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Link via devx.com When you are accustomed to writing code with Microsoft Visual Studio and you move to a lesser tool, it can tend to de-motivate you. Despite the fact that I thought Flash had great potential, I walked away. It hurt, too, because I really wanted to do something cool with the timeline. My […] Link via Dreamweaver Course Lately I’ve fielded a lot of questions from people considering upgrading from Dreamweaver 8 (CS2) to Dreamweaver CS4. While it’s fairly easy to find information about the incremental updates: from DW8 to CS3 and from CS3 to CS4 (links at the end of this post) I haven’t found a source […] Link via Building Design “3D for Everyone” is the strapline used by Google to promote the latest version of its ubiquitous software SketchUp 7. This is a fairly accurate slogan, as most architects around the world have at least heard about, or tried SketchUp since Google took ownership, and provided a free version for […] Link via MacTech In the majority of overall averages of our tests, Parallels Desktop is the clear winner running 14-20% faster than VMware Fusion. The one exception is for those that need to run Windows XP, 32-bit on 2 virtual processors, VMware Fusion runs about 10% faster than Parallels Desktop. And, while both products these […] The March 2009 issue of MacWorld magazine compares 9 leading mind mapping programs and picks ConceptDraw MindMap. According to the review: ConceptDraw MindMap has an excellent array of color and image options. Its line and fill choices are ample but not overwhelming. Simple fill patterns and gradients, as well as line weights and styles, are […] Link via TheStreet.com TSC’s master video editor Daniel Byrne was our man on the front line when it came to road-testing CS4 in Las Vegas. He installed the Master Collection on a brand new M70Vn-C2 laptop. It’s a super-heavy duty portable (I wouldn’t want it sitting on my lap for very long) with a 2.53GHz […] Link via PC World Silver Efex Pro efficiently produces great black-and-white effects that are fiddly to create in Photoshop alone. Silver Efex Pro runs responsively, even as a Smart Filter. It also works on 8- and 16-bit images in both RGB and CMYK. Overall it produces great black-and-white effects that are fiddly to create in […] Link via c4dcafe.com The hot new enhancements in Release 11 are a totally reworked GI (Global Illumination) engine. Not only is GI rendering much improved with better quality and flicker free animations, rendering without GI is significantly quicker as well and things like glass render more accurately. NLA (Non linear animation) and Animation Layers are […] Link via Consumer Electronics Net For the photographer, Lightroom has been a godsend. At least it has been for me. I can’t think of one other program that speeds up the importing, sorting, editing and outputting to file, print or web site the hundreds or thousands of images a photographer has to deal with on […] Link via Eclipse Magazine In the past I’ve stated that I really like where Adobe is going with their new uniformed interface changes and the Elements package has the new interface that was introduced in last year’s Elements. It worked so well that they added the menu system to their pro tools; which means if […] |
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