Fusion 11 review
Billing itself as ‘the complete all-in-one Web site design tool’, NetObjects Fusion 11 aims to fit snugly between Dreamweaver and a slew of lower-end budget applications.
Billing itself as ‘the complete all-in-one Web site design tool’, NetObjects Fusion 11 aims to fit snugly between Dreamweaver and a slew of lower-end budget applications.
Final Cut Server is a client-server-based workflow tool with three main uses: asset management; version control; and executing scripts for copying and conversion.
Developed with Dreamworks Animation, the DreamColor LP2480ZX is the first monitor to offer a 10-bit-per-colour output at a price that’s affordable to many creatives.
CAD2’s Vision Q64 OverDrive is plain, inexpensive, but still relatively powerful and an ideal first buy for a 3D artist taking their first career steps.
The StorCenter Pro 150D is what you expect of a business-focused NAS device: a big boxy chassis that dwarfs its rivals, dull looks, and a noisy fan. But don’t let that put you off.
Pitched at both home users and small businesses, the N3200 offers the best combination of price and performance. Its three-drive set-up may look odd, but it works fine.
Media 2 is the only part of Microsoft’s Studio that runs on a Mac. Offering better import options and organizational ability than the original, Media 2 also supports XAML, Design and Encoder XEJ formats.
At almost £70 less expensive than most of its rivals here – and £111 less than Canon’s Ixus 970 IS – the FinePix F50fd seems like a total bargain.
Goe is the first entirely new colour-specification system from Pantone since it first introduced its Pantone Matching System (PMS) in 1963. It provides a completely new set of 2,058 solid colours – almost double the 1,114 of PMS.
Phantasm CS adds Photoshop-style adjustment tools and functionality to Illustrator’s, including standard gradients, meshes, filters and effects.
Sony's latest digital SLR the mid-range Alpha 350, a 14-megapixel model, which is one of the maker’s first to feature Live View using a novel, pull-out 2.7-inch screen.
Scan is the only company that’s chosen to include Windows Vista on its workstation, and it seems to have made no difference to its performance.
The Graphics Suite X4 bundle combines vector artwork design, page layout and image editing in a single package that costs around a third of Adobe’s equivalent package.
Viewing booths are bulky and expensive – you’d be hard pressed to find one costing less than £500. The new GrafiLite is around a tenth of that – and is light, compact and easily stored.
Pre-press hard proofing is a pain, involving time, effort, expense and, all too often, frustration at inconclusive results. Anything that helps is to be welcomed with open arms.
Data Robotics describes the Drobo as ‘the world’s first storage robot’, but it’s actually a hard drive enclosure with some nifty built-in technology that makes securely backing up your projects a doddle.
Combustion has been idling in the Autodesk back room, but is now back for 2008, with some workflow improvements and the addition of the Colour Warper tool
Toon Boom Studio offers many advanced features for animation, particularly among the vector-drawing tools used to create the scenes.
As with previous versions, Maya 2008 comes in two flavours: Maya Complete and the Unlimited version, which adds nCloth simulations, Fluid Effects, and Fur and Hair.
Version 8.5 of Portfolio offers few new tools to attract new users, but plenty that will endear it further to existing users.