GR Digital review
Ricoh’s fixed-lens 35mm film-based GR1 and GR21 compacts achieved something of a cult following for wide-angle aficionados. The new 8mp GR Digital is a great improvement on the originals.
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DualHead2Go review
The DualHead2Go adds multi-display output to laptops – allowing you to connect two monitors to the laptop’s VGA output port.
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UltraSharp 3007WFP review
Dell’s upwardly expanding line of LCD displays has been great for designers. Not only have the products been impressive in their own right and lower in price than the competition, the company’s muscle has forced rivals to slash prices to compete.
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Liquid 7.0 review
Liquid is like the gift in a lengthy game of pass-the-parcel. First it was developed by Fast, then purchased by Pinnacle. Now that the latter has in turn been consumed by Avid, Liquid is in its third pair of hands, but the music has stopped for the time being.
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FlexScan S2410W review
For those in the know, this 24-inch wide-screen LCD permits sophisticated screen adjustments for such variables as gamma, gain, hue, and saturation; and for less demanding users, it supplies five screen modes.
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Kinemac 1.0 review
Kinemac is refreshingly simple to get to grips with. Anyone who has used a timeline-based program will instantly recognize the usual conventions. The interface is split into four main areas – the Stage, Sprite, Inspector, and Bezier windows...
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Boujou Bullet 2 review
Boujou was the first automatic matchmoving solution on the market back in 2001. However, it cost as much as a small hatchback, so it wasn’t within reach of most 3D artists and smaller studios. 2D3 released the cut-down version, Boujou Bullet, to address the affordability issue.
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FlexScan S2110W review
Every creative wants a widescreen monitor. Palette-laden applications – DTP tools such as InDesign and QuarkXPress, and editing software such as Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro – are less cluttered and easier to use with a 16:10 aspect ratio, rather than a conventional 4:3 display.
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Intuos3 A5 wide review
To cater for the growing use of widescreen displays, Wacom has released an Intuos3 A5 Wide pen tablet – the company’s first widescreen tablet. With an active area of 11-x-6 inches that provides a 16:10 aspect ratio, the Intuos3 A5 Wide is aimed at professionals working in digital imaging, graphic design, and video editing.
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MatchMover Pro 4 review
RealViz’s MatchMover Pro is one of the leading matchmoving programs, and version 4 has an all new engine called SMART. The manufacturer claims it’s between six and ten times as fast as the old engine.
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Power Mac G5 Quad 2.5GHz review
Apple’s first dual-processor, dual-core (DDC) Mac workstation offers many architecture improvements over its predecessor, and delivers huge leaps in performance. The G5 Quad matches its DDC AMD Opteron-based PC rivals, and in many cases the Mac costs less. Dual-core Intel Xeons haven’t shipped yet.
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Data Animator review
An After Effects plug-in that creates charts and graphs is not the most creatively exciting effects tool you’ve ever seen, but the huge time savings that Data Animator offers over building graphs manually is a great bonus for corporate work.
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FP202W review
BenQ’s PF202W is the lowest priced model we’ve seen so far, and while it’s a solid, basic performer, most creatives will need to spend a little extra to get the quality they need.
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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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MediaStudio Pro 8 review
The newly-released version 8 of Media Studio Pro adds features in an attempt to take on its old adversaries such as Premiere Pro, but it’s still happier with the needs of home users.
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3DS Max 8 review
The recent news that Autodesk has agreed to buy Alias came as a shock to 3D users. Both companies have made assurances that in the foreseeable future no plans are afoot to kill or merge Max and Maya, but no-one knows what the companies will do long-term. Amid this confusion, Autodesk has released another upgrade to 3DS Max, bringing it to version 8.
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HDR-HC1 review
The HDR-HC1 is the little brother of the HDR-FX1. It drops the FX1’s 3CCDs in favour of a single CMOS sensor, and shrinks the body size and weight down to that of a traditional consumer handheld.
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Softimage|XSI 5.0 review
When Softimage|XSI was initially launched as a next-generation 3D animation program, it showed a lot of promise but fell short of the initial hype surrounding its advanced animation capabilities. XSI 5.0 is at last the “next generation” 3D suite Softimage has always promised, thanks to some very important advances.
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PowerShot S2 IS review
There’s a high demand for big-zoom, image-stabilized cameras, and manufacturers are rolling them out like there’s no tomorrow. We reviewed Canon's PowerShot S2 IS.
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BodyPaint 3D 2.5 review
BodyPaint 2.5 is the standalone version of Cinema 4D’s UV texturing and editing toolset available for users of other 3D packages. This latest version brings the program in line with the latest changes in version 9.5 of Cinema 4D and ...