Feature Articles

  • Cozimo Review

    Posted by Jeff Mottle 23 October 2007 6:00 pm

    Media Collaboration Anytime, Anyplace. Cozimo introduces a smarter, easier and more advanced way to review and collaborate on images, video and other digital media with colleagues and clients.

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  • 3Dconnexion SpaceNavigator Review

    Posted by Jeff Mottle 12 September 2007 6:00 pm

    So what is a SpaceNavigator you might ask? All of 3Dconnexion’s product offerings are in a word, 3D mice. They allow you to push, pull, tilt, and twist a controller cap using a six degree-of-freedom optical...

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  • Jeff Stikeman Architectural Art, Arch Viz As...

    Posted by Jeff Mottle 2 August 2007 6:00 pm

    Jeff Stikeman has been a practicing architect for over twenty years and speaks the language of architectural visualization well, moving fluently between traditional and digital media. His is a unique...

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  • VisMasters Design Modeling and Visualization...

    Posted by Jeff Mottle 12 March 2007 6:00 pm

    There are few conferences in the world where large numbers of professionals in the architectural and design visualization field all get together in one place to attend sessions and network with each other, but...

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  • Digging for Details: Painstaking Research results...

    Posted by Jeff Mottle 5 March 2007 5:00 pm

    Being offered the chance to record, reconstruct and then create a documentary about a 1,000 year old Maya city is not something that many of us get. Clement Valla, an architectural designer by profession and a...

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  • Review of Craft Director Tools

    Posted by Jeff Mottle 5 March 2007 5:00 pm

    Craft Director Tools is a suite of real-time animation tools useful for everything from making a car drive down the street to animating jitter in a camera. The set of tools is relatively easy to install, use,...

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  • Interview with Stefan Vittori of Tangram 3DS

    Posted by Jeff Mottle 26 February 2007 5:00 pm

    Stefan Vittori, president and founder of Tangram 3DS, found his way into the 3d design world as an early adopter and student in Vienna. Here is his story.

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  • Interview with Tino Schaedler

    Posted by Jeff Mottle 24 January 2007 5:00 pm

    Based in London, Tino Schaedler is a former Architect who has transitioned into the visual effects industry. Having worked for such firms as Daniel Libeskind and Barkow Leibinger, Tino has expanded his skills...

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  • IDEA: The IntelliCAD-based, BIM Architectural...

    Posted by Jeff Mottle 21 January 2007 5:00 pm

    IDEA is the IntelliCAD-based BIM solution, designed to meet in a very friendly and flexible way all the needs of an architect, including advanced architectural design, rendering and virtual walkthrough. IDEA...

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  • Successful Communication Starts With a Successful...

    Posted by Jeff Mottle 31 December 2006 10:00 pm

    Successful Communication Starts With a Successful Self-Critique

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  • Seeking Poetic Expression in the Digital Age,...

    Posted by Jeff Mottle 19 December 2006 5:00 pm

    Dennis Allain recently won the prestigious Hugh Ferriss Memorial Award as part of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators annual international exhibition “Architecture in Perspective 21” held in...

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  • Why as an Architect, my next Computer could be a...

    Posted by Jeff Mottle 19 November 2006 5:00 pm

    Beginning this year, the makers of Machintosh Computers, made an important announcement, presented on stage by CEO Steve Jobs, telling the astonished audience that they are going to put in the Intel Chip in...

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  • Cheetah 3.4 Review

    Posted by Jeff Mottle 17 October 2006 6:00 pm

    Tim Danaher reviews Cheetah3D version 3.4. Cheetah (or C3D) is a Mac-only modeling rendering and animation program that has found great favor with architects due to its streamlined interface, great rendering...

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  • modo 202 Reviewed

    Posted by Jeff Mottle 2 October 2006 6:00 pm

    modo is said to have a cult following amongst the ArchViz community. Why then is a 3D application, known for its subdivision modeling capabilities, in its early to middle stages of development gaining favor so...

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  • SIGGRAPH 2006 – The Year of Architectural...

    Posted by Jeff Mottle 20 August 2006 6:00 pm

    Having now recovered from this year’s SIGGRAPH, I’ve finally found some time to do a small write up about the event this year. This was my tenth SIGGRAPH in as many years, and while my role when attending...

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  • Interview with Chris White on King Kong

    Posted by Jeff Mottle 30 April 2006 6:00 pm

    Chris White was the Computer Graphics Supervisor for the New York sequences on King Kong. Along with supervising artists, one of his major responsibilities was developing the look and technology for building...

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