Feature: Adobe Lightroom 4 reviewed
Version 4 of Adobe's popular Lightroom hit the streets a few weeks ago. While the feature list isn't extensive, it thankfully lacks padding (new yellow button somewhere!). The public beta took the wind...
Feature: Adobe Lightroom 4 reviewed
Version 4 of Adobe's popular Lightroom hit the streets a few weeks ago. While the feature list isn't extensive, it thankfully lacks padding (new yellow button somewhere!). The public beta took the wind...
Feature: Hype v. reality: The best iOS tools for professional content creation
Many mobile and tablet apps inherently make a promise: this program can fill a void laptops can't. Developers have made professionally-oriented products for the iPad for almost two years, but how...
Feature: The seed of something great: Acorn 3.1 reviewed
When we reviewed Pixelmator 1.6.2 eight months ago, many readers were quick to demand a review of their favorite Mac OS X image editor: Acorn. We decided to hold out for the next major release—so here we are with a...
Feature: Virtual showdown: Parallels Desktop 7 and VMware Fusion 4 reviewed
The powerhouses of Mac OS X virtualization both got beefy updates in the last few weeks and they're begging for comparison. (Read our original Parallels 6 and Fusion 3 reviews for more on the older...
Feature: After Final Cut Pro debacle, does Apple still care about creative pros?
So, Michael Jackson is dead and Final Cut Pro X is out, and most people prefer the older versions of each. Most can also agree on Michael Jackson's fate—making a lot more albums from beyond...
Feature: ArtRage: quality digital painting on the cheap
If Wacom's ever-increasing array of consumer-oriented tablets is any indicator, it's not just professionals who are looking to get their fingers wet with some pixel paint—and not everyone can afford Painter, Corel's u...
Feature: Indesign CS5.5 review: e-books made easy
It's fair to say that publishing is in the middle of a long transition period, and nowhere is that transition more obvious than in publishing software. Publishers now have to hit multiple formats for maximum sales,...
Feature: Ars Reviews the Quadro 4000 Mac Edition: NVIDIA’s sole Mac offering a promising start
Everyone knows the old Einstein quote about the definition of insanity—it's doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. After a pretty harsh review of the Quadro FX 4800, I was really hoping n......
Feature: Pixelmator 1.6.2 – the Ars Technica review
Certain programs you hear about through user buzz, and Pixelmator has been on a lot of people's lips since it made its 1.0 debut. Since my work is about as demanding as it gets for photo and...
