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ForeverSave: Versioned File Backup for Mac

9. December 2009

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Although it rarely happens to me, I see tons of Twitter friends posting about their Adobe software crashing while working on a file. InDesign has a pretty robust temporary file feature that usually saves what you were working on, however that’s only useful if you work in InDesign. What [...]

Font Sleuth: Find Fonts Fast

2. November 2009

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Font Sleuth is an interesting new font browser application for Mac OS X. The first thing I noticed about this app—pretty darn fast. No font manager I have ever used is lightning fast when it comes to previewing fonts. Font Sleuth however was close. Give it a few seconds [...]

Timeline: Version Control Plugin for Photoshop

28. October 2009

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Timeline: Version Control Plugin for Photoshop

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Timeline by PixelNovel is an interesting version control system built for designers who use Adobe Photoshop. As far as I am aware, there’s really nothing else like this out there for Photoshop users. Timeline allows you to save and review a file’s history and save file versions and get file [...]

Wacom Bamboo Touch + Pen: First Impressions

19. October 2009

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Wacom Bamboo Touch + Pen: First Impressions

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Recently we let the readers know about the leaked multi-touch tablet from Wacom, the Bamboo Touch. Seems the official release was imminent, as Wacom released the actual Touch lineup only a few days later. Being the gadget geek I am, I needed to get my hands on one of [...]

Adobe Photoshop CS5: Sneak Peek [video]

15. October 2009

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Here’s a quick sneak video of some experimental new features being worked on by Adobe for Photoshop CS5, including “wet” paints (similar to Corel Painter) as well as a very cool-looking warp tool. Warning: corny voiceovers.

Wacom Bamboo Touch Revealed Early

22. September 2009

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Seems Wacom has a new product to be released, and the beans were spilled early by retailer Best Buy, who put the product out on the shelves before the official release date. In fact Wacom has no information on their site about the new device. Wacom’s new Bamboo Touch [...]

Sketchbook Mobile for iPhone

17. September 2009

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Autodesk, the makers of the excellent drawing & sketching software Sketchbook Pro have just released a companion app for the iPhone & iPod Touch, appropriately named Sketchbook Mobile [iTunes link]. The best part? Only $2.99! It’s a pretty impressive port, as it has many of the features found on it’s big brother including layers, a [...]

Photoshop vs. Illustrator: Part 1

5. August 2009

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Photoshop Vs. Illustrator in a no-holds-barred battle to the death! WARNING! This blog post contains foul language and dirty underhanded insults. The (harsh) opinions expressed in this article do not reflect those of Go Media Inc. or Adobe Inc. Please do not read further if you are pregnant, have [...]

PhotoKeys for iPhone

31. July 2009

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: PhotoKeys for iPhone [iTunes App Store link] is an interesting app. In short, it turns your iPhone into a small touch screen to access the Photoshop tool palette—Move, Marquee, Lasso, Magic Wand and so on—as well as other common functions such as Copy, Paste, Undo, Save, etc. You get [...]