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

BIMA Awards 2008 live webcast

This year's BIMA Awards winners will be announced on Thursday November 27 from 8pm, and you can watch the results streamed live online by Flint.

Space Patrol discusses its powerful Stop Pain spot for Douleurs Sans Frontières

Stop Pain is a heart-wrenching animated ad for the French NGO Douleurs Sans Frontières (Pain Without Borders) that aims to reduce suffering around the world.

Concrete beats on Red Bull

Concrete has completed full post work on a quirky 30-second commercial for Red Bull, which included the creation of realistic 3D graphics, editing, and compositing.

Audiomotion details mocap work for Prince Caspian

Audiomotion has discussed its involvement in the making of The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, which is released in the UK on DVD and Blu-ray on December 2.

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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

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.

Handling particles in After Effects

If your budget doesn’t stretch to pricey plug-in particle filters, use After Effects’ internal tools.

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