Features
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Stay fresh
How do you develop your own style without becoming stale? Top designers give us their tips on how to stay on top of your creative game.
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Graphics workstations
You can now get a lot more for your money when buying a workstation than you could even six months ago. More powerful components and falling prices mean that with a modest budget, you can pick up a computer with up eight processor cores, 8GB of RAM and oodles of storage to boot.
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Lola helps kick the habit
A government campaign required giant CG cigarettes that had to look as real as the streetscapes they were standing in.
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Asylum adds magic to treasure hunt
The VFX house created a city of gold and more for Nicolas Cage to explore in National Treasure: Book of Secrets.
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Broadcast action for the small screen
Mobstar Media teamed up with Endemol UK and O2 to produce Cell, a hard-hitting series for mobile phone broadcast.
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Ten Questions I Still Have About iPhone Software
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Show me the money
If your design agency needs a cash injection to reach the next level, look for specialists in creative funding.
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Living the dream
What are your goals? How can you make them happen? Digital Arts talks to leading creatives about how they got set for success.
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30-inch LCD monitors
A really, really big screen makes designing a joy – and they’re getting less expensive all the time. Digital Arts puts the latest 30-inch monitors through their paces.
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Skype Video Chats
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Th1ngs titles make the cut
Th1ng’s bloody animated title sequence for Tim Burton’s Oscar-nominated Sweeney Todd prepares for all manner of macabre goings-on.
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Online gaming gets cheaper
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GDC 2008: The Future of Gaming
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Rocking all over the world
Two rookie directors at Axis Animation went back to basics to create the promo for a pop song about music’s feelgood potential.
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Prime Focus discovers animal magic
Blending puppetry with 3D animation provides plenty of challenges in the remake of kids’ classic Tales of the Riverbank.
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How safe is your design
Creative work is among the most casually stolen things in the world – yet protecting your designs is simple…
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Go freelance
Dreaming of being your own boss? Our guide will see you earning more, being more creative and having more control over your work.
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Lola illustrates the power of the planet
With stunning photo-real visual-effects sequences, Lola's work for the BBC helps tell the story of the Earth's creation.
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MACWORLD: Daily Round-Up - The Keynote