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This is a further collection of press reviews of our amazing Piranesi product.
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Hello people, hello trees
Building Design reviews Piranesi and is especially impressed by its image
library and placement tools. Paul Madden writes:
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"Within 10 minutes of experiment, my jaw dropped at what this application
can do...One click and your figure is in perfect proportion...this function
alone justifies buying the software."
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An Excitingly Different Application
PC Pro Magazine, UK, July 2003 reviews Piranesi 3. Tom Arah's verdict is:
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"an excitingly different application that brings the benefits of bitmappainting to 3D modelling"
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He gives Piranesi a rating of 6/6 stars for Feature content and 5/6 stars Overall.
Read the full review
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Community Centre in Carson gets great renderings without breaking their budget
AEC Magazine Feb/March 2003 issue has a Piranesi case study based on the
work of John Bates Associates, an architectural practice in California.
Tony Torres writes about his experiences using Piranesi for a Community
Ventre in Carson and reports that:
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"The quick turnaround time that we can
get with Piranesi has pushed us to use the program in more applications,
and we now use it in the design development phases of our projects...We
get great renderings without breaking our budget"
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A powerful combination
In the latest issue of the Laiserin™ Letter, Jerry Laiserin extols the benefits of working with Sketchup 2.1 and Piranesi 3,
describing them as a 'powerful yet flexible combination that belongs in every designer's toolkit'. His article concludes:
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To repeat the point one final time: anyone who designs buildings, whether from the inside, the outside or in town- or campus-sized bunches, should own and use a copy of Sketchup and a copy of Piranesi.
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Laiserin™ Letter, November 2002
Read the full review
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Piranesi passion
Piranesi features on the front cover of the November issue of Multi-CAD magazine. Inside the
magazine, the review comments:
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Piranesi has no rival as far as I know... for maximum versatility and range of effects
Piranesi is in a class of its own. It is fascinating and satisfying to use.
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Multi-CAD, November 2002
Read the full review (174K PDF)
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A jaw-dropping experience
In the November issue of Cadence Lachmi Khemlani describes how when she demonstrated
Piranesi 3 to her digital design students at UC Berkeley's Department of Architecture they found
it 'literally, a jaw-dropping experience'. At the end of her article, she concludes:
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...the price of the program is almost negligible compared to the cost savings that can
result... Above all, this is an application that the artistic side of a designer can
really revel in.
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Cadence, November 2002
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Outstanding and well thought-out
Ron LaFon reviews Piranesi 3 in the September issue of Cadalyst:
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With this new release, Piranesi 3, Informatix has once again produced an outstanding and
well thought-out upgrade... Piranesi is, purely and simply, a remarkably well-designed and useful
tool that should find a secure home in the toolkit of anyone who needs to produce distinctive
renderings and presentation graphics.
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Cadalyst, September 2002
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Piranesi is great value
Joe Croser reviews Piranesi in the latest issue of the Architects' Journal and comments:
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Designed to bridge the gap between the three-dimensional world of computer models and the static
environment of PhotoShop, Piranesi is a unique concept in computer rendering... Piranesi is great value.
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Architects' Journal, August 2002
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Piranesi turns a sterile visualisation into art - August 2002
In their review of Piranesi entitled 'Artistic Renderings: Applying special effects to a rendered
model turns a sterile visualisation in a 'live' piece of art', CAD User concludes:
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Piranesi 3 is being chosen by many architects as an important tool for the marketing and
presentation of their designs... The significance of the software is only slightly outweighed
by the pleasure in using it.
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CAD User, July/August 2002 edition
Read the full article (250K PDF)
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What I really like about Piranesi - August 2002
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You might have got the general impression that I like Piranesi as a product, and I have to say
that would be a bit of an understatement... What I really like about Piranesi is that unlike other
renderers on the market, you don't need a complex model to start with, and for this reason Piranesi
is an ideal tool with which to communicate design concepts early in the design process.
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AEC Magazine, August 2002
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Piranesi puts the soul back into 3D - August 2002
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Frankly, Piranesi should be de rigeur for any architectural rendering... It's a real time-saver - and
also a lot of creative fun, obviating the need for fiddly texture work. Piranesi puts the soul back
into 3D, and for that it should be applauded.
