Blender Sculpting: Dynamic Cloth Brush
New sculpting brush for Blender: Pablo Dobarro surprises us with a new practical tool for the open source tool!
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DaVinci Resolve Training | Europe Tour 2020
Want to learn DaVinci Resolve? Then take the free Europe Tour from Blackmagic Design!
Open Source: Debris Maker 2
Procedural geometry: With Debris Maker 2, you can create any bricks, stones, leaves, tree trunks and more geometries in 3ds Max!
Free: Over 800 3D LUTs
Grading, moods and cinematic looks? With these 800+ LUTs, you will find a large selection for editing your footage! The download is free.
Free: Maya Hair Plug-in “Shave and a Haircut”
Fancy a free grooming tool? “Shave and a Haircut” version 9.6 is available free of charge on Github!
DaVinci Resolve 16 | Free Guide
Blackmagic Design has published a new DaVinci Resolve 16 Beginner's Guide to make it easier to get started with all the important functions.
Facebuilder for Blender | Open Beta
KeenTools Facebuilder for Blender 2.8: The original Nuke tool is currently available as a free open Blender add-on beta!
Public Domain Textures | Free 4K Textures
New website for CC0 textures: Public Domain Textures offers a range of materials in up to 8
CG Cinematography | Free Guide
Colour, ACES, light types, Gestalt laws, techniques and methods: this online guide is packed with CG cinematography information!
Download | 40 Free Blood Textures
For anyone entering a blood frenzy at the start of the contemplative Christmas season: here are 40 free blood textures!
Material Maker | Procedural Textures
Generate procedural PBR textures without an Adobe subscription? Material Maker by Rodolphe Suescun offers a way out.
Free Download: Hundreds of 4K Materials
And to fill the next hard drive too: Share Textures offers you a large number of free 4K textures!
Free Trees, People and Skies
And onward with the free assets: Kaiserbold offers various PNG cut-outs for commercial use.
Free: Arnold Scene Converter
From V-Ray or Corona to Arnold? The free 3ds Max tool makes it easier to convert scenes.
3D Model Haven Announced
A new free 3D model library is in the starting blocks: 3D Model Haven follows in the footsteps of HDRI and Texture Haven.
Free Sculpting Brushes
Another one for the asset collection: You can expand your environment toolsets with these sculpting brushes.
Free NPC Animations for Unreal
The Unreal Marketplace is sounding the alarm again: This time, a bunch of NPCs with free animations will run you over!
SpeedCut | Free Maya Boolean Tool
The dream of Meshfusion or live booleans in Maya? The free SpeedCut plug-in could help!
Food: Free 3D Scans
And on we go with the asset collection for anyone who has not eaten dinner yet: Free 3D scans of apples, potatoes, carrots and more!
Screenspace Maya Plug-in
Screenspace is a practical Maya plug-in that lets users add custom shapes for control in the interface!
Free Environment Set
New assets in the Marketplace: Anyone looking for a substantial environment set should not miss the free offer in August!
ProRender 2.0 with Blender 2.80 Support
ProRender 2.0 for Blender 2.80: Supports Blender shader nodes, adaptive sampling, AI denoiser and more!
Free Lookdev Setup | Maya
Free Maya lookdev setup with Arnold: Artist Dusan Kovic gives us the kit including HDRs, Macbeth charts and more!
G-Casper: In Call Sheet Paradise?
Free, open-source management tool with automated call sheets, cast and crew lists and more!
Free Blender 2.8 Tool | Unreal Engine
Need a small timesaver? This free add-on enables faster exchange between Blender and Unreal Engine!
3D Alphas for ZBrush available free of charge
Concept artist and ZBrush expert Cki Vang has released a set of 10 free 3D alphas for detailing mech and sci-fi models.
SpriteStack | Voxel Editor
3D pixel art with the right tool: SpriteStack is a new free online and paid standalone editor for creating your own retro designs!
Unreal Engine | Free Assets in June
And this month Epic Games is also giving us the next batch of free assets!
From Sketch to Cloud!
A few strokes are enough: after a short calculation time, the free tool "KumoWorks" renders any cloud for you!
DeepC | OSS for Nuke
Deep compositing for everyone! The open source plugin "DeepC" makes it possible.
Substance Tools 2019.1 | Spring Updates
Substance's first major 2019 update: Designer and Painter add viewport displacement, radial symmetry, resources and more!
Unreal Engine | Free Assets in May
And this month Epic Games has another load of assets: furniture, plants, fire, PBR materials and more!
Tik: The Free Pipeline Tool
Maya, 3ds Max, Houdini and Nuke: the free Tik Manager pipeline tool is suitable for small to medium-sized teams!
Let’s Tree | Free Assets
"Make Your Forest Great Again" - fancy a few trees for your next project? These CC0 assets could help...
50 PBR Texture Sets 10K
High-resolution textures on Tumblr: Virtual Shade offers a series of texture sets in PBR format.
Freebies: 100 Arnold Materials
Free Arnold materials for your own asset library: with textures and Arnold setup!
