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HP Compaq’s nw8000
Although Notebook workstations have given us the possibility of working on projects while traveling or shooting on location, many fail in the performance and durability arenas. It’s not unusual for a laptop to perform well in its initial period out of the box but slow down and develop heating problems [...]
Discreet’s Combustion 3
Visual effects artists, motion graphics designers, animators and almost anyone who deals with film, video and animation have another reason to thank the folks at discreet: The new combustion 3 is a stand-alone visual effects and 3D compositing application that is both highly effective and flexible. What I have always [...]
Total Training for Adobe Photoshop CS
Although there are presumably more instructional books written about Photoshop than all other graphic software together, artists and photographers continue to look for the ultimate, comprehensive tome on this omnipresent tool. Total Training’s instructional video and DVD (and a Project Files CD) series on Adobe Photoshop CS could very well [...]
Character Animation Technologies 1.15
We all know that animating 3D characters is a time-consuming and sophisticated task. For Discreet’s 3ds max users (before version 5 and 6) the only tools for character animation were Bones and Character Studio plug-ins. The situation improved when max added several smart character animation tools in its latest versions, [...]
Apple’s Final Cut Pro 4.5
Apple revolutionized the non-linear editing world when it introduced its first version of Final Cut Pro back in the 1999 edition of NAB. Available for only $999, FCP opened new doors to indie editors and filmmakers who didn’t have access to high-end non-linear editing tools. The latest edition of Apple [...]
Kaydara’s MOTIONBUILDER 5
For many years Kaydara’s FilmBox was the animation industry standard program for editing, cleaning up and modifying motion capture and computer character animation data. When developers of 3D packages added features similar to FilmBox to their programs, some began to question the future of the utilitarian software. But then Kaydara [...]
IBM’s ThinkPad R50
We tested the latest mobile workstation from IBM, the ThinkPad R50, which comes with a speedy Intel M 1700 MHZ processor and one GB of RAM. What’s striking about the ThinkPad is its graphic card, ATI Mobility Fire GL T2. Not only does the card have 128 MB of RAM, [...]
mental ray 3.2 for 3ds max
Many beginning 3D animators assume that rendering is the easiest step in the process, but, in reality, it is one of the most difficult parts of the job. 3D artists should have a good knowledge of lighting techniques and keen eyes to observe the world around them in order to [...]
Adobe Photoshop CS
Here’s one of the first major upgrades of the year that is bound to make artists happy. Yes, I’m ecstatic about Photoshop CS’ new version, and here are a few reasons why: I needed to work with a 24′x10′ sketch of a showroom. Without Photoshop CS I had to scan [...]
e-on Software’s Vue 4 Professional
The team at e-on software who gave us Vue d’Esprit 4 (Seal of Excellence) have improved on the existing software and come up with Vue 4 Professional. To refresh your memory, Vue 4 is a 3D natural scenery creation software, that is unbelievably easy to learn. Thanks to the Kick-Start [...]
Wiig and Cooper Guest Voice...
The parade of stars stopping by The Simpsons office to do guest voice stints on...
Boinx Unveils New Features of...
German software producer Boinx has unveiled some special upgrades the 3.1...
