CorelDraw Graphics Suite X4 review
The Graphics Suite X4 bundle combines vector artwork design, page layout and image editing in a single package that costs around a third of Adobe’s equivalent package.
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QX-Tools Pro 7 review
QX-Tools Pro 7 is the latest release of the popular collection of Quark XTensions, comprising 15 XTensions designed to boost the DTP tools’s capabilities.
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QuarkXPress 7 review
The design community has eagerly anticipated the release of QuarkXPress 7 to see if it could re-assert itself and drive off the threat posed by Adobe’s flashy newcomer.
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PrintDevizor 2 review
PrintDevizor 2 continues to be the only software that lets you view on-screen standard print, special inks, and decorative finishes in a photo-realistic 3D environment.
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CorelDraw X3 Graphics Suite review
Now in its thirteenth incarnation, Corel Graphics Suite seems confident enough to take on Adobe’s Creative Suite 2, armed with a stack of new functions and an attractive price. Its features are strong, but there’s obviously a desire not to tempt fate – the company decided against naming it CorelDraw 13.
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Suitcase Fusion review
Extensis has been promising this release for a couple of years, and it’s finally arrived. It’s a merger of the company’s popular Suitcase X1 font manager, and the rival Font Reserve 3, which Extensis bought in 2003.
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Preview: QuarkXPress 7.0
QuarkXPress has had a rough ride of late. Adobe’s aggressive roll-out of DTP-rival InDesign, coupled with a relentless commitment to pile on advanced DTP features, has meant layout artists have been caught up in the InDesign hoopla. Switching to InDesign has become a case of not if, but when – even Digit has migrated.
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iView Media Pro 3 review
Digital Asset Management (DAM) application with an attractive price and an impressive feature set, iView MediaPro has always been popular with photographers. However, its ability to handle other document types makes it suitable for small design or publishing studios, too.
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Fireworks 8 review
Macromedia’s upgrades to its Studio applications are stuffed full of enhancements, and Fireworks 8 is no exception. There are user-requested improvements, as well as helpful tweaks to creativity and workflow.
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InDesign CS2 review
Adobe has worked to improve the general workflow efficiency of InDesign CS 2, which takes prominence over fancy new layout features. To be fair, InDesign 2.0 and the first CS were so good that there’s not much left to ask for ...
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Motion review
Motion is Apple’s much anticipated motion-graphics product, providing real-time manipulation and rendering of motion graphics on the Power Mac G5. It has much in common with DVD Studio Pro and Final Cut Pro HD in terms of interface design.
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Lumix FZ10 review
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ10S includes an amazingly powerful 12x Leica zoom lens that has built-in image stabilization and a fairly good selection of advanced creative controls ...
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CorelDraw 12 review
The relative success of CorelDraw upgrades is inconsistent to say the least. CorelDraw was already at version 3 before anyone took any notice; version 4 was astonishing; version 8 was a blinder; version 10 was the dog’s bollocks. All the intermediate releases, however, have come across as fillers, as if they were produced by contractual obligation. This is how version 12 feels too.
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PitStop Pro 6.0 review
PitStop Professional is a surprisingly versatile utility that helps the accurate professional printing of PDF documents. It's a combination of manual-editing tools with a comprehensive preflight checker, automatic fixing abilities, and Enfocus’ Certified PDF Technology for embedding file history and restoration metadata.
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InDesign CS review
Despite Adobe’s decision to drop version numbers and call everything CS, the splash screen reveals what we all knew anyway: this is InDesign 3.0.
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Illustrator CS review
Illustrator CS is an old-fashioned upgrade that just gives you some new graphics and type tools to play with. It’s got eye-candy, in other words.
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Final Cut Pro 4 review
Final Cut Pro has come a hell of a long way since its launch in April 1999. Arriving shortly after Apple’s iMac-driven resurgence, the NLE ...
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onViz review
onViz is intended to create interactive multimedia applications with online connectivity and QuickTime multimedia support. Although this is a Mac-only product, you can create self-contained ...
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Ventura 10 review
The original desktop publishing package for IBM PC, Ventura lost ground over the years to strong competition from the likes of PageMaker, QuarkXPress, and now ...
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Phaser 8200N review
The Phaser 8200N is an affordable choice for groups of creatives who need a full-featured, networkable colour printer but don’t require an expensive colour laser ...