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December 24, 2001 |
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Apple Tweaks PowerBook Line
Models get CD-RW combo drive standard
Alias|Wavefront Ships Maya Update
Free update provides compatibility with more graphics cards
TripleD Releases OS X Versions of Universe Filters
OS X shaders coming soon
RE:Vision Launches RE:Flex for After Effects
Plugins create warp and morph effects
Copyright Law Enters the Digital Age
Global Treaty to Go Into Effect on March 2, 2002
Media 100 i Gets Free Component I/O
New configurations get universal I/O, DV support standard
CValley Releases FILTERiT 4.1
Latest plugin update free for Illustrator 10
Kaydara Ships FiLMBOX 3.2
New version offers expanded character animation features
Toshiba Ships SVGA Projector
New model sports 2,000 ANSI lumens, 400:1 contrast ratio
NEC Intros 50-Inch Plasma Monitor
PlasmaSync 50MP2 comes in at $13,000
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An interview with Frank Casanova on QuickTime 6, MPEG-4, Microsoft and Real
by David Nagel, Executive Producer
Friday I had a chance to interview Frank Casanova, director of QuickTime product marketing at Apple. What began as a sneak peak at the upcoming QuickTime Live conference quickly turned into a discussion about the future of QuickTime and open standards like MPEG-4. It turns out the next full release of QuickTime--in other words, QuickTime 6--will use MPEG-4 as its file format. We also discussed how open standards like MPEG-4 and the AAC audio component fit in with competing technologies from Microsoft and Real.
3D modeling and animation suite
by Kevin Schmitt, Contributing Editor
No, we're not trying to pull a fast one on you here by dusting off another review, slapping a fresh coat of paint on it and calling it ALL NEW! After reading Stephen Schleicher's review of LightWave [7] a couple of weeks ago, the crew over here at Creative Mac decided that Mac users might want a Mac-only look at NewTek's venerable 3D program to complement the earlier review. In light of the fact that Mac users may not be at all familiar with LightWave and that LightWave [7] is the first official LightWave release to run natively on Mac OS X, we're going to try to figure out what's in it for the Mac folk. I think I need to say Mac a few more times.
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Using gradients to control the Card Dance plugin's behavior
by Brian Maffitt
Of the five free plugins you get when you register your copy of Adobe After Effects 5.0, perhaps the most bewildering is Card Dance. In this clip from Total Training for Adobe After Effects 5, instructor Brian Maffitt sheds some welcome light on this complex plugin. Brian focuses in particular on using a gradient layer for animation. After a demonstration with a simple black and white gradient, Brian then uses the Card Dance layer's own luminance to animate the cards. Watch this clip, and you'll be sure to save room on your dance card for Card Dance!
FCP product manager Tom McDonald on the future of video on OS X
by David Nagel, Executive Producer
Last week Apple introduced the first professional-level video editing system for Mac OS X--Final Cut Pro 3.0. They also very quietly showed off DVD Studio Pro running on OS X. Final Cut Pro 3 will be the first version of FCP to offer real-time effects in software only--on desktop models ranging from 500 MHz and upwards and PowerBook models running at 667 MHz.
Apple products and apps make holidays worthwhile
by Stephen Schleicher
I really want a Mac.Many of you are probably surprised at that statement. I’m sure Digital Media Net Executive Producer David Nagel is still in shock over that proclamation. After all, if you have been following all of my columns over the years you know I haven’t been the most outspoken proponent of the Mac, especially when I have three PCs (or peecee for you Macheads) sitting in my home office and a Windows laptop that goes with me in all my worldly travels.
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