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News: Brilliant student animations win RSA Awards 2018 prizes
60-second films by new graduates from Edinburgh, Bournemouth and Middlesex have picked up this year's high-profile awards.
News: Adobe has released a free version of its XD design software
The company has also announced that it's paying developers to write plugins, in an attempt to take on Sketch.
In-Depth: These new Game of Thrones VFX breakdowns show how the dragons, epic battles, armadas and castles were created
More Game of Thrones VFX breakdowns have just been released, featuring the work of Rodeo FX, Image Engine, Illoura, Mackevision, Zoic and more.
News: Adobe shows new creative tools its working on at its Summit conference in London
Though mainly aimed at marketers, Adobe’s latest Sneaks session includes AI-driven tech that may transfer to Creative Cloud.
News: Come work for Digital Arts!
We're after a talented writer to join the Digital Arts team. Could that be you?
News: Anish Kapoor, Paul Smith, the Chapman Brothers and Morag Myerscough are creating 7-inch Vinyl Single Covers for Secret 7"
Secret 7" has returned for 2018 – and the first set of artists taking part has been announced, including some household names. Their 7-inch…
News: Aardman is bringing a hand-painted style to a WW1 computer game
11-11: Memories Retold feels more like a Wilfred Owen poem than a Battlefield shooter
News: Dell's new Precision range for pro designers and artists includes laptops and its first 2-in-1
There are new 15- and 17-inch laptops including a MacBook Pro rival and a '2-in-1' laptop that flips over to become a tablet you can draw on.
Review: Azio Retro Classic review: This stylish, typewriter-like mechanical keyboard offers the best of the modern and old worlds
This vintage-typewriter-style keyboard is the most beautifully designed we've ever seen – but does its usability match its looks?
In-Depth: How Skyscanner built a design system that makes designers and developers lives easier
Skyscanner's senior design manager shares his approaches and tips for building a design system, what design tools they use and his thoughts…
In-Depth: The story of After Effects – the compositing and animation software that has beaten the competition for 25 years
As After Effects turns 25, one of its original developers – who is still at Adobe – tells us how how they nearly went bust before it took…
Tutorial: This site collects totally adorable images of design studios office dogs
Jenny Theolin and illustrator Jessica Eriksson have brought together this wonderful visual celebration of the canine members of top creative agencies.
News: Dell and HP launch new laptops, a convertible and display for designers and artists
Following Intel's announcement of new, 8th-generation chips for laptops, we've seen the first models to use them appear from Dell and HP.
News: Adobe has upgraded After Effects, Premiere Pro and Lightroom with better colour, puppet and VR tools
Adobe has released new versions of After Effects CC, Premiere Pro CC, Character Animator, Lightroom CC and Lightroom Classic. Here's what's new.
Tutorial: Incredible illustrations dealing with the most important of subjects
These artworks bring an quietly forceful tone to important subjects like the Holocaust, gun control and the death penalty.
News: Artist Helen Friel on designing paper models for everyone to make
The paper engineer and illustrator tells us about designing a series of beautifully simple paper models for a book aimed at both adults and children.
News: These nine artworks will appear at Londons new Crossrail stations
Artists including Yayoi Kusama and Conrad Shawcross have been commissioned to create art for the new Elizabeth Line across London – and their…
In-Depth: Inside the art and design of 2018's most beautiful mobile game
Alto's Odyssey is an 'endless runner' game with a soft, ever-changing colour palette and a low-poly landscape packed with hidden details that…
News: How 'that' scene in Three Billboards was created using VFX
Union VFX takes us through how they subtly enhanced some of the Oscar-winning film's most powerful scenes using VFX.
Tutorial: Simon Stålenhag's Incredible Paintings Show an Alien Invasion That has Gone Wrong
The artist's near-photorealistic style provides a wonderful contrast to its otherworldly subjects
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Features: The future of VFX: Framestores Tim Webber, Double Negatives Paul Franklin and Cinesites Eamonn Butler discuss whats next for visual effects
Thanks for letting us know about this. I'm assuming you're using Chrome, as we can replicate that on there but not on Firefox, Safari or IE.…
Comment: Create a vector map collage
I'm afraid not, no. This was a commercial commission, so cannot be used for any purpose except by the company who commissioned it (and us…
Review: AMD FirePro W8100 vs Nvidia Quadro K5000: which is the best pro graphics card?
Yep.
Comment: Adobe Creative Cloud 2014: New versions of Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC, InDesign CC, Muse CC, Dreamweaver CC, Flash Pro CC, After Effects CC, Premiere Pro CC and more
Adobe has now confirmed that the Creative Market stock library is to be launched in the future and will contain vectors and templates, but not photos.
Comment: Adobe Creative Cloud 2014: New versions of Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC, InDesign CC, Muse CC, Dreamweaver CC, Flash Pro CC, After Effects CC, Premiere Pro CC and more
Adobe has now confirmed that the Creative Market stock library is to be launched in the future will contain vectors and templates, but not photos.
News: Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 2 is the disturbing sequel to the animated YouTube hit
Thanks for lettings us know, but instalment is the correct British spelling (we're based in London). Installment is the American spelling.
Review: Apple Mac Pro 2013 review with benchmarks
It's a mid-tone metallic, so looks silver under bright lights or near-black in a darkened edit suite.
Review: Apple Mac Pro 2013 review with benchmarks
No, it's just a good a smooth base that slides round easily on the desk.
Review: Apple Mac Pro 2013 review with benchmarks
Thanks for letting us know. Fixed now!
Review: Wacom Cintiq Companion hands-on review
No, that's only possible using the Cintiq Companion Hybrid: http://www.digitalartsonline.c...
Review: Wacom Cintiq Companion hands-on review
Yep, it's a full Windows 8.1 tablet.
Comment: Handmade textures and shading effects
Sorry about that. I can't replicate this. Is it a specific ad that's doing this? If so, could you let me know who it's for please. Other…
Comment: Handmade textures and shading effects
HiI'm not seeing that. Let me know what browser/version/OS you're using and I'll get our devs to look into it for you.
Comment: Create a digital painting of a robot mech
Are you using the buttons on the image or above it to go from step to step?
Comment: Iain Macarthur
Please contact the artist about licensing his work. Iain's site is at http://www.iainmacarthur.com/
News: The 'Wacom iPad' is here: Cintiq Companion tablets launch with Windows 8 and Android versions
The original information we received from Wacom said that the more expensive model would have 16GB. They've not let us know this is incorrect…
News: The 'Wacom iPad' is here: Cintiq Companion tablets launch with Windows 8 and Android versions
We should be getting our hands on one at the IFA trade show in Berlin in early September. We'll let you know.
News: The 'Wacom iPad' is here: Cintiq Companion tablets launch with Windows 8 and Android versions
Yep, it supports the 802.11b/n/g wireless networking standards.
News: Opinion: Why entering design competitions is often really working for free
Sorry for not replying before, I've been on holiday in a rural area without access to the Internet. I was using the made-up word…
News: Opinion: Why entering design competitions is often really working for free
We don't get people to blog for free on Digital Arts. Occasionally we publish opinion pieces by prominent industry figures but we pay…
