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

Review: Carbon Scatter 2 and Carbon Botanica

| Applications, Plug-ins, Reviews | 15/04/2013 14:56pm 3dw168revcarbon

Steve Jarratt test-drives e-on’s bundle of an updated improved population plug-in and a brand-new plant-editing extension

Review: SolidRocks V-Ray Wizard

| Plug-ins, Reviews | 07/03/2013 14:00pm 3dw166revsolidrocks

Mastering V-Ray can be hard, but Mike Griggs finds that SolidRocks can help those starting out

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

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

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

Review: Frost 1.0

| Plug-ins, Reviews | 29/09/2011 12:10pm Frost is able to get quick and great-looking mesh results out of any particle data

3D World tests tests the new meshing plug-in from Thinkbox Software

Review: recoil – dynamics for modo

| Plug-ins, Reviews | 20/09/2011 15:44pm TDW147.r_recoil.renderthumb

It adds rigid body dynamics to modo’s toolset but does recoil push Luxology’s opus into the big league?

Review: MovieType for Cinema 4D

| Plug-ins, Reviews | 18/08/2011 15:33pm MovieType_thumb

3D artists spend a large amount of time working on repetitive tasks, and building text animations will be pretty high up that list – MovieType aims to ease your pain

Review: City Kit

| Plug-ins, Reviews | 14/07/2011 15:31pm TDW141.r_city.render-thumb

City Kit is a new city building software- 3D World takes a look at the newest kid on the block

Review: IKinema for Maya

| Plug-ins, Reviews | 25/06/2011 15:00pm TDW142.r_ikinema.main.jpg

Developer IKinema brings a fresh face to full-body animation in Maya. 3D World asks if it’s a solver for all seasons

Review: FreeForm Pro

| Plug-ins, Reviews | 23/06/2011 12:55pm TDW143.r_freeform.pack

Building on a plug-in included with AfterEffects, FreeForm Pro provides mighty motion graphics tools

Review: Ozone 5

| Plug-ins, Reviews | 30/05/2011 12:00pm TDW142.r_ozone-thumb

This atmospheric plug-in adds V-Ray support to version 5, delivering stunning content with little difficulty

Review: Chaos Group’s Phoenix FD

| Plug-ins, Reviews | 15/12/2010 14:27pm TDW136.r_phoenix_thumb

Chaos Group’s powerful new fluids technology is great for creating realistic fire, smoke and explosions, rivalling current standards used in the visual effects industry.