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Review: Epson Stylus Photo R1900
Reviews: Written by Ben Long on June 18, 2008
Looking for a printer that can output a wide range of print sizes for $500 or less? This review may be your answer. You won’t find another printer that produces glossy output this good for under $2,000!
Review: Nik Software's Viveza
Reviews: Written by Ben Long on April 7, 2008
This plug-in is ideal for anyone who regularly creates complex masks.
Reviews: Alien Skin Exposure 2.0 and Imagenomic Real Grain
Reviews: Written by Ben Long on January 30, 2008
Whether you want to digitally reproduce the look of different film stocks or convert color shots to grayscale, one of these plug-ins may be just what you need.
Review: PhotoTune Software's SkinTune 2.0
Reviews: Written by Ben Long on July 16, 2007
If you routinely shoot portraits or photograph in difficult mixed lighting situations, check out this Photoshop plug-in.
Review: Adobe Photoshop CS3
Reviews: Written by Ben Long on April 23, 2007
There are high-school seniors who have never lived in a world without Photoshop. Does this venerable application still have room for improvement?
Review: Adobe Illustrator CS3
Reviews: Written by Mordy Golding on April 18, 2007
The new Illustrator is faster, flashier, and more colorful, yes. But is it worth the upgrade? Read on to find out.
Review: Corel Painter X
Reviews: Written by Karen Sperling on April 4, 2007
With amazing brushes that are more realistic than ever, new composition tools for painters and photographers, and a little man inside the software who paints for you (!), this Painter upgrade is worth the money.
Review: HVC Color Composer
Reviews: Written by Brian P. Lawler on March 23, 2007
This Photoshop plug-in adds an intuitive color selection tool that will save time and money -- once you grasp its complexity.
Review: Alien Skin Blow Up
Reviews: Written by Jennifer Wills on January 8, 2007
Do Photoshop's upsampling tools give you the jaggies? When you need to enlarge images, Blow Up may be the helping hand you've been looking for.
Review: CorelDraw X3 Graphics Suite
Reviews: Written by Susan Glinert Stevens on January 27, 2006
With new and improved tools in CorelDraw, Photo-Paint, and PowerTrace, this is one sweet suite.
Review: Apple's Aperture 1.0
Reviews: Written by Ben Long on December 19, 2005
Apple's first-ever pro photography tool generated a lot of buzz when it was first announced. Ben Long spent weeks putting the shipping version of Aperture through all sorts of tests. In this thorough review, he reveals whether the reality lives up to the buzz.
Review: Wacom Cintiq 21UX Interactive Pen Display
Reviews: Written by Ben Long on July 4, 2005
It's a display you can draw on. It's a tablet you can surf the Web with. And it comes with a sophisticated pen and lots of bundled software. But is it right for you?
Review: Adobe Illustrator CS2
Reviews: Written by Matthew Richmond on May 6, 2005
Adobe's vector-art creation tool comes alive, learns a few new tricks, and leads the pack.
Review: Adobe Photoshop CS2
Reviews: Written by Ben Long on May 3, 2005
The market leader continues to innovate while polishing features that have been around for a while. Ben Long takes you through the newly released program.
Canon i9900 Photo Printer: Fast, Affordable, Great Quality
Reviews: Written by Ben Long on January 11, 2005
Canon's new compact i9900 Photo Printer is a triple threat: it quickly produces richly colored prints up to 13 x 19 inches at a price point of less than $500.
Strata 3D CX: Familiar Application in Changing Times
Reviews: Written by Sean Wagstaff on November 30, 2004
This easy-to-use 3D application sticks to its roots and renders great-looking pictures. Native Photoshop file support makes it even more accessible for graphic designers, but power users will find Strata 3D CX's modeler lackluster.
Paint Shop Pro 9: A Digital Photographer's Dream Image Editor
Reviews: Written by Susan Glinert Stevens on November 16, 2004
Many digital camera buffs find Adobe Photoshop to be too complex and too costly for many basic image-editing tasks. Jasc's Paint Shop Pro 9 offers a real alternative with powerful image correction tools and new natural media brushes. And at $119, the price is right, too.
Eye Candy 5: Extra Textures for Photoshop
Reviews: Written by Ben Long on October 7, 2004
Alien Skin has updated Eye Candy 5 by breaking the plug-ins package into three collections. The first to be released, Textures, shows some improvements over the previous release, but is it enough?
The Cat with the Fresh Hat: Corel Painter Makes the Most of its 9th Life
Reviews: Written by Sean Wagstaff on October 5, 2004
The newest version of Corel Painter features a less-intimidating interface, much-improved performance, and a handful of new media brushes and effects. According to Sean Wagstaff, Painter IX is the closest version yet to working with traditional paints and brushes.
iView MediaPro 2.6: Quick Cataloging of Many Media for Both Platforms
Reviews: Written by Ben Long on September 20, 2004
Image cataloger iView MediaPro has a good reputation on the Mac platform, thanks to its intuitive interface and multi-media handling. Now with added support for digital camera Raw files as well as feature parity with the Windows version, MediaPro 2.6 might be the perfect solution for small imaging workgroups.