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Bringing the power of Photoshop to video – one frame at a time

by Will Head on 24 December 2010 in Video
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Dig deep into any video editing package and you’ll find a huge number of effects you can apply to your footage to transform it beyond recognition. Used well, you can turn an average video into a spectacular one.

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Animal magic: make sure you don’t get stuck in a rut

by Dave Stevenson on 22 December 2010 in Photography
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So there we were, me and a photographer colleague, perched underneath a tree in Richmond Park, pelted by the rain. In front of us, a fallow deer relentlessly attempted to mate with whichever doe would stand still long enough. ‘He’s not having much luck, is he?’ remarked David.

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The CD cover game as art therapy for designer’s block

by Keith Martin on 20 December 2010 in Design for Print
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What do you do if you find yourself staring at an empty page, unable to get your creative juices flowing? Design block is no fun and it happens to all of us on occasion. Fortunately, one of the best ways to shake people out of a creative slump involves a no-pressure, a purely creative bit of fun. I’ve found it’s also a great way to get new students into the basics of working with type and images.

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Redefining the concept of the computer as we know it

by Alex Watson on 17 December 2010 in Mac to the future
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On a recent visit north to see my family, I showed the iPad to my two goddaughters, aged four and seven. We looked at photos, found their house and school on Google Maps Streetview and played some games. At the end, Holly, the older of the two, asked: ‘Is this a computer?’

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The nightmare before Xmas

by Howard Oakley on 15 December 2010 in Help
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Deck the desk with USB fairy lights and flash up the wifi Santa Claus: Christmas is here. Looking beyond party antics and next month’s painful bills, this season of retail excess should set a new record for sales of wireless-dependent products. This is despite modern wireless communications bearing only a passing resemblance to Marconi’s miracles at the end of the 19th century. Morse and ‘wireless telegraphy’ have long since gone, and only the small stalwart band of radio hams still talk to one another over long distances.

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Apple still means business

by Kenny Hemphill on 13 December 2010 in Last Word
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So long, Xserve. In January 2011, Apple will stop selling the Xserve. For most Mac users and Apple customers, it will barely register. For a significant minority, it will herald a complete re-think of their system architecture. For while Apple nods in the direction of the Mac Pro and Mac mini as potential replacements, no company that relies on rack-mounted servers will be happy with a tower or mini. Neither have support for power supply redundancy or easily swappable storage drives, for example.

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