See the new features due in Megascans and Quixel Mixer

Megascans to get new 'modular' assets and drone scans; Mixer to get new tools for authoring stylised, painterly materials.

Tuesday, April 7th, 2020

Get finalRender for free

New free edition of the 3ds Max production renderer lacks hybrid CPU/GPU and network rendering, but can be used commercially.

Wednesday, March 25th, 2020

Epic Games acquires facial mocap firm Cubic Motion

Unreal Engine developer continues to buy its partners from its recent real-time digital human tech demos.

Friday, March 13th, 2020

Watch The Heretic, Unity's beautiful new CG short

See the latest Unity demo short, showcasing advances in real-time shading for hair, eyes and cloth.

Thursday, January 23rd, 2020

The 10 best VFX and animation breakdowns of 2019

Watch the best tech breakdowns of 2019, as determined by 120,000 CG Channel Facebook followers.

Sunday, January 12th, 2020

10 key features for CG artists from Unreal Engine 4.24

See the best new tools in the game engine and real-time renderer - from landscape editing to 3D text.

Sunday, December 15th, 2019

Epic Games to make Unreal Studio's tools available free

Real-time visualisation platform's Datasmith toolkit will become part of UE4, not as a paid-for service.

Tuesday, November 12th, 2019

Eye candy: SideFX's 2019 Houdini customer reel

Check out the best new movies, ads and cinematics created using Houdini, then follow our links to the VFX breakdowns.

Monday, July 29th, 2019

RandomControl launches Maverick Studio

Updated: new visualisation tool from the creators of the Arion renderer gets perpetual licences.

Tuesday, June 18th, 2019

Discover how DICE LA created Battlefield V's environments

See how the game's photorealistic environments were created at Gnomon this Thursday, or watch the talk free online.

Tuesday, May 28th, 2019

The Gnomon Workshop ships Introduction to ZBrush

Updated to cover ZBrush 2019: Master digital sculpting with Madeleine Spencer's detailed 21-hour training video.

Monday, May 27th, 2019

Epic Games buys Twinmotion

Intuitive real-time architectural visualisation tool now free to download until 2020 - including use in commercial work.

Monday, May 13th, 2019

Cubic Motion ships Persona

Intriguing new facial mocap system makes the tech behind Epic Games' amazing GDC demos available as a commercial product.

Wednesday, May 1st, 2019