No idea what they are or how to use them But all good for those that do! 
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It’s basically a way to describe the distribution of light from a light source (like a light bulb). Many manufactures actually provide IES information for their light bulbs. There is some way to use it in blender for sure 
. I’ve used them with unreal previously. It’s important to have if you aim for realism in interior scenes (e.g., archviz).
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Nice list of resources @bOBaN, I especially like the last link to blueprints, though I really would like some architectural blueprints, but I can’t find any good ones which are free.
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Added PureRef and Kuadro (don’t fit 100%, but useful, free and being asked about it from time to time)
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Thanks for this amazing thread!
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Good suggestion! Added (btw. it’s a wiki, so anybody should be able to edit first post 
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Ahhh, I didn’t know that. Wiki, how cleaver. I will do this for you. give me some time.
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Already done
And I added https://github.com/CGCookie/retopoflow as well. Didn’t use it but also heard good opinions about it (and it’s quite popular on Blender Market)
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So this Wiki feature, could also be handy for other topics … like those most asked questions …
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Yes! That’s a good idea. First thing that comes to my mind is baking the maps for Ogre .
(I discovered this feature just recently - when I was creating this thread)
I see a lot (you too) messages of student, who encounter some problems in an earlier stage of the course.
Like:
- Cycles noise
- Baking Orcs
- Eevee shadow
- Not applying scale …
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Definitely… that will not stop the questions, but it will definitely help answering them 
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Added…
I wonder if we started to add tools to this list… shouldn’t we add tools like quixel mixer and armor paint?
Quite possibly if they are free, open source.
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Added. At first I didn’t want to add tools as this opens quite big can of worms . Added also Instant Meshes.
Well you could separate them out in different threads?
Resources and free add ons, supplementary free standing programs.
Part of the problem becomes each needs a basic explanation of what they do.
Armour paint wants money too.
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I need to sleep more, that’s obvious solution
Will do it tomorrow or on Monday.
Yes… Though I try to keep it short…
You can get it for free if you compile it yourself (or someone does it for you). I wrote it in the description,but maybe that’s not clear from the description?
Ah so you did, I have no idea how to that is probably why I ignore it!
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