Wirecast Studio 4
$439.95
Plug-in your camera. Prepare your shots. Broadcast live. Wirecast is ideal for novices and professionals alike who want to stream or record professional broadcasts to live or on-demand audiences.
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Cinemagraphs or Cinegraphs are photos that also include movement. They are hybrid images that are eye-catching and unique. Thanks to the new Timeline features in Photoshop CS6, it is really easy to create your own cinemagraphs. In this tutorial, we will show you how. Let’s get started!
Photoshop CS6 Extended Student & Teacher Edition is available at an academic discount price of $245.95
Photoshop CS6 Extended School/Nonprofit Edition is available at a discount price of $299.95
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The best way to take those first tender steps into level design isn’t through an SDK, though. It’s through one of the most powerful and easy-to-use 3D programs in recent years – Google’s SketchUp.
SketchUp has been used to create everything from models of real-life locales in Google Maps to photo-real models of aeroplanes.
Although at heart, SketchUp wasn’t really built with level editing in mind, its interface is very similar to that used in level-editing software, and its intuitive nature makes it the ideal starting point for any kind of 3D modelling.
SketchUp packs a couple of other advantages, too. Valve’s Hammer editor now includes the ability to import models from SketchUp, so you can create detailed and interesting models that would be nigh-on impossible in Hammer and import them.
Trimble SketchUp 8 is free.
Trimble SketchUp Pro 8 is available at a student discount price of $49.
Trimble SketchUp Pro 8 is free for instructors.
Trimble SketchUp Pro 8 Lab licenses are available at a school discount price of $15.
Trimble SketchUp Pro 8 Laptop Licenses
 SolidWorks 2012/2013 Fundamentals Training DVD
$69
With thousands of seats of training sold, Inspirtech is the leader in self-paced, interactive, SolidWorks instructional materials. Training combines the knowledge of SolidWorks Certified Professionals and qualified teachers, to create structured tutorials, rich with examples and exercises.
Camtasia Studio 8 Education
$175.95
More than a simple screen recorder, Camtasia gives you the tools you need to truly customize and edit your videos.
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The New York Times profiles homeowners using software programs, including SketchUp, to help with the design process for their own homes.
Philippe Jeanty was interested in saving money but also time when he decided to design a house using SketchUp. Mr. Jeanty, a 58-year-old doctor with no architecture or engineering training, spent several months coming up with a plan for a one-story, three-bedroom house in Fairview, Tenn., with thick, insulated walls and numerous windows. Using SketchUp, he was able to keep tweaking the design until he was satisfied. “If we had to discuss the plans with an architect and said, ‘We want to change this, change that,’ it would be an endless number of meetings,” Mr. Jeanty said.
As it was, he just hired a draftsman and a builder to carry out his plan, and his lack of design knowledge, he said, wasn’t an issue: “The only thing we really regret is putting marble in too many places. It’s a pain to maintain.”
Trimble SketchUp 8 is free.
Trimble SketchUp Pro 8 is available at a student discount price of $49.
Trimble SketchUp Pro 8 is free for instructors.
Trimble SketchUp Pro 8 Lab licenses are available at a school discount price of $15.
Trimble SketchUp Pro 8 Laptop Licenses
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The next round of suggested computer lies with the Ivy Bridge CPU. I have a longer write-up of this new CPU series here:
https://forum.solidworks.com/message/288789#288789
What you need to know, is that these are a smidgen faster than the Sandy Bridge (5%), but they have some outstanding values in the lower priced options. So in the thread below, I hope to detail out an entire “homebuilt” system with this new chip. Later I hope to post a “discount” machine as well.
Charles Culp provides a custom build for $1,073:
Charles’ Custom Build – $1,073
My cheapest and fastest suggested computer yet. I’m hesitant to offer a “discount” machine because of the speed/value of this thing. All prices from newegg.com.
SolidWorks Student Edition 2012-2013 is available at an academic discount price of $99.95
Unity 4, the next generation of the Unity development platform, includes all-new character animation technology, more publishing options, shadows for mobile games, DirectX 11 support and many more key updates. Unity 4.0 is the first release in the Unity 4 series that will offer critical new features:
New Platform Support
– Linux now included as a build target in Unity Pro
– Windows DX11 support
– Flash add-on support
New Animation System
– A complete overhaul of our animation system into the Mecanim Animation System Performance and Workflow
– Support for realtime shadows for iOS and Android mobile
– Improved GPU and CPU profiler to capture performance data
– Improved light-mapping
– Dynamic Fonts for rendering Asian characters and controlling fonts
– Tons of workflow updates
…and many more!
Purchase Unity Pro 3.x Student now and receive a free upgrade to version 4 when it ships!
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We introduced eDrawings for iPad on May 1, and the response has been amazing. However, many of you have let us know about features and capabilities you would like to see, and our development team has been listening. A major update is now available, with the following changes:
- Transparent parts
- Standard orthogonal views
- Shaded with edges mode
- Perspective mode
- Hide, show & make components transparent
- Select components from graphics area
- Hyperlinked views in drawings
- Sort files by name, extension, date and size
- Leave file open during background execution for fast app switching
- Fixed shaded drawing views during panning and zooming
- Fixed incorrect legends in SolidWorks Simulation files
- Bug fixes
If you already have eDrawings for iPad, you can download the update directly from the App Store. If you don’t, you can buy it for only $1.99.
SolidWorks Student Edition 2012-2013 is available for $99.95
V-Ray 2.5 for 3ds Max and Maya Bundle with Pdplayer
$209.95
This bundle includes V-Ray for 3ds Max and Maya + Pdplayer & USB dongle.
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