The Best of Both Worlds

The Best of Both Worlds

And it’s worth the effort. Boot Camp and Parallels have turned the Intel-based Macintosh into the only computer that can run nearly every popular software program, whether it was written for Windows or the Mac. On the same computer you can edit photos in Apple’s iPhoto program and check […]

Pixologic :: ILM Interview

Pixologic :: ILM Interview

Pirates of the Caribbean, Dead Man’s Chest, is a treasure trove of tormenting and tormented sea creatures, elaborately designed and created by the artists at Industrial Light and Magic. Our ZBrush reporters recently talked with some of the artists at ILM to get the bigger picture of how ZBrush contributed to […]

SHOOTOUT: Mac Pro versus Quad G5

Mac Pro 2.66GHz versus Quad-Core G5/2.5GHz

ANALYSIS We figure with clock speeds closely matching, it’s a fair fight, right? Well, as you can see, the Quad-Core G5/2.5GHz beats the “Quad-Core” Mac Pro Xeon/2.66GHz when running Photoshop CS2 and After Effects 7 (both non-UB apps). The Mac Pro 3GHz might catch up in the After Effects […]

As Flash turns 10, Adobe looks ahead

As Flash turns 10, Adobe looks ahead | CNET News.com

Still a popular way to add interactivity to Web sites, Flash has outlasted a number of competing plug-ins that emerged in the early days of the Web.

Now, according to company executives, Adobe is trying to make Flash more of a general-purpose application development platform, […]

Adobe Reaches Far and Wide

Adobe Reaches Far and Wide – New York Times

The company’s chief executive, Bruce R. Chizen, 50, spoke recently about the competitive landscape, about being on pace to surpass $2 billion in sales for the first time and about how far-reaching Adobe has become in Americans’ daily lives.

Photoshop Automator Actions v3.0

Photoshop Automator Actions v3.0

Mac OS X 10.4 ships with Automator, a powerful workflow automation tool that lets you easily automate the operation of any AppleScriptable application. While Automator can control many applications right out of the box, it lacks the ability to automate Photoshop. For Photoshop control, you need The Photoshop Action Pack, […]

Save More by Purchasing Adobe Bundles!

Save More by Purchasing Adobe Bundles!

Was It Done With a Lens, or a Brush?

Was It Done With a Lens, or a Brush? – NY Times

Like many amateur photographers, Joe Dejesus posts his photos online and compares them to the work of others on the photo-sharing site Flickr. At some point last year, a number of landscape photos caught his eye with their vibrant tones and colors.

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Product Review: SketchBook Pro 2

Architosh: Feature Product Review: SketchBook Pro 2

the program is a joy to use once you get used to drawing on a Wacom tablet. We think an Apple Mac tablet computer would be the ideal machine to actually use because you can keep your eye on just one place (not tablet and screen) while you […]

Creation of the Maya 7 Signature Image

Creation of the Maya 7 Signature Image

Meats Meier demonstrates how he created the signature image for Maya 7.

It’s a very manual process of more or less digital basketry where I spend time and make sure there are no interpenetrating objects in the model. Moving one area makes it so I have to […]