How the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony audience became a giant TV screen
Part of the immense spectacle of the Opening Ceremony was seeing 70,800 people in the audience power a huge animation.
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Hat-Trick creates London 2012 Olympics stamps for Royal Mail
Thwy feature iconic London landmarks such as Tower Bridge and the Tate Modern, partnered with Olympic sports like fencing and diving.
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Get your photos printed on chocolate bars
Cocoagraphs are "artisan chocolate bars printed with edible Polaroid-style photographs."
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AJA and Blackmagic add Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion support to pro video products
Mountain Lion landed yesterday and with it come the first of the updates to make current software compatible with the new operating system or take advantage of it’s features, these include offerings from AJA and Blackmagic Design.
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Matt Herring discusses work on The Sun's Olympic supplement cover illustration
Matt Herring’s vibrant and lively cover for The Sun’s Olympic supplement epitomises what we Brits are hoping for from the Olympics.
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Canon officially launches pint-sized EOS M, it's first 'compact system camera'
Full specs and pics of Canon's competitor to Nikon J1, Sony Alpha NEX and Olympus Pen.
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Panasonic Lumix LX7 replaces LX5; G5 and two megazooms also announced
All of a sudden, you've got a very difficult decision to make if you're looking to buy a premium point-and-shoot camera.
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London 2012 Olympics inspire Adam Ismail's dynamic artworks
Adam has created a series of works based around the concepts of 'Focus, Dream, Succeed'.
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Win a new Apple iPad by taking part in our survey
Win a new Apple iPad by taking a short media survey - easy!
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Stock photo company Fotolia expands into Latin America and Australia
Months after US private equity firm KKR took a 50% stake in Fotolia, the crowdsourced stock photography specialist has expanded into Latin America and Australia.
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Microsoft Office 2013: what creatives need to know
Will the next version make onerous tasks faster? And does its Metro design push interactive design further?
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Microsoft Office 2013: a copyright hero or villian?
One new feature in PowerPoint 2013 is the ability to pull images off the web via a Bing-powered image search.
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Watch Adobe's Creative Week seminars and tutorial videos
A series of seminars discussing issues across graphic and interactive design, photography and video.
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How to appear racist through poor choice of stock images
Every designer's been thoughtless in their choice of stock images and realised it could make it easy to misconstrue the meaning of a piece – and we've just received a prime example.
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6 tips on how to win awards from Dare's Flo Heiss
The Lovie Awards judge on ways to ensure your work gets the attention of people like him.
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Eyeon releases Fusion 6.4 for advanced VFX
Eyeon Software has released Fusion 6.4 today, an update to what the company calls 'the fastest compositor on the market today'.
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UK-based Kickstarter-for-businesses investment crowdsourcing site Seedrs launched
Creatives in the UK will soon have a new way to pitch for project funding, thanks to the launch of a new website called Seedrs, which enables start-ups to crowdsource equity capital from friends, family and third-party investors.
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Mag+ announces 3.5 version with iPhone publishing tools, winner of Magnify Your World competition
Upgrade is designed to make it easier for creatives to develop content for a growing range of mobile devices.
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Framestore creates live effects and graphics work for Secret Cinema's Prometheus experience
The interactive theatre experience featured immersive VFX created by the London post house.
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Survey finds 80% of people pressured to be more productive than creative
If you're feeling under pressure to work harder rather than more creatively, you're not alone – according to a survey conducted by Adobe.