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Article | 11/06/2008 NEC MultiSync LCD3090WQXi

The LCD3090WQXi is a high-end 30in monitor, a grade above the likes of Apple's 30-inch Cinema HD Display and Dell's UltraSharp 3008WFP. Both the Apple...

Article | 28/04/2008 Nuke 5

Version 5 is the first edition of visual-effects software Nuke to be of significant interest to compositors outside large post-production facilities.

Article | 31/03/2008 HumanEyes Xfile 2

At the Siggraph 3D trade show last year, two researchers showed off a technique called 'seam carving', for resizing images to different aspect ratios ...

Article | 18/02/2008 Digital Anarchy Primatte Chromakey for Photoshop 3.0

Despite the addition of the Quick Selection cut-out tool to Photoshop CS3, there are still plenty of masking plug-ins available

Article | 18/02/2008 Nik Dfine 2.0

Dfine is a Photoshop plug-in that eschews bells-&-whistles for a tight feature set focused on a single task - removing noise from photographs

Article | 5/02/2008 OnOne PhotoTune 2.2

PhotoTune is based on two plug-ins from the company of the same name, which OnOne acquired in September

Article | 1/02/2008 SymmetryShop 2

SymmetryShop is a plug-in for creating patterns in Photoshop, based on the popular SymmetryWorks 2 plug-in for Illustrator

Article | 13/12/2007 GenArts Sapphire 2 for AE

Sapphire is the most prestigious -- and priciest -- collection of visual-effects plug-ins for compositing applications and suites. Version 2 has been ...

Article | 9/11/2007 Boris Blue 2.0

Boris Blue is aimed at artists creating high-end motion graphics. It has strong competition from recently released new versions of Adobe's After Effec...

Article | 19/10/2007 Vertus Fluid Mask 3.0

As every creative knows, cut-outs are a pain. Extracting objects from backgrounds by hand is one of those mundane jobs that takes time that could be s...