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The Evolution of Adobe Flash: From 1996 to 2010

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Adobe Flash is arguably the most popular multimedia platform today. Users can watch videos, chat, and play games thanks to the capabilities of the Flash player. Content creators are afforded almost unlimited power due to ActionScript 3’s powerful features. Flash wasn’t always the rich and advanced platform it is today, however. It started as a […]

Adobe CS5 Launched: An Extensive Overview of New and Nifty Features

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Today Adobe released Creative Suite 5, the next generation of its tools for creative professionals everywhere. Along with thousands of others worldwide, I joined the global CS5 launch and watched the brief 62-minute presentation on all the amazing leaps Adobe has made in the new suite. Adobe Creative Suite 5 is much more than an […]

A Sneak Peek At Content-Aware Fill In Photoshop CS5

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Today Adobe announced the official release date of Photoshop CS5. They put up a nice countdown to the release here… Some of the new features in CS5 are promising and we can’t wait to give it a go! One of the new features is the content-aware filling. From retouching to completely re-imagining an image, here’s […]

Essential Video Format Knowledge for CG Artists

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As a CG artist, you’ll often come across various video formats. You’ll need some of them for physical distribution, some for high-fidelity storage, and others for Internet streaming. Knowing which formats to use is important, since some formats do a better job in certain domains than others. In this post I’ll provide a short introduction […]

5 Popular Online Color Tools Compared And Analyzed

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As a CG artist or designer, you’ve likely run into the need to pick colors for your work. It may be difficult to approach the vast color space without some training or some help. You can buy color books, read about color theory, and try to imitate schemes that already work. However, with the rapid […]

10 Most Promising Upcoming Graphic Design Software

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A short review of 10 of the most promising CG software we can expect in the near future.