Reviewed: Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium

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With CS3, Adobe took its video product line several notches above the norm in quality, allowing it to elbow its way into the spotlight alongside other premium video software manufacturers such as Apple and Avid. The product introduced many features, including consistent user interfaces with brightness sliders, outstanding support for Flash video, […]

Five Adobe CS4 goodies for photographers

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As you might expect, Adobe’s Photoshop CS4 contains a treasure trove of goodies for pixel-pushing photographers. But you’ll also find some unexpected helpers tucked inside CS4’s bundled applications, Adobe Bridge CS4 and Adobe Camera Raw 5. Here are five favorites all photographers should check out.

Photoshop CS4 Extended is available at an […]

Office Professional 2007 $109 Special!

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Office Professional 2007 $109 Academic Discount Price Special! (List Price: $199) Includes Word 2007, Excel 2007, PowerPoint 2007, Outlook 2007, Access 2007, Accounting Express 2008, and Publisher 2007. Offer good through 1/31/2009.

PC Pro: Product Reviews: Google SketchUp 7

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SketchUp 7 adds another major strength to its building block approach to 3D modelling with new support for dynamic components. Now, users of the Pro version of SketchUp can add easy customisability and interactive intelligence to the components that they’ve created. It’s a pity that users of the free SketchUp cannot […]

First Look: FileMaker Pro 10

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As a user and as a developer, my overall first impression is favorable. It took me a little time to get used to the new status toolbar, but I’m warming up to it finally. Persistent sorting, dynamic summary reports, editable table views—these are improvements I am grateful for as a user. As […]

Intuos3 4×6 only $159 (normal price $199) after $40 mail-in rebate!

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Intuos3 4×6 only $159 (normal price $199) after $40 mail-in rebate! Offer good through 3/6/2009. Rebate not available for other Intuos3 sizes.

iClone 3 Pro Review

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iClone 2.5 made creating 3D movies simple for the masses. The latest incarnation of the Reallusion software is even better, easier, more fluid, more user-friendly, and just generally more polished. Reallusion went out of its way to create a movie maker into which even the lowly amateur can jump—without hesitation.

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Google Talks to Architosh About SketchUp Pro 7

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Architosh talks to John Bacus, Google’s SketchUp Product Manager, about the all new SketchUp 7 and SketchUp Pro 7 and Layout 2. Key points in the discussion include the new Dynamic Components technology and how to learn about it, discussion about OpenGL and multi-processing and multi-threading, and the value in understanding causality […]

Adobe CS4 Photoshop and Illustrator Review (Verdict: Kick Ass)

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I’ve spent more than a month working with Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection. I’m impressed. It pushes the envelope again with new tools and enhancements that will save a lot of time.

Apart from using a text editor, I spend most of my work time in Facebook Illustrator and Photoshop, which […]

Autodesk Software Shapes Super Heroes, Open Worlds, Epic Battles and More in Top Holiday Games

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SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Dec. 16, 2008 — Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) has announced that most of the top games hitting the shelves this holiday season have been created with Autodesk products. Autodesk technology helps game developers execute their creative vision from start to finish. This season, it has been used by numerous […]