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This week in the HALL OF FRAMED

Take a look at the excellent shots in the Hall of FRAMED for 7th February 2026 - 13th February 2026

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One major new feature is the progressive rendering mode.

Instead of deciding on a fixed number of samples and hoping it’s enough, you can keep rendering until you’re happy with the quality.

And you can pause and resume rendering whenever you want.

We’re kicking off our Depth of Field previews with Parallax DoF, an addon made to work with camera tools from Otis_inf (@fransbouma.com)

So let’s dive in and see what’s going on under the hood.

Strap in! 🧵

#VirtualPhotography #ReShade

They always string the first line together into some sort of sentence to trick you, this was what they chose today 😅

Today’s Connections quiz with the words Friction Magical Heated Rivalry placed along the top line

It cannot be avoided (complimentary)

February brings us this absolute danger

ilu february

Screenshot from The Outer Worlds 2 showing a close portrait of a woman with red hair cut into a messy bob. She's wearing teal green space armour. In the background are lots of bright orange lights that are blurred.

Screenshot from The Outer Worlds 2 showing a computer console of some sort

I do still take screenshots

#TheOuterWorlds2

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COMING UP!

We'll be covering TWO imminent Depth of Field shaders, er, in depth!

The 1st we've already teased: an addon DoF that utilises the camera tools by @fransbouma.com; the 2nd is a rewrite of iMMERSE DoF, making it the most advanced of its type.

Keep watching!

#VirtualPhotography

Same. And it is young. My mum died 18 months ago when she was 73 and that was far too soon. My grandmothers both lived into their 90s. That's 20 years shaved off life. It's so cruel.

It’s devastating. Don’t know why but it’s made me cry. What a woman.

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Go well, Catherine

Everything is set up to make things as difficult as possible, in the hope that at least some people will just give up. Same with PIP etc assessments. So many claims denied that are eventually overturned on appeal, but how many never appeal because of how tiring it is?

get straight in the fuckin bin

What a way to completely fuck over your reputation in one fell swoop.

John Oxley points out the clear yet often overlooked point that young men 18-24 are the second most liberal, left-leaning group in society (after young women) - being more so than young-ish thirtysomething women, and older women, as well as than men in older cohorts

Very much at the point where I wish I could leave. idk where I'd go, and it's a moot point anyway. But what a dismal, pathetic country.

a man with long hair is sitting at a table/desk in a room with a book case, windows and crossed swords on the wall. he is saying: the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer.

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slender woman, wearing a futuristic yellow visor over her eyes, higher than knee high red boots, tight futuristic clothes, is sitting on something shiny and silver, using a computer in a floating bubble. she has no hair.

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Screenshot from today’s Connection game By NYT showing 4 of the words highlighted. They are: SUB, DOM, ENTER, SHIP

I think I need a break #heatedrivalry

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This week in the HALL OF FRAMED

Take a look at the excellent shots in the Hall of FRAMED for 17th January 2026 - 23rd January 2026

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That's very kind of you to say ❤️

I do definitely lack the experience though, and for that salary (which is high for the UK) they'd not be expecting someone for whom it would be a first real role like this. Plus I'd have to commute and I hate doing that lol

PC players finally not being denied ❤️

Wish I had the experience (and skill lol) to go for the capture artist role they’re currently advertising for. Ah well, perhaps in another life.

YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales How We Make Hope Normal Again- Green Party Political Broadcast

The most moving party political broadcast I've ever seen

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Well done, @zackpolanski.bsky.social and @greenparty.org.uk

YouTube video by Marty's Mods Understanding The Depth Buffer | ReShade Tutorial

UNDERSTANDING THE DEPTH BUFFER

Have you ever run into problems trying to use your favourite ReShade depth effects like MXAO, RTGI or ReLight? We made a ReShade guide to help you understand and fix the depth buffer 👇

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Me too!

Dragon Age: The Veilguard (PC, own camera tools, Reshade)

Those combat shots especially are really good

I hope you enjoy it. Ep3 is a complete change of pace but completely pivotal for the whole story.

I’ve really enjoyed the books, even though I don’t usually read romance. Sometimes you just need something unabashedly hopeful and comfy.

I did actually play datv through first with mage and it was heaps of fun, but I was a lil stabbity melee mage so it kind of felt a bit like rogue with magic, so still on brand 😅