Red Giant Magic Bullet Suite 2007 review
The Magic Bullet Suite 2007 combines two core colour-correction plug-ins – Looks and Colorista – with two helpful utilities: Frames and Instant HD.
The Magic Bullet Suite 2007 combines two core colour-correction plug-ins – Looks and Colorista – with two helpful utilities: Frames and Instant HD.
Effections is a bundle of RE:Vision Effects plug-ins, which are generally creative and technical tools, rather than whizzy artistic filters.
The next step up from the Nikon D40x, the D60 adds advanced in-camera editing, including Nikon’s D-Lighting technology and an in-camera stop-action-animation mode.
Universal Type Server is a font-management system that aims to make things easy for small design studios, while providing a huge amount of flexibility for big companies.
The Magnetar SDX is a whopper of a workstatio, measuring 62cm-x-22cm-x-425cm and weighing only slightly less than a baby elephant. If you think that Apple’s Mac Pro is too girly, then this is the workstation for you.
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.
Director has been notable by its absence in the successive Master Collections, so it’s refreshing to see this old stalwart of the multimedia-authoring brigade decked out in Adobe’s new livery.
While clearly aimed at home users, the Aspire EasyStore offers much that will appeal to small studios – such as ease of use, speedy media delivery, and appealing design.
Now owned by Smith Micro, Poser Pro is built on the Poser 7 character-animation solution and comes with that version’s Generation 2 family of fully rigged figures.
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.
Expression Encoder is a new addition to the Expression suite, a scalable encoding solution for producing and distributing VC-1 encoded video wrapped in a Silverlight container.
Microsoft’s Blend is the heart of Expression Studio, the company’s suite of tools that allow designers to create rich Internet applications and user interfaces with Microsoft.NET technologies.
Next to the other models we’ve looked at here, the Coolpix P5100 is a bit on the chunky side, but as the camera is actually pitched against higher-end models, it’s actually pretty small.
3Dconnexion's least expensive 3D input device is the 'TV quiz show buzzer'-shaped SpaceNavigator – and the company has now released a smaller version for use alongside laptops.
The LCD3090WQXi is a high-end 30-inch monitor, a grade above the likes of Apple’s 30-inch Cinema HD Display and Dell’s UltraSharp 3008WFP.
Unlike its rivals Autodesk Cleaner and Apple’s Compressor, Squeeze focuses on ease of use, though its feature set is fully professional. The learning curve is minimal; almost anyone can get results from the application within minutes.
The Cyber-shot W300 is a pocket-sized camera that offers one of best balances of size, performance and ease-of-use we've seen – and to us it’s one of the best looking to boot.
With the ColorMunki Design Pantone is trying to make colour more exciting. It’s a winning mix of cute hardware and ludicrously easy-to-use software with a unique mix of colour tools.
At first glance, the HG10 might look rather out-of-place in this line-up, but it has several features that could make it suitable if your HD video-production needs are modest and occasional.
Last year, Canon’s XH-A1 bowled us over with its keen price and exceptional capabilities in low light. But the market has moved forward – particularly Sony’s offerings.