RizomUV 2027: More UVs, Less Wrestling
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Alpaca3D: Retopo With a Reality Check
Live bake feedback, UV constraints and editable projection cages: Alpaca3D connects low-poly construction to texture-map output.
MechaPaint 2.0 Paints Pixels and Plastic
MechaPaint 2.0 combines PBR painting, physical-paint matching, image-derived geometry, local AI and engine-ready delivery in one 3D workflow.
Colormass Scans 177 Reasons to Check Your Shader
Colormass offers free scanned materials for look development. The maps deserve a close look, and the licence deserves an even closer one.
KitBash3D Paris: City Break, No Airport
The Kitbash3D Set "Paris" brings Haussmann blocks, landmarks, street props and a game-ready Unreal path. Your next city break may require 32 GB of RAM.
Mixos paints PBR in the browser
Browser-based PBR painter Mixos supports mesh imports, layer masking, 4K paid exports and a 2,669-material CC0 library.
Matcha maps photo refs in Maya
Matcha for Maya manages reference cameras, projects photos onto models, paints masks and exports organized PSD stacks.
Substance 3D Painter 12.1 bakes smarter
Painter 12.1 targets baking pain with skew maps, auto rebake, OpenPBR defaults and cleaner hard-surface UVs for asset teams.
3DCoat 2026 gets GPU nodes
3DCoat 2026 beta adds GPU node texturing, procedural smart materials and masks. Shiny, useful and still beta-shaped.
Foundry launches free Mari Texture Library with 120+ assets
Foundry’s new Mari Texture Library offers more than 120 free assets, including Smart Materials, Smart Masks, textures, brushes and HDRIs for Mari and general DCC workflows.
Abstract brings native InstaMAT and InstaLOD on Linux
Abstract has released public preview Linux builds of InstaMAT and InstaLOD, adding native support for RHEL-compatible production environments, Blender and Maya integrations, GPU acceleration, and automation-friendly deployment.
Abstract ships InstaMAT 2026 Curves Brushes
InstaMAT 2026 adds editable curve painting, smarter symmetry, and fresh mesh masking, plus pricing tweaks that matter for teams and freelancers.
Adobe releases Substance 3D Painter 12 with decal warp
Substance 3D Painter 12 adds Warp to Geometry for decals, expands viewport post effects, and introduces flatten-in-stack exports plus new pricing details.
Texturing XYZ puts SKAP online, pores included
Texturing XYZ’s SKAP turns 2K to 8K inputs into 16K skin maps in a browser, priced in credits at $1 each.
5000 PBR materials, zero node wrangling
5000 PBR materials packaged for Blender Asset Browser, drag and drop, GPL licensed, priced for indies.
Quixel Mixer dead, final offline version released
Quixel Mixer is discontinued. Quixel has published a final, free, unsupported offline build, with optional free asset packs that include 800+ assets.
RealBlend brings mesh painting back to Unity
New Unity mesh painting tool targets Polybrush users with in editor vertex colour and mesh editing features.
InstaMAT Test: Painting, Procedurals and Pasta
InstaMAT merges painting, materials, and mesh editing into one node-based tool that connects Substance-style workflows with procedural control. Sounds great, so we'll get our hands dirty and test it!
LotPixel drops 1,300+ free PBR textures in Hub app
LotPixel Hub beta gives 3D artists free access to 1,300+ PBR textures up to 8K, with Blender integration and more DCCs to come.
Substance Designer cleans up its nodes
Cleaner graphs, smarter noise, and a friendlier graph creation UI: Substance 3D Designer 15.1 focuses on making material authoring less fiddly.
InstaMAT Gets Smarter: September 2025 Update Sharpens Shading, Painting, and Performance
New shading, erosion, and painting tools: InstaMAT’s September 2025 update is less marketing, more material.
From Concept to Play: Streamlining Asset Pipelines with InstaMAT’s Scalable Workflows
Procedural pipelines, scalable and automated asset texturing, physically-based terrain generation, and thousands of generative materials, if that’s your thing, you have to check out InstaMAT!
Over 1,500 Free PBR Textures from LotPixel’s Library
LotPixel has released over 1,500 scan‑based PBR texture sets in JPEG format, with resolutions up to 8 K, and…
The Survivor: A Study in Character-Driven Look Development
At FMX, we met a few students from "PIXLVISN " - and since we never looked at what they are doing, it is high time to do so!
Dirty Shader Hands? Use MatCaps!
A free tool for Blender lets you paint PBR materials directly in 3D Viewport—without UVs, nodes or shaders.
Painter, Designer, Modeler: Adobe Refines the 3D Toolbox
Adobe presents updates to Substance 3D Painter and Designer, expanding integration, realism, and control—with unmetered assets and indie pricing.
Procedural Texturing using Houdini and MaterialX
Learn how Houdini's MaterialX simplifies procedural texturing for VFX artists, with a focus on efficient shading and rendering workflows.
Through the Woodlands
Creatures made of tree branches and roots seem to have a firm place in the history ofVFX. Just…
New Kizzle Splatter Node Enhances Adobe Substance 3D Designer
Kai Mergener’s custom Kizzle Splatter Node streamlines pattern creation in Substance 3D Designer, offering new procedural texturing capabilities for 3D artists.
Castle In The Sky Hommage
We all think Studio Ghibli is great - and if you want to learn what makes it so charming and appealing, a homage is always a good way to go. And I had the opportunity at Ostfalia University,
to really immerse myself - a
an experience report.
