Digital Photographer magazine is giving every reader a £90 RAW software package with its latest issue! Simply buy issue 110 of Digital Photographer magazine to claim a fully working version of Capture One Express 6 today!

The RAW conversion software is produced by Phase One and enables photographers to convert and edit their RAW files quickly and easily. Use your software to create amazing slideshows, retouch your images and create contact sheets and print set-ups.

Digital Photographer Issue 110 is on sale in the UK now and is available from Tesco, WH Smith, Sainsburys and online at  www.imagineshop.co.uk. Look out for Keira Knightly on the cover!

Imagine Publishing has launched a new eBook to help iPhone users get the most from their groundbreaking Apple device. Featuring step-by-step tutorials and in-depth features on the secrets of your iPhone, as well as the ultimate guide to jailbreaking, this is a must-have book for anyone looking to extend their phone’s functionality.

Editor in Chief Aaron Asadi said: “This really is the eBook iPhone users have been waiting for. With great tips and easy-to-follow tutorials, it’s not only another excellent addition to Imagine’s digital library but an absolutely essential purpose for anyone who wants more from their iPhone. ”

Written by experts for readers dedicated to getting the most from their products, Tips & Tricks is a series that provides world-beating advice to experienced consumers, offering a variety of intermediate to advanced tutorials and stylish, cutting-edge features. In-depth yet accessible, the Tips & Tricks series offers a comprehensive solution unlike any other.

The iPhone Tips, Tricks, Apps & Hacks eBook is available from online retailer Amazon, priced at just £5.81. For more in the series, as well as other great books, visit www.imaginebookshop.co.uk.

I think it’s universally accepted that everyone enjoys a good treasure hunt. As a child they were a staple of birthday parties and Easter celebrations, and now you can get all the excitement of a treasure hunt from your iPhone with a new app. The Chancellor’s Gold promises four months of prize-finding fun with each month providing a different set of clues to help you track down the next big prize.

You are provided with photographic clues to a certain location in London (narrowed down by developer Interactive Places Ltd to a certain area or theme) and then asked to discover the answer to a riddle in that small area. When you’ve solved a clue, you’ll get a letter of the alphabet, and in the end you’ll have seven letters that will make up the answer to the final riddle.

The prizes on offer are one ounce Gold Britannia’s, each worth around £1,000/$1,600 each. The final prize, in August, is five of these, worth around £5,000 in total.

Whether you’re in it for the prize, or just want a day of fun around London, this is a great use of the iPhone, and well worth a try. If you’re not based in London, that’s not a problem. All you need is an internet connection and a keen eye for details; you can solve all the questions with a few good searches online.

You can download the app now from iTunes and give it a try for £1.19. If you enjoy it let us know!

To most people, gaming on an iPhone or iPad is all about Angry Birds, Cut the Rope and Fruit Ninja, but as developers get more confident they are squeezing more and more out of the hardware Apple makes. Dead Space HD is the latest in a long line of big games that have made their way onto iOS devices, and it certainly is a looker. However, what makes the game different to other big releases is that it was designed alongside its console big brother, and has an exclusive storyline that is not available anywhere else. This development has lead many to ask whether this marks the start of a new kind of opinion towards gaming on the iPhone and iPad

It’s obvious that a great deal of effort has been made to make the game look and feel as similar as possible to Dead Space 2 for the XBox, PS3 and Wii, and the iPad really has been pushed to create some stunning graphics. Long corridors with moody lighting, steam hanging in the air and weapons that glow an eerie blue help add to an atmosphere that really draws you in.

Moody lighting and particle effects help to make the game even more terrifying

The developers have also worked hard to make sure there are plenty of moments which will make you jump, and the tip at the start of the game which suggests you use headphones whilst playing is a fantastic one if you want to immerse yourself in the game. The sound is excellent, with low music setting a tense tone and the screams of monsters disorientating and terrifying you. The quality of sound is extremely high and really helps create a dark and dangerous atmosphere. The fact that you can easily use headphones without needing to sit close to a TV or monitor also means that you get a much more involving experience than on most consoles.

Those jumping moments come pretty regularly as you play, and within a few minutes you’ll be panicking as monsters dart across corridors and your character starts to have visions of blood-splattered walls and bodies in otherwise empty rooms. It’s a little disturbing, but adds a fantastic sense of unease to the whole affair.

The game is pretty gruesome, the effect these scenes have is incredible. You’ll be jumping at every sound.

Controls are tight, and while other great-looking iOS games that use a two-thumb input method have fallen when it comes to controls, Dead Space manages the system well. We found the default sensitivity just right, and had no trouble running and shooting. The over-the-shoulder view makes it easy to line up shots and the only real difficulty came when we tried to reload by pressing a button on the gun – we often found ourselves missing and firing at random.

However, while the controls are great for the most part, the game hits a stumbling block that has nothing to do with the software. We found that while we wanted to carry on playing the game for more than a few minutes, our thumbs were quite painful after a short time. The weight of the iPad compared to a standard game controller is much greater, which puts strain on your hands, and the lack of tactile feedback when you reach the edge of the control circles on-screen means that you often find yourself stretching when running or turning. This may have just been us, but try out some free shooter games first to see if you can handle the iPad comfortably, or invest in a stand that takes the weight out of your hands. It wasn’t a game-ruining problem by any means, and we soon got used to the different techniques, but it’s something to consider before you buy.

