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Updated 17/02
Carrara 7, which is available in Express, Standard and Pro editions, aims to offer a fully featured 3D suite at an affordable price. We’ve looked at the Pro version here.
Topaz Adjust offers a quick way to make images more dynamic, by manipulating their exposure, contrast and saturation using its swift workflow and more complete preset system.
ToonIt Photo replicates a hand-drawn style well that almost all plug-ins do very badly indeed: comics – covering techniques from outlined to full graphic novel-style art.
Akvis’ Sketch is the only plug-in we’ve seen that produces decent pencil drawing from images, though it’s let down by a wonky workflow and some bad bugs.
American Twitter users are predominately young, poor, blog-centric, social-network-happy urbanites who like to read the news on their mobile devices, according to the The Pew Internet and American Life Project. The PIAP released a report Thursday called "Twitter and Status Updating" that discusses who uses Twitter or similar services, and how that choice impacts their daily life.
Digital Arts | Ian Paul | Read more...
iPhoto '09's new Faces feature works well, but sometimes misses faces in photos. If that happens to you, you can find the missing faces by clicking the Name button, then clicking the Add Missing Face button. When you do, iPhoto places a box around the face, which you the drag to resize to cover the entire face of the person of interest.
Digital Arts | Rob Griffiths | Read more...
All eyes are on the Ting Tings for their new promo; they turned to director Ben Ib, who we last saw creating a sultry, 40s-themed video for Kylie.
JVC has announced the GY-HM700, a new shoulder-supported compact camcorder that offers video capture in format natively supported by Apple Final Cut Pro.
Parks on Fire is the latest conceptual short from filmmaker and motion graphics artist Scott Pagano. We sat down with him to find out more about the creative process behind it.
Luke Scott’s spot for Eristoff Vodka uses monochromatic cinematography to tell a tale of man and wolf, and features VFX work by Golden Square.
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Rushes’ title sequence, logo and ad-break bumpers for ITV1 show Demons take viewers on a gothic-inspired trip across London.
Ramp up Photoshop CS4’s creative power using specialized plug-ins – whether you’re after convincing lens effects or larger images, there’s one here for you.
Bent Image Lab successfully merged stop-motion with CG, and the huge with the small, to create a sensational spot with real depth.
Create a cool look using Illustrator’s Symbols and Global Colors.
Create an animated character by harnessing the power of Illustrator and the flexibility of Flash.
Make your message heard with stunning Photoshop painting and compositing techniques from Alex Beltechi.