Reviews

Western Digital My Passport Studio

Western Digital has upped the ante with its new My Passport Studio, which offers a full 2TB of portable storage.
- Topics
- Animation,
- Hardware,
- Graphic Design,
- Illustration,
- Interactive,
- Mobile,
- Photography,
- Storage,
- Video,
- Western Digital
Adobe Photoshop CS6 review revisited

Three months on, we return to Adobe's flagship creative tool. Here's our long-term view of whether it's a must-have upgrade or not.
- Topics
- Creative Cloud,
- CS6,
- Photoshop,
- Animation,
- Software,
- Graphic Design,
- Illustration,
- Interactive,
- Photography,
- Video,
- Adobe
Synology DiskStation DS2411+

12-bay NAS server offers SMEs power and scalability in a compact package
- Topics
- Animation,
- Business & Career,
- Hardware,
- Storage,
- Video,
- Synology
Adobe After Effects CS6 review revisited

After using After Effects CS6 for a month, we're hugely impressed with its new features and much-needed and long-awaited performance improvements.
- Topics
- After Effects,
- Creative Cloud,
- CS6,
- Animation,
- Software,
- Interactive,
- Video,
- Adobe
Panic Coda 2 web design and development software

When Panic formally announced Coda 2, I was thrilled. Because as much as I liked the original Coda, I didn’t love it.
- Topics
- Animation,
- Cameras,
- Software,
- Interactive,
- Photography,
- Web,
- Panic
Sencha Architect: HTML5 without coding?

Sencha's drag-and-drop tool for building Web and mobile apps is friendly to designers if they're also developers
- Topics
- Animation,
- Hardware,
- Software,
- Interactive,
- Apps,
- Photography,
- Web,
- Sencha
Adobe After Effects CS6 review

Adobe's After Effects CS6 has new camera tracking, along with more effects and enhanced work-flow.
- Topics
- 3D effects,
- After Effects,
- Creative Cloud,
- CS6,
- Animation,
- Compositing,
- Software,
- Infographics,
- Lighting effects,
- Music videos,
- Adobe
Adobe Flash Professional CS6 review

Adobe's new Flash CS6 reinvents itself again with new features aimed at app developers
- Topics
- Animation,
- Hardware,
- Software,
- Interactive,
- Apps,
- Video,
- Web,
- Adobe
Adobe Illustrator CS6 review

Illustrator CS6 handles complex artworks much better, and offers pattern and gradient upgrades.
- Topics
- Creative Cloud,
- CS6,
- Adobe Illustrator,
- Animation,
- Software,
- Graphic Design,
- Illustration,
- Interactive,
- Typography,
- Video,
- Web,
- Adobe
Adobe Photoshop CS6 review

Michael Burns puts Photoshop CS6 through its paces to discover if it’s going to be a must-have upgrade
- Topics
- Creative Cloud,
- CS6,
- Photoshop,
- Animation,
- Software,
- Graphic Design,
- Illustration,
- Interactive,
- Photography,
- Typography,
- Vector,
- Video,
- Adobe
Chillblast Fusion Render review

A newcomer gives Neil Bennett a mediocre first impression
- Topics
- Animation,
- Hardware,
- Software,
- Chillblast
Xerox Phaser 7800 A3 laser printer for designers

This A3 colour laser printer for design pros offers superb output, but its compromised by odd behaviour
- Topics
- Animation,
- Hardware,
- Software,
- Graphic Design,
- Illustration,
- Printing,
- Typography,
- Vector,
- Xerox
Avid Media Composer 6

The top program for pro video editing has benefited from a wide-ranging makeover, says Duncan Evans
- Topics
- Animation,
- Business & Career,
- Hardware,
- Photography,
- Video,
- Avid
Apple's new iPad - UK review

Like the iPad 2 before it, this new iPad is not a re-thinking of the original concept. Instead, Apple has chosen to focus on a few areas of improvement while keeping the overall package the same.
- Topics
- Animation,
- Books,
- Business & Career,
- Cameras,
- Hardware,
- Software,
- Interactive,
- Apps,
- Mobile,
- Photography,
- Storage,
- Video,
- Web,
- Apple
Wacom Intuos5 graphics tablets with multi-touch input

There are three things that compel me to put this tablet at the top of my creative shopping list: design, software, and touch.
- Topics
- Photoshop,
- Animation,
- Hardware,
- Software,
- Graphic Design,
- Illustration,
- Interactive,
- Photography,
- Video,
- Computers Unlimited,
- Wacom
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4

At the core of of Lightroom 4 is a refinement of what many already admire about it: its ability to help you produce beautiful imagery.
- Topics
- Photoshop,
- Animation,
- Books,
- Cameras,
- Hardware,
- Software,
- Graphic Design,
- Illustration,
- Interactive,
- Life & Style,
- Photography,
- Printing,
- Video,
- Web,
- Adobe
LaCie 2big Thunderbolt Series review

The LaCie 2big Thunderbolt Series is an external desktop RAID system that uses two 3.5-inch, 7200-rpm drives.
- Topics
- Animation,
- Hardware,
- Software,
- Storage,
- Video,
- LaCie
Intel Xeon E5 chips: first workstations tested

Workstations with Intel's latest E5 chips are just becoming available in the UK - we put two of them through their paces
- Topics
- Photoshop,
- Animation,
- CG,
- Hardware,
- Software,
- Video,
- Intel
Wacom Cintiq 24HD review

Scarygoround comic author and artist John Allison spends some time with Wacom's desk-conquering screen/tablet combo the Cintiq 24HD.
- Topics
- Photoshop,
- Animation,
- Hardware,
- Software,
- Illustration,
- Computers Unlimited,
- Wacom
Adobe Edge review

Animate for the web without worrying about devices that can’t play Flash content
- Topics
- Photoshop,
- Animation,
- Hardware,
- Software,
- Illustration,
- Interactive,
- Web,
- Adobe

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