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News
Brand Nu shows off his West End Show
We get an exclusive look at Radim Malinic's The West End Show exhibition
DAZ gives away Bryce 7 Pro, Daz Studio Pro 4 and Hexagon 2.5 for free
DAZ has taken the unusual step of releasing all of its major 3D applications for free.
First look: Apple Final Cut Pro X 10.0.3
We spend some time with Apple's new Final Cut Pro release, discovering what they've added (and brought back from FCP 7).
- D&AD extends D&AD Awards 2012 deadline to February 8
- Avid launches video editing iPad app, Studio for iPad
- Final Cut Pro X broadcast monitoring now possible through Blackmagic Design kit
- GenArts releases Sapphire Edge plug-in for Final Cut Pro X
- 7toX converts Final Cut Pro 7 to Final Cut Pro X
- Design and illustration come to the British Library in March
- Apple updates Final Cut Pro X to 10.0.3, returns multicam tools & more
- Web design tome brings a stylish approach to book design
- 12 illustrators chart a creative Chinese Zodiac
- New PRINCE2 qualification pass rates expected to be low
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Product reviews
Tone Mapping 2.1 review
This image had a very dark foreground but the plug-in created a nice balance
Canon Pixma Pro-1 review
Canon’s new A3+ photo and artwork printer is the first outside the company’s large-format range to offer 12 inks.
LaCie Little Big Disk Thunderbolt review
LaCie’s SSD Thunderbolt version of its Little Big Disk is a two-drive box that’ll easily slip into your laptop bag.
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Tutorials
Photoshop Tutorial: Smarter ways to use colour in your art
Bringing digital colour to hand-drawn art is a common task – and Jessica Fortner has some neat tricks to get the job done
Tips: Print techniques
Laura Snoad hears the experts’ tips for getting more from the printed page
Photoshop Tutorial: Digital tricks for 'hand-drawn' colour
Gabz shows how easy it can be to brighten up a pencil artwork
IN-DEPTH GUIDES
Advertisement: New technology takes photo printing to nano level
Nano-pigmentation technology can improve your photos, and save you money at the same time.
How to find new clients
Alice Ross gets to grips with the freelancer’s perennial headache – finding new sources of work to keep the cash flowing in and yourself constantly inspired
Children's illustration grows up
The best creators are leaving saccharine clichés and simplistic figures far behind in an effort to captivate today's younger audience, finds Alice Ross
Tips
Reset Mac OS X Lion's 'annoying' page scrolling
I wouldn't exactly call myself an old-fashioned guy, but I'm a little surprised at how long it's taking me to get accustomed to one of the minor little tweaks in OS X Lion, the new version of Apple's Mac operating system that launched today. I'm talking about page scrolling, which Apple has just inverted by default, and the newly tweaked feature can take more than a little getting used to…
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