Houdini-style predetermined breaking points
Review: In DP 03 : 2019, Rainer Duda confronts the predetermined breaking point Houdini 17 aka "Codename Banshee" - and breaks it?
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Cloudy to fiery – Volumetric effects in Cinema 4D (Part 2)
In this two-part series of articles, we will provide the experienced Cinema 4D user with in-depth insights into the creation of volumetric effects with the onboard tools of C4D - without any plug-ins, particles or PyroCluster. In the second part of the series, we will first deepen our knowledge of volumetric texturing of visible lights and then turn to a mograph-based technique.
Flambé pictures – Flame Painter 4
Shortly after Flame Painter's 10th birthday, the Slovakian team around Peter Blaškovič released version 4 (currently 4.01) of the effect painting programme for flaming strokes and crazy particle effects. Flame Painter is just one of several creative tools from Escape Motions. We reported on an earlier version of Flame Painter, Amberlight and Rebelle, among others.
Color Grab – Everything is so colourful here
The Color Grab app from Loomatix clearly stands out from all the other colour palette apps I have tested. For example, it has an accessibility feature and can read out colours for people who are colour-blind. What's more, Color Grab is free of charge and has no adverts.
Dell U3219Q in test
As we realised a while ago, we haven't had a Dell Ultrasharp in our test for a long time, which sounds strange because these devices have always done quite well. Reason enough to take a look at the latest model with the catchy name U3219Q.
Communicating knowledge with fun: The Story of Martin Luther
Many of us first learnt about Martin Luther's story and the associated reformation of the church at school. Usually recited by a history or religion teacher mumbling to himself, which meant that the monk's revolutionary actions lost all excitement. So it was time to produce an entertaining yet accurate version of the events to mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. Tumblehead Animation Studio took up the challenge and won the animago category "Best Visualisation" with the film "The Story of Martin Luther".
InstaLOD: From CAD to VR?
InstaLOD automates the 3D workflow, including the tedious steps that no artist likes, such as UV unwrapping, manual retopo or baking. But how does it work?
Xi-Machines Animate X2 Advanced im Test
If an "Advanced" or "Ultra" appears in the type designation of a computer from Xi-Machines, this is almost certainly not a boast. You are actually getting an advanced workstation. If only the price wasn't so
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More image sharpness with Focus Chart
In order to calibrate the focus of a camera or the lens on the camera system as accurately as possible, expensive and above all manual focus chart systems are generally used, for which there is also authorisation and which are sometimes very sensitive, depending on the provider. For hobby filmmakers and young filmmakers, there is a small solution in app form.
Audio post-production software: Nuendo 10
Somewhat surprisingly, Steinberg presented Nuendo 10 at this year's Game Developers Conference - and now it's here. Steinberg has dispensed with the 9 in the current version of Nuendo in favour of uniform version numbers for its top programs. Instead, over 40 new functions and features have been integrated into Nuendo, so that you could be forgiven for thinking that you had really missed version number 9.
Notebook Alienware m15 tested
In the mobile gaming sector, where it has always been about cramming as much CPU and graphics performance as possible into a notebook, Dell's Alienware notebooks are a firm favourite. Such an Alienware gaming notebook should also be suitable as a mobile workstation, right?
Weltenbauer RK50 in the test
The company Weltenbauer from Wiesbaden has been a specialised dealer for 2D and 3D software for over 15 years and, in addition to Hewlett Packard computers, also offers workstations and render servers from its own production. We had the entry-level model RK50 sent to us for testing and took a closer look at it.
Binwees – a non-linear text editor
As an editor, I know the problems with copywriting from my editors, and even when I produce magazines or videocasts myself, I have often wished for a software tool for copywriting that goes beyond the copy-and-paste functions. Oliver Driemel and his editor colleague Helan Nasso, together with a programmer friend, have developed such software that enables non-linear texting like in editing software. The name is also due to their Kurdish origins. It comes from the Kurdish word "binivîse", which means "write".
Making-of: Spring
Blender is a beacon project in the field of open source computer graphics. One of the reasons for its success is the open movies, in which the realisation of a specific project goes hand in hand with the development of the software. This concept can be traced back to the time when Blender was still an in-house solution from the Dutch studio NeoGeo. Back then, it was quite normal for artists and developers to work together in one place. Ultimately, it was the experience gained back then that led us to continue working on animation projects - even after Blender became open source. However, with a different sign.
