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Alienware Area-51 m9750 Notebook

Todd Sheridan Perry - October 1, 2007

I have to begin this review with a little confession: I already own an Alienware laptop computer, and it has treated me with the...

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Eyeon’s Rotation and Vision

Todd Sheridan Perry - September 6, 2007

I've been a Digital Fusion user for the past decade and have seen the evolution of the software to its current form. (The Toronto-based...

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Maxon BodyPaint 3D V.10

Todd Sheridan Perry - August 20, 2007

BodyPaint comes to us from the developers of Cinema4D, and it's now in its third generation. Obviously, with new generations comes more maturity and...

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Massive 3.0: A Real Crowd-Pleaser

Todd Sheridan Perry - August 20, 2007

The rat pack in Ratatouille, the armies of thousands in 300, the herds of animals in Evan Almighty, and before that, in 20 other...

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NVIDIA Helps Bring Short to Life

Todd Sheridan Perry - August 20, 2007

We meet the two slacker stars of animator/director Tim Heath's short film Plush Life as they drive to work one morning. Lundo is furry...

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Caligari Truespace 7.5

Todd Sheridan Perry - August 17, 2007

Caligari Truespace has been around since the beginning of time; i.e., in terms of 3D content development. In fact, Truespace was one of my...

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Maya Professional Tips and Techniques

Todd Sheridan Perry - May 23, 2007

You may have noticed that I have a tendency to like previous primers published by Autodesk Maya Press. They have a way of taking...

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Maya Visual Effects: The Innovator’s Guide

Todd Sheridan Perry - May 23, 2007

I'm often a stickler for abiding to methodologies that conform to ways tools are used in the production world'especially when it comes to manuals,...

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Advanced Maya Texturing and Lighting

Todd Sheridan Perry - May 23, 2007

Lee Lanier, the author of the more general Maya Professional Tips and Techniques (also reviewed this month), has focused his knowledge into the realm...

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Craft Animation’s Director Tools

Todd Sheridan Perry - May 22, 2007

Swedish company Craft Animations has come up with a series of tools that not only save time in rigging, but additional savings are gained...

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Skymatter’s Mudbox

Todd Sheridan Perry - March 1, 2007

With the release of Mudbox from Skymatter, 3D sculpting and modeling has jumped to a new level. The guys at Skymatter'Weta Digital alum'created this...

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Sitni Sati’s FumeFX Version 1.0

Todd Sheridan Perry - March 1, 2007

In almost every conversation I had about the differences between 3ds Max and Maya, I used to bring up Max's lack of a fluid...

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Autodesk’s MotionBuilder 7.5

Todd Sheridan Perry - May 8, 2006

Autodesk's new MotionBuilder 7.5 is the first software release since the company completed the acquisition of Alias last January. Not a general 3D program...

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