Unity 6.1: discover 5 key features for CG artists
See the key features in the game engine and real-time renderer, from better 3D water to Variable Rate Shading and Deferred+ rendering.
Friday, April 25th, 2025
Unity previews Unity 6.1
Check out the key artist features in the next version of the game engine, including support for Variable Rate Shading and better DX12 ray tracing.
Thursday, March 20th, 2025
Welcome to the new CG Channel!
We've updated the site to make it easier to use on mobiles and tablets. Let us know what you think!
Wednesday, August 30th, 2023
See Facebook Reality Labs' work on Cycles in Blender
New Alembic procedural speeds up viewport rendering of animation caches by up to 12x in Blender 3.0.
Monday, December 13th, 2021
Blender 3.1 to introduce native Metal support in Cycles
New macOS backend unveiled as Apple becomes a Corporate Patron of the Blender Development Fund.
Sunday, October 17th, 2021
Adobe backs Blender Development Fund
Software giant's Gold sponsorship provides €30,000/year to help develop the open-source 3D app.
Thursday, July 22nd, 2021
See the 2021 Blender roadmap
Check out the major features coming up in the open-source 3D software in this year's Blender 2.93 and Blender 3.0 releases.
Friday, April 23rd, 2021
Amazon Web Services is now a Blender Corporate Patron
Tech giant's donation ensures at least €360,000 in funding to overhaul Blender's animation tools.
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2020
Facebook becomes Corporate Patron of Blender
Social media giant is the most suprising $120,000+/year backer of the open-source 3D software so far.
Friday, November 20th, 2020
Adobe releases Medium 2.4
First Adobe release of the virtual reality sculpting tool adds features intended to help users create more complex sculpts, better FBX export.
Friday, August 28th, 2020
Red Giant ships Universe 3.3
Online library of effects plugins gets new Quantum tool for light trails, plus better layer blending, glow and chromatic aberration.
Wednesday, August 19th, 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
Adobe acquires Medium
Firm acquires VR modelling and painting app from Facebook. Some staff to move to Adobe to work on the 'next generation of 3D tools'.
Tuesday, December 10th, 2019