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Article | 23/04/2009 Luxology ImageSynth 2

ImageSynth 2 generates seamless textures from lower-resolution images.

Article | 23/04/2009 Auto FX Photo/Graphic Edges 7.0 Platinum Edition

The clumsily named Photo/Graphic Edges 7.0 Platinum Edition (PGE 7.0) – is a powerful but heavily flawed plug-in for adding borders and frames to imag...

Article | 16/04/2009 Boris Continuum Complete 6

Boris Continuum Complete isn’t quite the bargain it once was. When we reviewed Boris Continuum Complete 5, the collection of almost 200 filters for Af...

Article | 2/03/2009 Topaz Adjust

Topaz Adjust offers a quick way to make images more dynamic, by manipulating their exposure, contrast and saturation. It doesn’t offer any creative to...

Article | 12/03/2009 Alien Skin Bokeh

Bokeh is the real-world photographic technique for creating images where the subject is largely in focus and the background is blurred. The effect is ...

Article | 13/02/2009 Imagenomic Portraiture 2

Portraiture is a plug-in that automates skin smoothing and blemish removal – and it’s one that most digital artists will want to get their hands on, a...

Article | 13/02/2009 Nik Silver Efex Pro

Silver Efex Pro efficiently produces great black-and-white effects that are fiddly to create in Photoshop alone.

Article | 11/02/2009 Digital Anarchy ToonIt Photo

Like Akvis’ Sketch, Digital Anarchy’s ToonIt Photo replicates a hand-drawn style well that almost all plug-ins do very badly indeed. In ToonIt’s case,...

Article | 10/02/2009 Akvis Sketch 8.5

There are many plug-ins that claim to turn your photos into pencil art – and most do a worse job of it than a chimp with a blunt 2B. Akvis’ Sketch is ...

Article | 28/01/2009 Apple LED Cinema Display

Following the addition of well-received LED screens to its laptops, Apple's first desktop display - the Apple LED Cinema Display - boasts great stylin...

Article | 27/01/2009 Adobe InDesign CS4

Adobe’s cross-fertilisation of tools and functions across its Creative Suite line is a source of both joy and frustration.

Article | 20/01/2009 Adobe Premiere Pro CS4

Beyond being available for the Mac once more, the last version of Premiere Pro was low on new features – so more than any other CS4 product, it’s due ...

Article | 28/11/2008 After Effects CS4

The combination of powerful motion and graphics toolsets –- along with a relatively low price –- has made After Effects the most popular compositing s...

Article | 3/11/2008 Edius 5

Edius aims to be the plucky little video editor that could. Going up against three major competitors -- Adobe’s Premiere Pro, Apple’s Final Cut Pro, a...

Article | 7/10/2008 Blow Up 2

Enlarging images is something every designer and illustrator has to do on a regular basis. From incorporating low-resolution photos or video stills in...