Todd Sheridan Perry

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...

Tech Reviews: PolyCloth ClothBrush and Atoms Crowd

PolyCloth ClothBrush for 3ds Max Sometimes, it’s not the big pieces of software that bring me the most joy. Sometimes, it’s simply a little tool...

Sept. Tech Reviews: Razer Blade 15 Studio Edition, Foundry Flix 6.3 & Silhouette Paint for Nuke

Razer Blade 15 Studio Edition Of all of the newer laptop/mobile workstations that have recently come out with the latest RTX card, the Razer Blade...

Tech Reviews: Unreal 4.25, Brushify, World Creator 2, V-Ray 5

Unreal 4.25 Over the past six weeks, I have been involved with a fellowship program at Epic Games to do a deep dive into Unreal...

Tech Reviews: iZotope’s Dialogue Match, RX7 & Neutron 3

iZotope Dialogue Match Every couple of years or so, I have to remember that half of a movie is sound -- especially for animation and...

April Tech Reviews: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, HP ZBook 17G6

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Over the past year, I’ve taken a look at laptops that have incorporated the Nvidia RTX line of graphics cards,...
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