Affinity Designer for iPad review – the best vector art and design app by far
Serif's Affinity Designer for the iPad wants to be Adobe Illustrator for your Apple tablet – and largely it succeeds, finds illustrator Tobias Hall.
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Hexgears X-1 review: a mechanical alternative to the Apple Magic keyboard
The Hexgears X-1 Mechanical Keyboard comes with some bold design inspiration, but is it a viable replacement for the Apple keyboard?
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Preview: The ThinkPad P1 is Lenovo’s MacBook Pro rival with a better screen and lots of design innovation
8th-gen chips, powerful graphics and a plethora of ports – and this laptop can lie flat for you to draw on it.
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Lenovo ThinkVision P32u monitor review
In our tests we found this 32-inch monitor to be among the most accurate we've seen, and capable of outputting 100% of Adobe RGB - and it can charge your MacBook Pro.
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Blackmagic Design eGPU review
This external Thunderbolt 3 box can improve performance for a short list of specific apps – but actually slows down others.
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MacBook Pro 15-inch 2018 review
Here we review Apple’s latest powerful, sleek laptop for designers and artists using software from Adobe Creative Cloud, Maxon and more.
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Canon C200 review
We take a look to see if the latest update to the Canon C200 makes it an essential buy for your next video project.
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reMarkable paper tablet review
The reMarkable tablet is a lightweight, minimalist crossbreed of an iPad and e-reader built for sketching – whick feels like you're really drawing on paper. But is its price tag worth it? Here's our full review.
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The Huawei P20 Pro is the best phone for artists, designers and photographers
This phone has the best camera around, capable of taking incredible photos of your life and work (and yourself) – even under awful lighting.
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Corel Painter 2019 review – a must-have upgrade for digital artists
Artist Tom Bagshaw reviews the new Corel Painter and discovers that the software is much improved in ways that really matter to artists.
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Razer's Core X GPU enclosure hands on review: It's cheaper, bigger, and even works with Macs
The Core X lets you jam in a 3-slot wide GPU and can even charge your laptop.
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Razer Blade hands-on review: the redesigned Blade is the most powerful 15-inch laptop in town
Razer's redesigned Blade features a Core i7-8750H, a vapour-chamber setup, and GeForce GTX 1060 graphics.
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HP Spectre x360 15 review: A convertible laptop/tablet that's as powerful as it gets
This laptop/tablet convertible offers the kind of performance you'd normally only get from a pro notebook such as Apple's MacBook Pro or Dell's XPS 15.
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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?
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HTC Vive Pro review: Virtual reality without the rough, blurry edges
The Vive Pro is the Bugatti Veyron supercar of virtual reality headsets – an exotic, expensive creature for VR connoisseurs.
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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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Loupedeck review: this hardware puts Adobe Lightroom's controls at your fingertips
This photo editing console helps you work faster by allowing you to focus on your images instead of hunting for software controls.
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Kano Computer Kit Complete review: A fun DIY 'laptop' that teaches kids to code
If you want to get your kids into coding and making as well as design and art, the Kano is a great way in for 7-10 year olds.
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Apple iMac Pro review: a beautifully designed workstation that's the most powerful Mac ever
Updated: This is the desktop most designers and artists would love to own. But does it deliver and justify the workstation-grade price?
