A First Look at Photoshop Elements 8 and Premiere Elements 8

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What I liked best was Adobe’s (successful) effort to unify the features of both applications in an enhanced Organizer view that makes it easier to organize, edit, and share photos and videos. For both Photohop Elements and Premiere Elements, the Organizer is very similar to the company’s Adobe Bridge software. It’s a […]

Black and white photo magic

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The quickest and dirtiest colour-to-monochrome technique is to change the image mode to greyscale in a photo-editing program. Slightly better is to use the colour-to-black-and-white converter built into every photo-editing program.

A more complex (and our preferred) method is to change the picture mode to Labcolour, select the Lightness channel, change […]

REVIEW: Microsoft Expression Studio 3 – Digital Arts

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Expression Studio 3 is a suite of tools that allows you to create high-end interactive applications in Microsoft’s Silverlight 3 and the WPF 3.5 formats (for the web and the desktop, respectively).

pros SketchFlow prototyping tool; Behaviors; Silverlight 3 effects; wider PSD support; enhanced interface; improved States and Assets; sample data.

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Camtasia for Mac Review – Macworld

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Despite the rough edges, Camtasia for Mac is a very promising first release. The editing interface is very well thought out, and the addition of built-in objects, transitions, and actions makes it simple to create nice looking productions. If your needs are relatively simple, and you’d like an easy-to-use application, Camtasia is […]

How to Use Adobe Acrobat for Online Document Reviews

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Online document reviews have become a part of life for web workers creating technical documentation because they because are more economical and faster than having to fax, scan, or ship review documents around by FedEx. PDFs offer a bandwidth-friendly format for sending large documents back and forth amongst a geographically […]

Creating 3-D Characters and Images in Pixologic’s ZBrush

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I’ve always perceived 3-D graphics and animation as the art form most difficult to learn and create. Past experiences dabbling with such programs rarely lasted more than a few minutes—I would open the program, feel intimidated, and quickly close it down.

This perception has been changed by ZBrush.

The software, […]

Wacom Intuos4 review – Blogcritics Sci/Tech

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The Pen, which is black like the tablet, is also much improved. I liked the old pen really well, but the new one is just so much better. The grip is rubberized and it is so much more comfortable than before. It really feels like you are holding a natural pen. The […]

Digital Arts reviews 3ds max 2010

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The newest version of Autodesk’s 3D suite contains some major interface changes. On opening 3DS Max 2010, you’ll immediately be aware of the new Graphite Modelling toolset. This allows you to directly select and manipulate polygon objects.

Now fitted out in understated black and white, Autodesk’s venerable 3D suite has received […]

Nik Color Efex Pro 3.0 – PC Advisor Review

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Some special effects and filters are fun or useful; only a few become absolute necessities. Nik Software Color Efex Pro is in that latter category because it is not only one of the finest collections of Photoshop-compatible plug-in filters available, its quality and versatility make it almost indispensable.

Nik Color Efex […]

Macworld reviews Avid Media Composer 3.0

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While not an earth-shattering upgrade, Avid Media Composer 3.0.5 is indeed a must-have if you or anyone in your facility work with the emerging HD formats popularized by card-based camera systems. Corporate, editorial, and prosumer users will love this upgrade’s functionality, especially if they’re working with JVC’s 720pHDV, Panasonic’s AVC-Intra codec, or […]