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Video Post-production Guide
All the latest news, in-depth features, tutorials and tech reviews related to Video Post-production
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Adobe CC buying guide: pricing, new features, discounts & free trials
Adobe released Creative Cloud in a move towards becoming more of a software-as-a-service provider. If you’re considering a shift to the cloud as well, here’s what you need to know.
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These new laptops for designers and artists from Dell, HP, Lenovo and Razer give you oodles more creative power on the move
Ignore Intel's 10th-gen chips announcements - these are the new laptops you should be checking out.
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Best Wacom Cintiq alternatives
Don't have £1,900/$2,200 for a Wacom Cintiq Pro 24? Here are six much less expensive pen display options for drawing, sketching and painting.
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16 best portfolio websites for designers and artists
We feature some of the best free and paid for art and design portfolio websites out there.
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Apple iMac 2019 review
Best-of-breed performance and great design makes for a near-perfect all-in-one that's well worth the high price tag. But in 2019, should we be buying all-in-ones?
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Adobe releases Content-Aware Fill for video
Photoshop's 'magic' tool for replacing objects in a scene is coming to After Effects - along with other new features for that app, Premiere Pro and more.
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Apple Mac Mini review
The Mac mini has much to recommend it for graphic and UX designers who won’t mind its lack of 3D power.
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Apple has upgraded the iMac to make it twice as fast – and given the iMac Pro a quiet bump too
Apple has launched new versions of its 27- and 21.5 inch iMacs with faster CPUs and graphics, which Apple claims makes it up to 2.4x faster than previous models.
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The Pantone Colour of the Year 2019 is 'Living Coral'
As predicted in the autumn, the new Pantone Colour of the Year is a 'life-affirming shade of orange with a golden undertone'. But not THAT shade of orange.
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Celebrate the end of World Cup 2018 with these Brilliant Art, Design and Animation Projects
These diverse, inspiring football-related projects range from a well-designed wallchart to animated tapestry, and from illustrated fan chants to an unofficial England anthem based on our current favourite kids animated show.
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What Apple and Adobe just announced for designers at WWDC
Coming this autumn is a more pro-looking dark mode for MacOS, help with your mess of a desktop - and some new apps for pro designers.
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Best free storyboard software (and paid-for ones too)
Make roughing and planning your animations a whole lot easier by using these storyboarding apps.
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Image Engine VFX supervisor Robin Hackl on how big-budget television is changing the industry
Image Engine VFX supervisor Robin Hackl, who's worked on Deadpool and The X-Files, discusses what the influx of new television work means for VFX.
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These animations helped explain the complexity of Russia's Olympic doping for 2018 Oscar-winning documentary Icarus
NY-based design studio ODD NY explains how it created animations to help make Russia's sophisticated plot easy to understand.
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Dell Canvas review: the cheap Wacom Cintiq alternative
Digital illustrator Sam Gilbey tests Dell's inexpensive version of the Wacom Cintiq – and finds a flawed drawing experience.
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Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 and 32 review: hands-on with the huge screens you can draw on
Digital painter Sam tested both of the enormous Wacom Cintiq Pro tablet displays – and also with the Cintiq Pro Engine – and loved drawing on them.
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Wacom's cheaper, 24-inch Cintiq Pro is here – plus its first desktop PC
There's much for designers and artists to be excited about here – though the 32-inch model is delayed until later in the year.
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Design Trends 2018: 28 leading designers, creative directors & illustrators tell us what’s inspiring them for the year ahead
Find out 2018’s biggest trends across graphic, data, digital and UX design, creative direction, branding, illustration, VFX and VR.
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Apple Final Cut Pro 10.4 review
The latest version of Final Cut Pro X has some new features of great appeal to editors, even if you're not editing next-generation formats like 8K and 360 video for VR.
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See inside the motion design studio behind Blade Runner 2049, Ghost In The Shell and Prometheus' graphics
Territory Studio designs graphics and UIs for Hollywood's biggest sci-fi films. Here its key creatives give us an exclusive an insight into its working processes and the secrets behind its stunning work on Blade Runner 2049 and more.
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5 tips on creating stand-out social media advertising
How to make quality videos that can be used across multiple platforms, with a tight turnaround.
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Idil Sukan on painting and photographing Christina Hendricks, Gillian Anderson and more for Agatha Christie's Crooked House
The artist and photographer tells us about painting portraits in the back of a car, and what its like to see your work smashed during a movie. [Note: no spoilers]
