Archive for October, 2009

Advanced Photoshop: The Premium Collection 4 – on sale now!

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

Advanced Photoshop: The Premium Collection Volume 4 is now available to buy from the Imagine eShop.

This collection offers 256 pages of the very best of Advanced Photoshop from the last year in one great collection.

There are plenty of in-depth tutorials on a range of subjects, including:

Typography

Digital painting

Lighting effects

Photo retouching

Digital illustration

Photomanipulation

There’s also a free CD with all the project files that you need, inspirational artist portfolios, in-depth features and interviews, making this your ultimate guide to Photoshop.

Priced at just £12.99, the bookazine will also be available shortly from selected stockists, including WHSmiths, Barnes & Noble and Borders.

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Apple iPhone: best for handheld gaming?

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

New directory champions Apple’s iDevice as market leader

Apple’s groundbreaking smartphone, the hugely popular iPhone, is set to become the world’s best device for handheld videogaming according to The iPhone Games Directory.

“With giant publishers such as Electronic Arts, Ubisoft and Konami now supporting the device with bigger and better games, which include the likes of  Assassin’s Creed, Brothers In Arms, Spore and Metal Gear Solid, the iPhone is fast becoming the handheld gamer’s platform of choice” said iPhone Games Directory Editor Aaron Asadi. “With an installed userbase of millions and thousands of games already available for download from the revolutionary App Store, the future of mobile videogames clearly rests with Apple’s device.”

The iPhone Games Directory, on sale 12 November for £9.99, rates the best games currently available for the iPhone across all the major iTunes categories, including Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Sports and Trivia.

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Lance Armstrong is Twitter King reveals new Celebrity Directory

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

New Celebrity Twitter Directory bookazine rates the best and worst
of the world’s most famous blogs

Cycling legend Lance Armstrong has been rated as one of the best
celebrity users of social media sensation Twitter in a new guide to
the website, The Celebrity Twitter Directory. Former Knight Rider star
and current judge on America’s Got Talent, David Hasselhoff, however,
was voted as one of the worst, along with rap star Eminem, pop icon
Janet Jackson, X-Man Hugh Jackman, and illusionist David Copperfield.

Rated on star power, entertainment value and ‘Tweet frequency’, over a
thousand celebrity Twitter feeds from the world of TV, film, sports,
politics and fashion were assessed, with Lance Armstrong scoring top
marks in each category thanks to his entertaining and copious Twitter
posts.

The Celebrity Twitter Directory, on sale now at £9.99, is described as
“the essential guide to the best real celebrity blogs on the world’s
hottest website” helping the millions of Twitter users worldwide to
decide which feeds to follow, and which to drop. The bookazine is
available from WHS, Borders and many good supermarkets, as well as
online at www.imagineshop.co.uk.

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Advanced Photoshop issue 62 on sale now

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Advanced Photoshop issue 62 on sale now

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The best features, interviews and artist profiles:
- How to design for the music industry
- Self-publish your own art book
- Interview with James White

Challenging and inspiring tutorials including:
- Cutting-edge lighting effects
- Build fantasy landscapes
- Creative book-cover art

Plus:
- Dedicated Industry section
- Four-page Helpdesk for Photoshop advice
- Free CD with brushes, project files and more