Tune In, Turn On and Pinch Pixels
August issue of Print Action magazine with a review of Plug-in Suite 5.
Pantone Invents More Colours
Pantone releases PLUS colour libraries for Adobe CS5
Adobe announces Digital Publishing Workflow
Digital zines to become the podcasts of publishing.
Last week’s software updates… Feel Secure!
A round-up of this week’s significant software updates.
Adobe CS5 Reviewed
I’ve been working with a pre-release version of Adobe CS5 for a couple of months now and share my experience in the May 2010 edition of Print Action Magazine which should be arriving in your mailbox any day now. What? You say you don’t have a subscription? I realize all these new-fangled eReaders promise to [...]
iPhone Apps I actually use: Part III – AutoStitch
This great panoramic image was made in less than 3 minutes using the stock camera in the iPhone 3GS and an App called AutoStitch! (Click on the picture to see it larger) Application: AutoStitch Developer: Cloudburst Research Price as tested: $1.99 (Regular Price $2.99) I’ve been using the Photomerge feature in Photoshop since it was [...]
Photoshop CS5: Content Aware Fill
I’ve been working on a review of Adobe Creative Suite 5 this past week for the upcoming issue of Print Action magazine – which is why I’ve been slack on the blog! Sorry about that, but now that I’ve wrapped the review, I’ll be posting some of the cool (and a few not-so-cool) things I’ve [...]
Adobe CS5 ready to roll
Pre-release software often has fun splash screens revealing the cool code names used by the project engineers. Adobe CS5 is no exception featuring a bit of an “Alice in Wonderland” theme… clockwise from upper left: Photoshop CS5, Illustrator CS5, Bridge CS5 and boring old InDesign CS5. Neither rain, nor sleet, nor gloom of global economic [...]
Safari stumbles on Flash
Click the picture… it’s cool… I’m a Mac, and like all good Macs I embraced Apple’s Safari when it was first released during MacWorld 2003. I was at the Keynote during the announcement and had it running on my G4 PowerBook before I left the hall. Since that fateful day, Safari has been my browser [...]
Free plug-ins for Photoshop™
Click on this screen capture for a close-up view of the onOne Software PhotoFrame 4.5 interface. This is an excellent tool for adding artsy borders to images. Seems like plug-ins come and go with each new version of Creative Suite. Extensis (the makers of Suitcase font management utilities) used to produce some of my favourites, [...]
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- engadget
- Dell moves back up to #2 position in global PC sales, Acer slips to 3rd, HP still reigns supreme September 5, 2010Acer Chairman JT Wang is quick to say that he thinks that iPad sales are only going down from here, but maybe he should listen to that age-old idiom: people in fragile economies shouldn't throw stones. According to iSuppli's latest report on the global PC market, Acer slipped down to third place after losing 6.2 percent of its market share compared […]
- BlackBerry Torch 9800 gets the Colorware treatment, sees value increase infinitely September 5, 2010So look -- RIM's BlackBerry Torch 9800 isn't exactly the barnburner-of-a-smartphone that we were hoping it'd be, but at least it looks snazzy, right? Right? Regardless of your answer to that, it's a bona fide fact that Colorware has outdone itself on this one. Usually, it's most fun to toy around with the company's endless array […]
- Mr. Extreme Closeup suggests next-gen iPad is testing FaceTime... right now September 5, 2010Honestly, from this distance it's hard to tell what's going on, but 9 to 5 Mac says we're looking at a next-gen camera-equipped iPad fielded specifically to test video calls. As you may recall, iPhone software surfaced with a very similar menu just weeks before the iPhone 4 came out, which either means someone was inspired to create a clever […]
- An IFA 2010 moment of Zen September 4, 2010We're not sure why, but Panasonic loves to trot out human exhibits whenever it wants to promote new additions to its camera line. Here's what they used at IFA 2010 in Berlin. Unfortunately, we're too freaked-out to remember anything about the camera.An IFA 2010 moment of Zen originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:37:00 EDT. Ple […]
- Android accounts for one-quarter of mobile web traffic, says Quantcast September 4, 2010It's terribly difficult to get reliable statistics, as numbers tend to vary drastically depending upon whom you ask, but if you're inclined to believe that Android is mopping up Apple and RIM's declining mobile mindshare in the US, you'll find nothing but corroboration from Quantcast. The analytics firm reckons a full one-quarter of mobil […]
- Dell moves back up to #2 position in global PC sales, Acer slips to 3rd, HP still reigns supreme September 5, 2010
- gizmodo
- This Whiskey Was Made From Urine [Alcohol] September 5, 2010I'm really into whiskey, but I think I'll pass on tasting Gilpin Family Whisky. Why? Because this single malt whiskey is made from urine. Specifically, it's made from the sugar rich urine of elderly diabetics. More » […]
- Sometimes We Want Too Many Things We Don't Need [Life] September 5, 2010Remember as a kid you only wanted one thing at a time? A bike, a doll, a football. Now, we're all caught up wanting everything we see, and a lot of it we don't need. Let's try to want less. More » […]
- Here's A Knockoff Bladeless Fan That's Priced Like a Dyson [Fan] September 4, 2010The imitation/knockoff market never ceases to amaze me. This bladeless fan from Abiko is a knockoff version of the Dyson Air Multiplier. But unlike typical cheap imitations, Abiko's version, at $223, is almost as expensive as the real thing. More » […]
- iPhone 4 Fitted Inside A Canon SLR Body [Cameras] September 4, 2010One things for sure: putting your iPhone 4 inside a Canon SLR isn't as useful as adding a SLR lens to your iPhone. But with this custom-made getup, you won't think about dropping your iPhone every time you hold it up. More » […]
- Xbox 360 IPTV Service Coming To AT&T U-Verse Subscribers? [Unconfirmed] September 4, 2010Xbox 360's IPTV service isn't dead, it's just been sleeping (for a long time). But it might be finally be awaken and headed to AT&T U-Verse if these screenshots of AT&T U-Verse technical support tools are to be believed. Engadget's source also says that Xbox 360 IPTV service is supposedly being tested right now and an official rel […]
- This Whiskey Was Made From Urine [Alcohol] September 5, 2010
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