- 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…
- MasterBooter - when a single OS is not enough — If you believe that each operating system is tailored for specific purposes or just like experimenting and having a real choice of operating systems to work in, you may want to install several ones on your PC. However, a standard computer setup will not allow you to do this easily. If you are firmly determined to have several operating systems on your hard drive, you should definitely try MasterBooter —…
- Real Desktop Light - add a new dimension to a familiar OS interface — As a computer enthusiast, you must have tried all kinds of operating systems, interface add-ons and themes — from Vista’s Aero Glass to its various Linux counterparts. However, if you are looking for something totally different that would give you a new way of managing your documents and files, you should definitely check out Real Desktop Light! Real Desktop Light is a free system add-on for your Windows-based system that turns…
- 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…
- 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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