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Apple 16-inch MacBook Pro review: updated with 2020's model

After months with Apple's redesigned new MacBook Pro – including the latest upgrades – we were impressed in ways we didn't expect.
- Topics
- Animation,
- Hardware,
- Graphic Design & Branding,
- Illustration,
- Interactive Design & VR,
- UX & Web Design,
- Video,
- Apple
Apple Mac Pro review

Lunar Animation tell us about using the new Mac Pro on work for Jumani: Welcome to the Jungle – and how it measure up for their needs.
- Topics
- Animation,
- Comtent,
- Hardware,
- Graphic Design & Branding,
- Interactive Design & VR,
- Photography,
- Video,
- Apple
Wacom Cintiq review

How does the low-cost Cintiq measure up against Wacom's more expensive tablet displays – and cheaper Chinese rivals? Illustrator Ricardo Bessa finds out.
- Topics
- Animation,
- Comtent,
- Hardware,
- Graphic Design & Branding,
- Illustration,
- Photography,
- UX & Web Design,
- Wacom
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?
- Topics
- Animation,
- Comtent,
- Hardware,
- Graphic Design & Branding,
- Illustration,
- Interactive Design & VR,
- Photography,
- UX & Web Design,
- Video,
- Apple
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.
- Topics
- Animation,
- Comtent,
- Hardware,
- Graphic Design & Branding,
- Illustration,
- Interactive Design & VR,
- UX & Web Design,
- Video,
- Apple
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.
- Topics
- Animation,
- Hardware,
- Graphic Design & Branding,
- Illustration,
- Interactive Design & VR,
- Video,
- Dell
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.
- Topics
- Animation,
- Hardware,
- Graphic Design & Branding,
- Illustration,
- Interactive Design & VR,
- Photography,
- UX & Web Design,
- Video,
- Wacom
Hands on with Microsoft's Surface Book 2, the Surface Pro's super-powerful big brother

The Microsoft Surface Book 2 could be the most powerful tablet/laptop hybrid you can draw on. We went hands-on in both the UK and US to find out.
- Topics
- Animation,
- Hardware,
- Graphic Design & Branding,
- Illustration,
- Interactive Design & VR,
- Photography,
- UX & Web Design,
- Video,
- Microsoft
Microsoft Surface Studio – the artist's hands-on review

Artist Sam Gilbey tries out Microsoft's iMac rival to see what it's like to paint and draw on.
- Topics
- Animation,
- Hardware,
- Graphic Design & Branding,
- Illustration,
- Photography,
- UX & Web Design,
- Video,
- Microsoft
Apple MacBook Pro 2017 with Touch Bar review

Apple's brand-new 2017 15-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar makes it a serious contender for designers and artists – though it's not without its flaws.
- Topics
- Animation,
- Hardware,
- Graphic Design & Branding,
- Illustration,
- Photography,
- UX & Web Design,
- Apple
Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2015.4 review

Adobe's video-editing software delivers a winning combination of performance enhancements and awesome new proxy workflow.
- Topics
- Animation,
- Internal promotion,
- Video,
- Adobe
Adobe After Effects CC 2015.3 review

This year’s update offers little in terms of new features for the visual effects app, you’ll feel the changes every time you use it.
- Topics
- Animation,
- Internal promotion,
- Video,
- Adobe
Lenovo ThinkPad P40 Yoga Review

The Lenovo ThinkPad P40 Yoga is a laptop and a tablet - innovative and ideal for those on a budget.
- Topics
- Animation,
- Hardware,
- Illustration,
- Internal promotion,
- Laptops,
- Photography,
- UX & Web Design,
- Video,
- Lenovo
Apple 5k iMac review

Apple's 5k iMac is a powerful creative computer with an outstanding screen, that many designers will want on their desk.
- Topics
- Animation,
- Graphic Design & Branding,
- Illustration,
- Internal promotion,
- Photography,
- UX & Web Design,
- Video,
- Workstations,
- Apple
Nvidia Quadro M6000 review

The Nvidia Quadro M6000 is the most powerful graphics card so far - and it's got a price tag to match.
- Topics
- Animation,
- Hardware,
- UX & Web Design,
- Video,
- Nvidia,
- PNY
HP Z1 G2 review

HP's revamped all-in-one workstation is more than an iMac-a-like - but is it better than a desktop? We put one to the test.
- Topics
- Animation,
- Hardware,
- Graphic Design & Branding,
- Illustration,
- Photography,
- UX & Web Design,
- Video,
- HP
Microsoft Surface Pro 3 review

Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 is the first - and only - laptop/tablet hybrid to get it (almost) completely right.
- Topics
- Animation,
- Hardware,
- Graphic Design & Branding,
- Illustration,
- Photography,
- UX & Web Design,
- Video,
- Microsoft
Drobo Mini review

If you're looking for a traditional RAID enclosure, the Drobo Mini probably isn't for you. But if you think RAID is a bug killer, this might be for you.
- Topics
- Animation,
- Hardware,
- Graphic Design & Branding,
- Illustration,
- Photography,
- Storage,
- UX & Web Design,
- Video,
- Data Robotics
Intel Xeon E5 v3 Haswell processors review: we check out the fastest chips on the planet

The next generation of Intel Xeon chips are here. We benchmark them to discover if they can deliver more power to your applications.
- Topics
- Animation,
- Hardware,
- UX & Web Design,
- Video,
- Boston Ltd,
- Intel
Flash Professional CC 2014 review

With Flash Pro CC 2014 Adobe is slowly pushing Flash as a universal vector animation tool for Web designers.
- Topics
- Animation,
- Software,
- UX & Web Design,
- Adobe

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