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Quixel Mixer 2020 Released

Hot on the heels of Quixel Bridge 2020, Quixel have just released Mixer 2020.  Just like Bridge 2020, Mixer 2020 has also been made completely free!  This version contains a massively updated UI, a revamped 3D brush system, the Smart Material system and most importantly, the ability to directly paint on your own imported meshes, […]

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Affinity Designer and Photo 1.7 Released

Serif Release Affinity Photo And Designer 1.7

Serif have just released version 1.7 of both of their flagship applications, Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer.  These tools provide excellent alternatives to Adobe products such as Photoshop and Illustrator with a much lower, pay once price tag.  The 1.7 update applies to all platforms, Windows, Mac and iOS.Affinity Photo changes:Big performance increases across Mac, […]

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Adobe Air Tombstone

Adobe End Of Life Adobe AIR

In 2017 Adobe announced the End Of Life for the Flash browser plugin was coming at the end of 2020.  Flash developers still had the ability to deploy their applications to desktops and mobile devices using Adobe AIR technology.  Today, Adobe announced the EOL for that platform as well.As of June 2019, Adobe is transitioning […]

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GB Studio Released

GB Studio Released

GB Studio was just released.  It’s an open source MIT licensed game engine for creating top down JRPG style games for the Gameboy.  Capable of generating ROMs that can be run in an emulator, as well as playable web versions that can be uploaded to Itch.io.  Summary details of GB Studio from their website:Visual game […]

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GAEA from QuadSpinner

GAEA (not to be confused with GAIA for Unity), is a newly released terrain generation tool from QuadSpinner.  They describe GAEA as:Gaea takes terrain design toe-to-toe with the rest of the CG landscape. Designed with artists and their vision in mind, Gaea brings together advanced toolsets in an easy-to-use package where you can get Hollywood […]

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Quixel Mixer Hands-On

With the recent Adobe acquisition of Allegorithmic, I researched alternatives to Substance Painter and Designer.  One of the most prominent entries was Mixer by Quixel, which is currently available completely free while in beta form.   Quixel Mixer is a PBR texture creation tool where you create textures using an easy to use layer based system.  […]

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