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Review: MotionBuilder 7 review
MotionBuilder's workflow is straightforward. You create the character model with bones in your normal application, export it as a FBX file, and…
In-Depth: Cuddling up to clients
Whether you’re inspiring a brand or walking on eggshells, handling clients is as much of an art as design itself.
In-Depth: Creative space
Starting out your own creative studio is fraught with stress, but it could be the most rewarding move you every make.
Review: Ikivo Animator review
Ikivo Animator creates vector animations in SVG Tiny format, taking content that you've created in Photoshop and Illustrator and prepares it for…
In-Depth: Creative zing
All truly creative endeavour needs a spark that inspires the project and makes sure the results are worth the effort.
Review: Xtivity 1.1 review
Plenty of multimedia-authoring applications these days offer the ability to export your projects to the SWF Flash file format. The difference here…
Review: 3DS Max 7.5 review
This update provides downloadable, modular enhancements to 3DS Max that add new functionality. As well as modelling and rendering enhancements,…
Review: DVD Studio Pro 4 review
Faced with competition from Sonic’s product line in particular, Apple has gone straight for the Hollywood quality authoring studios with its new…
Review: Motion 2 review
The first upgrade to Apple’s motion-graphics software still offers real-time drag-&-drop application of filters and other effects, and…
Review: Final Cut Pro 5 review
With this release Apple fixes FCP in high-end markets. While the majority of the new features may appeal only to that market, the support for HD…
Review: Photoshop CS2 review
The new version of Photoshop is the best reason to buy Adobe Creative Suite 2, as it has the pick of the best features among the updated packages.…
In-Depth: Be a design leader
Being a design leader is more than simply being inspirational in the studio – it’s about pushing boundaries in design.
In-Depth: Brand New Identity
Rebranding presents a great opportunity to boost a company’s fortunes. Digit checked out the best way to do up a brand.
Review: Poser 6 review
Most 3D artists have experienced Poser at some time in their career. The character tool for animation and graphic design applications was…
Review: Realsoft 3D 5 review
Realsoft 3D doesn’t look much when you open it – the Windows interface harks back to the CAD-based early days of 3D. However, there are…
Review: PFHoe 1.0 review
This application creates camera-tracking data to help match 3D objects into the movement of standard definition (SD) video sequences. The price is…
Review: Motionbuilder 6 review
MotionBuilder was recently acquired by Alias, and it’s been given a slight makeover to go with the new family name.
Review: Vue 5 Esprit review
Vue 5 Esprit is the latest version of E-on Software’s Bryce-baiting scenery-builder. It’s an upgrade to Vue d’Esprit 4, with an upgraded…
In-Depth: Brand Designs
Creating a brand identity for a global company can be financially lucrative, but the commission will bring its own kind of design challenges.
Tutorial: Designing DVD Menus 2
Part two of Designing DVD Menus looks at how design and interaction work together to guide the viewer to the content.