Stories By Todd Sheridan Perry
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Tech Reviews: Maya 2023, 3ds Max 2023, World Creator 3, Nuke 13.2, Unreal Engine 5 and RealityScan
June 24, 2022***This article originally appeared in the 35th Anniversary Issue of Animation Magazine (June-July ’22, No. 321)*** Maya 2023...
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April Tech Reviews: Chaos Player and SideFX Houdini 19
April 1, 2022Chaos Player Chaos Group, most known for the V-Ray render engine which is now found in...
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Tech Reviews: Wacom Cintiq Pro 16, HP ZBook Fury 17 G8, Foundry’s Mari 5.0
February 25, 2022Wacom Cintiq Pro 16 Wacom’s latest entry into the Cintiq family is a good one. The...
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Tech Reviews: Adobe Substance 3D Painter & Premiere, Isotropix Clarisse iFX 5
January 16, 2022Adobe Substance 3D Painter The latest edition of Adobe Substance 3D Painter has some pretty exciting...
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Top Tech Tools & Trends of 2021
December 20, 2021Once again, we round out another crazy year where our lives are slowly inching back to...
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Tech Reviews: EmberGen, KeenTools & thinkingParticles 7
November 18, 2021***This article originally appeared in the December ’21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 315)*** EmberGen Beta...
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Tech Reviews: Blackmagic Design’s URSA Mini Pro, RealityCapture 1.2 Tarasque
September 26, 2021Blackmagic Design’s URSA Mini Pro Digital cameras continue to improve in terms of light response as...
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August Tech Reviews: Autodesk’s Maya ’22, 3ds Max ’22, Nvidia RTX A6000 & Boris FX’s Silhouette 2021
August 13, 2021Maya 2022 It’s been a while since I’ve typed out a review of Maya. This is...
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Tech Reviews: Foundry’s Nuke 13, HP ZBook Fury 15 G7
June 13, 2021Foundry’s Nuke 13 Back in March, Foundry came out with the latest and greatest version of...
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Tech Reviews: Foundry’s Katana 4.0 and Boris FX’s Mocha Pro 2021
May 10, 2021Foundry’s Katana 4.0 Late last year, Foundry released the 4.0 version of its look development/scene assembly/lighting...
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April Tech Reviews: Blender 2.91, Stan Winston School of Character Arts & FXPHD
April 17, 2021Blender 2.91 Learning how to be a 3D artist involves understanding technique, workflow and best practices...
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March Tech Reviews: Eddy for Nuke 2.7; Foundry’s Mari 4.7 & Modo 14.2
February 28, 2021Eddy for Nuke 2.7 Fluid simulations are a big deal in visual effects. They are used...
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Tech Tools: The Best of 2020
December 31, 2020Let’s face it, being on a “Best of 2020” list isn’t setting a very high bar...
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Tech Reviews: Getting Immersive with the Insta360 Titan and Mistika VR
December 13, 2020Insta360 Titan As virtual reality and experiential cinematography become more and more ubiquitous, the hardware to...
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Tech Reviews: Faceware’s Mark IV Headcam System and the Entry-Level Wacom One
October 25, 2020Faceware’s Mark IV System Austin-based Faceware (formerly known as Image Metrics) has established itself firmly in...
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Tech Reviews: PolyCloth ClothBrush and Atoms Crowd
October 16, 2020PolyCloth ClothBrush for 3ds Max Sometimes, it’s not the big pieces of software that bring me...
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Sept. Tech Reviews: Razer Blade 15 Studio Edition, Foundry Flix 6.3 & Silhouette Paint for Nuke
September 27, 2020Razer Blade 15 Studio Edition Of all of the newer laptop/mobile workstations that have recently come...
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Tech Reviews: Unreal 4.25, Brushify, World Creator 2, V-Ray 5
September 27, 2020Unreal 4.25 Over the past six weeks, I have been involved with a fellowship program at...
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Tech Reviews: iZotope’s Dialogue Match, RX7 & Neutron 3
September 27, 2020iZotope Dialogue Match Every couple of years or so, I have to remember that half of...
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April Tech Reviews: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, HP ZBook 17G6
April 10, 2020Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Over the past year, I’ve taken a look at laptops that...
