Autodesk Maya 2009 review
Maya celebrates its tenth anniversary with the 2009 release, an event marked by enhancements across the board. Although some of these have popped up in other Autodesk tools before now.
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Nikon D90 review
As well as another two million pixels, and the switch from CCD to CMOS, the D90 adds auto-sensor cleaning and a superb high-res three-inch LCD, Live View, and ISOs up to a native ISO 3200.
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Adobe Photoshop CS4 review
Adobe runs a predictable product development life cycle – every 18 months or so we can expect to hear about new versions of its primary products. Photoshop CS4 has arrived right on schedule.
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After Effects CS4 review
AE CS4 is still the best overall compositing application, and the upgrade adds some useful tools – but it would have been great if Adobe had given it a more fundamental overhaul.
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Xacti HD1010 review
Sanyo’s Xacti HD1010 is a high-definition camcorder that’s much smaller even than your typical consumer HD model, making it ideal for shooting in small spaces or on the fly.
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The first Intel Core i7 workstation, Armari's Magnetar NS+ review
Armari’s Magnetar NS+ is the first workstation we’ve seen that’s based on Intel’s brand new Core i7 platform for single-processor computers, which was codenamed Nehalem.
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Edius 5 review
Edius aims to be the plucky little video editor that could. Going up against three major competitors, Edius 5 aims to outperform its rivals and offer a faster and more flexible workflow.
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DX Studio 3.0 review
DX Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) aimed at users building real-time 3D interactive applications, simulations or games.
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Blow Up 2 review
Blow Up works by expanding the size of an image and ‘intelligently’ filling in the missing details through judicious use of sharpening and the addition of fake grain.
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Red Giant Magic Bullet Steady review
Magic Bullet Steady attempts to help with shaky footage, whether user- generated footage, something captured on the sly, or just a quick and dirty shoot.
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Cinema 4D R11 review
The latest version of Maxon’s mid-range 3D modelling, animation and rendering suite adds tools that will appeal to its users across design, VFX and animation markets.
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Canon HF10 review
Canon’s HF10 is a high-definition camcorder with a 16GB internal flash drive, plus an SD card slot. In our testing, the HF10 shot impressive, brilliant video...
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Apple Final Cut Server review
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.
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Simulate: Illuma review
DigiEffect's latest plug-in set includes five lighting tools that will appeal to compositors who don't want to splash out on GenArts Sapphire.
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DreamColor LP2480zx review
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.
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Adobe Acrobat 9 review
The latest incarnation of Adobe’s primary PDF-creating and editing application stresses multimedia integration and presentation -- it even plays Flash natively.
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Media Composer 3.0 review
As part of Avid’s new strategy, the latest version of Media Composer arrives at around half the price of its predecessor, and includes a whole lot more in the box, too.
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Boris Continuum Complete 5 review
Boasting over 180 filters, Boris Continuum Complete (BCC) covers many bases, including traditional image processors, generators and compositional tools.
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GenArts Sapphire 2.0 review
Sapphire is the daddy of VFX plug-in collections. Its high-end toolset has found favour with firms producing VFX for Hollywood feature films – and almost every car ad on TV.
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Noise Industries FxFactory Pro 2.0 review
FxFactory Pro is an unusual set of plug-ins. Firstly, it’s available for Final Cut Pro and Motion, but not After Effects (though an AE version is due ‘soon’).