Todd Sheridan Perry

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November 2017 Tech Reviews

Todd Sheridan Perry - October 15, 2017

Foundry’s Modo 11.1 The more I speak with modelers, the more I get that Modo is really the modeling tool of choice—primarily in the...

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October 2017 Tech Reviews

Todd Sheridan Perry - September 3, 2017

Wacom Cintiq Pro 13 It’s no secret that I’m a fan of Wacom, and the Cintiq Pro 13 released earlier this year doesn’t change my...

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SIGGRAPH 2017’s Cool Tools!

Todd Sheridan Perry - August 22, 2017

A few weeks ago, I had the chance to attend the SIGGRAPH CG animation and technology expo in Los Angeles. After hitting the floor...

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August-September 2017 Tech Reviews

Todd Sheridan Perry - July 29, 2017

Boords boords.com I draw storyboards. I draw them a lot. I draw them for visual effects. I draw them for short films. I draw them for animation...

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June-July 2017 Tech Reviews

Todd Sheridan Perry - June 19, 2017

cineSync 4.0 cospective.com Cospective has been providing us filmmakers with cineSync as a review system for years and years. I’ve been using it for at least...

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Crazy Talk Animator 3 www.reallusion.com/crazytalk-animator So, let’s talk about this CrazyTalk Animator 3. In last issue’s discussion about Perception Neuron, I mentioned that 3D motion-capture data could...

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April 2017 Tech Reviews

Todd Sheridan Perry - March 26, 2017

Xsens MVM Awinda www.xsens.com Motion capture has been a quite involved task ever since its inception. Frequently, it involved an array of expensive specialized cameras, set...

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March 2017 Tech Reviews

Todd Sheridan Perry - February 19, 2017

Cine Designer R2 www.cinematographydb.com Previsualization is the big thing these days. It used to be geared more toward complex visual-effects sequences, mainly because big effects sequences are...

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The Best Tech of 2016

Todd Sheridan Perry - January 8, 2017

From the power of GPU rendering to the USD format, software tools for animation and VFX had a bright year of progress. As we wrap...

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February 2017 Tech Review

Todd Sheridan Perry - January 8, 2017

EXO-io www.exr-io.com The visual-effects industry has been using EXR as its go-to image file format since forever. And by forever, I mean, the last 15 years...

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January 2017 Tech Review

Todd Sheridan Perry - December 18, 2016

Thinkbox’s Deadline 8.0 deadline.thinkboxsoftware.com I’m a fan of Deadline. I don’t think that’s a secret. I use it for my own studio, TeaspoonVFX. I promote it...

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December 2016 Tech Review

Todd Sheridan Perry - November 13, 2016

The Foundry’s Katana www.thefoundry.co.uk Katana is a unique beast in the CG toolbox. Its functionality is focused and limited, which makes it exceptional at what it...

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November 2016 Tech Review

Todd Sheridan Perry - October 9, 2016

Autodesk ReCap 360 www.autodesk.com Data acquisition has become an integral part of the visual-effects process. Data might come from a LIDAR scanner, such as something from...

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October 2016 Tech Review

Todd Sheridan Perry - September 11, 2016

Pluralsight www.pluralsight.com So it's been a while since I covered some of the places for online training that I happen to like and use on a...

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August/September 2016 Tech Review

Todd Sheridan Perry - July 17, 2016

Modo 10 modo.thefoundry.co.uk Modo was getting some heat even before The Foundry acquired it and began to incorporate it into its suite of products. After numerous...

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June/July 2016 Tech Review

Todd Sheridan Perry - June 12, 2016

Autodesk 3ds Max 2017 www.autodesk.com/products/3ds-max Interestingly, Autodesk has split out their releases for the 2017 round of Entertainment and Media software. 3ds Max has already come...

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May 2016 Tech Review

Todd Sheridan Perry - May 10, 2016

Toon Boom Animation Storyboard Pro v5 www.toonboom.com As someone who jumps back and forth between the media I animate in, I am a bit of a...

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April 2016 Tech Review

Todd Sheridan Perry - April 10, 2016

Hewlett-Packard Z Workstation store.hp.com The HP Z series of workstations continues to bring substantial power through hardware, firmware and software updates -- even at the entry...

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March 2016 Tech Review

Todd Sheridan Perry - February 21, 2016

Maya 2016 I’m coming in a little late in the game since the release of Autodesk’s 2016 Entertainment Suite, but with multiple extension packs since,...

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