Wacom Intuos3 6 x 11 USB Tablet review from MacAddict

You’ve probably noticed a trend with displays recently – widescreen is the way to go. Apple’s Cinema Displays are widescreen, and even PowerBooks have widescreen displays (with wide trackpads to match). Now, creative professionals who use graphics tablets finally have a wide-format tablet to match: Wacom’s Intuos3 6×11.

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Making screen-printed T-shirts using Illustrator

Ever wanted to make your own printed T-shirts but didn’t fancy the expense? Jason Arber reveals a cheap and easy way to make a pseudo screen-printed T-shirt using Illustrator, an embroidery hoop and a pair of tights.

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Introducing the New CorelDRAW Embroidery Effect

Corel Corporation recently introduced a new plug-in for CorelDRAW Graphics Suite that enables designers to easily convert any image or vector graphic to a bitmap that has the look of embroidered stitches. Available as a free download from the Corel Web site, the DRAWings Embroidery Effect can be used with both CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 12 […]

Cinema 4D & Hair – A Student Interview

Student Chris Riehl is new to CINEMA 4D, but his teacher, a moderator in the DMN Forums and demo artist for MAXON COMPUTERS has noted how quickly he has taken to the software. I had a minute to sit down with Chris to ask him a few questions about C4D’s new module: HAIR.

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Adobe CEO on Boot Camp, Photoshop and Intel Macs

A version of Adobe Systems Inc.’s flagship Photoshop software that will run on Mac computers based on either the legacy PowerPC or new Intel platform will be available in the first half of next year, the company’s CEO said Friday.

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Rhinoceros 3.0 Service Release 5 available

Purchase Rhinoceros 3.0 for only $145: http://www.creationengine.com/html/p.lasso?p=10265

Seattle — 17 April 2006 — McNeel today announced that Rhinoceros 3.0 Service Release 5 (SR5) is shipping. SR5 includes both feature enhancements and bug fixes. Service Release 5 is a free download for all Rhino 3.0 users.

Bill McCoy: For Earth Day: E-Reading Without Apologies

Bill McCoy: For Earth Day: E-Reading Without Apologies

Bill McCoy of Adobe on whether E-reading will follow the same path as digital photography in its replacement of traditional photography. On the 36th anniversary of Earth Day, his emphasis is on the environmental impact of the electronic technologies vs. the traditional technologies. A particularly intriguing technology […]

The Virtues of a Second Screen – New York Times

The Virtues of a Second Screen – New York Times

A second screen makes it a lot easier to use the applications in the Adobe Web Bundle or the Adobe Production Studio Premium since you can keep the workspace on one screen and all the menus on another screen.

Bill Gates uses 3 screens while […]

Creation Engine News 4.20.2006

Creation Engine News 4/20/2006

MacBook Pro Benchmarks: 3D Performance

Now we arrive at our third and final test of the Apple MacBook Pro’s performance in OS X. (One future article will deal with Windows performance on the MacBook.) This last series of tests involves 3D software, including Maxon’s Cinema 4D 9, NewTek LightWave 8 and Alias/Autodesk Maya 7. The results are telling.

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