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Posted by Dani @ May 23, 2008
TGDaily.com has posted a report about a demonstration given at Nvidia’s headquarters in Santa Clara. The presentation highlighted new features in Photoshop, supposedly to be released in version CS4. TGDaily notes that new GPU acceleration makes the program a whole lot faster, and also mentions other interesting tidbits like a rotate canvas tool and 3D […]
Posted by Dani @ May 12, 2008
The free, online image editing service from Adobe, Photoshop Express, recently announced integration with Flickr. Users now have the ability to pull photos from their Flickr accounts, edit them in Photoshop Express, and upload them back. Adobe also introduced an embeddable player that will let users put slideshows on other websites.
Link: Photoshop Express
Posted by Dani @ May 12, 2008
Pixelmator just introduced its second major update, dubbed “Draftsman.” It includes new features such as rulers and guides, plus controls for curves and color balance adjustments.
Check it out at pixelmator.com.
Posted by Dani @ May 9, 2008
I just ran across this piece of software from Toon Boom - Flip Boom is an application that introduces kids to the art of 2-D animation. What fun! It is priced at $39.99, and a trial version is available to download at Toon Boom’s site.
Visit toonboom.com/kids
Posted by Dani @ May 8, 2008
The latest version of an image editor called LiveQuartz includes support for multi-touch gestures. Currently, that means you have to own a new MacBook or MacBook Pro to try out this feature. “Pinching” will zoom the picture, and “swiping” switches your tools. I’m excited to see where this technology will go in the future of […]
Posted by Dani @ May 8, 2008
Ballistic Publishing just made the sixth edition of Exposé, “the finest international collection of Digital Art,” available for presale. It will ship in early June, and early orders receive a free 15 minute video tutorial by artist Linda Bergkvist. A special limited edition is also available.
Preview the issue at ballisticpublishing.com.
Posted by Dani @ May 6, 2008
Be sure to check out and subscribe to this new blog by concept artist Ian Berry. It is completely devoted to sketches he makes on a Nintendo DS, using the program Colors. You can also see a lot more of his previous DS sketches on his main sketch blog, The Last Outpost.
Link: Nintendo DS “Colors” […]
Posted by Dani @ April 29, 2008
Apple just boosted their iMac line, which can now come with up to a 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor. Also new: 6MB L2 cache, a faster 1066 MHz front-side bus across the entire line, and 2GB of memory that comes standard in most models.
Read more about it at Apple’s website.
Posted by Dani @ April 25, 2008
From now until April 30, you can grab an upgrade to Toon Boom Studio Express 4 for only $9.99 (full price: $39.99). If you don’t already own a previous version of the software, you can also get the full version at a discounted price of $99.99 (originally $149.99).
Buy it at Toon Boom’s online store.
Posted by Dani @ April 24, 2008
See it at ThinkGeek.com.
For those of you who REALLY love those keyboard shortcuts. Could be handy in Photoshop.
via GeekAlerts