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Mac Industry News:
• Mac DVD Drives Require Firmware Update
Pioneer says new discs could damage units
• Apple Claims .Mac Subscriptions Top 100,000
iTools service ends in two weeks
• Electric Image Announces Amorphium Pro 2.0
New version to support Jaguar
• Canon Intros New Still Cameras
New scanners and printers also on the way
• Formac Bundles New Version of DVD Authoring Software with devideon Superdrive
Compatible with OS9 and OSX and works with G3s, G4s, PowerBooks, iBooks and iMacs
• CreamWare Ships Modular III Synthesizer System
New version of the modular synthesizer for the SCOPE Fusion Platform
• Western Digital Ships 200 GB Drivezilla
New model built on 7,200 RPM mechanism
• Medea Demos New RAIDs
StreamRaid available up to 12 TB
• Alias|Wavefront Ships Maya 4.5
Mac OS X version coming Sept. 23
• Media 100 i Gets Update to 8.0.1
Free update adds Jaguar support
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Part 1: Casting light in Adobe Photoshop
In our varied and manifold compositing series on Adobe Photoshop, we've looked at water, atmosphere and lens effects, each with the goal of adding detail to images with a photographic quality. Today we start a new series on compositing light and kick it off with a tutorial on casting light onto an image as if the light were coming through a multi-paned or shuttered window or door.
Pioneer says new discs could damage units
Pioneer says that new standards that are being adopted for DVD-R and DVD-RW devices could cause damage to its drives and media. Affected drives include those built into Apple Macintosh G4 models, known as the SuperDrive. The company is providing a free firmware update for these units.
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Combining paths to create shape layers
For beginners, working with paths in Adobe Photoshop is not always the most intuitive process. But if you use paths often, creating custom objects can save time and frustration. Here's a simple procedure for using this feature in Adobe Photoshop 7.
The Key is key
In order to capture beautiful images, there first needs to be light in the scene to illuminate your subject. Without light you have no picture. While light is used to illuminate the scene, it is shadow that creates depth and the illusion that what the viewer is looking at has dimension. But what is the best way to illuminate a subject to get the proper amount of shadow? If you are doing an interview, you can follow the three point lighting setup.
Image correction and exposure manipulation filters for digital photographers
If you work in digital photography, manipulating your images in Photoshop likely takes up a pretty decent chunk of your time. And you likely don't appreciate spending that much time on so many processes that could be automated, if only some thoughtful software developer would come along and release a suite of filters for speeding up some of your time-consuming chores. Ah ha! Enter Reindeer Graphics Optipix 1.0.2.
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