Microsoft has finally officially released its free HD Photo plug-ins for Photoshop CS2 and CS3.

I wrote about HD Photo a while back when it was first announced and after my initial doubts - why on earth would we want a JPEG replacement? - I was won round by the flexibility of the specification...

Now this sounds interesting. Poser's biggest limitation is its inability to create scenes in which to host its figures. Meanwhile many professional 3D apps are great at creating the scenes but creating the figures to populate them is a nightmare. With e-frontier’s announcement of the launch of Poser Pro scheduled for Fall 2007 here's a potential solution to both problems..

Tom Arah pushes the boundaries of 3D with CINEMA 4D and its comprehensive range of add-on modules.

About two and a half years ago I looked at the range of software available for 2D designers wanting to make the move into 3D and concluded that much the best option was MAXON’s CINEMA 4D...

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