Posted on November 9th, 2008 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
The maker of “Snap Art” says the Sept. 15th cover of New Yorker Magazine was done with his program. “I’d recognize my baby anywhere,” he says. The New Yorker is famed for its artful covers and many people have them framed. The editors are silent on whether that particular cover was done with Snap Art, a plug-in program for Adobe Photoshop…
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Posted on August 19th, 2008 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
We have two drawing tablets, and boy, are they fun.
What makes them fun is the software: ArtRage 2…
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Posted on July 27th, 2008 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
SnagIt is a Windows program that lets you capture anything you see on the computer screen, including video clips, even if they have been protected against copying…
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Posted on March 20th, 2008 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
We got our eager hands on a CyberTablet Z12 from Adesso (adesso.com). It works with any PC or Mac and sells for $122, which is around the midpoint for such tablets. You can write notes, draw highly defined pictures, edit photos and use it to add your signature to email and documents…
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Posted on March 1st, 2008 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
A free program called Flypaper is a fast and easy way to post slide shows to the Web. The results look much the same as any presentation created with Microsoft’s PowerPoint, which is certainly not free…
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Posted on February 6th, 2008 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
The original CorelDraw was one of the first heavy-duty graphics programs to appeal to business users as well as artists…
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Posted on January 25th, 2008 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
“The Essential Blender,” edited by Roland Hess; $45 from Blender.org.
Blender is one of several high-end graphics and animation programs that are available free…
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Posted on January 14th, 2008 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Here’s an update to a service we covered last year. Instead of plastering “for sale” fliers on car windshields, you can send digital notices to major Web services like craigslist, eBay, Google Base and others…
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