Necromorphs are a pretty standard enemy early in the game. They’ll emerge from the floors, walls and ceilings and try their best to eat your face

Pros:
Fantastic atmosphere, stunning graphics, terrifying sound and a great story and all in an iPad app

Cons:
Controls are thumb-breaking in some places, needs headphones for the best experience (is this a negative point?)

Verdict:

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All your social networks in one convenient place. You too could become more sociable for free! You may remember us covering this brilliant social networking app in iCreate’s We’re Excited… section a few months back, and now we’re offering one lucky reader (and Twitter user) the chance to get a free copy of Socialite.

This freshly updated app from our friends at Realmac Software allows you to connect to your Facebook and Twitter accounts, read and share from your favourite RSS feeds and even access Digg and Flickr, all from within the beautifully designed app.

Find out more at: www.realmacsoftware.com

How to enter:

1. Make sure your’re following @icreatemagazine on Twitter

2. Tweet @icreatemagazine and tell us (in less than 140 characters) how your Mac keeps you sociable, using the hashtag #icreatesocial

3. We’ll pick one winner later on today and provide their code via Twitter DM

This competition has now closed. Congratulations to @lylehebel who won a free version of Socialite for his entry which made us chuckle; “I live all the way in Montana I need some social interaction.”

We will be running more competitions soon. Feel free to Tweet @icreatemagazine and let us know what type of product you would like to win next time.

If you’ve got yourself an iPad and you love your Macs, check out these custom iPad wallpapers made especially for you by the happy band of design geniuses at iCreate.

Show off your fanboy credentials in style with our Macintosh Plus wallpaper specific to your iPad, whether it’s a 16, 32 or 64GB model.

To install one of the wallpapers, ctrl/right-click the links below and save the file to your computer. Then either add them to iPhoto and sync them to your iPad or email them to yourself and apply them as a wallpaper from there. Or, if you’re reading this post on an iPad, click the link and then tap and hold on the image to save it. Simples!

Once you’ve got your iPad wallpaper installed, don’t forget to tweet us a picture for the chance to win a brilliant prize… or something cool we have knocking around in the office.

iPad 16GB Mac Plus Wallpaper

iPad 32GB Mac Plus Wallpaper

iPad 64GB Mac Plus Wallpaper

On the newsstand, on the web and now in your pocket. iCreate magazine comes to iPhone and iPod touch.

While everybody is talking about how Apple plans to revolutionise print media, iCreate and Imagine Publishing continue to focus on doing the job themselves with the launch of iCreate magazine for iPhone and iPod touch.

The app, available for £1.19 on the iTunes App Store, allows readers to literally flick through their favourite issues, zoom into images and bookmark their favourite pages, which can be viewed in landscape or portrait modes.

Once downloaded, issues within the app can be viewed even without an internet connection for access to the magazine anywhere at any time.

The app comes with the latest issue of iCreate pre-loaded and notifications inform you when a new issue is ready to download. Users can also purchase current and back issues through in-app purchases and subscribe for six or twelve months.

If you want your monthly fix of Mac, iPod and iPhone goodness click here to download the app today

iTunes is to give away more free downloads this holiday season in its 12 Days of Christmas promotion.

A special website goes live today where people can sign up for daily email alerts so they don’t miss their free track or video or TV episode or movie or app.

12 Days of Christmas runs from 26 December to 6 January and each download is available only for 24 hours.

Last year’s freebies included music from Katy Perry, Lily Allen and The Ting Tings.

The promotion is also running across Europe.

Head to www.itunes12daysofchristmas.co.uk to find out more.

With the holidays upon us, radio stations are starting to dig out the Christmas classics, people are planning gifts and family gatherings and supermarkets… well they’ve have had decorations up since late September. Now we’ve hit December 1st we think it’s time to show a little holiday spirit and where better to do it than on your Mac. Cheer up your office or living room with this collection of five holiday-themed Screen Savers that we’ve tested and found to be full of seasonal spirit. They work with Tiger, Leopard and, of course, let it Snow Leopard.

1. Snowfall
So good it has been used in Apple Retail Stores during the holiday period. This simple, calming Quartz Composer-based Screen Saver can be customised to add more snowflakes, change the background colour or image and increase the speed of the falling snow.
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2. 7art Silver Snow Clock
Another calming Screen Saver, Silver Snow Clock displays a working pocket watch in the snow complete with falling snowflakes.
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3. A Very 3D Christmas
Ideal for kids, this fun Screen Saver shows Santa and an elf travelling across a virtual village distributing presents. Fun Christmas music plays and a countdown to Christmas day is displayed at the top of the screen.
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4. Jubilee
Taking a cue from lights decorating homes at this time of your, Jubilee is an artistic take on the holiday theme. Settings allow you to alter hues to match your tastes.
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5. Gingerbread Cookies
As the name implies, this Screen Saver floats holiday-themed gingerbread cookies toward you from inside a festive kaleidoscope image. Not ideal if you’re peckish but very enjoyable nonetheless.
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Enjoy some iCreate love on your desktop everyday with this set of 10 backgrounds for your Mac.

Make sure you check back frequently for more exclusive content from iCreate. We’ll be posting regular sets of desktop backgrounds as well as iPhone ringtones and more exciting goodies to enhance your Apple products.