Year: 2010

Review: Illustrator CS5 a solid, not earth-shattering, update

By David Creamer

As the Creative Suite versions of the Adobe (http://www.adobe.com) software mature, the list of new features for each program grows smaller, but the new features seem to be getting better. This release has some nice features, making this an important upgrade for those using Illustrator for more artistic purposes — of course, many of those features are useful for graphic designers, too. Here are the top new features for Illustrator CS5 (a.k.a. version 15).

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Greg’s bite: Apple to fix newspapers

By Greg Mills

As I have mused in this space before, Apple has great expectations to develop digital download “go to market” systems that will revolutionize content publishing industries of all kinds. What they did to music with iTunes, they will do with books, newspapers, magazines, video games, software and movies.  

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CoverScout update ready for iTunes 10

equinux (http://www.equinux.com) has released CoverScout 3.3.2, an update of the software for completing album covers in iTunes. The upgrade is ready for iTunes 10.

The interface of CoverScout is based upon the principles of Cover Flow. Its interface lets you flip through your music library and find all their missing cover are. CoverScout scans your music library as soon as the application is launched showing all covered and uncovered tracks. It searches for appropriate cover art on the Internet, which it can automatically apply to entire albums or individual tracks.

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