The availability of free resources for digital art nowadays will make you lose track of all possible updates regarding textures and HDR maps, which you can use to improve your work in architectural visualization. To help you get the latest resources from several online libraries will often put together a list with the newest resources […]
When you find a resource online for an external renderer like Corona Render, which most of the time will have 3ds Max as the main reference you will probably wonder if you can use that with Blender. For most cases, it will not work if you get a native file like “MAX” or “MAT”. But, […]
Yesterday we posted an article with some updates regarding HDR maps for architecture. Today it is time to catch up with some recent additions to the online repositories of PBR materials. What is a PBR material? With that kind of material, you will be able to craft realistic surfaces on both Cycles and Eevee. The […]
If you have a project to render using either Eevee or Cycles, there is a high chance that you will need an HDR map for lighting. Using such a map as your environment texture could be the difference between an artificial and dark image to something realistic and bright. In the past we had to […]
It is never too much to get some more high-quality textures for your personal library and add some new options for a future project. If that new texture has 8k resolution and might help you with architectural visualization it is something you can’t miss. Do you want to download a free cracked brick floor texture? […]
In the search for assets to grow your library of resources for architectural visualization you probably have textures as the second item on your list, right behind furniture models. There are several sources of free textures available nowadays, but it is never too much to get additional files for variety. The texture collection we are […]
Among the new features of Blender 2.8 for architectural render, you will notice that it now has support for IES profiles in lights. That will give you an incredible tool to create realistic simulations for real-world lights in Blender. What is an IES profile? That is a small text file describing how a particular lamp […]
The availability of external renders for Blender nowadays is fantastic, and besides the two excellent internal options, you could also choose to work with several others. For instance, you could render projects with Corona, V-Ray, or Octane Render. A lot of project we feature here uses Octane as their main render engine. If you also […]
Receive free assets, news, and resources for architecture