Review: Suitcase Fusion 4
Written by Bob Levine on November 14, 2012Body:
Pros: Easily manage thousands of fonts, including Google Web Fonts and WebINK fonts.
Reviews
Review: Alien Skin Exposure 4
Written by Ben Long on October 10, 2012Body:
There's a curious irony to the "death of film." As the rise of digital shooting has caused camera makers, film manufacturers, and processing facili
Review: PitStop Pro 11
Written by Jay J. Nelson on September 26, 2012Body:
Pros: Can find and edit anything in a PDF.
Around the World in ePublishing with Pariah Burke: 4.27 Day of Devastation
Written by Pariah Burke on August 27, 2012Body:
Welcome to the first installment of my new monthly column, “Around the World in ePublishing with Pariah Burke.” Each month we’ll look at a differen
Review: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Written by Ben Long on May 29, 2012Body:
Pros: Dramatically improved Camera Raw; simple but useful video editing; great new Crop tool; improved performance; improved typog
Image-Editing Review: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4
Written by Conrad Chavez on April 9, 2012Body:
Pros: Improved develop engine extracts surprising dynamic range out of single images.
Image-Editing Review: iPhoto for the iPad
Written by Ben Long on March 27, 2012Body:
Pros: Some nice editing tools, good local filtering and rating, cool journal facility.
Cons: Metadata is not standard IPTC; edits have limited latitude; iOS sandboxing makes for complex multi-app workflow.
Score: 7.5/10
Review: Photoshop Touch 1.0 on the iPad 2
Written by Ben Long on March 5, 2012Body:
Pros: Great selection and compositing tools; very good retouching tools.
Cons: Missing some simple, critical features. Interface needs polish. Limits to file size. All original metadata gets stripped out.
Rating: 7/10
Review: Adobe Proto
Written by Janine Warner on December 7, 2011Body:
Pros: Adobe’s new Proto touch app wins points for being fun, easy to use, and for making you look cool and up on the latest trends when you’re with clients.
Cons: Although Proto is great for creating wireframes for small sites, it’s not going to replace more professional tools, such OmniGraffle or Microsoft Visio.
Rating: 7/10
Review: QuarkXPress 9.1 with App Studio
Written by Jay J. Nelson on September 19, 2011Body:
Pros: Puts iPad publishing into the hands of average publishers, with access to dramatic new effects and features.
Cons: Thanks to Apple, submitting an app is a convoluted affair and requires an iOS developer account. There are also two Flash-related bugs that, while they won't apply to every user, will require some people to employ workarounds to fix the bugs' effects.
Rating: 8/10
