Cinema 4D R11 (includes BodyPaint 3D R4) Now Shipping!

Cinema 4D R11 (includes BodyPaint 3D R4) is available at an academic price of $195.

Fusion 2 Upgrade Brings Mac and Windows Harmony – Webmonkey

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VMWare has announced Fusion 2, the latest release of its flagship Mac virtualization app. Like competitor Parallels, Fusion allows Mac users to run Windows applications alongside their normal Mac OS X apps.

Fusion 2 packs in a host a new features and current Fusion users will happy to hear that the upgrade […]

Photoshop GPU advice

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In the wake of various sneak peeks, I’m seeing a fair number of questions about what kinds of graphics cards GPUs will be required or recommended for running Photoshop going forward.

We’ll have more to say once the new version is announced, but very generally I can say you’ll […]

McCain-Obama Mindmap: Helping You Decide Who to Vote For

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The Presidential Election in November will be one of the most important in America’s history. Barack Obama was nominated as the Democratic Presidential Nominee last week and John McCain will be nominated as the Republican Presidential Nominee this week.

With all the convention speeches, television ads, and political talk […]

Photoshop for Democracy Revisited: The Sarah Palin File

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During the 2004 presidential election season, I ran a column in Technology Review Online which described the way that average citizens were exploiting their expanded capacity to manipulate and circulate images to create the grassroots equivalent of editorial cartoons. These images often got passed along via e-mail or posted on blogs […]

New Creation Engine Catalog – August 2008

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Adobe Acrobat 9 and Creative Suites for Back-to-School!

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Top 10 Adobe Flex and AIR applications for students

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Going to university is an amazing experience: getting to the next chapter in your life, finally gaining some independence, and showing up to your 2:30 class in PJs. However, you’ll quickly realize that great schooling is expensive, and you’re going to have to work hard to make the experience worthwhile. […]

Design Fusion 1st Prize Winner created with 3ds Max and Photoshop

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First Prize ‘Fusion’ by Heiko Klug, (Jesar), GERMANY    jesar.cgsociety.org Heiko creates most of his designs in his free time after work or on weekends. Working in a little design agency in Cologne, his daily projects are more the ‘classical advertising thing’. He creativity extends to some photography, 3ds Max and Photoshop.

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Combining Photoshop CS3, Rhino and a Cintiq in the Digital Design Process

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As an industrial designer for more than 10 years, I have come to rely on Photoshop CS3 Extended as the most important component in my process for designing quality products. It links each phase of a design project and ensures that the final product is done right and on time.

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