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    QuarkXpress 8.1 04/09/2009 16:15:00

    QuarkXPress 8 was a fairly thorough restructuring of the venerable DTP application. This update, free to registered users of version 8, is mainly concerned with addressing bugs and sorting out the workflow. However there are some new capabilities, especially in terms of PDF creation.
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    Luxology modo 401 12/08/2009 14:00:00

    Already a well specified modelling tool, modo gets stronger in animation and particularly rendering with the 401 release. There’s now a preset library, packed with models, textures, environments and materials.
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    Bonzai3d 1.0 17/06/2009 16:30:00

    AutoDesSys’ Bonzai3d is a brand-new 3D sketching tool aimed at two camps: illustrators and digital artists who want to mock up scenes in 3D to create accurate-looking arrangements and perspectives for compositions, and 3D artists who want to quickly rough out scenes for clients to sign off on before beginning modelling in earnest.
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    Adobe Director 11.5 04/06/2009 15:30:00

    Director, Adobe’s tool for creating interactive content, for both online and standalone applications, gains several key features with version 11.5. High-def has arrived for Director and the Shockwave player, in the form of support for H.264 video.
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    E-on Software Vue 7 Infinite/xStream 15/05/2009 15:30:00

    The latest version of E-on’s Vue line of landscape-generation applications doesn’t add any new types of elements to its collection of tools for creating landscapes, skies, trees, plants and volumetric clouds – so the new version’s features are largely refinements and enhancements.
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    Autodesk 3DS Max 2010 01/05/2009 16:05:00

    The newest version of Autodesk’s 3D suite contains some major interface changes. On opening 3DS Max 2010, you’ll immediately be aware of the new Graphite Modelling toolset. This allows you to directly select and manipulate polygon objects.
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    Google Sketchup Pro 7 21/04/2009 15:00:00

    Google’s 3D sketching software SketchUp offers a great way to lay out an initial design for a 3D scene or artwork. Illustrators and digital artists can use the free version for occasional work, then take their sketches into Photoshop and Illustrator to create artwork. Animators and 3D artists – and illustrators who use it regularly – should look to the paid-for Pro version, which offers 3D output to professional 3D suites, project-management tools and client-presentation functions.
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    Story Planner Pro 3.1 17/04/2009 12:30:00

    Story Planner Pro offers a quick way to break the story behind an animation or video sequence down into key scenes.
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    Autodesk ImageModeler 2009 16/04/2009 11:00:00

    ImageModeler 2009 extracts 3D information from still images to construct accurate 3D models and scenes, to which you can apply realistic textures taken from the image.
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    Toon Boom Animate 02/04/2009 17:40:00

    In terms of both features and price, Animate sits between Toon Boom Studio and the more expensive Toon Boom Digital Pro. There are some anomalies, however. For example, you can’t directly scan in bitmaps and convert them to vectors as you can with the other applications, but of all three Toon Boom offerings, only Animate allows you to export directly to Flash Video (.FLV) format (and to .MOV).
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    Daz Carrara 7 Pro 12/03/2009 10:35:00

    The seventh version of Carrara, which is available in Express, Standard and Pro editions, aims to offer a fully featured 3D suite at an affordable price. We’ve looked at the Pro version here.
 
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