Todd Sheridan Perry

Tech Reviews

***This article originally appeared in the March ’23 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 328)*** Foundry’s Mari 6.0 Foundry has been busy working on all of its...

Tech Reviews: Higx Point Render for Nuke, Adobe Creative Cloud 2023 & Adobe Characterizer

***This article originally appeared in the February '23 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 327)*** Higx Point Render for Nuke Everyone loves smokey, tendrilled and wispy effects....

The Best Tech Trends and Tools of 2022

***This feature originally appeared in the January '23 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 326)*** According to futurist Ray Kurzweil, we can expect to experience The...

Tech Reviews: Universal Scene Description, Toon Boom Storyboard Pro 22 and Landscaper for After Effects

Universal Scene Description If you are involved with 3D art at all and haven’t investigated Universal Scene Description (USD), then you are already behind the...

Tech Reviews: Conjuring More Visual Magic with Houdini 19.5

***This article originally appeared in the Sept./Oct. ’22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 323)*** SideFX’s Houdini 19.5 I’m pretty convinced that the amount of stuff that...

Tech Reviews: Maya 2023, 3ds Max 2023, World Creator 3, Nuke 13.2, Unreal Engine 5 and RealityScan

***This article originally appeared in the 35th Anniversary Issue of Animation Magazine (June-July '22, No. 321)*** Maya 2023 Maya 2023 was released with a cavalcade of both major...

April Tech Reviews: Chaos Player and SideFX Houdini 19

Chaos Player Chaos Group, most known for the V-Ray render engine which is now found in nearly all 3D platforms, has released a new version...

Tech Reviews: Wacom Cintiq Pro 16, HP ZBook Fury 17 G8, Foundry’s Mari 5.0

Wacom Cintiq Pro 16 Wacom’s latest entry into the Cintiq family is a good one. The new Cintiq Pro 16 is thin and more mobile...

Tech Reviews: Adobe Substance 3D Painter & Premiere, Isotropix Clarisse iFX 5

Adobe Substance 3D Painter The latest edition of Adobe Substance 3D Painter has some pretty exciting new tools. Earlier in the year, there was a...

Top Tech Tools & Trends of 2021

Once again, we round out another crazy year where our lives are slowly inching back to normal. But while people are stuck in their...

Tech Reviews: EmberGen, KeenTools & thinkingParticles 7

***This article originally appeared in the December '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 315)*** EmberGen Beta We all know that the heavy demand for VFX is...

Tech Reviews: Blackmagic Design’s URSA Mini Pro, RealityCapture 1.2 Tarasque

Blackmagic Design's URSA Mini Pro Digital cameras continue to improve in terms of light response as well as their frame resolution. (Of course, there is...

August Tech Reviews: Autodesk’s Maya ’22, 3ds Max ’22, Nvidia RTX A6000 & Boris FX’s Silhouette 2021

Maya 2022 It's been a while since I’ve typed out a review of Maya. This is mostly because Autodesk has been doing a slew of...

Tech Reviews: Foundry’s Nuke 13, HP ZBook Fury 15 G7

Foundry's Nuke 13 Back in March, Foundry came out with the latest and greatest version of its flagship: Nuke 13 brings some pretty fantastic 3D...

Tech Reviews: Foundry’s Katana 4.0 and Boris FX’s Mocha Pro 2021

Foundry's Katana 4.0 Late last year, Foundry released the 4.0 version of its look development/scene assembly/lighting tool Katana. Within that release are some substantial improvements...

April Tech Reviews: Blender 2.91, Stan Winston School of Character Arts & FXPHD

Blender 2.91 Learning how to be a 3D artist involves understanding technique, workflow and best practices more than knowing specific programs. Sure, you can dive...

March Tech Reviews: Eddy for Nuke 2.7; Foundry’s Mari 4.7 & Modo 14.2

Eddy for Nuke 2.7 Fluid simulations are a big deal in visual effects. They are used extensively for smoke, fire, explosions, water, etc. There isn’t...

Tech Tools: The Best of 2020

Let's face it, being on a "Best of 2020" list isn't setting a very high bar for anyone. You could have invented a Reese's...

Tech Reviews: Getting Immersive with the Insta360 Titan and Mistika VR

Insta360 Titan As virtual reality and experiential cinematography become more and more ubiquitous, the hardware to capture these images is following suit. Insta360 has already...

Tech Reviews: Faceware’s Mark IV Headcam System and the Entry-Level Wacom One

Faceware’s Mark IV System Austin-based Faceware (formerly known as Image Metrics) has established itself firmly in the niche market of facial motion capture and is...
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