Imagine FX840DC review
It used to be the case that Macs looked great and PC workstation were ugly beige boxes. Now G5s look like air-con units and it’s left to PC makers to take the lead in case design.
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Paint Shop Pro X review
Paint Shop Pro has been around for years, but this is the first major version to be released after its acquisition by Corel. While often seen as a poor man’s Photoshop, there’s enough here to satisfy people who infrequently edit images, such as 3D modellers and animators, and video editors and compositors. At £99, it’s also a lot less expensive.
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D900T-U review
"Laptop" and "notebook" are misleading words when it comes to describing the D900T-U. It’s too big and heavy to be whipped out at a moment’s notice – and it certainly gets too hot to put on your lap.
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Stitcher 5 review
Stitcher 5 is a panorama assembly program that can blend multiple overlapping conventional photographs to produce a seamless ultra-wide image. It can work with anything from just two or three originals to ultra-wide panoramas up to seamless 360 degree views.
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DxO Optics Pro 3.0 review
After uploading your images taken with your digital SLR, just imagine how useful it would be to be able to convert and process each RAW file automatically, in batches, while at the same time correcting for various optical deficiencies of the lens used. This is exactly what DxO Optics Pro 3.0 promises to do.
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3D Software Object Modeller Pro review
This 2D-to-3D software is an updated and upgraded version of Canon’s Software Object Modeller. It was originally developed in the UK at Canon’s Research Centre.
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Fluid Mask review
Vertus’ Fluid Mask plug-in for Photoshop uses a new ‘heligon’ technology to automatically analyze image content. The company claims its system is three-to-six times faster than rival methods when handling difficult edges and backgrounds.
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SketchBook Pro 2 review
The company that brought us Maya also produces an application that doesn’t strive to be cleverer than the person sat in front of it. Sketchbook Pro gives artists a drawing environment not a million miles away from good old pen and paper.
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Maya 7 review
This latest release sees changes throughout, with virtually no major area of the program left untouched. Maya 7 introduces a host of new features as well as changes and revisions to existing ones, and includes some reworking of the UI and workflow.
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Xtivity 1.1 review
Plenty of multimedia-authoring applications these days offer the ability to export your projects to the SWF Flash file format. The difference here lies in the process.
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Camedia 7070 Wide Zoom review
Why would Olympus introduce a 7.1mp digital camera as a follow-up to its 8mp C-8080? The reason is that this C-7070 is really an improved version of the 5mp C-5060, and is aimed at users who might be considering that model. The C-8080 has a completely different body with a flip-up/down LCD monitor.
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D50 & D70s digital SLRs review
Nikon’s latest brace of digital SLRs lower the entry-price into the professional camera market still further. Both will challenge the wave of high-end, closed-system prosumer models, such as Sony’s Cyber-Shot DSC-F828 and Nikon’s own Coolpix 8800.
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GoLive CS 2 review
Web designers already familiar with GoLive’s features will be happy to hear that Adobe has made efforts to improve the functionality and performance of GoLive in its CS 2 version.
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Illustrator CS 2 review
Illustrator has always had a more technical feel to it – but the interface, as well as some of the tools in CS 2, have been improved in a way that makes working with vector images a freer and more creative process.
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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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Photoshop CS2 review
The new version of Photoshop is the best reason to buy Adobe Creative Suite 2, as it has the pick of the best features among the updated packages. If you’re a photographer, you’re in for a treat, but other digital creatives will find something new here too.
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Katana 3D-9 review
This is the most powerful laptop we’ve ever seen – except you could hardly call it a laptop. It’s built around an NVidia Quadro FX Go 1400 graphics chip, making it a mobile workstation: certified for all of the major 3D and video editing software.
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FinePix S3 Pro review
Fuji’s FinePix Pro series of digital SLRs has always trodden an independent path, but the new S3 Pro camera is the most radical yet. Its standout feature is the ability to capture an extended dynamic range compared to normal digital SLRs.
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Dynax 7D review
After a long abstention, Konica Minolta’s re-entry into the digital SLR market is aimed squarely at the enthusiast and semi-pro territory dominated by Canon’s 8mp EOS 20D. The new Dynax 7D needs some distinctive features if it’s to have an impact on the market ...
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MojoWorld 3.0 review
MojoWorld is a 3D virtual scenery generator with a twist. It was invented by Dr F Kenton Musgrave, one of the original pioneers of fractal landscapes. It’s like a beefed up Bryce, but instead of Bryce’s infinite flat planes, MojoWorld creates whole spherical planets at a time ...