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Link via SF Classical Music Examiner Finale vs. Sibelius Composers seem to be about evenly divided between the two major notation packages, although I always steer first-timers to Sibelius. Despite Finale’s massive improvements, Sibelius remains easier to learn. Both applications produce beautiful printed scores, can generate parts automatically, and in general make a musician’s life […] Link via Digital Arts The key reason to upgrade to the 2009 version of this modelling software is to take advantage of the new texture-painting toolset. Mudbox now offers true 3D painting: that is, the paint is applied with brush position precisely aligned to the model surface, so that paint goes where it’s required. It […] Link via Adorama Imaging Resource Center If you have CS3 and are a professional or a serious amateur digital darkroom user, I think this upgrade is well worth the price. If you have CS2 or before, I absolutely beg you to go for it Another reason to upgrade is new camera support in Camera Raw. […] Link via The Enlightened Image CINEMA 4D R11 – Part 1: The Core is the first of a multi-part series covering MAXON’s new CINEMA 4D Release 11’s offerings. Because this product has so many items available for the user, that I could not do it justice in a single write-up, and so I will break […] Link via eweek.com What’s interesting about MindManager is that its maps are not static. The visual diagram includes actionable data, live hyperlinks, along with collaboration tools such as word processor, spreadsheet, presentation and e-mail. The idea is to keep users within MindManager so they don’t have to leave to access other services. For example, MindManager […] Link via Digital Web Magazine The coolest thing about ScreenFlow is it lets you record your screen, and combine it with your Mac’s built-in iSight camera and microphone. Your screen capture is placed on one layer, and your iChat window is placed in another layer. So you get a picture-in-picture effect, where viewers can see […] Link via MacWorld Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 is a solid upgrade to an already impressive Web site design program. The latest version adds to features introduced in Dreamweaver CS3 (Photoshop Integration and Spry JavaScript tools for building interactive interfaces, for example) and also presents a completely revamped interface that more closely resembles other products in the […] Link via Digital Camera Review One question we field a lot around here – and I’m sure Adobe’s heard more than their share of this one too – is, “Will Lightroom replace Photoshop for what I do?” Entangled in this question is the issue that’s always been part of my typical response: “It depends on […] Link via MacWorld Adobe Bridge is an organizational and image-browsing powerhouse that’s been shipping with Photoshop since the inception of the creative suite. However, in previous versions it was sometimes painfully slow and the workspace wasn’t friendly as it could have been. That’s all changed in Photoshop CS4—Bridge got a makeover, a speed boost, and […] Link via arstechnica The Intel Mac virtualization scene has had a couple of years to mature now, and things are finally getting exciting. Now, with the latest VMware Fusion 2 release, we’ve left the adolescent phase of Mac virtualization and entered the adult phase, where virtualized Windows really starts to operate in all the ways […] |
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