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SpacePilot PRO, 3ds MAX 2010, Snap Art 2, Reaktor 5, SampleTank 2.5 XL, Parallels 3.0 Server education discounts

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How to turn photos into beautiful works of art with a single click.

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Snap Art 2 is a Photoshop plug-in that turns your photography into beautiful works of art with a single click. Detailed simulation of individual brush strokes and canvas texture gives results that are indistinguishable from handmade art. The finished piece begs to be hung in a gallery, especially when printed on canvas.

Snap Art 2 examples

Snap Art 2 is available at an academic discount price of $130.

Adobe software eligible for K-12 federal funding sources.

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Federal funding resources for educational technology software and curriculum-related integration at schools and districts are available through numerous government programs.

See whether your purchases of Adobe education solutions are eligible for one or more of these funding sources.

Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act Funding for:

21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) Funding for:

Government funding websites

Adobe software available for education discount prices through Creation Engine.

Vue 7.5 xStream and Infinite Are Coming!

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Vue 7.5 Following is the list of new features available in the upcoming 7.5 release:

Support of the V-Ray renderer for 3ds Max (xStream)
Support of EcoSystem painting in XSI (xStream)
Color and Alpha masks of single clouds and cloud layers in the multi-pass renderer
“Camera Mapping” to dramatically cut animation render times
Spherical and planetary procedural terrains with infinite level of detail (see above render)
Spherical cloudscapes (procedural, or based on real-world/modified cloud maps – see above)
Material Painting and effect-driven material mapping in the Terrain Editor
Enhanced Multi-Processor usage for procedural terrains, dynamic EcoSystems and panoramic rendering
EcoSystem populations that can evolve over time
Cloud layers that cast and receive shadows from other cloud layers and objects in the scene
Improved OpenGL sky and cloud preview, colored EcoSystem instance previewing
Other productivity and feature enhancements.

More details on the new features of Vue 7.5 will be disclosed at the time of release. Stay Tuned!

If you own an educational license of Vue 7, you will receive Vue 7.5 at no charge when it becomes available.

Vue 7.5 xStream and Vue 7.5 Infinite are expected to ship during Q2 2009.

CGSociety reviews Mudbox 2009

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Mudbox 2009, the second generation of Mudbox is an amazingly easy to use digital sculpting tool that takes away all the technical aspects of working in 3D and lets your imagination and creativity flow. This may sound corny, but it really is that easy to use, and impressively fast. The latest version added several new sculpting brushes, along with an entirely new, and much anticipated painting system.