Do You Need Pricey Photo Software?

Do You Need Pricey Photo Software? By Ben Long, creativepro.com senior editor

If you’re a digital photographer who shoots regularly, you can benefit from workflow software. But if you already have Bridge (which comes free with Photoshop), do you really need to pay for Aperture or Lightroom? Read this and find out.

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Top 10 Reasons to try XSI

Is your performance maxed-out? Here are 10 reasons to try XSI

1. Non-destructive everything 2. Gigapolygon processing 3. Modeling that feels like sculpting 4. Delta Referencing: breakthrough collaborative 3D animation 5. Commitment to scripting & development standards 6. Animation Mixer 7. Asset reuse made simple 8. Render Passes 9. Built-in XSI Illusion compositor 10. Custom […]

Pixologic releases the long awaited ZBrush 3.0 to a hungry community.

Pixologic releases the long awaited ZBrush 3.0 to a hungry community. CGSociety :: Software Release

ZBrush 3.0 has continued the development of artist-friendly digital art tools. Pixologic has boostedZBrush’s speed; added real-time shadows, real-timematerial-capture and render (MatCap).

ZBrush 3.0 also now allows full 3D sculpting and texturing with alphas and textures and has activated advanced […]

CS3 Production Premium for Motion Graphics and Interactive Enthusiasts, Part 2

Rounding third and heading for home with After Effects, Encore, Photoshop, and the rest

Digital Producer Magazine By Kevin Schmitt

Like the weekly serials of old, we left off last time with a cliffhanger. What treats were there to be found in the rest of the CS3 Production Premium bundle? Which goodies in After Effects, […]

CS3 Production Premium for Motion Graphics and Interactive Enthusiasts, Part 1

Not on the front lines of video production? No worries; there’s plenty here for you

Digital Producer Magazine By Kevin Schmitt

I was somewhat skeptical about what the forthcoming Adobe CS3 Production Premium bundle would offer outside of Flash and After Effects; after all, I have precisely zero skills when it […]

Creating a pattern font wth Illustrator and FontLab Studio

Tutorial from Computer Arts

Pattern fonts are fun to create and can save you a lot of time. Once it’s generated, you can modify a pattern to create a new look with just a few clicks…

Ever fancied designing your own pattern and making an OpenType font out of it? It’s a quick and effective […]

Managing websites with multiple layouts in Dreamweaver CS3

If you have purchased or installed the Dreamweaver CS3 trial, then you can’t have helped but be impressed by the new standards-compliant CSS starter pages. To have the ability to create CSS layouts in what amounts to no more than a few clicks is a great time-saving feature: no more bug hunting, no more hours […]

Photoshop Lightroom review from MacLife

Add more snap to your photos with this verve-filled postproduction toolkit.

Adobe Photoshop slices, dices, and in the hands of an expert, it can turn photographic water into wine – or so it would seem. True, Photoshop has been the catchall application for digital-photography enthusiasts and pros, but it was designed for editing individual images, […]

Toy-tastic! Bringing toys to life with Maya’s keyframe animation

from Computer Arts

Inspired by the best of Japanese toy design, these characters are just waiting to entertain you. Bring them to life in suitable style with 3D World’s guide to the fundamentals of keyframe animation In this tutorial, we’ll be showing you how to bring to life two simple but effective characters inspired by […]

Stam on Maya’s nCloth

CGSociety Technology Focus by Paul Hellard

Jos Stam, Autodesk’s resident Principal Scientist, had three hours spare in a Paris airport after a plane home was delayed. With this time, he decided to nut out a problem that had been plaguing him for some time. He sat down with his laptop, a notepad and some brain […]