Dell Precision Workstation T7600 Advanced review

| Applications, Reviews | 08/01/2013 16:21pm Precision T7600 Tower Workstation with Peripherals

Dell presents an industrial-strength machine in the Precision Workstation T7600. James Morris finds out if it’s worth the outlay…

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

Nvidia Quadro K5000

| Hardware, Reviews | 13/12/2012 14:00pm 3dw164revnvidia

The Quadro K5000 offers a big leap in modelling performance, but James Morris finds that it’s not a clear winner in every area

Review: Red Giant’s Trapcode Mir

| Plug-ins, Reviews | 12/12/2012 14:00pm 3dw164revtrapcode

An unusual 3D shape generator that works at lightning speed. Christopher Kenworthy believes it has huge potential for mograph

HDR Light Studio 4 review

| Applications, Reviews | 11/12/2012 14:22pm 3dw164revlight

Steve Jarratt puts the latest incarnation of the HDRI creator through its paces, and finds the results very illuminating

iClone5.3 Pro review

| Applications, Reviews | 10/12/2012 14:54pm 3dw164reviclone

Alan Marques takes a look at iClone5.3 to check out the headline features and see if some of the old quirks have been ironed out

Efficient Cinematic Lighting review

| Reviews, Training | 16/11/2012 14:02pm 3dw163revlighting

3D artist Rob Redman looks at Gnomon’s cinematic lighting training course to see what he can learn

Toolbag review

| Applications, Reviews | 15/11/2012 15:10pm 3dw163rev_marmoset

Light and render your model in real time with this tool from Marmoset. Mike Griggs finds out if the future has arrived

Review: V-Ray for Softimage rendering program

| Applications, Plug-ins, Reviews | 14/11/2012 14:00pm 3dw163revvray

On the ten-year anniversary of the original release, Simon Reeves explores whether V-Ray fits neatly into Autodesk’s Softimage

Wacom Cintiq 22HD review: interactive pen display

| Hardware, Reviews | 13/11/2012 14:00pm 3dw163rwacom

Is this Cintiq worth its high price tag? Rob Redman gets to grips with a new interactive pen display from Wacom

Review: Mari 1.5 3D texturing program from The Foundry

| Applications, Reviews | 12/11/2012 15:15pm 3dw163revmari

Texture artist Amanda Bone finds that the latest version of The Foundry’s digital painting tool adds to its strengths

Knoll Light Factory 3.0 review, After Effects plug-in

| Plug-ins, Reviews | 24/10/2012 22:35pm ▲ Add elements and sprites to build your flare. Hide or reveal elements, and make adjustments to every detail

An upgrade brings this plug-in up to date. Christopher Kenworthy welcomes the new features, but believes this is no revolution

Element 3D review: After Effects plug-in

| Plug-ins, Reviews | 23/10/2012 15:09pm ▲ Element 3D provides good quality shaders plus high-res texture maps. With the right lighting and depth-of-field, beautiful motion graphics sequences are a doddle

An After Effects plug-in that lets you add real 3D objects and manipulate them in real time? Steve Jarratt investigates