Painter 7 review
All photo-editing software packages provide a handful of paint tools that mimic natural media, such as brushes, chalk, pencils and calligraphic nibs. But none can ...
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Stitcher 3.0 review
RealViz Stitcher is a variation on the panorama program that lets you join rows of images in the up–down direction as well as the more ...
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Carrara Studio 1.1 review
Many companies have launched 3D applications into the mid-range market and boasted of their high-end prowess, and an equal number have fallen at the first ...
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Evo W6000 review
The W6000 is the first workstation release in Compaq’s new Evo line. Evo is the company’s name for all of its user-based computers – from ...
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Toon Boom Studio review
One of the criticisms levelled at Macromedia’s Flash – the Web animation tool rather than the format – is that it’s more of a finishing ...
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Wildcat II 5110 review
Graphics cards are an important part of any computer system, and for 3D graphics they are even more so. The 3Dlabs Wildcat II 5110 is, ...
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Bryce 5.0 review
Bryce is a 3D tool that specializes in 3D environments – something that most packages consider secondary to character animation. Bryce has no character tools, ...
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Movie 3D 4.0 review
Movie 3D is a surprisingly high-spec 3D modelling and animation package from the makers of MoviePack. It’s basically a cut down version of Realsoft 3D ...
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Maya 4.0 review
The difference between Maya version 1.0 and the latest version is profound. The first version Alias|Wavefront released felt very esoteric and was difficult to understand ...
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Interactive Imaging Suite review
MGI’s Interactive Imaging Suite is a complete authoring and serving suite for navigable Web scenes that include ‘immersive imaging’ panoramas and 3D object images. It’s ...
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Merlin 3D review
It’s been a long time coming, and much has been made by developer Digital Immersion regarding the speed and interactivity of this new 3D program, ...
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studio.DV 3 review
This product is the first software-only release from Fast. The box does come with an IEEE 1394 (FireWire) card, but this is just a standard ...
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LightWave 6.5 review
LightWave has long been one of the top packages for 3D animation and design. Its pedigree is already well-proven in post-production houses worldwide. Now, with ...
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Cinema 4D XL 7 review
Cinema 4D XL has gone from strength to strength over the last few years. It used to be a midrange package that had fast raytracing ...
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Cinema 4D Art review
In the realm of 3D graphics, tailored versions of software are not that common. However, Maxon has already produced not one but two reduced-capability, cheaper ...
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Intellistation Z Pro review
At the heart of IBM’s IntelliStation Z Pro sits one (or two) 1GHz Pentium III Xeon chip, the most powerful Intel chip on the market. ...
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Electric Image Universe review
Electric Image, the company that makes Electric Image Universe, is one of 3D’s pioneers. It was responsible for creating the first truly professional 3D animation ...
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Final Cut Pro 2 review
Final Cut Pro has always been an odd kettle of fish. When designing it, Apple took the likes of Avid and Media 100 (both of ...
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RTMac review
Well, it’s finally here. The announcement of the RTMac was the lynchpin to Apple’s apparent renaissance at last year’s NAB show in Las Vegas. It’s ...
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Amapi 3D 6.0 review
Eovia, the company bought by TGS and who also own the old MetaCreations product Cararra, has released version 6 of the unorthodox 3D modelling and ...