Office Pro 2007 Academic Special $109 and Cinema 4D R11 Shipping Soon!

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Mind Mapping for Back to School

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I’m not going to go over every one, but there’s one that stands out for me: Mindjet MindManager. All of these apps provide excellent mind mapping tools, so it’s the extra features which make them most worthwhile. MindManager provides the best integration with OS X, allowing hyperlinks to urls, files, emails […]

Star Wars Continuity Cop applies the Force with FileMaker

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Keepin’ it canonical: Leland Chee, continuity database administrator at Lucas Licensing, maintains the Holocron — a vast FileMaker database that’s consulted to make sure that any new elements added to the Star Wars franchise fit within the existing mythology.

To Star Wars fans, Chee is the Keeper of the Holocron, arguably […]

New MindManager Pro 7 Web-based Trainings Now Available

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Mindjet has announced some exciting new MindManager Pro 7 web-based trainings. Trainings focus on everything from Fundamentals to MindManager’s integration with Microsoft Project 2007.

MindManager Pro 7 is available at an academic discount price of $149.

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Wacom’s Intuos3 launches into outer space

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Wacom, the leading manufacturer of pen tablets, interactive pen displays and intuitive interface devices, today announces that the Intuos3 A4 pen tablet is the first to be used in outer space. Astronauts are using the pen tablet in a series of experiments analysing the way they perceive distances and dimensions during […]

Technophile: Adobe’s Lightroom

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Now in version 2, Adobe’s Lightroom is a tool both for the professional and for the well-heeled and/or serious enthusiast (£189.98 on Amazon.co.uk, upgrade £79.98). If you’ve got Photoshop, it integrates well with that application, allowing you to flip between the pixel-level editing of Photoshop and the (I think) more useful […]

Quark Goes Back To School with Design Across Media Contest 2008

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Launch QuarkXPress® 8, take it for a free 60-day spin, and see how you can set trends by producing interactive design from one superior page-layout and design application, QuarkXPress 8!

Submit your entry for the Design Across Media contest on or before October 31, 2008, get your work showcased, and be eligible […]

Wacom shows the Cintiq 12WX at Siggraph 08

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There’s a great line in the movie “Wuthering Heights” where Lawrence Olivier says to his dying love “I can not live without my love, I can not die without my soul.” As my 10 month old son decided to destroy my Wacom grip pen, these words came to mind. Since getting […]

EndNote Online Tutorials and Webinar Classes

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EndNote X2 Basics

View the EndNote X2 tutorials online (Requires Flash Player 7 or above).

Download tutorials in Windows Media Player (WMV) format or MP4 format for off-line viewing.

EndNote X2 is available at an academic discount price of from Creation Engine.

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Free Commercial Use of QuarkXPress for Students

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Students now can gain an edge in the marketplace by using their QuarkXPress education licenses commercially at no additional cost and upgrading at a special price after graduation

DENVER – 07-17-2007 Quark Inc. today announced universal availability of a program that enables students to use their QuarkXPress education licenses to produce creative […]