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News

Digital Arts Autumn 2010 on sale now!

The brand new issue of Digital Arts is now on sale -- where we're taking digital painting back. You'll also find incredible tutorials across illustration, photomontage, visual effects and more!

Get free fonts as used by Seb Lester, Thomas Brown and Tsang Kin-Wah

Arjowiggins and Typofonderie have launched five free typefaces to promote the new Conqueror range of papers, and has got designers including Seb Lester to create artworks from them.

Renmen Project releases postcards for UNICEF's Haiti appeal

The Renmen Project's latest endeavour is a series of 10 postcards featuring a range of great artwork from Matt Lyon/C86, PodgyPanda, Gemma Correll, Kit Lane and more.

• Apple iOS 4.1 'fixes iPhone 3G slowdown', iOS 4.2 to follow
• Gadgets: Hands on with Apple's new iPods, Apple TV
• Microsoft releases Windows Phone 7
• Advertising Standards Authority targets online ads, Facebook and Twitter
• Maxon releases Cinema 4D R12, kills modules
• Quark offers QuarkXpress 8 with free Magic Bundle
• Adobe releases Lightroom 3.2, Camera Raw 6.2
• Rumour: iPhone 4 with new antenna coming soon
• Opinion: Apple embraces AutoCAD: A triumph for iPad
• Ruby on Rails 3.0 update released
• Mozilla mulls end of support for PowerPC Macs
• How the VFX for Kanye's painterly promo was created
• AutoCAD coming to iPad, iPhone, returning to Mac
• Damien Hirst paints guitar for Warchild charity
• AMD to kill ATI brand

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Product reviews

Sony Alpha NEX-5 review

With a compact design, and digital SLR capabilities, the Sony Alpha NEX-5 has much to offer.

Workstation Specialists WSX-6+ review

With three outputs, this is a fantastic creative machine - if budget is no object

Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Pro review

Melissa J Perenson trials a portable drive system that’s innovative but not always impressive

Samsung NX10 interchangeable-lens camera review

The Samsung NX10 takes up less room in your camera bag than a digital SLRs, while still featuring a 14.6 megapixel, APS-C, CMOS image sensor, 3-inch LCD, and the Samsung NX mount for interchangeable lenses.

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Tutorials

Photoshop Tutorial: Put a cutting edge spin on the lens flare effect

Learn how to present exciting variations on an old theme through changing the position of the lens flares and creative use of the blending modes, brush tools and colour.

Classic Illustrator Tutorial: Creating convincing characters

Illustrator maestro Alexis West demonstrates how to magic up appealing characters using a pencil, a computer and bags of imagination.

Photoshop Tutorial: Create a stunning pin-up collage

Create a vibrant illustration that puts a modern spin on the classic pin-up style.

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Tips

Align script and spoken dialogue in Premiere Pro

Speech Search can align related spoken dialogue clips and Story scripts so they match exactly. Select the clip in Premiere Pro and choose Analyze from the Metadata panel. Select Speech and specify the Story script to use. Media Encoder analyses the clip, then Premiere displays the transcript in the Metadata panel, highlighting each spoken word.

• Extend clips with keyboard shortcuts in Premiere Pro
• Learn how to create duplicate placeholders in OnLocation
• Learn how to align elements in After Effects CS5
• Learn how to click to point

Feature articles

Feature: Custom web fonts - our guide to all the options

The notion of a tiny handful of ‘web safe’ fonts will soon be consigned to history. We check out all the ways you can be more creative with typefaces online.

Feature: Sex and Art: The ultimate guide to creating work that's classy, sensual and fun

Get it right and your images will shimmer with sensuality; get it wrong and it'll just look sordid. Alice Ross leads you through the minefield that is sex-themed art.

Feature: The cutting edge of vector art

Discover five creative geniuses who are changing they way we look at vector art: from Magnus Blomster's strange take on Art Noveau to Poked Studio's offbeat characters.

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