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 and X3.

For more information or to download the DRAWings Embroidery Effect for CorelDRAW, please visit www.corel.com/cdgsx3/embroideryeffect

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.

Read the full article at Digital Media Designer

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.

Read the full article at Macworld.com

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 that could help encourage the adoption of E-Reading is the E Ink showcased in the Sony Reader. The Sony Reader displays Adobe PDFs which can be created with Acrobat 7.0 Professional.

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 he’s at work:

If you look at this office, there isn’t much paper in it. On my desk I have three screens, synchronized to form a single desktop. I can drag items from one screen to the next. Once you have that large display area, you’ll never go back, because it has a direct impact on productivity.

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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PAINTER – The Painter Art Showcase Book

PAINTER – The World’s Finest Painter Art

PAINTER showcases the world’s finest digital artwork using Corel’s natural media painting program, Painter. PAINTER exhibits 209 works by 135 artists across diverse categories such as Portraits, Concept Art, Fantasy, Editorial Illustration and Abstract art.

Performance tweak plug-in for Photoshop CS2 Mac

John Nack on Adobe: Performance tweak plug-in for CS2 Mac available

Adobe has posted Disable VM Buffering, an optional plug-in for Photoshop CS2 (Mac only) that addresses painting pauses on machines with more than 4GB of RAM. From the ReadMe:

The Disable VM Buffering plug-in can be installed to eliminate pauses during painting on Macintosh machines with more than 4GB of physical RAM installed. It will have no effect on machines with 4GB or less of RAM. On machines with more than 4GB of RAM it can eliminate pauses during painting operations at some cost in performance with very large documents.

More details about the plug-in and why you may or may not want to install it are on the download page.