Tilt-Shift Blur for After Effects
A nice free tool for After Effects: The familiar Tilft Shift Blur recreated with shape layers, Camera Lens Blur and null objects.
Quixel Mixer Now Free
Adobe ping-pong: One arrives, the other leaves: Quixel's Mixer is now temporarily free and available as a perpetual licence after the beta.
More Resources from Pixar!
Seamless textures, an iconic teapot, a lookdev studio and other assets: What's in Pixar RenderMan's resource portal?
Venom: Free VFX Training
Tom Hardy as Venom: If you feel like building your own Venom character, you can download the free VFX training.
For All Unreal Fans: Monthly Free Content!
Epic Games keeps its word: Back in November, the company announced free content on its own Marketplace for all UE4 users.
A Christmas Present from the Ninja
A generous ninja: fingerprints, blood, graffiti and more textures are now available from Ninja Textures for free under a CC0 licence!
C4D R20 in a Webinar!
Already got C4D R20 up and running? Anyone who still does not know what to do with it can have the latest features explained in a free German or English webinar next week!
Cineware for Illustrator in a Free Webinar
On 05.06. at 5 p.m. there will be a free webinar with Jonas Pilz on “Cineware for Illustrator” — so if you want to know what the new interface can do: watch, learn, ask questions!
Glitch for Free!
Glitch until the doctor comes—with the motion graphics template from AE for Premiere. Free to download!
ZBrush 2018 Release
The next free update for ZBrush: better sculpting workflows, new deformers, Polygroup functions and more in ZBrush 2018!
OctaneRender 4.0 and Roadmap
The Octane 4.0 preview is here: alongside a test version, there is information on the new features: a new free version, AI tools and more!
Free: Over 1,500 UE4 Paragon Assets
Epic Games has released free assets from Paragon worth 12 million dollars: characters and environment assets in the Unreal Engine Marketplace!
Free Scans: Leaf Textures
Anyone who wants to add leaves to their library can download high-resolution scans here. The leaf textures come in 4K with various texture maps.
Photogrammetry: Retopo with Instant Meshes
For anyone who wants to rely on free software in the photogrammetry workflow: Instant Meshes can automate the retopo work.
ZBrush Plug-in: Better Organized with FJTools
For anyone who wants a little more overview in a ZBrush project: this free ZBrush plug-in tidies things up!
Cinema 4D: Workflow Tips
Even more productive with Cinema 4D: these useful tips and scripts can speed up your Cinema 4D workflow!
VLC 3.0 Media Player: With 8K, HDR and Chromecast support
Folks! The new VLC 3.0 Media Player version is now available for free. With the release, VideoLan adds Chromecast, HDR, 360° videos and more!
Tree It: Generate Free Trees
Generate trees easily: the Tree It tool from Evolved Software comes with many useful features for creating trees automatically and manually!
Isotropix: Clarisse 3.6 Release
The layout, lighting, rendering and compositing tool from Isotropix gets new features: here is an overview of the Clarisse 3.6 release!
Effex 2.8 for Cinema 4D Now Free
The “Effex” simulation framework for Cinema 4D is now available free of charge on GitHub.
Kitbash: 200 Free 3D Assets
More than 200 3D assets in OBJ format from Constantin Paschou: You can use this free collection under a CC0 licence for any purpose.
Allan McKay: Decay VFX Training
New free VFX training from Allan McKay: This time there's a ten-hour session on how to realise this decay effect.
Octane for Unity Released!
Otoy’s Octane Renderer is now also available for Unity: The GPU renderer is also available in a free version for the game engine.
21 free alpha masks
New free stuff: Free hardsurface alpha masks by game artist Dan Rožański. The total of 21 alphas can also be used for commercial purposes!
Webinar: Cineware for Illustrator
Cineware for Illustrator: The Maxon webinar on the new Illustrator plug-in is now online. Dimitris Katsafouros shows you possible new workflows.
40 New Free 16K HDRIs
HDRI Haven with a total of 40 new environment maps: You can use them in 16K resoltuion for private and commercial purposes.
Introduction: Redshift for Cinema 4D
An introduction to using Redshift in Cinema 4D: Paulo Barrelas shows you all the necessary basics. You can also test the renderer with no time limit!
Super Renders: Free Beta
A new render farm for Maya, 3ds Max and Cinema 4D. Super Renders is currently offering free use of the service in the beta version.
RigUI: Blender Add-on for Rig Control
A useful, free Blender add-on for rig control: For anyone who wants to create a quick rig interface for animation in Blender!
Megascans 2018 with Free Assets
The Swedish scanning studio Quixel has released an update for the scan library with Megascans 2018 – including 11 free assets.
AE Plugins: Free OLM Blurs
Free After Effects blur plug-ins from OLM Digital. The studio is releasing the plug-ins as part of the OLM Open Tools.
HDR Vault: 44 Free Maps
A new HDR library from Philip Modin with more than 44 free environment maps: Can be used for commercial and private purposes!
