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November 26, 2001
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Cambridge Animation Announces Mac OS X Version of Animo
Animation Software Shapes Up for Mac OS X

Toon Boom Studio in Final Release for OS X 10.1
Update free for registered users

NEC Technologies Drastically Reduces 61" Plasma Pricing
$27,995 Now Selling for $19,995

Discreet Releases Cleaner 5.1
New version improves MPEG output

Bias Ships Peak DV for OS X
Free upgrade available for users of previous version

Microsoft Ships Office for Mac OS X
Purchasers receive $100 off FileMaker Pro

OpenOSX Takes on Microsoft Office
Office bundle includes image editing, spreadsheet and word processing software for OS X

Corel Releases Standalone Graphics Apps
CorelDRAW 10, Photo-Paint 10 now available separately for OS X

Extensis Releases Suitcase 10.1 for Mac OS X
Font management works with Cocoa, Carbon and Classic apps

Apple Updates AirPort Wireless Networking
AirPort 2.0 OS X, OS 9 software freely downloadable


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How To Create Your Own Photoshop Filters
The designer's guide to working with Photoshop's Filter Factory
by David Nagel, Executive Producer
Over the last few weeks we've looked at two ways to create custom filters for Adobe Photoshop. Both of these methods involved Filter Factory, a free plugin that comes with Photoshop. Filter Factory is a tool that lets you write your own Photoshop filters. It's distinguished from the other Photoshop filter creation tools out there by the fact that it's the only one available for the Macintosh and also the fact that it's free.

Prodigal Mac: If It Ain't X...
Microsoft To The Rescue?
by Kevin Schmitt, Contributing Editor
Before I get into this week's topic, I want to give a quick shout out to all of you who graced my virtual inbox with letters of sympathy/support/commiseration after reading my previous column about my TiBook shopping experience. I apparently didn't just touch a nerve, it seems I grabbed the nerve, stretched it all the way across the room and let it snap back like so many rubber bands. I don't think I let anyone's message fall through the cracks unanswered, but please accept my apologies if that happened to you.


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Cambridge Animation Announces Mac OS X Version of Animo
Animation Software Shapes Up for Mac OS X
by David Nagel
The strongest support for Mac OS X to date has come from developers of animation software. Early on--even before the official release of OS X 10.0--3D software makers had their ports in the works, and now every major piece of 3D software has found its way onto the platform. This includes NewTek LightWave, Electric Image Universe, Maxon Cinema 4D XL and, most recently, Alias|Wavefront Maya. But the 2D animation space is beginning to shape up as well.

Playing with Fire in Boris FX 6
Creating a Bonanza-style transition from within your NLE
by Tim Wilson
This week Tim Wilson, one-time Man About Town™ and former Minister of PowerBook Propaganda here at Creative Mac, returns to share his knowledge of all things video on the Mac. Since leaving us, he's taken a position at Artel Software, the company that makes Boris FX, Boris RED and other compositing and effects packages. So, appropriately enough, he's providing us with this exclusive tutorial on using the Fire effect that now ships with Boris FX 6.

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