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MARCH 2001
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NEWS
•MARCH
30, 2001 Dukane
has announced the XGA ImagePro 8750, a DLP projector that's compatible
with all Macs with plug and play operation, according to the company.
The 270 Watt SHP (Super High Performance) lamp provides 1,300 lumens
of on screen projection light with a contrast of 400:1 and 2,000
hours life for the lamp. Read
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•MARCH
29, 2001 StageTools
has announced MovingPicture 2.0, a plugin for a number of NLEs and
compositing applications for Mac and Windows. MovingPicture is a
tool for documentary and industrial filmmakers to pan and zoom on
high-resolution images. It takes scanned images up to 4,000 pixels
and allows for repeatable pans and zooms directly from a nonlinear
editor’s timeline. Read
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•MARCH
29, 2001
Aurora Video Systems has released an update to the software driver
for its Igniter video capture and editing boards. Version 3.1 adds
support for Apple Final Cut Pro 2.0 and Adobe Premiere 6.0. It also
offers full support of YUV color processing, so it renders without
scaling, conversion or clipping, according to Aurora. Read
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•MARCH
28, 2001 Pinnacle
Systems today unveiled a system that will bring realtime editing
and effects to Apple's Final Cut Pro 2.0. The standard-definition
version of CineWave is schedule to ship this summer. Read
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•MARCH
28, 2001 Microsoft
today released version 7 of its Windows Media Player for Macintosh.
The new player supports digital rights management and the newest
Microsoft codecs, including Windows Media Audio and Video 8, which
were also released today. Read
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•MARCH
27, 2001 NewTek
announced today that LightWave 6.5 for Mac OS X final release is
available for download immediately on their Web site. Mac OS X shipped
in final form this last weekend. Read
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•MARCH
26, 2001 Maxon
has announced the soon to be released version 7.0 of Cinema 4D XL,
its flagship modeling and animation package. The company says release
7 will focus on render quality and that "both the advanced lighting
technology and the render engine have been improved almost beyond
recognition." Read
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•MARCH
23, 2001 CValley
late yesterday started shipping version 4 of its FILTERiT plugin
for Adobe Illustrator 8 and 9. The new version is available only
for the Macintosh, with a Windows version expected in May. Read
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•MARCH
22, 2001 Kodak
today announced a 6 megapixel SLR in its line of DCS digital cameras.
The new DCS 760 uses Kodak's 6 megapixel camera back built on Nikon's
flagship F5 Pro digital SLR camera body. In addition to the back,
Kodak has also built in an ISO range of 80 to 400 (pushable two
stops), a burst rate of 1.5 frames per second and a burst depth
of 24 frames. (The camera will actually buffer up to 24 shots at
6 megapixels each before writing to the PC card.) Read
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•MARCH
19, 2001 Adobe
has announced that the realtime version of Premiere 6, its digital
video editing suite, will be making its way to the Mac this spring.
Premiere RT has been available for the Windows platform for several
years, but Adobe says that new advances in QuickTime technology
have made the Mac version possible. Adobe says it expects to see
realtime cards from the likes of Matrox, ProMax, Aurora Video Systems
and Digital Marketing International. (Matrox has already begun shipping
its first realtime card for the Mac supporting Apple's Final Cut
Pro.) Read
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•MARCH
14, 2001 Apple
today announced it plans to ship Final Cut Pro 2 March 19. Final
Cut Pro is Apple's digital video editing application, a direct competitor
of Adobe Premiere. According to Apple, version 2.0 offers realtime
editing and compositing features for realtime cards like the Matrox
RTMac, which has also just been announced. Read
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•MARCH
14, 2001 Matrox
has finally announced the release of its long-awaited RTMac realtime
card for Final Cut Pro 2.0. The card had been announced last year
at NAB and was expected in the third quarter of 2000, but delays
in shipping a realtime version of Final Cut Pro caused the RTMac
to be pushed back. Read
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•MARCH
12, 2001 Shekinah
Studios has released the Mac version of VertiBevel 1.5, its modeling
tool for LightWave 6.5. The single user price is $149.95. Read
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•MARCH
9, 2001 Emagic
has announced Logic Audio 5.0, a major upgrade to its audio editing
suite for Macintosh and Windows. The upgrade, due to ship in September,
includes integration with Mackie's new Logic Control hardware system,
offering hands-on control over hundreds of MIDI and audio functions,
including the new automation system. Read
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•MARCH
9, 2001 In
addition to announcing Logic Audio 5,
Emagic, a German audio hardware and software developer, has also
launched or announced a whole slew of new audio products. The announcements
come out of the Musikmesse festival going on in Frankfurt, Germany.
First on the list is Emagic Synthesizer 2 for Logic Audio. Read
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•MARCH
9, 2001 Last
month we wrote about Adobe releasing an updater to Photoshop 6.
Soon after, Adobe removed the updater from its download area. Well,
today it's back for the Mac. The new version adds minor enhancements
to Photoshop 6, mainly dealing with workflow and usability issues.
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•Mar.
09, 2001 Earlier
this week Mac Publishing LLC, the publisher of Macworld, folded
MacWeek.com into its daily headline news site, MacCentral.com. The
move included layoffs of seven MacWeek staffers. The company says
the change will not affect other Mac Publishing properties. Read
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•MARCH
9, 2001 Credo
Interactive has started offering $300 off a bundle of their LifeForms
3.9 and MeGa MoCap software. LifeForms is a character animation
and motion capture editing package. It includes integration with
3D packages like LightWave, ElectricImage, Poser, Cinema 4D XL and
any programs that use BVH, Acclaim or HTR motion capture data. Read
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•MARCH
9, 2001 Quadmation
has announced an update to its PlayerPro audio editing software.
