Very few of us can claim to have the painting talent of a Michaelangelo or a Renoir, but if you've ever fancied trying your hand at dipping a brush in oils and acrylics just for fun ...

Would you think it unlucky to launch a product in version 13? Corel's obviously a bit sensitive, as its new drawing and illustration suite is called X3 instead. Despite its longevity the company is still innovating ...

A natural by-product of the boom in digital photography is having to sit through yet more tedious photos taken by a snap-happy relative. For without the expense of film processing, people are taking more pictures than ...

Ulead has chosen to offer a number of different 'workspaces' - sets of menus and toolbars - geared to particular ways of using the program. There are workspaces for beginner and advanced photo editors, as well ...

Serif has really done its own thing with its PhotoPlus editor over the last few years, which means that some of the common features of other packages aren't available here. Instead it majors on batch editing, ...

One of the most interesting aspects of PhotoSuite 7 is its price. It's always been a widely-bundled product, but to get a suite of graphics tools of this calibre for under £20 has to be a ...

This must be one of the few software markets where Microsoft is not a well known name. Although Digital Image Suite 2006 is the latest in a line of editing products stretching back to Picture It!, ...

Corel is a past master at acquiring software companies and bringing their products into its stable through osmosis. Its most recent acquisition, JASC, is the creator of the much-loved Paint Shop Pro. It's now reached version ...

Photoshop is the best known photo editing application in the world and it was a bit of inspired thinking by Adobe to introduce a cut-down version of the software at something like a tenth of Photoshop's ...

Photo Video DVD is a compilation pack of utilities that brings together three Ulead applications and three from X-oom. These six programs are provided on three individual CD-ROMs. Two are given over to the Ulead programs ...

Whereas the majority of software companies over the past ten to fifteen years have been embroiled in some kind of downsize, merger, takeover or seemingly vital corporate event, Serif has remained a constant. The simple reason? ...

Adobe announced the upgrade to its best-selling collection of design software in April, with a view to begin shipping throughout the US in May and to UK customers by the end of June. This review is ...

A long time ago, when Windows were for cleaning not double-clicking, and lasers were something only referred to in episodes of Star Trek or very expensive Apple dealerships, a small American company by the name of ...

There has never been any dispute about which is the best of the photo manipulation packages available for professionals - Adobe Photoshop is the acknowledged king. But professionals and amateurs have been warming to Jasc's Paint ...

Microsoft's Digital Image Suite 10 finds the company once again attempting to take cash off people looking to get their digital camera and PC working in some kind of unison. While last year's version was certainly ...

British software developer Xara is well-known for its cheap, easy-to-use Web graphics software for home and business, such as WebStyle and MenuMaker. But its eponymous flagship product, Xara, is unusual in its universal appeal to everyone ...

VideoWave is one of the big three home video editing suites, and in terms of units sold claims to be the biggest. Roxio's latest version, VideoWave 7 Professional, includes three ways of creating videos: using the ...

Mention photo editing software down the pub and most of those 'in the know' will tell you how good they are with Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro. These are both fine programs, but there's another less ...

The original Illuminatus Opus was welcomed for its easy-to-use interface, its comparatively low cost compared to its rivals and a broad range of features that included 'triggers' for pre-loaded files and mouse moves, collision detection, rollover ...

It's slightly scary to realise CorelDraw has reached version 12, particularly if you can remember version 1. Not that there's much resemblance between the original CorelDraw and this latest, three-module graphics suite. The vector graphics application, ...