Tutorial: Layer materials in Maxwell Render

| Guides, Technique, Tutorials | 20/05/2013 14:53pm 3dw167qa4

Maxwell Render features its own powerful material manager – Rob Redman demonstrates how to make the most of it

123D Creature

| Applications, Reviews | 01/05/2013 14:00pm 3dw169rev123d

Rob Redman takes a look at Autodesk’s latest iOS app for sculpting creatures on the move

Book review: Blender Master Class

| Reviews, Training | 30/04/2013 14:00pm 3dw169revblendermc

Rob Redman delves into Ben Simonds’ asset creation-focused guide to Blender

Plug-in review: GSG HDRI Studio

| Plug-ins, Reviews | 22/04/2013 14:38pm 3dw168revgsg

Rob Redman discovers whether this expert plug-in will help Cinema 4D users light their scenes correctly

Book review: d’artiste Fashion Design

| Reviews, Training | 19/04/2013 14:00pm 3dw168revdartiste

Rob Redman investigates whether Ballistic’s highly focused volume can still appeal to a wide range of artists

Cinema 4D tutorial: control where grass grows with one tag

| Guides, Technique, Tutorials | 02/04/2013 14:00pm 3dw166qa3

Want a neatly manicured virtual lawn without the effort? Here’s Rob Redman with his green fingers, ready to help

Pick of the Week

| Commercial, Showcase | 21/03/2013 13:09pm Cool CG spot by Nornickel

Discover what’s tickled Rob Redman’s 3D taste buds this week…

Hardware review: G-RAID with Thunderbolt 4TB

| Hardware, Reviews | 14/03/2013 14:00pm 3dw167revgraid

Streaming large volumes of media is becoming increasingly common. Rob Redman tests the G-RAID to see if it can keep up

Pick of the Week

| Showcase | 12/03/2013 16:46pm greenpick

A new weekly spot where we pick an example of excellence from the worlds of animations, showreels and stills. This week Rob Redman brings you an oldie but a goodie

Tutorial: Light your scenes in Maxwell Render

| Guides, Technique, Tutorials | 25/02/2013 14:52pm 3dw165qa3

Rob Redman demonstrates how you can light a scene realistically and predictably

Cinema 4D tutorial: Build cages without plotting each spline individually

| Guides, Technique, Tutorials | 11/02/2013 15:59pm 3dw165qa2

Rob Redman reveals how to use Cinema 4D’s Edge to Spline command and take the pain out of cage-building

TouchAnimator review

| Applications, Reviews | 24/01/2013 10:54am TouchAnimator interface

Has the iPad become a viable animating tool? Rob Redman finds out when he tests this innovative 3D app

Cinema 4D Everything Volume 2

| Reviews, Training | 18/12/2012 14:00pm 3dw164revcmivfx

Rob Redman delves into cmiVFX’s latest training course to see whether he can learn anything new about Cinema 4D

Environment Sculpting review

| Reviews, Training | 17/12/2012 14:11pm 3dw164revenvsculpt

3D artist Rob Redman creates detailed and complex environments using tricks and tips from this Gnomon training course

CrazyTalk7 review

| Applications, Reviews | 14/12/2012 14:00pm 3dw164revcrazytalk.jpg

Rob Redman investigates a fun and simple facial animation tool from Reallusion that turns out to be surprisingly useful