By John Johnson and Patrice Leymarie

Can you you package a powerful modeling tool with true 3D sculpting capability, a natural 3D painting experience, animation and world class rendering into a stable, workflow-friendly graphics tool? Luxology says they have and they call it Modo 301. With a sleek user interface, simple to understand toolsets and an innovative approach that redefines 3D sculpting, Modo 301 is a "must-see" tool for the serious 3D artist. But does it really deliver all that it claims?

Documentation

 First, and it's an important point to mention, Modo 301 (as in the previous version) documentation is a real pleasure. Not only does the development team include the usual pdf and html documentation and a locally served HTML guide which contains all the materials found when you click directly on the Modo user interface with the help system active, but also to compensate the printed documentation, which has become a rarity in the software documentation field, you will find lots of useful video tutorials. This significant amount of tutorial video material, which covers in great detail various aspects of the application and/or various processes, can be accessed directly from within Modo.

If you want more Luxology TV allows the 3D community to exchange and view high resolution video clips on Luxology’s website. Luxology TV enables anyone to enhance their 3D education by watching videos about modeling, rendering, painting and sculpting.

 Interface

 Modo Interface has been conceived to be as malleable as possible and to be utilized in a specific focused mode (modeling, sculpting, painting, animating, lighting, texturing and rendering). But it's really easy to customize and adapt Modo to any demanding workflow requirements