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Normal news coverage resumes on Monday 30 June. Find out what will be happening on the site until then.

Monday, June 23rd, 2014

Technology from next-gen console and PC engine to be used to create new real-time 3D visualisation tools.

Monday, June 9th, 2014

Updated: We round up the main new products from the show - including five more we missed first time round.

Tuesday, August 6th, 2013

We round up the tools most relevant to CG Channel, including Sapphire 7 and SliceX powered by mocha.

Thursday, April 11th, 2013

Tintin's VFX Supervisor discusses new tools, techniques and the shift to artistically driven lighting.

Friday, October 5th, 2012

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

Check out the new features in the image-editing software, including nifty new Select Details options in the AI-based Object Selection tool.

Thursday, April 24th, 2025

Update to the renderer adds over 3,100 Chaos Scans materials to the Cosmos library, and improves DoF and volumetric effects.

Thursday, April 24th, 2025

Get JustB Studios' 1850s Post Office Environment pack of 3D assets for free for two weeks on the Fab marketplace. For commercial use.

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025

Lightweight Procedural Clouds Shader generates realistic clouds in production conditions, and works with the Cycles or Eevee renderers.

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025

Real-time physics framework used in game engines and offline simulation tools for 3ds Max and Maya is now fully open-source.

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025