2004
Extensis Font Management
About a year ago, Extensis took over Font Reserve and promised the world the best features from Font Reserve would be integrated with the best of Suitcase X. Yet, a quick look at their web site reveals Suitcase and Font Reserve still live side-by-side. So, we asked Extensis about their…
AMAPI 7.5 3D Modeler
Amapi 7.5 is Eovia’s 3D modeling application. It’s a powerful tool for modeling specialists, complete with the ability to digitize existing (clay) models using a 3D digitizer like the MicroScribe.
Swift 3D Express: 3D in Flash
Electric Rain’s Swift 3D version 4 is the latest version of this 3D animation program specially developed to create Flash-based 3D animations. Swift 3D Express is the first version of a trimmed down version of Swift 3D. It is basically a plug-in to Flash MX 2004, and it offers 3D…
Photo Printers Outperform Silver Halide
IT-Enquirer conducted an interview with David Spencer from the SpencerLab Digital colour Laboratory in New York, a technical research expert when it comes to printing, colour engines and all things related to photo printing. We asked some obvious questions and got some not so obvious answers.
Photo Printing: why 8 is better
Photographers who print their photos on anything less than A3, require as much detail as they can get, and as much dynamic range as possible. With four inks, detail simply is too coarse. With six inks, the results tend to be much better, but dynamic (tonal) range can still be…
Maya 6.0.1 Unlimited
Maya 6 was available for Mac OS X in the Complete version. This meant you could everything, except create fur, hair, fluids, cloth, and matchmoving scenes. Maya 6.0.1 is available in Unlimited version, which means you can spend a small fortune and have access to all this creative power on…
Design Striking Graphics with Maya & Photoshop
Once every while a book is published that makes your jaw drop. Well, this is such a book. Amazing which astonishing effects you can achieve by combining Maya and Photoshop. And the beauty of this Sybex publication is that it will actually teach you how to get there.
Swift 3D v4: 3D for Flash
eRain’s Swift 3D is a 3D application with a twist: it has the not unimportant ambition to be simple and powerful at the same time. 3D simple and powerful? Up to version 2, Swift was simple enough, but lacked much of the power of packages as Carrara. Then came version…
Design content-rich maps with iMap 3.0
iMap 3.0 is a program that allows cartographers and designers to create maps with information imported from a tab-delimited text file. iMap is a great tool for Keynote users, cartographers, atlas designers, and marketing people.
Macromedia Contribute 3 Revisited
We ran a review on Contribute 3 when it was still in its beta stage. The software has now been released for some time and we have been using it on and off. Time for an overview of what there is to like about and dislike about Contribute 3.
Drawing your Design: Wacom Intuos 3
Wacom released its Intuos 3 graphic tablet a few weeks ago. The Intuos 3 is Wacom’s most elegant tablet up to date. It’s also their best. The tablet has touch strips, tablet keys and the well-know active surface. There is little to dislike about the Intuos 3.
Hasselblad introduces new Imacon Flextight Roll scanner
Hasselblad is launching its new Imacon Flextight Roll Film Scanner. The first Flextight to be introduced to the market since the merger of Imacon and Hasselblad in August 2004, it is also the first in the Imacon Flextight range specifically designed for roll film.
Corel Painter IX
Painter is an artist’s delight: it has everything (and more) that you would find in an artist’s studio. Painter IX builds further on this foundation and adds many welcome enhancements and features. Corel Painter IX is the art application of choice for thos who want an abundance of options. For…
Adobe Photoshop CS Creative Studio
Adobe Press’ Photoshop CS Creative Studio contains tips for artists. Luanne Cohen covers the techniques that most digital artists will want to learn.
Variable data publishing with Creo’s VI Toolbox
VI Toolbox is a set of tools that allows PC users to create high performance variable information (VI) jobs. VI Toolbox is a package that streamlines the creation of direct communications such as direct mail, letters, and other customized collateral. VI Toolbox makes a VI production environment smoother and faster…
After Effects 6.5 Professional Review
Adobe’s compositing software, After Effects, exists in two versions. After Effects Standard is a compositing application with basic compositing features, while the Professional version offers 16-bit support and motion tracking. On the PC, After Effects holds its own, but how about the Mac? More specifically, does After Effects make any…
Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 Demystified
A book the size of this Official Guide to Using Dreamweaver MX 2004 must be complete. In 1238 pages, Gutman covers everything that you can possibly do with Dreamweaver MX 2004.
A scientist’s DTP: Publicon 1.0 for Mac OS X
If you have ever had to enter mathematical data in a document, your choice of application to do so was limited to complicated editors that work with LaTEX, Framemaker, or Microsoft Word. Framemaker is certainly up to the job, but except for its limits in the area of which formulas…
Adobe InCopy CS Review
Adobe InCopy CS is Adobe’s editorial solution. It is designed to work together with InDesign CS, but can be used as word processor by itself as well. However, InCopy CS is aimed primarily at the user in the editorial workflow. InCopy CS produces pure XML files. The product is delivered…
Vue 4 Professional Review
e-on Software is a developer of 3D applications like Vue d’Esprit. Vue 4 Professional is the company’s flagship product. Vue 4 Pro is a 3D terrain builder and one of the features that makes this a professional program is its capabilities in terms of file exchangeability with other industry-standard 3D…
Barcode Generator 2.3 Review
Barcode applications exist in many flavours and versions. Excellent barcode applications for Mac OS X include Intelli Innovations’ products and Barcode Toolbox plug-in for Illustrator. But Barcode Generator from Wolf Software is an especially likeable barcode creation tool.
HP DesignJet 30 Part 4: Paper And Ink
How is the DesignJet 30/130’s paper handling? Can you use canvas? How thick can the paper be? Is the colour gamut wide enough? These paper and ink-related questions are the subject of our last article in the series on the DesignJet 30/130. In this last article the focus lies more…
Portfolio Server 7 Review
Portfolio Server 7 is the server edition of Extensis’ Digital Asset Management tool, Portfolio. The server application is a Mac OS X background process. The server comes with a Launch program, but managing the server, adding catalogues, and performing maintenance is all done from the client application. Although Portfolio Server…
HP DesignJet 30 - Part 3: The HP and EFI/Best Designer RIP
The HP DesignJet 30 comes without any software RIP to make the device attractive to photographers as well as professional designers who want to proof. Optionally, however, the buyer can opt for a HP software RIP or an EFI/Best Designer RIP. The latter has more features than the HP’s. It…
Digitally Sketching And Painting: Alias SketchBook Pro 1.1
When I first saw the Alias’ SketchBook Pro 1.1 reviewer’s guide, I immediately thought about Painter 8. SketchBook Pro is not really a sketchbook at all. It is a full sketch and paint application that will only be attractive to people owning a graphics tablet, a Wacom Cintiq, or a…
