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EASILY ADD DECALS AND GRAFFITI TO OBJECTS

Bring extra life to your scenes as Editor Rob Redman shows you how to create realistic visuals for objects in Cinema 4D

Whatever happened to the budget stereo amplifier market?

Technical editor Ketan Bharadia laments a real gap in the market

GO FORTH AND AMPLIFY

If you want to assemble a great-sounding system of affordable hi-fi separates, finding the right amp is critical. Allow us to help you on your journey

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

Big, bold and bursting with features, but how well does it handle movies and music?

Rega Fono Mini A2D Mk2

A low-key restyle coupled to the same excellent performance

KEF LSX II LT

Lower price, fewer features, but still absolutely excellent

Technics SL-1200GR2

Terrific build quality and a joy to use

Everything you need to know about Auracast

The revolutionary Bluetooth audio-sharing tech that promotes personal audio experiences in public spaces

Best free music streaming apps

Tons of gratis tunes on Android and iPhone, without forking out a penny

FILM KNIGHTS

These gallant heroes are armed to make the home cinema experience as good as it can be. We round up four of our favourite premium AV amplifiers

Systems vs separates

Speaker systems are in danger of killing budget hi-fi separates, but can they coexist? Managing editor Becky Roberts certainly hopes so

R.I.P. THE AUX INPUT

The aux input is dead and awaiting burial... but managing editor Becky Roberts misses it already

Philips Fidelio T2

Chunky, but are they funky?

THE ART OF ALEX TREVIÑO

Paul Hatton speaks to the imaginative artist about his self-propelled journey from early childhood fascination to astonishing storyteller

Callipeg

Animation tools have come a long way over the last few decades, and even further in the past couple of years. Long gone is the need to sit at a desk with backlighting enabling you to see previous frames. Now you can animate at home, on a train or anywhere else you might find yourself using the same techniques on an iPad. Callipeg, while cutting edge, harks back to these classic animation methods.

GIVE YOUR RENDERS EXTRA PUNCH WITH REDSHIFT POSTFX

Rob Redman shows you how to add more impact to your work with eye-grabbing effects in Cinema 4D

BUILD A TRANQUIL OCEAN SETTING

Paul Hatton dives into the process for making a beautiful beach with the ocean centre stage

MODEL STYLISED TOON CHARACTERS USING A SIMPLIFIED WORKFLOW

Vectron3D reveals his easy and efficient process for crafting fun cartoon creations with an out of this world Disconaut

"HE'S JUST AN INCREDIBLE ARTIST"

REVEALING THE VFX BEHIND RIDLEY SCOTT'S NAPOLEON

PistonBuds PRO Q30

Gigantic over-ear headphones are no longer the necessity they once were to achieve a satisfactory level of noise cancellation, as increasingly more in-ear alternatives are now becoming available. The PistonBuds PRO Q30s are a fabulous example of this, as they offer users exceptional noise-cancelling capabilities while managing to deliver high-quality sound.

Wacom One 13 Touch

With accessibility and sustainability in mind, Wacom has been busy devising a new range of pen displays that are offering some great features for less. The Wacom One 13 Touch pen display has a lot to offer, especially for aspiring artists, with the high quality display that you would expect from Wacom, a smooth and intuitive drawing experience, and the addition of multi-touch capabilities.

CREATE REALISTIC GAME INTERIORS IN UNREAL

Learn how Maxim Dorokhov expertly designs a modern recreation of a classic horror video game environment

Raising The Lazarus Project

The Vine FX team tell us about their work delivering shots for season two of the sci-fi thriller

RABBIT R1

PRODDING AWAY AT LITTLE ICONS ON A SCREEN IS STARTING TO LOOK OLD-FASHIONED

UPVOTED BINOCULARS

Squinting through a pair of empty toilet rolls will only show you so much added detail-so Chris Rowlands zooms in on the finest modern binos for all uses and budgets

3 OF THE BEST Instant cameras

Give your phone a rest and watch photos come alive in your hands instead - but which print-spitting snapper is the best for you?

HOW CHEAP IS YOUR LOVE?

‘Affordable’ is very much a relative term. To a billionaire, building a champagne-fuelled rocket out 24-carat gold, filling it with diamonds the size of Yorkshire puddings and blasting it into outer space just for something to do is affordable; but to the rest of us, a couple of hundred quid can bust the budget.

A MOVIE KIND OF LOVE

Never forget a favourite flick (or accidentally rewatch a duff one) again: these film-tracking apps will help you keep on top of your viewing

THE WEDGE OF HEAVEN

Honda O Series Saloon

BONCE IN A LIFETIME

Sometimes listening to music needs to be an intimate and personal experience. And music never sounds so intimate or personal as when it's being given to you by a great pair of headphones... like all of these, for instance