Nik Silver Efex Pro Mini Review – TWIP

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Nik Software is working hard to create a string of plug-ins for Aperture and Photoshop. Their stable has grown again to include their newest product, Silver Efex Pro. This plug-in will give you complete control over black and white images in a way that neither Aperture or Photoshop can.

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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2: First Look

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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 freed photographers to work in RAW without laboring in Photoshop, but its major drawback was that it limited you to global fixes. Not anymore. The biggest improvement in Lightroom 2 ($299/$99 as an upgrade from 1) is the local adjustment brush for working on one area of your […]

Using Adobe Flash in Chemistry

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This past trimester I had my students create simulations using Adobe Flash. This was our second attempt at using Flash to create a simulation. The first attempt occurred during the first trimester (dealing with stoichiometry) and resulted in more of a calculator than a simulator. After collecting some feedback […]

Enhance your MindManager Maps with SnagIt

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A tip for MindManager Users with SnagIt:

Use the free SnagIt Output for MindManager to quickly add screen captures directly to MindManager maps.

Here’s how:

· Download the SnagIt Output for MindManager application on TechSmith’s website

· Save the application to the desired location on your computer

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Animation for Young Minds

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Q. Are there any animation programs made specifically for children that run on the average Windows PC and do not cost hundreds of dollars?

A. You do not need the kinds of machines that Pixar Animation Studios uses to get started with computer animation. A number of programs can create three-dimensional and […]

CGSociety reviews 3ds Max Design 2009

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Autodesk’s latest release of 3ds Max (version 11 if anyone is counting) is now dubbed Autodesk 3ds Max 2009. You can buy this release as either 3ds Max Design 2009 or 3ds Max 2009, the former being for design visualization, the later for Media & Entertainment. They are exactly the same software, […]

Office Professional 2007 only $109 and QuarkXPress 8.0!

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Acrobat 9 Portfolios

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well, it’s the topic of the month for many people, and (As Barry Norman used to say) why not. Portfolios can really change the way in which you present multiple pieces of related information. So yes, you can throw a lotta stuff together and make it look right pretty!

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WALL-E animator uses Wacom Cintiq

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What’s your favourite piece of technology? Well, the first thought I had was maybe, like, the wheel? If you think about it, we use the wheel all the time, so I use that more than any other piece of technology. But probably functionally, I use the Wacom Cintiq tablet, which is […]

QuarkXPress 8.0 Now Shipping!

QuarkXPress 8.0 is available at an academic discount price of $199. Upgrades are available for $99.

QuarkXPress 8.0 is available at a non-profit discount price of $299.