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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
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
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.
- Topics
- Hardware,
- Photography,
- Loupedeck
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
MacPhun Luminar review

This low-cost app is a serious rival to Photoshop and Lightroom if you're only interested in editing photos on your Mac.
- Topics
- Software,
- Photography,
- MacPhun
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
Alien Skin Exposure X Photoshop plugin review

Historical photo presets join a swift, lightweight organiser to create unique film looks and special effects.
- Topics
- Software,
- Graphic Design & Branding,
- Photography,
- UX & Web Design,
- Alien Skin Software
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
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
Microsoft Surface Pro 3 for Photoshop and Lightroom review

Photoshop CC 2014 was centre stage at the Surface Pro 3 launch, and together they're a travelling photographer's dream companion.
- Topics
- Hardware,
- Graphic Design & Branding,
- Photography,
- UX & Web Design,
- Microsoft
Photoshop CC 2014 review

Photoshop CC 2014's new tools are largely focussed on the practical rather than the creative, but it's still an impressive upgrade.
- Topics
- Creative Cloud,
- Photoshop,
- Animation,
- Software,
- Graphic Design & Branding,
- Illustration,
- Photography,
- UX & Web Design,
- Video,
- Adobe
Adobe Photoshop Mix first look review

Mix is a free iPad app designed not only to perform photo adjustments (such as exposure or applying preset filters), but to also cut out portions of photos and combine them with other images
- Topics
- Creative Cloud,
- Photoshop,
- Software,
- Illustration,
- Photography,
- UX & Web Design,
- Adobe,
- App Store
Corel AfterShot 2 Pro review

This feature-packed photo editor is a faster, cheaper alternative to Adobe Lightroom.
- Topics
- Software,
- Photography,
- Corel
Pixelmator 3.1 review

Is Pixelmator 3.1 a capable competitor to Photoshop?
- Topics
- Photoshop,
- Software,
- Graphic Design & Branding,
- Illustration,
- Photography,
- UX & Web Design,
- Pixelmator

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