For a second month in a row, open source is taking a back seat to proprietary software for my Adobe Offsetting. As a rule I try to support open source as much as possible, but there times when it’s important to stand behind closed software that furthers professional tools. Serif‘s Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo […]
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Lift off! Today marks the end of Affinity Photo‘s beta and the launch of version 1.0 with an introductory price of only $39.99 USD. Affinity’s Project Manager, Dale Cook, was thankful for the overwhelming interest in the beta program for Affinity Photo. “Around a quarter of a million participated (in the public beta), and around half of those
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Affinity Designer is a drawing program for the Mac that has gotten a lot of buzz, earning lots of high praise in just its first year of existence. Last month Affinity Designer garnered its highest honor to date, becoming an Apple Design Award recipient for 2015. To celebrate, Affinity Designer is having a 20%-off sale
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Anime Studio always surprises users with fantastic new features. From their 3D approach to vector drafting and ground-breaking introduction of smart bones, Anime Studio has shown consistent strength with each new release. It gives me great pleasure to support them for this month’s Adobe Offsetting. A tool that supports its users I first started using Anime Studio
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A couple months ago, my Samsung laptop went on the fritz and I was surprised to find myself tempted to purchase a Dell. It turned my Samsung needed a new battery. Normally, I’m brave enough to perform surgery but was made fearful after watching an online tear-down video for my model. My laptop has an abundance of screws
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For a little over a year, I’ve been learning how to create 3D models in Blender. One of the largest benefits of using Blender is their large and overwhelming supportive community. There are tons of online resources that I’ve used to help me understand the basic principle of modeling. Last month I discovered a great
Spring is in the air, taxes are done, and it’s time to focus on fun stuff—like digital painting! Krita is attempting a second stab at success with another Kickstarter that started earlier last week. For 2015, Krita has Photoshop in their crosshairs with the anticipation of making Krita as fast or faster than Photoshop. I was
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At the end of March, Smashing Magazine announced the release of their new book, Real-Life Responsive Design. Smashing offered a one-day sale price of only $29 USD for both the print and digital edition of the book with free shipping! With a bargain like that, how could I pass the book up? They still have special
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Since 2011 I’ve been using my iPad daily. It has replaced my laptop in many ways. From drafting to writing documents and notes, it covers the gamut of all my needs while being the size of a pad of paper. There have been ongoing rumors about the release of a 12″ iPad Pro. The thought of
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A year ago I began my membership with Blender Cloud. In March 2014, Blender announced Project Gooseberry—a crowd source funding endeavor for a feature-length film. As one of the perks for donating, Blender created a monthly cloud membership, opening access to training content available previously only through their online store. Included with the tutorials is access to assets from animation projects,
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