Textures’ 50 free HDRI panoramas
Get high-quality free panoramic HDRI skies and environments. 4,096px width, for personal work.
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Download MASD’s free Arnold to V-Ray scene converter
Mads Drøschler's handy 3ds Max add-on converts V-Ray and Corona scenes to Arnold for rendering.
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F12 ships The Grove Release 8
Major update to the biologically plausible tree-generation tool adds the option to record timelapse animations of your trees growing.
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10bit FX ships Notch 0.9.23
Major update to the real-time motion graphics and VFX tool adds hardware-agnostic path tracing, AI denoising and render upscaling.
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Discover how Borderlands 3’s unique art style was created
Uncover the secrets of Gearbox Software's real-time VFX pipeline at a free event at Gnomon next month or watch it online.
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AMD to pay $120,000/year towards Blender development
CPU and GPU firm's sponsorship will help to fund Vulkan support within the open-source 3D tool.
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Download Maya hair plugin Shave and a Haircut 9.6 free
Get the hair and fur plugin and its Arnold, RenderMan and V-Ray shaders from Epic Games for free.
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iToo Software releases RailClone 4.0 for 3ds Max
Major update to parametric modelling plugin improves material handling, adds nested generators.
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Sapphire, Mocha Pro and Silhouette win Emmy Awards
Boris FX's effects, planar tracking and roto tools win Engineering Emmys for contributions to TV tech.
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Jens Kafitz releases Mari Extension Pack 5
Powerful set of Mari add-ons gets Substance-style Smart Masks and pattern generator, new Hotboxes and marking menus.
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Check out open-source 3D painting tool ArmorPaint
Promising new tool lets users paint PBR texture maps using a familiar Substance Painter-like workflow.
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Boris FX releases Continuum 2020
Effects plugin suite gets new tools to add reflections and shadows to 3D objects; better planar tracking.
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Nukeygara unveils the 2019 Akeytsu product roadmap
Updated: October 2019 release adds support for additive layers to the unconventional animation tool.
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Wysilab ships Instant Terra 1.6
Sizeable update to the terrain generator adds flow maps, new sediment deposition system, C++ API for live links to game engines.
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RandomControl updates Maverick Indie and Studio
New GPU renderers get set of readymade 'proxy materials', plus new round edge shading system.
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Eye candy: Wysilab’s 2019 Instant Terra showreel
See tech demos and breakdowns of personal art work created with the promising terrain generator.
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Download Epic Games’ new free Infinity Blade asset packs
Get five packs of environment assets from the iOS fighting games for use in Unreal Engine projects.
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Sketchfab’s models of the month: October 2019
See the month's best real-time 3D models, including this intricate sculpt of a Valkyrie, available to download for free.
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