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May 14, 2002
Mac Industry News:

RealViz Ships SceneWeaver for Mac OS X
Software also available in Studio suite

Motionbuilder 4 Coming to Mac OS X
FiLMBOX replacement adds new tools, performance improvements

Xerox Releases New Phaser Models
Color network printers come in at less than $2,000

Macromedia Wins Award Against Adobe
The patent infringement series, round 2

Toshiba Ships PDR-T10 Digital Camera
New 'button-free' model includes touch-screen LCD

Steinberg VST System Link Coming This Quarter
Technology enables networking through ASIO

Study: Digital Camera Sales Up in 2002
Average price of cameras and camcorders drops

Wildform Releases Flix Pro
New version outputs all forms of Flash video

Pageflex Announces .EDIT
Browser-based design tool includes typographical features

Olympus Intros New Cameras
Camedia models offer 3 megapixel resolutions


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Dual G4 1 GHz versus the G4 933 MHz
by David Nagel
I'm one of those people who always needs to have the latest and best the Macintosh platform has to offer. I need it for my professional work, and I also need it because ... well ... I'm a Mac psychofanatic, and few things get me amped up like a fine piece of hardware or software being added to my increasingly unmanageable collection of fine pieces of hardware and software.

Steinberg VST System Link Coming This Quarter
Technology enables networking through ASIO
by David Nagel
Steinberg says its new VST System Link Technology will be making its way into software beginning this quarter. VST System Link is a networking system designed to work through ASIO with VST-based software to allow multiple machines to operate together and to allow multiple operators to work on a single project. The technology is cross-platform and cross-application.


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Getting Better All the Time
Apple's Final Cut Pro 3
By Matt Payne
Apple’s Final Cut Pro has gained a large following, and version 3’s performance increases will go a long way toward satisfying even the most demanding customers.New for Final Cut Pro 3 are native OS X support, real-time dissolves, wipes, iris effects, real-time motion effects and real-time color correction. Final Cut Pro 3 also incorporates a new offline format that captures lower resolution files that are not good for final output—but are good for editing hours of material when disk space is limited—on your PowerBook, for example. An EDL can be generated and the trimmed clips recaptured at higher resolution later.

Dual 1GHz Power Mac G4: Apple Breaks the Gig-Barrier
Nicely Designed, Inside and Out
by Charlie White
Here's a review of Apple's most powerful Mac G4 workstation to date, the Dual 1GHz Power Mac G4. We've had it in our Midwest Test Facility for the past month, putting it through its paces and experimenting with all aspects of it. We love Macs around here, and this new G4 machine didn't disappoint us at all. That's not to say we didn't find anything wrong with it, though. It's fast, but not as fast as Apple would like you to think it is. And oh, that 22" Apple Cinema display? Nothing short of absolutely beautiful, even though it will run you an extra $2500. Here's our clear-eyed, unbiased, straight talkin' review.

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