“Tintin” leads with most feature nominations; “Boardwalk Empire” for broadcast [...]
Hop over to Adobe Labs to give the new Lightroom 4 Beta a go and provide feedback for the final version [...]
New 64-bit Media Composer, Symphony and NewsCutter offer enhanced workflow speed, flexibility and time savings and are available for Mac OS and Windows [...]
STV has used the IBC trade show in Amsterdam as a soft launch for its Video on Demand service STV Player for Android devices. [...]
The Museum of London, creative agency Brothers And Sisters and AETN UK’s flagship channel History have joined forces to develop a new app which gives users the opportunity to see Roman London as it was 2,000 years ago [...]
Mothership has named ex-Motion Theory veteran Scott Gemmell as Head of Production. [...]
Adobe and Directors UK (formerly DPRS) are co-hosting an evening focused on The Making of Monsters, the sci-fi smash produced using the Adobe Creative Suite, with an appearance by director Gareth Edwards. [...]
Hop over to Adobe Labs to give the new Lightroom 4 Beta a go and provide feedback for the final version [...]
Continue reading Free beta of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4
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|  Chermayeff & Geismar, the branding and design company, has a new book, Identify, out today. [...] Continue reading Identify by Chermayeff & Geismar  A free update to QuarkXPress 9 lets designers create branded apps and publish content to the iPad with easy-to-use tools and without programming code [...] Continue reading Quark aims for iPad publishing with App Studio and QuarkXPress 9.1  Studio Ouptut has launched The Studio, a new digital art store for PlayStation users in collaboration with Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) [...] Continue reading Digital art for PlayStation from The Studio  Mid-cycle product release delivers essential innovation across Flash, HTML5, video, mobile app and digital publishing tools; company introduces new subscription payment plan and brings tablets into creative workflows [...] Continue reading Adobe Creative Suite hits 5.5  Quark has announced QuarkXPress 9, allowing designers to publish directly to digital devices and introducing features for design automation. [...] Continue reading Quark announces QuarkXPress 9  Quark has launched a new service that enables QuarkXPress users to publish content to the iPad. [...] Continue reading Quark launches iPad conversion tool Quark has released a free update for users of QuarkXPress 8, bringing the venerable design and page layout software up to version 8.5 [...] Continue reading Free update to QuarkXPress 8.5  GOOD50x70, the charitable initiative created by Pasquale Volpe in collaboration with Gabriella Morelli, has released a catalogue of its 2010 contest and exhibition. [...] Continue reading GOOD50x70 2010 catalogue |   
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Recently I reviewed the new version of the venerable DTP software and set out some key tips for using it in a Masterclass feature for Macworld [...]
In this feature, commissioned by Macworld, I track the last ten years of Mac OS X. It ends with a preview of Mac OS X 7- Codenamed Lion, which is due this summer. [...]
What is the secret of convincing portraiture, whether done digitally or in traditional media or a mixture of the two? Find out in this feature [...]