Vault49 hosts The Greatest Show on Earth
New-York graphic collaborative Vault49 returns to London in April to host its third London-based exhibition at Conningsby Gallery in London's Tottenham Court Road.
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Sony to appeal PlayStation copyright case
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc executives are pledging to appeal a judge's ruling that the company violated copyright law in the design of its popular PlayStation.
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E3 seeks video game art for exhibit
If you're an artist or designer who works on video games and you'd like to show off your abilities to the game industry, you might be interested in a showcase that's returning to this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) called Into the Pixel. The show's coordinators are now accepting submissions.
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e frontier releases Manga Studio 3.0
e frontier has released Manga Studio 3.0, a manga and comic book creation software program designed for aspiring and professional artists. Manga Studio contains everything needed to create high-quality, manga-style comics without the use of other graphic software says the company.
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AV Festival 06 lists programme
AV Festival 06, the UK's largest international festival of film, digital arts and music, electronic art, games and new media, kicks off March 2nd, 2006 in various venues in Newcastle Gateshead, Sunderland and Middlesbrough.
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Microsoft offers Web design tool betas
Microsoft Tuesday released public beta versions of two of the three applications comprising its upcoming Expression suite of Web and content design software.
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Microsoft targets Web designers
With a new conference slated for March, Microsoft will attempt to woo a developer segment that's traditionally been a hard sell – creative types who build and design multimedia Web applications.
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New Adobe software turns 3D images to PDFs
Adobe is releasing software that will allow designers and engineers to save 3D images as PDF (portal document format) files and share those files with anyone who has the free Adobe Acrobat reader, the company said.
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Intaglio drawing app adds tools
Purgatory Design has released version 2.6 of Intaglio, its drawing application for Mac OS X.
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Opinion: Adobe and Macromedia merger
The merger between Adobe and Macromedia marks a huge change in the landscape of creative tools, not least web development.
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Submerge winner aims for Christmas no 1
An Internet-hosted song with a charming video about a boy's memories of going to work with his father on a JCB is taking on the likes of Westlife & Diana Ross and the winner of this year's X Factor for the no. 1 slot in the Christmas pop charts. The video, by MonkeeHub, won an Industry Award at the Submerge Awards 2005 back in June.
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WebWave released for Web site planning
CS Odessa has released ConceptDraw WebWave, a version of the ConceptDraw diagramming software aimed at those planning Web sites. The application aims to simplify the process of planning Web site mapping and navigation.
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Low-cost photo library launches
A new digital image library has launched offering reasonably-priced, royalty-free stock images with prices starting from as little as £1. Dubbing itself the first global 'social marketplace' for digital stock images, Fotolia also offers amateur and professional photographers, and digital artists an easier way to promote and sell their work.
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Ghost 3D updates Max plug-ins
Ghost 3D has released 3DS Max 8 plug-in versions for its line of 3D modelling, conversion, and digitizing. Ghost 3D’s Power Modeler Pack and Surf-iT offer a full suite of modelling tools providing 3D content creators and designers with the ability to create accurate 3D models simply using both 3D and 2D design and drawing techniques. Users can frame out complex surfaces quickly and accurately by drawing, refining and editing using Spline-based patches, convert to subdivision surfaces, editable subdivision polygon objects, NURMS, NURBS, mesh, and then export to popular file formats. Surf-iT and Power Modeler Pack content can be used with most tools in the 3D production pipeline, says the company. Additional highlights include parametric drag-and-drop 3D-Spline objects, advanced surfacing, and loads of editing enhancements to quickly produce models with accurate 3D geometry.
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Wacom takes tablet to a wider format
Wacom has launched it's first widescreen graphics tablet, which is designed to complement widescreen LCD monitors. The Intuos3 A5 Wide has an active area of 6-x-11 inches, giving it a 16:10 aspect ratio.
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Apple: Aperture not a Photoshop competitor
Apple on Wednesday entered into a new market segment with the announcement of its first professional-level photography application: Aperture. Once the sole domain of Adobe Systems' Photoshop, Aperture appeals to photographers by simplifying the workflow issues many professionals have encountered over the years.
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Adobe updates DNG converter, plug-in
Adobe on Thursday announced an updated version of its Digital Negative (DNG) Converter and Camera Raw plug-in. The software helps act as a standard way of accessing the RAW file formats produced by some digital cameras. The new software provides support for 14 new digital cameras. Adobe said that camera maker Ricoh is the latest company to support DNG with its GR line of digital cameras.
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Cel animators can go Solo
Toon Boom Animation has announced a new cel animation package aimed at independent animators and small studios.
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Microsoft unveils set of design tools
Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled a suite of Web-site design and graphics software that gives designers a set of tools similar to those that have been available for years from Adobe and Macromedia.
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Microsoft posts new Acrylic preview
Microsoft on Monday posted the second CTP (Community Technology Preview) of its Acrylic design tool, adding support for XAML (Extensible Application Markup Language) to benefit users of the planned Windows Vista OS.