Autodesk Combustion 2008 review
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
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Wacom Cintiq12WX review
The new Cintiq 12WX is a smaller, less expensive version of the Cintiq 21UX. The 21UX has a 24-bit, 1,600-x-1,200 pixels screen and an impressive 21.3-inch drawing area.
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Modo 301 review
A hybrid modelling and painting tool in the tradition of ZBrush, Modo has evolved to introduce organic sculpting and some animation capabilities, while strengthening core features.
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Olympus FE-280 review
The eight-megapixel FE-280 costs under £100 – which looks like a bargain. However, the camera offers few manual settings, and its image quality was mediocre.
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX100 review
Panasonic’s elegantly styled Lumix DMC-FX100 is a near-twin to the Lumix DMC-FX55, though it records images at 12.2 megapixels versus the DMC-FX55’s 8.1 megapixels.
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GenArts Sapphire 2 for AE review
Version 2 has been available for Shake since June 2006, but the second release of the collection for After Effects and a wide range of compatible hosts is now available.
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3DS Max 2008 review
3DS Max 2008 is the tenth full release of the venerable Autodesk suite, supporting Windows Vista and XP in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
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Sony Vegas Pro 8 review
Vegas 8 doesn’t look that different to the previous iteration when first loaded, but Sony has been doing some major renovation under the hood.
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Mocha-AE review
Mocha-AE offers high-end motion-tracking tools to users who don’t require – or can’t afford – the £1,500 full version. It's a great first attempt, but can be fiddly.
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Toon Boom Studio 4.0 review
Toon Boom Studio offers many advanced features for animation, particularly among the vector-drawing tools used to create the scenes.
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Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 review
Once a Jasc rival to Photoshop, Corel’s direction for Paint Shop Pro has become increasingly niche, positioning it as a tool for working on digital photographs.
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Autodesk Maya 2008 review
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.
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Boris Blue 2.0 review
Boris Blue is aimed at artists creating high-end motion graphics. It has strong competition but Blue has a few unique tricks that are of great interest.
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ToonIt review
There are many filters that claim to turn real-world footage into cartoons. – but every one we’ve seen has been rubbish. ToonIt isn’t perfect, but it’s the best we’ve seen so far.
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Adobe Ultra CS3 review
Adobe Ultra is tool for keying, compositing and virtual set work derived for the most part from technology from the Adobe acquisition of Serious Magic.
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Electric Rain Swift 3D 5 review
Swift 3D is a tool for creating 3D interactive Flash material for the Web and mobile devices, rendering 3D objects as vector files.
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Boris Continuum Complete 5 review
Boris Continuum Complete 5 (BCC) is a library of filters and presets for Adobe, Apple, Avid, Apple and Autodesk's editing and compositing suites.
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Samsung SyncMaster 305T review
Samsung's SyncMaster 305T combines a bright, high-resolution screen with a fast response rate – though we’re not sure who would benefit from this.
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GridIron Nucleo Pro 2.0 review
Nucleo Pro adds some very useful functions to After Effects, including the ability to render in the background and ‘speculatively’ create previews and renders
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Apple MacBook Pro 17-inch review
This model is based on Intel’s relatively new Santa Rosa platform. Its Core 2 Duo chip speed has gone up from 2.33GHz to 2.4GHz but the real story is the laptop’s underlying infrastructure..