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3D World, August 2002
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A completely different animal - August 2002
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Piranesi is a completely different animal from the other packages we've looked at... If
you want to turn a harsh 3D model into a hand-drawn illustration, or a QuickTime panorama,
this is a strong package.
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Digit magazine, August 2002
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Piranesi is superb - June 2002
Computer Arts reviews Piranesi 3 in the July 2002 issue and concludes:
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Piranesi is a superb application. It may not seem like a vital addition to your toolkit
initially, but the more you use it, the more you realise the possibilities and time-saving potential
it offers.
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Computer Arts, July 2002
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Piranesi is a powerful weapon - May 2002
Joel Orr comments on the latest release of Piranesi 3:
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The program makes it easy to create realistic scenes for marketing and communications
that are far more artistic than the generally simple renderings of 3D CAD... This is a
powerful weapon for the marketing arsenal of any AEC firm.
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the CADwire, May 2002
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Cadence praises Piranesi - January 2002
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Think of Photoshop customised for architectural renderings and you have Piranesi... There are
loads of tools, features, and special effects that allow the user to take a plain computer-generated
view and very easily transform it to a sophisticated, artistic looking rendering, in various styles
reflecting different moods.
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Cadence magazine, January 2002
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Fantastic product - January 2002
The January 2002 edition of AEC Magazine reviewed the SketchUp Modeller, and commented:
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SketchUp has been given the ability to export models in the EPIX format for rendering in
Piranesi, which combines the intelligence of 3D modelling with the direct control, interactivity,
and representational freedom of a paint program, and is a fantastic product in its own right.
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AEC Magazine, January 2002
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Breathtaking images - January 2002
Cadalyst is full of praise for Piranesi in their January issue, noting its speed, flexibility and
the quality of its results.
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Piranesi offers options that no other application evaluated [by Cadalyst] does. For those involved in producing visualizations, it's difficult to imagine not having a copy
of Piranesi.
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Cadalyst, January 2002
Read the full article
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Piranesi puts the soul back into 3D - August 2002
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Frankly, Piranesi should be de rigeur for any architectural rendering... It's a real time-saver - and
also a lot of creative fun, obviating the need for fiddly texture work. Piranesi puts the soul back
into 3D, and for that it should be applauded.
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3D World, August 2002
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A completely different animal - August 2002
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Piranesi is a completely different animal from the other packages we've looked at... If
you want to turn a harsh 3D model into a hand-drawn illustration, or a QuickTime panorama,
this is a strong package.
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Digit magazine, August 2002
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Piranesi is superb - June 2002
Computer Arts reviews Piranesi 3 in the July 2002 issue and concludes:
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Piranesi is a superb application. It may not seem like a vital addition to your toolkit
initially, but the more you use it, the more you realise the possibilities and time-saving potential
it offers.
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Computer Arts, July 2002
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Piranesi is a powerful weapon - May 2002
Joel Orr comments on the latest release of Piranesi 3:
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The program makes it easy to create realistic scenes for marketing and communications
that are far more artistic than the generally simple renderings of 3D CAD... This is a
powerful weapon for the marketing arsenal of any AEC firm.
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the CADwire, May 2002
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Cadence praises Piranesi - January 2002
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Think of Photoshop customised for architectural renderings and you have Piranesi... There are
loads of tools, features, and special effects that allow the user to take a plain computer-generated
view and very easily transform it to a sophisticated, artistic looking rendering, in various styles
reflecting different moods.
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Cadence magazine, January 2002
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Fantastic product - January 2002
The January 2002 edition of AEC Magazine reviewed the SketchUp Modeller, and commented:
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SketchUp has been given the ability to export models in the EPIX format for rendering in
Piranesi, which combines the intelligence of 3D modelling with the direct control, interactivity,
and representational freedom of a paint program, and is a fantastic product in its own right.
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AEC Magazine, January 2002
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Breathtaking images - January 2002
Cadalyst is full of praise for Piranesi in their January issue, noting its speed, flexibility and
the quality of its results.
(For the full article click here.)
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Piranesi offers options that no other application evaluated [by Cadalyst] does. For those involved in producing visualizations, it's difficult to imagine not hving a copy
of Piranesi.
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Cadalyst, January 2002
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Image and Intention with LightWave and Piranesi - February 2001
Architecture Week carries an in-depth article about how Paradigm
Productions LLC make use of LightWave and Piranesi to create architectural
presentations.
