- As Simple As Photoshop — The phrase above is not just a slogan. First, it is the name of the program I’d like to tell you about and second, the declaration of this program’s possibilities. You may think that Adobe Photoshop, which is an industrial standard for image processing, is rather hard to learn. Who said «I know it from cover to cover»? OK, this article is not for you. If you think so, you may need somebody…
- AV Bros. Puzzle Pro 2.0. Go in Pieces! — Puzzles are universal things. A 3-year old child loves playing her big colorful 3-piece puzzle, a 30-year old woman spends hours and days with a 3-thousand piece puzzle of a Scottish castle. A big colorful puzzle is a great present. However, a «personalized» (i.e. unique) puzzle is also stylish. Just imagine giving your girlfriend the cool puzzle, which, when solved, becomes a memory photo with you and her in some romantic…
- AV Bros. Page Curl Pro 2.2, Very Special — In a short, Page Curl Pro by AV Bros. is an Adobe Photoshop plugin that allows creating realistically looking «page bends» — curling and folding. It has many options, pretty interface, and works fast with any host application that supports Photoshop plugins. In not-so-short, Page Curl Pro has gone beyond the boundaries of just a «curl this image» thing. In a handy dialog with instant preview, you can…
- AV Bros. Puzzle Pro 2.2, I'm Fallen Into Pieces — There is common multipurpose design technique that allows making some obvious things less trivial: An effect of Puzzle. Puzzles are commonly drawn as images «cut» into several fancy-form pieces. In the real world, puzzles are very popular among both children and adults. In terms of computer design, a puzzle image is rather a «symbol», but very commonly used. Still, how can you create a realistic-looking and yet not…
- DVD to PSP / iPod video converter — As portable devices are getting increasingly popular and their multimedia potential grows, more and more people want to be able to watch movies on their iPods and PSP consoles. Unfortunately, these devices restrict your ability to upload arbitrary video content to that available from Sony and Apple stores. If you are looking for an easy way to grab your favorite DVD movies and quickly convert them into native iPod and Apple formats with great…
- MemoryShow Pro 1.1, Brilliant Effect of Easy Idea — Half an hour ago, I thought there’s nothing better for browsing photos than the good old dumb viewers, which just take and show your photos one-by-one (by a key press or automatically — doesn’t matter here). Half an hour ago, I downloaded and installed MemoryShow Pro. Now, guess, what have I been doing since that moment? Most of all, it was like a slow pleasant meditation; I have reviewed an entire…
- Realsoft 3D - a flexible and extremely powerful 3D tool with an attractive price — Although there are numerous 3D modeling and animation tools on the market, they generally tend to have a common flaw — they are either inexpensive and amateur or extremely expensive and excessively powerful for an average user. Finding the «golden mean» is a surprisingly hard task, especially if you want to have a fully-functional and modern tool and not overpay for the features you will never need…
- 3D Button Visual Editor - create awesome-looking 3D buttons for your site in seconds! — Clear, unambiguous and intuitive navigation is one of the key elements of a high-quality website. No matter if you are developing a brand new site or redesigning an existing one, you must take navigation seriously. If, however, you feel much more confident coding than creating your site graphics, there seems to be only two options: either outsource this part of the work or learn to use professional graphic editors, such…
- Personal Photoshop Coach. As Simple As Photoshop — “A picture is worth a thousand words”, the saying goes, and applies far beyond the folklore: According to various studies, over 70% of information finds its path to our brain through the eye. That suggests that the quickest way to get along with complex applications, especially those like Photoshop, would be through watching a lot of examples with live illustrations and audible explanations and trying to repeat those after…
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