Todd Sheridan Perry

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StudioGPU’s MachStudio Pro

Todd Sheridan Perry - December 23, 2009

As many have pointed out in recent months, expectations for speed in the 3D community have reached a breaking point. However, some companies are...

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Orbaz’s Particle Flow Tools Box#2

Todd Sheridan Perry - August 11, 2009

Particle Flow, for those outside of the loop, is the quite powerful particle system within 3ds Max. It's not quite Houdini, but it does...

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Autodesk’s 3ds Max 2010

Todd Sheridan Perry - August 11, 2009

A few months ago, Autodesk released Max 2010 with a brand new coat of paint to enter the Vista age, as well as some...

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Luxology’s modo 401

Todd Sheridan Perry - August 11, 2009

Luxology is seriously out of control! I'm going to recommend that you go visit their website to check out all the colorful candy they...

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3DAliens glu3D

Todd Sheridan Perry - July 24, 2009

Fluids are difficult! Just ask anyone'scientists, physics students, crabbers in the Bering Sea will all agree. In 3D animation and visual effects, the goal...

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Wacom’s Intuos4

Todd Sheridan Perry - July 24, 2009

I know I've said this many times before, but seriously, folks: I love my Wacom. For what I do in the visual effects world,...

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Autodesk Toxik

Todd Sheridan Perry - July 24, 2009

For the purposes of this review, I sat down with an artist who has been using Toxik in production so that I could see...

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MotionBuilder 2009

Todd Sheridan Perry - April 1, 2009

MotionBuilder 2009 is a new version of an Autodesk 3D tool which focuses exclusively on animation and all things animated. It is often used...

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SoftimagelXSI 7

Todd Sheridan Perry - April 1, 2009

Softimage's latest release of XSI is leaps and bounds beyond the previous one'which is saying a lot since XSI was already an extremely powerful...

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Adobe’s Creative Suite 4 (CS4)

Todd Sheridan Perry - April 1, 2009

You can't really discuss any one component from Adobe without discussing the entire suite and how the programs work together. However, we can only...

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Autodesk Maya 2009

Todd Sheridan Perry - April 1, 2009

This past year was a very busy period for Autodesk, which has added a few new jewels to its crown while keeping on top...

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Luxology’s modo 302

Todd Sheridan Perry - August 11, 2008

Sometimes I get the feeling that I'm constantly writing reviews of modo. But that's because the talented team at Luxology keeps coming up with...

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Autodesk 3ds Max 2009

Todd Sheridan Perry - August 5, 2008

I'm not sure when Autodesk is ever going to pull the trigger and just marry Maya and Max together; probably because the marriage is...

VFX

Alienware Area-51 m15x

Todd Sheridan Perry - August 5, 2008

I've been reading that the new Alienware Area-51 m15x is a gaming machine. Sure, it's great at games, pushing through high polycount mayhem at...

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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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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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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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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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