With the 15R, Dell has put together a versatile 15.6in budget to midrange laptop that doesn’t compromise on connectivity. Relatively minor weaknesses with its keyboard aside, it holds up well overall, with the interchangeable lids being a great way to change the design according to your mood or to match the colour of your shoes [...]

With this plug-in you can create realistic candle flame effect in Cinema 4D. GSG Flame use a bunch of wind deformers combined to get the flicker effect. You can download this plugin at: Greyscale Gorilla

In this tutorial you will learn how to use the GSG Flame to create realistic candle flame effect. You can read this tutorial and download plugin at: Greyscale Gorilla

The plug-in is designed for rendering images of traces behind a moving objects in 3D-space (eg jet exhaust, tracer shots, etc.).

In this tutorial you will learn how to use the Content-Aware Fill in Photoshop CS5.

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a football/soccer ball in 3ds Max. Also, you will learn how to texture the ball using the Unwrap UVW modifier. This was the official ball for the World Cup 1982. You can read this tutorial at: Tutorials For 3DS Max

“Tic-Tac-Toe, that’s boring!” you might think. In this tutorial I will show you that building a Tic-Tac-Toe game is anything but boring. It’s the ideal game to create when you would like to learn ActionScript 3.0. While building it you’ll learn a great deal about functions and event listeners, you will see how easy it [...]

Just as with the original RevoDrive, the X2 version lives up to its reputation and delivers a massive boost of speed as a unique PCI Express hard drive platform. While the drive did have some issues with small file sizes, the overall transfer speeds were on par with the specifications that OCZ has designed the [...]

In this tutorial we will learn how to create a realistic vector denim texture. It’s easier than it might seem at first sight, and I think it can be done by those who are taking their first steps into the world of vector graphics. Creation of other elements of this tutorial is more advanced, although [...]

In this video for 3ds max, we’ll take a look at how we can cover objects with snow using PFlow or other particle systems. We’ll explore two ways, using control maps to choose where particles of snow are, or using a more complex way with falling particles of snow that will cover meshes. Then we’ll [...]

A fun modifier plug-in useful for generating random detail for spaceship models, cityscapes, Death Stars… Just download Greeble for Your Max version, and copy to \Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2012\plugins catalog. In 3DS Max, You can find Greeble in Modifier List. Greeble options: Learn more and download plugin at: Klanky  

The Logitech K750 Solar Keyboard is a wonderful example of smart design, innovation and practicality all combining to make a class leading product. Given the low power consumption of keyboards it is surprising in hindsight that a truly independent, high class wireless design had yet to surface. Now it has we’ll find it very hard [...]

Give ordinary highlights a dazzling, sparkling effect! Starglow is a fast-rendering multi-directional glow effect. It can be used to create multi-colored star shaped glints like those created by a camera filter. Each customizable glow consists of up to eight directions, and each direction can be assigned an individual color map and streak length offering endless [...]

Create a smokey portal effect with turbulent Particles Use a Z-depth pass to generate a believable reveal 3rd Party Tools: Optical Flares

OCZ’s Vertex 3 240 GB flagship offers outstanding drive performance on the new SATA 6 Gbps interface. In terms of raw speed it is only beat by the more expensive Intel 510 Series SSD. OCZ’s next smaller model the Agility 3 is about 8% behind in performance, but also clocks in at a much more [...]

Ultra-fast light ray effects! Create compelling light effects without leaving your editing timeline, and without the tedious render times of specialized 3D applications. Sunshine through clouds, headlights through fog, or horror movie titles: Shine does it all. Choose from 22 powerful presets, or make your own light ray effects from scratch. 16- and 32-bit support [...]