The opensource screenwriting program Celtx, has released a new version (0.99). You can write the script any indian language (Tamil, Telugu etc). Built on Firefox base, this is one of Opensource programs great gems. You can find a few more in my wiki

Google has released a new version of Sketchup, adding a few effects/features (see new feature list). Sketchup is a great 3D modelling tool even before Google bought it last year. In typical google fashion, it bought this commerical tool and made it FREE. I have been using to build some sample models, and even some […]

“The Onyx Project” is a lowbuget interactive movie releasing today on DVD. It seems like a media experiment from a Design School.
From NYT: “One idea behind the venture is that no two viewers may see the movie unfold in the same way, yet its basic facts, characters and message will permeate the experience.”
It doesnt play in […]

The July 4th fireworks was sure impressive. Spectacular display of synchoronized pyrotechnics coordinated with computer precision.. computer? Well, you didn’t think that little midgets set off the fireworks with such precision by hand, running around a carefully arranged maze of stacked fireworks waiting to be lit - did you? If so, sorry to burst your […]

If Apple had announced 4 days back that it is going let Microsoft Windows officially run on the new Macs - I would never have believed, as history clearly shows that big corporations have not exactly been truthful on April the First (with classics such as the BBC report on ‘Farmers growing Noodles on trees’, Burger King […]

Those who watched Superbowl on Sunday might have noticed the wonderful Skycam in action. The change in perspective is startling for us folks who have been used to pretty ordinary cricket telecasts. Whenever we need to get closer to the player in field, we have always been used to a simple Zoom. But robotic Skycam […]

The most amazing piece of free software you will ever get. After buying Keyhole, Google has released the product after a long hibernation.
Just like God you can tilt, rotate and zoom into almost any point on US - except maybe destroy and create
Things to do:
Add Layers : Particluarly 3D buildings. 3D builtings have […]

Microsoft takes baby steps into a Graphic designers toolbox with Microsoft Acrylic. Will it be the end to Photoshop ? scary but I think not.
Back in 2003, Microsoft quietly acquired a little known graphic software house called “Creative Expressions”, so it got 2 years to massage the code and grow a decent software […]

Some of the incredibly useful stuff I can’t live without in a (new) computer. I always carry the installation files with me (thanks to Yahoo Briefcase)
Whenever I move to a new computer or buy a new laptop (not that I buy a new lappie every year) I immediately customize my comp by loading these tiny […]

Today I upgraded my trusty old Photoshop CS into CS2.
After initial installation (took forever) the interface popped up. Very sleek, the first thing you notice is smooth icons and well rounded tabs. Looking under the hood, I found the menu has changed a lot - CS had a lot of options CS2 has a lot […]

Adobe buys Macromedia for $3.4 billion. I didnt see this coming - I am shocked as I was shocked when AOL bought Netscape.
I wonder what happens to competing softwares - Photoshop v/s Fireworks, Dreamweaver v/s GoLive, Flash v/s LiveMotion(?) - but it would be too stupid of Adobe to kill MMs software - no, not […]

Photoshop - the bread and butter software for any graphic artist, has gone through a new version upgrade.

Photoshop CS2 - a wierd name… hmm… also for a software that is so perfect in all aspects - what is left to improve ?
HD of course more and more resoultion! It seems it can […]