Freetone!

With all the crap going on between Pantone and Adobe I kinda knew it only be a mtter of time till someone comes up with a solution. Check out Freetone. Cool stuff.

“FREETONE by Stuart Semple contains 1280 colours including digital versions of his Pinkest Pink, Incredibly Kelinish Blue, Black 3.0 and TIFF.

A SIMPLE & TOTALLY FREE COLOUR PALETTE PLUGIN FOR ADOBE

That unlocks a whole books worth of very Pantone-ish colours.

1280 Liberated colours are extremely Pantoneish and reminiscent of those found in the most iconic colour book of all time. In fact it's been argued that they are indistinguishable from those behind the Adobe paywall. “

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HyperGrass!

This asset looks pretty good, adding it to the list of assets / tutorials to try out for sure.

“HyperGrass is a multi-purpose collection of realistic 3D grass assets unlike any other. Create realistic fields of grass with ease and craft the perfect look you need with an unprecedented amount of flexibility, control and creative possibility.

With a unique multi-layer design and endless amounts of variation, HyperGrass will be the only 3D grass library you ever need for adding incredible realism to your artwork.”