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Review: Adobe Proto
Reviews: Written by Janine Warner on December 7, 2011
Adobe’s new Android app lets you prototype a website using touches, taps, and swipes. And at $9.99, it's a lot cheaper than the desktop alternatives. But is Proto right for your needs?
Review: QuarkXPress 9.1 with App Studio
Reviews: Written by Jay J. Nelson on September 19, 2011
For QuarkXPress users wanting to publish content to the iPad, the free 9.1 update to 9.0 is a no-brainer. If you're upgrading from pervious versions, 9.1 costs $299, but it's still one of the cheapest ways to publish magazines, books, and other content to Apple's App Store.
Review: Alien Skin Snap Art 3
Reviews: Written by Jeremy Schultz on August 29, 2011
Alien Skin's updated Snap Art 3 adds new features that give you greater control over filters and result in more realistic artistic effects.
Review: QuarkXPress 9
Reviews: Written by Jay J. Nelson on April 28, 2011
New version of publishing powerhouse adds e-book export and new layout features. Is it time to upgrade?
Review: Silver Efex Pro 2.0
Reviews: Written by Ben Long on March 28, 2011
This Photoshop plug-in, which converts color photos to grayscale images, may be the best thing you could ever do for your black-and-white photography.
Review: Portrait Professional 10, Standard Edition
Reviews: Written by Steve Caplin on March 9, 2011
Portrait Professional is the easiest way to apply professional retouching techniques to portraits. Give the software only a few pointers on the shape of the face, position of the eyes and mouth and so on, and Portrait Professional performs an automatic enhancement that you're then free to tweak and adjust.
Review: Adobe Acrobat X Pro
Reviews: Written by Jeremy Schultz on November 22, 2010
While this version of the venerable program isn't perfect, it has plenty of new tools that creative professionals can benefit from.
Review: Extensis Suitcase Fusion 3
Reviews: Written by Bob Levine on September 22, 2010
This font manager is easy to use and, with a one-year subscription to the WebINK web font service, is useful for both print designers and Web designers.
Review: Alien Skin Exposure 3
Reviews: Written by Ben Long on August 4, 2010
This Photoshop plug-in is not only amazingly accurate in its film simulations, it's easy to use and customize.
Review: Adobe Dreamweaver CS5
Reviews: Written by Tom Negrino on June 10, 2010
The Web design program enters the age of CMS, CSS3, and HTML5.
Review: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Reviews: Written by Ben Long on May 12, 2010
The twenty-year-old Photoshop was created in another era of computing, and that's beginning to show. However, just about every Photoshop user will find something to love in the new CS5.
Review: Adobe Illustrator CS5
Reviews: Written by Mordy Golding on May 10, 2010
With new brushes, variable-width strokes, and numerous enhancements, is Illustrator CS5 worth the upgrade price? We put it all in perspective (literally).
Review: Adobe InDesign CS5
Reviews: Written by Michael Murphy on May 6, 2010
Something old, something new... and a whole lot more you can do. InDesign CS5 walks the tightrope between what users need now and what Adobe thinks they'll need in the future.
Review: Wacom Cintiq 21UX
Reviews: Written by Ben Long on April 29, 2010
If much of your daily work is in a graphics program, you need a tablet. But if you don't like the disconnect required by regular tablets (draw on one surface, see the results on another), the Cintiq 21UX may be the best fit for your needs.
Review: Blatner Tools 1.0.1 for InDesign CS3 and CS4
Reviews: Written by Michael Murphy on April 21, 2010
This suite of 12 plug-ins costs $149. While that may seem high, the plug-ins bring added functionality to InDesign that's worth even more.
Review: Topaz Labs Plug-In Bundle
Reviews: Written by Ben Long on March 22, 2010
This five-pack of Photoshop filters is a great deal if your image-editing skills are intermediate or beginning.
Review: Eye Candy 6
Reviews: Written by Steve Caplin on February 1, 2010
Although it's not cheap at $249, this Photoshop plug-in is an amazing value. It takes very little time to learn how to create eye-catching effects that surpass Photoshop's built-in filters.
Review: CtrlChanges for InDesign
Reviews: Written by Anne-Marie "HerGeekness" Concepcion on October 28, 2009
If you pass around InDesign files and want to track who's changed what, this plug-in gets the job done.
Review: Alien Skin Bokeh
Reviews: Written by Ben Long on October 21, 2009
This plug-in simulates shallow depth of field far better than Photoshop can on its own. But will you use it often enough to justify the price?
Snap Art 2 Makes Photoshop Art Easier, More Realistic
Reviews: Written by Jeremy Schultz on October 7, 2009
When version 1 of Snap Art debuted in 2006, it was impressive enough. In version 2, Alien Skin has created a superior artistic tool with an improved interface and algorithms.
