Product reviews

Seagate FreeAgent Pro for Mac

The FreeAgent Go for Mac promises fast FireWire 800 transfer speeds, spacious storage, a bundled dock, and a stylish (if bulky) white and aluminium design.

Adobe Illustrator CS4

The latest version of Illustrator adds a feature that users have wanted for years: multiple artboards. This isn’t the only trick up Adobe’s sleeve, but in many ways it’s the most profound.

After Effects CS4

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.

Xacti HD1010

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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Blogs

Apple touts MacBooks' greenness

November 26, 2008

Apple isn't what you would call a Greenpeace darling, though few multinational corporations are. That being said, Apple has been trying to clean up its environmental act in recent years, and now the company is aggressively advertising the green merits of the MacBook lineup with a new television ad.

Digital Arts | Scott McNulty | Read more...

Keeping up with the Phonses

November 25, 2008

So most of us when down the pub take our phone out and put it on the table. This behaviour tends to be part security blanket, part conceit (you are so important that you couldn’t possibly miss a call), and part ‘phoneupmanship’ to show off your most recent acquisition.

Lateral thinking | Jon Bains | Read more...

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Featured news

Animator to bring Trafalgar Square lion to life on Friday

Visit London is to bring one of the lions in Trafalgar Square to life on Friday December 5, using specialised animation, projections and an audio feed.

LFS creates spots to help teens 'own your C'

From the creative minds of Lifelong Friendship Society comes a series of five 15-second spots for Colorado's teen tobacco prevention campaign, Own Your C.

Nikon launches D3X digital SLR

Nikon has introduced the D3X, a new FX-format digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) camera with 24.5 megapixel resolution that costs around £4,800.

Rokkan designs lifestyle website for Virgin America

Virgin America now offers travellers a new destination: its own lifestyle website created by US-based interactive agency Rokkan.

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Feature articles

Insight: Jon Burgerman

Digital Arts catches up with one of the UK’s most prolific and best-known character artists to talk squirrels and success.

Project: Brewing a stormy night for Volvo

Retouching house Saddington & Baynes had to transform uncharacteristically sunny Scottish landscapes into stormy weather.

Project: Rokkan scores with BioShock PS3 site

Rokkan has created an immersive, interactive Web site that gives gamers an authentic taste of hit sci-fi game BioShock.

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Tutorials

Master painting in Illustrator

Transform your sketches into stunning textured artworks.

Retro movie poster art

Go back to the future with Photoshop know-how from Sakke Soini.

Create an underwater scene

Make a splash with an incredible underwater scene, with tips on underwater lighting in Photoshop from Fabio Sasso.

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