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June 2014 Tech Reviews

Todd Sheridan Perry - June 6, 2014

Chaos V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max There is no way that I'm going to be able to fit all the features in V-Ray 3.0. Is...

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Review: Photoshop 3D Printing Tools

Todd Sheridan Perry - April 29, 2014

With the latest release of Photoshop CC (and frankly, now with the subscription model and frequent updates, I don't know how I'm going to...

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April/May 2014 Tech Reviews

Todd Sheridan Perry - April 5, 2014

ToonBoom's Animate Pro 3.0 ToonBoom has definitely carved a niche for itself in the animation world, from the production-level Harmony products down to the tools...

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March 2014 Tech Reviews

Todd Sheridan Perry - February 15, 2014

Reallusion's iClone iClone is now in its 5.5th iteration, with hundreds of animators, filmmakers and game designers not only using the software, but contributing to...

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February 2014 Tech Reviews

Todd Sheridan Perry - January 15, 2014

Best of the Year Our brilliant tech critic picks 12 of his favorite releases of the past year: Lagoa. This web-based 3D system with a progressive,...

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January 2014 Tech Reviews

Todd Sheridan Perry - January 7, 2014

Maxon's Cinema 4D Release 15 In Maxon's 15th release of Cinema 4D, plenty of features have been added across the spectrum of needs for the...

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November 2013 Tech Reviews

Todd Sheridan Perry - October 23, 2013

Hewlett-Packard's z820 Workstation I have to speak up about the Hewlett-Packard z820 workstation. As a product reviewer, I need a robust machine to test things...

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March 2013 Tech Reviews

Todd Sheridan Perry - March 7, 2013

The Foundry’s Nuke 7.0 U.K.-based vfx software tool designer The Foundry has certainly carved out a nice niche for itself in the world. After buying...

The Top 12 Tech Tools of 2012

Todd Sheridan Perry - December 27, 2012

Our in-the-know visual effects expert and critic picks his favorite releases of the year (in no particular order!): Digital Molecular Matter. Physical simulation system found...

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June 2011 Tech Reviews

Todd Sheridan Perry - June 14, 2011

Red Giant’s Trapcode Particular Usually creating particle systems requires a 3D package with an fx geek behind the controls spinning spinners on turbulence, wind, gravity,...

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April 2011 Tech Reviews

Todd Sheridan Perry - May 5, 2011

Cebas’ thinkingParticles 4 What makes a Houdini FX artist drool? ThinkingParticles 4. A relative latecomer in the slew of Cebas products that have arrived on...

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Online Animation & VFX Courses

Todd Sheridan Perry - March 1, 2011

Online Animation & VFX Courses There isn’t much point of having software for making pretty pictures if you don’t know how to use it. Many...

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Autodesk Reviews 2011

Todd Sheridan Perry - November 17, 2010

Autodesk 3ds Max 2011 It’s about that time of year—to look at the features of the Big Three, which are under the umbrella of the...

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Hitachi G-Technology’s G-Drive Mobile

Todd Sheridan Perry - November 2, 2010

We live in a world of high-capacity and low-spatial volume—a trend started by Sony when they started releasing Walkmans that were physically smaller than...

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Digital-Tutors Vault

Todd Sheridan Perry - November 2, 2010

I have to preface this review by stating that I have a bias toward Digital-Tutors because I’m already a subscriber, and I can’t count...

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Smith Micro Software’s Anime Studio 7

Todd Sheridan Perry - November 2, 2010

Anime Studio is one of those 2D programs in a 3D saturated market that has been running with larger systems, and appears to be...

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Wacom Cintiq 21UX

Todd Sheridan Perry - July 1, 2010

Wacom recently released the latest installation of is high-end production tablet, the Cintiq 21UX, with its built-in LCD display. A staple at design, photography...

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BonesPro 4

Todd Sheridan Perry - July 1, 2010

Most Max users are familiar with BonesPro. It's been around. But no substantial advance has been made for 10 years. 3d-io, in cahoots with...

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Hairtrix

Todd Sheridan Perry - July 1, 2010

Hairtrix is the offspring of two other plugins, HairFX and Ornatrix. Both reasonable hair styling and rendering tools, but both lacking something that the...

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