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Download over 150 free 10K HDRIs from HDRMAPS
Download high-resolution HDRIs and HDR skies without having to register on the site. EXR format, for commercial use.
Get Khronos Group’s open-source iOS app for viewing glTF files
Free tool lets users view glTF and GLB files in augmented reality, with PBR materials. Source code available to other app developers.
Chaos releases Vantage 2.2
Real-time renderer for exploring large V-Ray scenes gets better hair and fur rendering, better denoising and upscaling, new firefly filter.
Flora | Ian Frederick
How new AI workflows helped create indie VFX short BYE-BYE
VFX artist Freddy Chávez Olmos reveals how generative AI and Nuke's CopyCat toolset created digital make-up for his horror short.
Chaos Czech releases Corona 11 for 3ds Max and Cinema 4D
Check out the new features in the production renderer, including updates to Chaos Scatter, and support for Open Image Denoise 2.
Left Angle releases Autograph 2023.11
'Biggest release yet' of the next-gen tool for motion design and VFX adds new options for working with vector shapes, text and audio.
Lightmap releases HDR Light Studio live link for Unreal Engine
New plugin lets visualization artists use lighting design tool HDR Light Studio for more precise control over models being rendered in UE5.
Get Epic Games’ free Pose Driver Connect for Maya and UE5
Handy free tool transfers secondary animation set-ups authored in Maya to MetaHumans and other characters in Unreal Engine.
Reel 2024 | buda.tv
Reallusion ships iClone 8.4 and Character Creator 4.4
Major update to iClone adds a complete crowd simulaton system to the real-time animation software. See all the new features here.
Adobe releases Substance 3D Modeler 1.5
Update overhauls the VR sculpting software's surfacing toolset, and adds initial support for PBR materials and image-based lighting.
Adobe releases After Effects 24.1
Significant update moves native 3D file import and the Advanced 3D renderer out of beta and into the stable release of the software.
Tutorial: Creating Tire Smoke FX in Houdini
Discover how to use Houdini's sparse Pyro solver in production with The Gnomon Workshop's essential tutorial.
Lessons in Chemistry | Elastic
Foundry releases Mari 7.0
3D texture painting software gets new Vulkan-based geometry map baking system, and more procedural texturing nodes
ESC | Sam Southward
Serif releases Affinity Photo 2.3
Check out the new features in the latest free update to the general-purpose image-editing software.
Chaos ships V-Ray 6 for 3ds Max Update 2
Sizeable update to the production renderer adds MaterialX support, new Enscape bridge, and updates to V-Ray GPU and Chaos Scatter.
LightWave Digital releases LightWave 2023
Veteran 3D animation software gets its first update in over three years, following a change of owner in April. Check out its new features here.