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Marius Silaghi releases four new Pro plugins for 3ds Max

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 10:59:17 GMT

New Contrast Pro, Push Pro, Relax Pro and Shell Pro plugins power up 3ds Max modelling workflows.

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WTools3D ships LWCAD 2020 for LightWave and Cinema 4D

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 09:44:26 GMT

Check out the new features in the latest update to the all-purprose hard surface modelling toolkit.

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Get a free 43,200 x 21,600px displacement map of the Earth

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:26:17 GMT

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

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Check out new Maya hair plugin Draw Groom Guides

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 09:40:28 GMT

Neat tool snaps hair guides to a target mesh, then lets you reshape the entire hair style interactively.

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Sneak peek: Chaos Group’s R&D work on V-Ray’s VRayMtl

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 11:36:07 GMT

Video: see the new translucency in the standard V-Ray material, expected in V-Ray 5 Update 1.

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Download the new free edition of Auto Character Setup

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 06:00:56 GMT

Cut-down edition of popular Modo auto-rigging system ACS2 can be used free on commercial projects.

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Auto Character System 3 aims to redefine rigging in Modo

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 03:00:54 GMT

Updated: Build 10 of the hotly tipped modular rigging system adds new car rig, option to bake rigs for export.

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Trimble ships SketchUp 2021.0.1

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 06:00:56 GMT

Check out all the new features in the latest version of Trimble's architectural modeling software.

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Download 500 free stock FX elements from ProductionCrate

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 04:06:34 GMT

Get free explosions, smoke and energy effects clips. ProRes format, HD resolution, for commercial use.

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Get started in creature design

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 15:39:44 GMT

Discover how to use 2D sketching techniques to explore and refine designs for fantasy creatures in The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.

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Filter Forge 10.0 ships

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 10:02:38 GMT

Tool for authoring Photoshop filters and converting images into PBR texture maps gets new projects system, and new lower pricing.

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Adobe ships After Effects 17.6

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 09:52:11 GMT

Compositing software's Content Aware-Fill object removal system now compensates automatically for lighting changes across a shot.

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Check out neat free Houdini sparse GPU fluid solver Axiom

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 08:24:24 GMT

GPU-accelerated alternative to Houdini's Sparse Pyro solver can also now simulate coloured smoke.

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Michael Gibson releases MoI 4

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 07:15:30 GMT

Intuitive NURBS modelling software gets a new native Mac edition, new automated annotation tools, and can now convert Sub-Ds to NURBS.

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Anastasiy releases MagicSquire 4.4

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 12:30:51 GMT

Popular Photoshop brush organiser plugin gets improved support for Apple's M1 processor in new Macs.

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Check out new real-time hair creation tool Fiber Shop

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 09:00:17 GMT

Interesting standalone app authors fibre- or card-based hair for use in game engines and real-time apps.

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Download 10 free 3D scans of people (and a dog)

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 12:08:33 GMT

Get Renderbot's free scans of adults and children for use in commercial visualisation work.

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Download over 70 free 16K HDRIs for commercial use

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 10:27:02 GMT

Download free 16,384 x 8,192px HDRIs of interior and exterior environments from iHDRI.com.

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Deep FX Studio 0.5 ships

Fri, 08 Jan 2021 11:00:27 GMT

Major rewrite of Deep FX World's standalone multiphysics simulation and procedural animation software adds new dynamic melting system.

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Agisoft ships Metashape 1.7

Fri, 08 Jan 2021 10:24:45 GMT

Check out the new features in the photogrammetry tool, including faster depth map generation and integration with laser scan data.

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