3DCoat 2021.53 Adds RGB Cavity and Smart Material Improvements
Pilgway's 3DCoat 2021.53 update introduced RGB Cavity, reworked Smart Materials, Pose tool improvements and fixes for partial voxelisation.
Free Blender Baker Add-on Speeds PBR Texture Baking
Daniel Bystedt’s free Blender Baker add-on was designed to streamline PBR texture-map and lighting baking from high- to low-resolution models.
Video: modo Tutorial, Episode 6
Luxology provides a total of eight tutorial videos for modo. DP presents a different one of these films each day. Today: “3D Painting”
Autodesk presents Maya 2008 Extension 2
Autodesk Maya 2008 Extension 2 software is expected to be available for download in March 2008 to Subscription users of Maya Complete 2008 and Maya Unlimited 2008 Autodesk with Gold Support. Extension 2 will not be sold separately.
Maya Unlimited price falls as Extension 2 arrives
Autodesk cuts Maya Unlimited pricing and announces Maya 2008 Extension 2 with modelling, UV and Maya Muscle improvements.
BodyPaint 3D Textures The Golden Compass
Framestore CFC used BodyPaint 3D to texture the bears, armour, environments and digital doubles in The Golden Compass.
New in Stores Now: Special Issue “DPWorkshop 3ds Max”
With the issue on Autodesk 3ds Max, DIGITAL PRODUCTION launches a new series of special issues that provide bundled know-how on important topics in the DCC industry.
SIGGRAPH 2007: Pixologic Presents ZBrush 3.1 Update
Pixologic has released in San Diego update to ZBrush 3.1. Ryan Kingslien, Product Manager at Pixalogic, explains to DIGITAL PRODUCTION the new feature of the current version.
Siggraph: Luxology Announces Modo 201
The New Version Combines Modeling, Painting and Rendering / Expected to Be Available in the Fourth Quarter of 2005
Siggraph: New Versions of Cinema 4D and Bodypaint, New Production Bundle
Upgrades to Cinema 4D R9.5 and Bodypaint 3D R2.5 as well as Maxon
Production Bundle presented
Siggraph: Autodesk Presents 3ds max 8
Autodesk also used Siggraph to present a new version of its 3D solution
SIGGRAPH: Avid Unveils Softimage XSI 5.0
The new version offers native 64-bit support, new tools and Maya migration features
SIGGRAPH: Alias Introduces Maya 7
New modelling, texturing, effects and game-design tools join faster character animation
64-Bit Version of Cinema 4D Available
Maxon releases final 64-bit version of Cinema 3D R9 for Windows 64-bit operating system / Free for registered users
BodyPaint 3D R2 Available for Softimage XSI
Maxon is now providing a plug-in that enables bidirectional data exchange between Softimage XSI and BodyPaint 3D.
Discreet Introduces 3ds Max 7.5 for Subscription Customers
The subscription update adds hair and fur, mental ray 3.4 and integrated visualisation tools
Trial Version of Alias ImageStudio 2 Available
Version 2 of Alias's ImageStudio rendering solution can now be tried free of charge for 30 days.
Dosch Releases Christmas 3D Models
Dosch Design has introduced Dosch 3D: Holidays - Christmas, a collection of 96 fully textured seasonal 3D models.
Siggraph Follow-up 2004: Discreet 3ds max 7
While 3ds max version 6 debuted at Siggraph the previous year, so
version 7 now celebrated its premiere at the Discreet stand.
Pixologic Comes with ZBrush 2
In the area of modeling, texturing and painting, the 2D/3D software “ZBrush 2” from Pixologic offers new possibilities.
Sony Picture Imageworks Chooses BodyPaint 3D
One of the most successful production houses for computer animation and special effects, Sony Pictures Imageworks, - involved in worldwide successes such as "Harry Potter", "The Lord of the Rings" and "Matrix Reloaded" -
Siggraph 2003: BodyPaint 3D Release 2
BodyPaint 3D Release 2 - the brand-new version of Maxon’s universal texturing tool now supports Projection Painting for distortion-free painting, including across multiple objects.
Tag Manager for Cinema 4D
The Tag Manager for Cinema 4D adds new functions and simplifies tag handling.
REALVIZ Launches ImageModeler 3.5 for Windows at Imagina
ImageModeler 3.5 brought photo-based 3D reconstruction, automatic texturing and improved calibration to Windows XP and 2000 for €/$750.
REALVIZ Releases ImageModeler 3.5 for Mac OS X
ImageModeler 3.5 brought photo-based 3D reconstruction, automatic texturing and a redesigned workflow to the Macintosh for the first time.
Alias|Wavefront Announces Maya 4.5 Personal Learning Edition
The free Maya 4.5 Personal Learning Edition added improved learning tools, data import and features from Maya Complete 4.5.
Trimetric Offers Optical 3D Scanning with UV-Mapped Textures
Trimetric’s ATOS HR scanning service projected digital photographs onto measured polygonal geometry and generated UV-mapped textures.
Discreet presents 3ds max 5
The latest version of the animation software offers designers and artists new artistic possibilities and greater productivity
RenderMan Artist Tools 5.0 Released for Maya
RenderMan Artist Tools 5.0 added the Irma re-rendering system, multi-processor acceleration and support for PRMan Toolkit 10 features.
Pixar Introduces RenderMan 10 Toolkit
PRMan 10 added smart archives, subdivision-surface texturing, rendering controls and shader-language improvements.
OpenGL now available in the latest version 1.3
New features and functions give the graphics library additional quality and realism capabilities