Toon Boom Animate 2 review
Sam Hampton-Smith checks out a fully-featured, Flash compatible animation suite for professionals
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Epson Stylus Pro 3880 review
Big prints, small footprint is the promise of this desktop A2+ printer, finds Rob Mead
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Avid Media Composer 5 review
James Morris discovers that the industry-standard video editor now supports even more video natively
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Premiere Pro CS5
Ramp up video production with GPU-powered innovation in Premiere Pro CS5
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Autodesk Maya 2011
Performance and computing boosts aside, much of what’s new in Maya 2011 focuses on its traditional strengths: character animation and dynamics.
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Autodesk Mudbox 2011
Adding posing tools and vector displacement maps Mudbox 2011 is a worthwhile upgrade for all.
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Adobe After Effects CS5
After Effects CS5 is one of three in Adobe Creative Suite 5 to go 64-bit native, taking full advantage of the multi-core processors and more RAM.
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Adobe Illustrator CS5
New features in Illustrator CS5 include variable-width strokes, the Bristle Brush, the Perspective Grid, and better performance. Together they make Illustrator CS5 a compelling upgrade.
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Adobe Premiere Pro CS5
Premiere Pro CS5's key new feature is the Mercury Playback Engine for faster real-time performance, but there's also many more additions in Adobe's video editing tool.
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Adobe Dreamweaver CS5
Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 powerful tools for PHP programmers, a new tool for inspecting CSS, support for popular PHP-based content management systems, and a few nifty tweaks too.
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Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5
Flash Catalyst CS5 aims to let designers into the interactive design game without requiring them to learn how to code.
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Adobe Photoshop CS5
Photoshop is a key tool used by most Digital Arts readers. Here we put the final released software through its paces to see if it's a worthy upgrade.
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Armari Magnetar X24 six-core workstation
Six grand is a lot to spend on a workstation, but the Magnetar X24 is equivalent of the Pagani Zonda supercar, boasting top-of-the-line chips, graphics and storage.
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Sony A230
Sony introduces the user-friendly A230.
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Alien Skin Eye Candy 6
Sam Hampton-Smith discovers a versatile plug-in for Photoshop, Elements, Fireworks and Paint Shop Pro.
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Strata Design 3D CX 6.1
Strata Design 3D CX is a 3D modelling tool aimed squarely at digital artists and illustrators. Everything seems designed to be approachable for Photoshop users – from interface similarities to use of the same vocabulary.
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Strata Foto 3D CX 2
Strata Foto 3D CX2 allows you to generate a model from a photograph for use in a 3D suite, such as Strata 3D CX or another 3D application.
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Stop Motion Pro 7
Chris Gavin finds lots to like in this fully featured stop-motion animation package.
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Digital Anarchy Beauty Box
We’ve all had to deal with footage where someone has skimped on a decent make-up artist and you’ve been asked to give some poor unfortunate a Max Factor makeover in post.
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Xerox Phaser 7500
The 7500 offers fast, exceptional output and is the best on the market, though it’s not without idiosyncrasies, and one of its headline features is only indirectly relevant.