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In Piranesi, entourage can be placed 'behind'
objects in the original LightWave rendering. For
example, a person can be put behind a column
and Piranesi will automatically clip out the portion
that should be hidden. The ability to "drop in"
entourage with 3D data and create automatic
shadows is a great time saver.
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Architecture Week, February 2001
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How to create better images in less time - September 2000
AJ Plus, the online information service for architects, carries a feature article
about Piranesi.
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[With Piranesi] it is quite possible to sit down with a client and try three or four
different treatments of the same scene in a session – something
quite inconceivable with normal renderers.
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AJ Plus, August 2000
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Cadalyst highly recommends Piranesi - August 2000
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You can emulate pen and ink, etching, watercolor, and other effects to produce a presentation
that belies its origin on the computer. There's much built-in intelligence in Piranesi,
which makes it quite easy to use. If you're not a fan of hard-edged visualisations that
have 'produced with a computer' stamped all over them, Piranesi may be just what you need.
If you're like me at all, you'll find it fun to use... Piranesi is a highly recommended product.
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Cadalyst, August 2000
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Painting by Numbers - June 2000
Patrick Casey of Coda architects looks at version 2 of the Piranesi visualisation and rendering program and concludes
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..Informatix have developed a top quality product. Believe me, I say that about very few pieces of software
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Patrick Casey, Coda Architects, June 2000
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One of the most innovative, responsive and flexible tools available - May 2000
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Piranesi 2 continues to be an easy-to-use application whose design facilitates and encourages
creative exploration. For anyone interested in a final presentation visualization that approximates
traditional art media rather than the hard-edged, computer-generated look of photorealistic renderings
Piranesi 2 delivers... The second release continues as one of the most innovative, responsive and
flexible tools available, and I highly recommend it.
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Cadalyst magazine, May 2000
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Piranesi bridges the gap between CAD and graphics software - March 2000
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Just when you've spent the last few years getting to grips with your CAD
software and modelling programmes like MAX and VIZ and you've been earnestly
dabbling with clever graphics software such as PhotoShop, enter a software
developer who has come up with a programme that neatly bridges the gap between
the two.
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CAD User magazine, March 2000
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Piranesi bridges the gap between art, architecture and CAD modelling - March 2000
MultiCAD magazine - a longtime fan of Piranesi - puts version 2 through its paces
and concludes that the latest version is even better than before:
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Piranesi 2 software is the only software I have encountered that bridges the
gap between art, architecture and CAD modelling... If you are in the business
of selling your modelling ideas with your images, it is time for you to move
on from the clipped raytrace renderings of the 1990s into the 21st Century.
Piranesi is your ticket.
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MultiCAD magazine, March 2000
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Adding art to realism with Piranesi 2 - March 2000
MicroStation Manager Online magazine gives Piranesi 2 a very enthusiastic
review.
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The cliché is true; a picture speaks a thousand
words. Piranesi has a product that offers
MicroStation-based architectural practices
additional eloquence. The software offers a
unique solution for the generation of artistic
renderings... This is
a highly innovative product which I can highly
recommend.
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MicroStation Manager Online, March 2000
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Piranesi 2 - an excellent application - March 2000
CGI magazine is impressed by the new features offered by Piranesi 2:
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When Piranesi arrived last year it offered a new way of working by allowing
users to apply paint to 2D images. Version 2.0 has now been launched and it is
just as excellent as the original application.
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CGI magazine, March 2000
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Piranesi is the ideal partner - January 2000
C3 magazine sets its architectural expert onto Piranesi, and he comes away impressed:
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Piranesi is an ideal partner for any modelling application and one of the easiest
ways to produce accurate images from your models that don't look computer rendered.
Natural media rendering solutions are available for many applications but these
tend to be shaders rather than an interactive system. What makes Piranesi
great to use is the fact that you do feel like you are drawing rather than
just pressing the render button.
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C3, January 2000
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Bizarre but brilliant - January 2000
Computer Arts reviews Piranesi 2 and finds that it has many advantages over
using a product such as Photoshop for rendering and post-processing models.
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Piranesi is an intriguing program that will sit alongside your paint and 3D
packages and become another valuable weapon in your arsenal.
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Computer Arts, January 2000
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