News
Tuesday, 03 July 2012
80% of UK creatives pressured to be more productive than creative, Adobe
Karen Haslam
While 51% revealed that they are expected to think creatively whilst at work, just over a third (35%) of those surveyed feel they are living up to their creative potential.
Tuesday, 03 July 2012
Avid sells consumer business: video to Corel, audio to inMusic
Digital Arts Staff
Avid is to concentrate on the professional products it's best known for.
Monday, 18 June 2012
Apple to release Mac OS X Mountain Lion in July, upgrades cost $19.99
Mark Hattersley
Apple has revealed the final build of Mac OS X Mountain Lion, and that it will likely cost less than £13 to upgrade
Monday, 18 June 2012
MacBook Pro Retina display ruins web, Google fixing Chrome browser
Karen Haslam
Due to bandwidth constraints, webpages traditionally feature low-res images and vectors. It seems that, just as HDTVs have highlighted the imperfections of actors, the high-def MacBook Pro could make websites look fuzzy.
Monday, 18 June 2012
Apple confirms Mac Pro not dead – but no new model til 2013
Karen Haslam
Apple has removed the ‘New’ icon beside the Mac Pro on its Apple Store webpage and confirmed that a new Mac Pro is in the works, with a new model expected next year
Monday, 18 June 2012
First look: Apple MacBook Pro with Retina display
Jason Snell
The new, Retina-display-bearing MacBook Pro was in the US offices of our sister magazine Macworld earlier.
Monday, 18 June 2012
Apple reveals thinner MacBook Pro with Retina display and USB 3 - with UK pricing details
Karen Haslam
A redesigned thinner and ligher model with a Retina Display with a resolution of 2,880 x 1,800.
Monday, 18 June 2012
Apple updates Final Cut Pro X, Aperture, for new MacBook Pro's Retina display
Ashleigh Allsopp
Apple has updated its pro apps in order to ready them for the new MacBook Pro’s Retina display.
Friday, 08 June 2012
The 25th birthday of the Mac that led to the creative tools you use every day
Benj Edwards
Twenty-five years ago, Apple released the Macintosh II, a powerful, expandable desktop computer that represented a profound ideological design shift in the Macintosh line.
Friday, 08 June 2012
Viewsonic to release 32-inch rival to Wacom Cintiq
Jay Alabaster
Monitor-maker ViewSonic is readying a 32-inch monster of a touch-sensitive tablet.
Friday, 08 June 2012
Intel provides a glimpse into future of interaction with laptops
Agam Shah
Intel provided a glimpse into the future of ultrabooks saying the next big thing for the emerging class of thin and light laptops is natural interaction through sight, sound and touch.
Tuesday, 29 May 2012
Apple ramps up new MacBook Pro production, to hit stores in July
Ashleigh Allsopp
Apple manufacturers have received huge orders for the new MacBooks, causing labour shortages in the supply chain
Tuesday, 29 May 2012
Dell challenges Apple with the new XPS One 27 all-in-one
Agam Shah
Dell on Tuesday challenged Apple's popular iMac all-in-one with the introduction of XPS One 27, which has the largest screen in an all-in-one desktop from the company to date.
Friday, 25 May 2012
Jonathan Ive: Apple doesn't want to make money, just the best products
Karen Haslam
Speaking to the BBC Ive said: “It’s fairly fundamental to our success at Apple that we’re very clear about what our goals are, and our goals aren’t compartmentalizing, our goal is very simple, it’s to design the very best products we can... The goal isn’t to make money, it's to develop the very best products that we can.”
Friday, 25 May 2012
Siri-like Dictation coming in Mountain Lion
Karen Haslam
Rather than being a Mac version of the Siri-style personal assistant available in beta on the iPhone 4S, the Mac tool is more likely to be the Dictation feature available on both the iPad and iPhone.
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
WD releases 500GB, 750GB, 1TB and 2TB My Passport USB 3.0 portable drives
Digital Arts Staff
Available in five colours: white, black, silver, blue, and red.
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
2012 Apple MacBook Pro and iMac benchmarks appear on Geekbench site
Ashleigh Allsopp
Benchmark results for a new MacBook Pro and iMac were spotted in Geekbench’s database over the weekend, suggesting that Apple will launch updates to both line-ups imminently.
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Updated: our guide to Illustrator CS6, After Effects CS6, Premiere Pro CS6 and Photoshop CS6 plugins
Digital Arts Staff
Here we're listing professional-level plug-ins for Photoshop, Illustrator et al as they're updated to support Creative Suite 6.
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Adobe will issue free security patches for pre-CS6 Photoshop, illustrator and Flash Pro
Jackie Dove
Late Friday night, Adobe confirmed its plan to issue free patches to fix the problems in three of its key Creative Suite apps.
Tuesday, 08 May 2012
Adobe releases Creative Suite 6 with Photoshop CS6, Illustrator CS6, InDesign CS6, After Effects CS6 & more
Neil Bennett
CS6 is out now, so see what our team of expert graphic, interactive and motion designers make of it.





