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REVIEW: proDAD Mercalli V2 PRO
For long-suffering RED and DSLR shooters the rolling shutter effect can be very distracting, and for folks trying to exploit the Large Sensor Revolution on a professional level proDAD's new Mercalli V2 plug-in is indispensable.
Review: Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve for the Mac
DaVinci Resolve for the Mac brings realtime color-grading performance, multiple GPU support with the right hardware and an amazing tracker to more users at a breakthrough price. The caveat, of course, is it’ll cost more than $995 to get Resolve for the Mac into a usable realtime system in your suite, but considering what's in the software, it’s still an amazing value.
Environment Design 2010: A Round Up of Top Apps
In this look back at 2010's most important environment design updates, I decided to focus on Vue 9 and on the various applications that extend or improve upon it. Vue embellishes the output from so many other tools that I thought it would be interesting to look at them as a family.
2010 in Review: Studio's Top Product Reviews and Tutorials
This year, the most-read reviews and tutorials on StudioDaily.com featured hot new releases and older gear still very much in use.
Review: MAXON Cinema 4D Studio R12
My review criteria fell within a set of initial questions I ask of any new package before I invest in it: 1) Were the features in the new release worth an upgrade for those who have a previous version of the software? 2) Was Cinema 4D a viable package for doing the kind of work we do as 3D artists? 3) Was there a good reason why a studio using other software might add Cinema 4D to its toolset? 4) What were Cinema 4D's advantages and disadvantages once you sat down and actually started using it?
Review: Digieffects Delirium v2
Nino Del Padre reviews Digieffects Delirium v2 and finds it's far from the package he first used ten years ago.
I can say without reservation that Avid Media Composer 5 is an upgrade that truly deserves the "Hot" rating from our product review ranking index. Media Composer has been a top nonlinear editor as long as there have been NLEs. In fact, it pretty much jump-started the whole NLE revolution. Version 5 contains a ton of new features (several quite earth-shattering, if you're a longtime Avid editor) that answered many previous customer requests and complaints.
Review: HP EliteBook 8740w Mobile Workstation
Editing video on a laptop computer has always been something of a kluge. If you do find a good solution, it’s likely to weigh more than you’ll want to carry and have too-short a battery life. It won’t have the processor and display needed to do more than a cursory edit. For most projects, it’s a desktop computer or nothing at all. That may change with the introduction of the HP EliteBook 8740w Mobile Workstation.
For illustrators and animators who don't need the technical or financial overhead of programs like Maya or 3ds Max, Carrara has been an affordable and capable alternative for almost two decades. Acquired by DAZ 3D in 2006 when the company bought Eovia, Carrara has since evolved in a formidable 3D tool. In this latest release, Carrara 8 Pro features much-needed performance improvements, better lighting and some great additions to the animation toolset.