The new versions of the commercial and freeware releases add a number
of new features, GUI enhancements and bug fixes. They also remove
all 68K code, making them operable only on PowerPC machines. Read
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•MARCH
8, 2001 Sharp
today unveiled the latest in its line of XGA and SXGA digital projectors,
the XG-P20XU LCD projector. The new model offers brightness of 3,300
ANSI lumens, native XGA resolution (1,024 x 768) and 360 degree
remote control capabilities. The P20 is compatible with NTSC, PAL,
SECAM and DTV/HDTV video signals. It can automatically adjust to
handle images up to UXGA resolutions, as well as various Macintosh
and electronic workstation data signals, according to Sharp. Read
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•MARCH
7, 2001 Pixologic
has announced it will ship ZBrush 1.2 March 22 at the Game Developers
Conference. ZBrush is a painting application that offers 2D, 2.5D
and limited 3D capabilities. It's been around for less than a year,
and the Macintosh version was launched just back in January at the
Macworld Expo in San Francisco. Read
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•MARCH
6, 2001 RE:Vision
FX says it has revamped its entire line of plugins for Adobe After
Effects. RE:Vision makes such plugins as Video Gogh, ReelSmart Motion
Blur, Twixtor and Shade/Shape. There had been problems with the
plugins when used with Discreet's Combustion, particularly when
saving and then reopening a file that used a RE:Vision filter. According
to RE:Vision, all of their plugins now work properly with Combustion
1.011. They have also been updated to work in Premiere 6.0 via Premiere's
After Effects plugin support. Read
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•MARCH
6, 2001 Olympus
says it will start shipping the first model in its new line of point
and shoot digital cameras this May. The first model, the Camedia
Brio D-100, offers a 1.3 megapixel CCD for producing images at 1,280
x 960. It also offers a 5.5 mm f2.8 to f11 autofocus lens with 2x
telephoto, a shutter release time of 0.3 seconds and a USB interface.
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MARCH 5, 2001 Strider
Software has updated TypeStyler to 3.7.1. TypeStyler is a tool for
the Macintosh for manipulating text, creating text paths and generating
text effects. It's available only for the Macintosh. Read
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•MARCH
5, 2001 Princeton
Graphics has introduced a 17" LCD monitor priced at $899. The new
LCD17 offers 24-bit color at a maximum resolution of 1,280 x 1,024,
a contrast ratio of 400:1 and a brightness level of 250 cd/m2. Read
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•MARCH
2, 2001 Electric
Image has started shipping Universe, the new version of its high-end
3D modeling, rendering and animation package. The first to receive
the software are those who've upgraded from EIAS 2.9 and those who
preordered Universe. The software will start shipping Monday for
the rest of EI's customers. Read
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•MARCH
2, 2001 Media
100 has started shipping three new Mac products targeted toward
streaming media professionals in audio and video—CineStream, MPEG
Charger and Audio:Box. Audio:Box, the company's new high-end audio
encoding hardware/software suite, uses multiple G4s and PowerFile
C200 CD/DVD jukeboxes, along with Cleaner 5 and a whole lot of AppleScripting,
to pull audio files and metadata off CDs and DVDs and publish them
to a streaming server. Read
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NEWS
•FEBRUARY
28, 2001 Software
developer Automatic Duck has announced the forthcoming release of
OMF Composition Import, a plugin for Adobe After Effects 5. OMF
Composition Import allows users to bring Avid OMF projects into
After Effects automatically. Wes Plate, president of Automatic Duck,
told us he expects the first release around the time of the NAB
show in April. It will be released first for the Macintosh, with
a Windows version following as soon as possible, he said. Read
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•FEBRUARY
27, 2001 Maxon
Computer today announced a brand new product in its lineup of 3D
software—Cinema 4D Art. The new program is not an addon to Maxon's
Cinema 4D XL. Rather, it's a standalone targeted toward designers
and those who work in print and product visualization. Read
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FEBRUARY 26, 2001 Adobe
has finally announced the forthcoming release of After Effects 5.0,
the company's long-awaited (but still unavailable) update to its
video compositing and effects suite. The new version includes a
huge number of changes, including new 3D compositing capabilities,
some new filters from the company's just-announced acquisition of
Cycore's Cult Effects and 16-bit per channel color support (in the
Production Bundle only). We have exclusive footage
of After Effects 5 (created by our in house production staff
at DMN TV), along with some introductory tutorials
from Total Training and demonstrations
of the product from Adobe. (Please note that these QuickTime
files will be posted at 6 a.m. Pacific Time.) Read
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ANALYSIS •
FEBRUARY 26, 2001 Adobe
After Effects 5.0 is the biggest news to come out of the second-biggest
software company in a big while. It brings 3D to the most popular
compositing software in the world. It brings a whole host of new
features, including parenting and JavaScripting. And it brings the
first shot to OS X we've seen from a Mac third-party developer.
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FEBRUARY 26, 2001 Adobe
has acquired the assets of Cycore's Cult Effects and Atomic Power's
Evolution, two sets of popular plugins for Adobe After Effects.
The result is that these company's filters will now be included
in After Effects 5, though some of them will only be available in
the After Effects 5 Production Bundle. Read
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