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March 5, 2001

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First Look: Media 100 Audio:Box
Digital audio encoding system
We've had the chance to see AppleScript and the Mac once again taken to new levels of power and sophistication. Two days ago I and Paulo de Andrade of Digital Post Production headed up to Burbank to see Media 100's new facility. While we were there, Media 100's Jim Baker and Mike Savello took the opportunity to show off their new Audio:Box product. We just happened to have a Sony DSR-PD150 and a sun gun handy (as well as a very heavy tripod I just happen to carry around), so we got some footage of the product, as well as an interview with Baker talking about the new system.

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Tutorial
Part 2: How To Make Your Own Filters for Adobe Premiere
Using ResEdit to add a personal touch to your effects creations
Last week we took a tour of the Filter Factory for Adobe Premiere and learned how to create some basic effects with some pretty simple mathematical formulas. We also learned how to save these filters as Premiere plugins for your repeated use or distribution to other Premiere users. (If you didn't read last week's tutorial, you can view it here.) Now, before we get into some more complex functions in Filter Factory, I thought it would be a good idea to teach you how to make your own custom interfaces for the filters you create. After all, the basic interface of a Filter Factory filter is a bit Spartan, and you're a create professional, so....

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Review
Macromedia Dreamweaver 4
Web design and layout software
I reviewed Macromedia Fireworks 4 last week. It actually arrived on my desk as a bundle with Dreamweaver 4, but I thought I'd separate out the two for more thorough examinations. So this week we arrive at Dreamweaver 4, which, like Fireworks, I've been using in one incarnation or another daily for more than a year. It's the kind of tool that defines a product category and forces every other developer to try to match it feature for feature. But with the release of version 4, this is a challenge that's becoming harder and harder to answer.

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