Product reviews

Daz 3D Bridge for Photoshop

3D Bridge for Photoshop is designed to provide a smooth workflow between true 3D work in Daz Studio and layered 2D art in Photoshop.

Xara Xtreme Pro 4.0

Xara Xtreme is a fast alternative to the likes of CorelDraw. With version 4.0, it has made the leap to Windows Vista. It further improves on the previous version by expanding its photo compositing, DTP and Web offerings, and adding more live effects.

Microsoft Expression Web 2

Expression Web 2 continues the design-led approach of Blend, offering a well-sized Design view for working with images and text. Full Photoshop support is a welcome addition, though imported PSD files must meet some criteria first.

Microsoft Expression Encoder 2

Expression Encoder is a new addition to the Expression suite, a scalable encoding solution for producing and distributing VC-1 encoded video wrapped in a Silverlight container.

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Blogs

The Daily Mail needs Photoshop lessons

July 4, 2008

One of the funniest design-related blogs around is Photoshop Disasters, which collects examples of shockingly shoddy or slapdash retouching from newspapers, magazines and Web sites around the world. One surprising serial offender is the Daily Mail, which regularly finds time between running scare stories about immigrants, the EU and anything that smells even a little bit foreign -- and classifing everything in the world as causing or curing cancer -- to publish a catalogue of how not to use Photoshop.

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Peek behind the curtain at newspaper site design

July 3, 2008

From an information architecture perspective, most of the best designed sites on the Web today are newspaper sites. To succeed, news sites must put a structure to a huge amount of traditional content - stories, features, blogs - and online-specific media such as slideshows, audio and video.

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Featured news

Golden Square gets gold for Paralympics film

Team Saatchi’s fundraising campaign for the Paralympics GB combines the power of Sir Paul McCartney and his music with striking images of British Paralympians. RSA director, Luke Scott, chose Golden Square to perfect his imagery as a way of increasing the film’s intense mood. Golden Square also built a post-produced environment, from scratch, for the famous ex-Beatle.

Carolina Melis creates caring hands animation for NSPCC

Carolina Melis of Nexus Productions has designed and created a new and uplifting film for the NSPCC as part of an extensive Europe-wide campaign.

th1ng’s young guns exhibit at London's Exposure Gallery

London mixed media and production company th1ng has teamed up with the Exposure Gallery in London to exhibit a collection of contemporary street art from th1ng duo Ewen Stenhouse and Josh Sutterby. The exhibit started 3 July and remains open to public for one month.

XYZ adds cartoon fun to McDonalds ad

Australian studio XYZ Studios created the effects that let a live-action boy interact with a cartoon world to advertise McDonalds' Champion Kids competition for Australian TV.

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Feature articles

Project: Georgian Theft Auto: Vice City Stories

Littleloud have crafted an interactive game that merges 3D, Flash and broadcast-level budgets for a broadband extravaganza.

Young designers’ survival guide

The Digital Arts guide has all the help you need to launch your career in design.

Group Test: Compact digital cameras

All digital creatives need a camera that they can keep on them at all times. We put six of the best high-end, pocket-sized models through their paces.

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Tutorials

Creating surreal landscapes

When it comes to creating out-of-this-world images, the only limit is your imagination. Justin Maller shows you how to get flawless results.

Lighting effects in Photoshop

Creative lighting can make all the difference to your photos – here’s how to jazz it up a little.

Make it rain with Photoshop Brushes

Learn how to create the look of a rainy day, even when your photos were taken in full sunshine. Tommy Maloney shows you how.

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