Review: Adobe Illustrator CS5
With new brushes, variable-width strokes, and numerous enhancements, is Illustrator CS5 worth the upgrade price? We put it all in perspective (literally).read more
View ArticleReview: Adobe Photoshop CS5
The twenty-year-old Photoshop was created in another era of computing, and that's beginning to show. However, just about every Photoshop user will find something to love in the new CS5.read more
View ArticleReview: Adobe Dreamweaver CS5
The Web design program enters the age of CMS, CSS3, and HTML5.read more
View ArticleReview: Alien Skin Exposure 3
This Photoshop plug-in is not only amazingly accurate in its film simulations, it's easy to use and customize.read more
View ArticleReview: Extensis Suitcase Fusion 3
This font manager is easy to use and, with a one-year subscription to the WebINK web font service, is useful for both print designers and Web designers.read more
View ArticleReview: Adobe Acrobat X Pro
While this version of the venerable program isn't perfect, it has plenty of new tools that creative professionals can benefit from.read more
View ArticleReview: Portrait Professional 10, Standard Edition
Portrait Professional is the easiest way to apply professional retouching techniques to portraits. Give the software only a few pointers on the shape of the face, position of the eyes and mouth and so...
View ArticleReview: Silver Efex Pro 2.0
This Photoshop plug-in, which converts color photos to grayscale images, may be the best thing you could ever do for your black-and-white photography.read more
View ArticleReview: QuarkXPress 9
New version of publishing powerhouse adds e-book export and new layout features. Is it time to upgrade?read more
View ArticleReview: Alien Skin Snap Art 3
Alien Skin's updated Snap Art 3 adds new features that give you greater control over filters and result in more realistic artistic effects.read more
View ArticleReview: QuarkXPress 9.1 with App Studio
For QuarkXPress users wanting to publish content to the iPad, the free 9.1 update to 9.0 is a no-brainer. If you're upgrading from pervious versions, 9.1 costs $299, but it's still one of the cheapest...
View ArticleReview: Adobe Proto
Adobe’s new Android app lets you prototype a website using touches, taps, and swipes. And at $9.99, it's a lot cheaper than the desktop alternatives. But is Proto right for your needs?read more
View ArticleReview: Photoshop Touch 1.0 on the iPad 2
Adobe's flagship software comes to the Apple tablet. Given the Photoshop name, expectations are high, but the app seems to be searching for its identity.read more
View ArticleImage-Editing Review: iPhoto for the iPad
Apple's popular and successful image-editing and photo-management application frinally comes to the iPad and other iOS devices. The intuitive interface makes it easy for consumers to use, but does it...
View ArticleImage-Editing Review: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4
Adobe's tool for professional photographers gets easier to use in this update. Photoshop Lightroom 4 features an improved camera raw processor and a redesigned Basic panel, plus new modules for making...
View ArticleReview: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photoshop CS6 is a solid update with dramatic improvements in Camera Raw, typographic controls, and more.read more
View ArticleAround the World in ePublishing with Pariah Burke: 4.27 Day of Devastation
New monthly column kicks off with a look at a non-profit publication devoted to the worst natural disaster in Alabama state history.read more
View ArticleReview: PitStop Pro 11
Version 11 of Enfocus PitStop Pro adds powerful new tools to an already strong set of features for editing, preflighting, certifying, and re-purposing PDFs.read more
View ArticleReview: Alien Skin Exposure 4
Latest version of the Photoshop plug-in offers accurate film simulations, easy to use presets, and good editing controls to produce anything from subtle alterations to extremely stylized images.read more
View ArticleReview: Suitcase Fusion 4
Major upgrade of the flagship font manager from Extensis brings greater efficiency, ease of use, and access to wealth of free fonts via Google Web Fontsread more
View Article