Master Artists Motion Graphics Templates
The free Master Artist Motion Graphics Template Collection is available for Premiere Pro CC: Adobe offers the templates free of charge via Adobe Stock.
Free Assets: Scans of Rock Ledges
Free environment assets: Environment artist Dmitry Kremiansky offers four scans of rock ledges with 8K to 16K textures!
Poly: Google’s 3D Library
Google's new open 3D library: Poly expands the recently released tools “Blocks” and “Tilt Brush” with an open 3D collection.
17 Free LUTs for LOG Footage
The LUT package sponsored by Premium Beat is called Wanderlust. It contains 17 specially made look-up tables tailored to LOG film material.
Free Storyboard Program
Storyboarder, developed by film-production company Wonderunit, is compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux and can be downloaded free of charge.
VFX Plug-ins: Sapphire and Continuum 11
A major round of updates at Boris FX: the VFX plug-ins Sapphire and Continuum with many new features. For a small plug-in overview, there are also free articles from DP!
Maya: Free Bonus Tools 2018
Autodesk releases the free Bonus Tools: the collection contains useful scripts and plug-ins for the current Maya 2018 version.
Free: Substance Painter Live Link
Live link between Substance Painter and DCC tools: the free plug-in allows you to update your materials from Painter in Maya, Blender and Modo.
Free Octane Material Pack for C4D
These 15 material maps for Cinema 4D can be used to design various surface looks.
Graphic Designers Take Note: Cineware for Adobe Illustrator
Brand-new is “Cineware for Illustrator”: The plug-in makes it possible to process and manipulate 3D objects directly in Illustrator CC – based on the proven Cinema 4D engine.
Free High-Res Model of a Human Head
Eisko is a company that produces digital doubles. Here they are making the scanned 3D head of a woman available as a free download.
21 Free 4K Fog Overlays
Just in time for the start of autumn, Premium Beat is giving away 21 fog overlays. In stylish 4K resolution, they are ideal for making footage more autumnal or for motion graphics.
Free Explosions: SFX and VFX
There is free footage once again: Over 40 explosion elements with 15 video clips and 25 explosion sound effects.
Blender 2.8 in the Starting Blocks
Realtime render engine, custom workspaces, new dependency graph and more: Here is an overview of the expected features in Blender 2.8!
OctaneVR for After Effects and Nuke!
Otoy releases free versions of Octane for Adobe After Effects and Foundry Nuke - for all OctaneVR subscribers.
Two Free Brush Packs
For hard surfaces and environments, Andrew Arkin is making these two brush packs available free of charge – for software that supports alpha and height maps.
ArtisGL: Free 3D Publishing
Free publishing tool for 3D content: With ArtisGL, you can present 3D content and 360° maps through the platform with a free account.
Photogrammetry: Workflow Guide with Unity
Free ebook for the photgrammetry workflow: Unity has now released a guide to creating digital assets for the Unity pipeline.
C4D Script for Dynamic Paths
Free for Cinema 4D: With Jan Sladecko's Python script, you can create dynamic paths – for commercial and private use.
Mr. Viewer: Update for the VFX Media Player
Update for the free media player: Alongside performance improvements, Mr. Viewer can now edit metadata and update files.
Blocks: VR Modeling Tool from Google
Free VR modeling with new software from Google: With Blocks, you can create and export simple 3D models.
Free Light Kit for Cinema 4D & Octane
3D artist Daniel Mozbäuchel offers a free light kit for Cinema 4D & Octane with various settings for custom configuration.
Image Engine and the Power Rangers
Canadian studio Image Engine shows new 2017 reels and a breakdown – including its work on the new Power Rangers film.
Avid: Free Media Composer Is Here
Avid now offers a slimmed-down version of Media Composer: "Media Composer First" is available as a free download, with a limited range of features.
Six Free Rocks with 4K Texture
Low-poly rocks by Andrew Alex: The 3D artist offers a total of six low-poly models with 4K textures as a free download.
From Concrete to Gravel: Free 5K Textures
Freelance 3D concept artist Miloš Belanec offers free textures. They include various texture maps in 5K resolution – some with seamless transitions.
Free Sci-Fi Sound Effects
Sci-Fi Mechanics, UI, booms, drones and cinematic soundscapes: Sound designer Phil Michalski offers free sound effects.
94 free effects plug-ins
Whether in After Effects, Nuke, DaVinci, Final Cut or Premiere: FXhome offers over 90 free plug-ins - for keying, VFX, colour correction and more!
15 Hours of Fireball VFX Training
Free training: In this session, supervisor McKay provides 15 hours of training on creating a fireball shot from start to finish.
Blender: Real-Time Rendering with Eevee
Real-time rendering in Blender: Updates on "Eevee" for real-time rendering in the viewport. You can test the new engine in the 2.8 test build.
Import Refractive Indices into Cinema 4D
With this free Refractive Index Importer plug-in, refractive indices can be imported as curve data, applied to objects and modified.
A’s Video Converter
Free video converter with hardware acceleration for H.265/HEVC encoding—up to 8 files simultaneously with additional filter features.