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CD: FREE! 25 exclusive filters, Dreamweaver video tutorials and 5 tattoo-style designs
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Updated 03/07
Dell and Lenovo are among the last to bring out models based around Intel’s Nehalem platform - but the Precision T3500 and ThinkStation S20 show much potential.
The Olympus E-P1 digital camera looks like a classic rangefinder model from the film era, but has much in common with a modern digital SLR, including interchangeable lenses.
The PowerShot SX200 IS is Canon’s first ‘travel-zoom’ camera, a new category of cameras that put fairly long zooms onto bodies from the larger end of a company’s compact range.
Adobe's Acrobat.com isn't a design tool, but being from the creative app giant and offering office-type tools that most creatives will need for the (boring) business part of their jobs, we knew you'd be interested.
One of the things I love about Adobe InDesign is that there's usually more than one way to accomplish virtually any task. Take placing images in your document. InDesign offers a plethora of options to improve productivity in this area, thanks to keyboard shortcuts.
Digital Arts | James Dempsey | Read more...
When Apple quietly updated the 13-inch MacBook a couple weeks ago, giving the company's least-expensive -- and previous-generation-design -- laptop better performance than the more-expensive aluminum unibody models, it was a good hint that the aluminum models were due for a refresh. After all, what company wants to undercut its 'premium' models by selling a better-performing product for less money?
Digital Arts | Dan Frakes | Read more...
The latest issue of Digital Arts is now on sale - packed full of creative tutorials to follow along with; 14 pages of creative product reviews and buying advice, in-depth features and case studies showcasing the work of the best players in the creative professional arena, and loads more.
Directors Corey Creasey and and Ian Kibbey recently created a visually-vibrant short film that shows the effect of synaesthesia in an humorous, absurdist way.
someone is a striking short film about the search for identity and the difficulties of self awareness. We sat down with it's co-director to find out how it was created.
Suicidal Cabbage is a charming charity spot from Nathan Love rendered in beautiful painterly CG. We spoke to the agency to see how it was achieved.
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The descent into rehab and back again sets the scene for an interactive 3D website for US rapper Eminem’s first album release in over four years.
The indie games market is booming, and creatives with Flash skills, talent and imagination are cashing in. You, too, can get on board the Games 3.0 bandwagon.
Top creatives share their secrets on how they put together portfolios that win them clients.
Take a walk on the wild side with amazing tattoo-style designs. Crank up that thrash metal playlist, grab a pencil, warm up the scanner and learn to work like a tattoo artist.
Use After Effects’ useful built-in effects to generate a title sequence.
Make diagrams easier to understand – by animating them, with tips from motion-graphics and animation expert Angie Taylor.