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June 26, 2003
Imaging/Design Industry News:
• Human Software Releases AutoCorrect 1.5 for Photoshop
New version adds highlight, shadow manipulation

• Badia Announces XTensions for QuarkXPress 6
BigPicture XT also gets new features, interface overhaul

• @Last Ships SketchUp 3.0
3D design tool gets new export formats, enhanced modeling tools

• Markzware Releases LockTextBox XT
Quark XTension locks and unlocks text boxes in a document

• Photoshop To Get G5 Speed Boost
New plugin technology to double Photoshop performance

• Mac CinePaint Gets Update
New version optimized for Apple X11

• Adobe Offers InDesign Success Kit
Bundle includes training materials, conversion guide

• Apple Previews Mac OS X 10.3 Panther
New operating system gains 100 new features

• Apple Debuts G5s
New 64-bit chip brings Mac models to 2.0 GHz

• QuarkXPress 6 Starts Shipping
New release supports Mac OS X

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Part 1: Masking complex images interactively
by David Nagel
Some people will look at the sample image on the right and say, "Neat. Elephants." Those of you reading this article are more likely to say, "I'm glad I'm not the one who has to mask that image!" And those of you writing this article are definitely saying, "Why am I writing another tutorial on masking when I hate masking more than any other job in graphic design?" Man, I'd hate to be that guy.

Apple and IBM Brass Tout New Mac G5
Top VPs call upcoming 64-bit box "World's Fastest Personal Computer"
Interview by Charlie White
DMN's Charlie White talked with Apple Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering, Jon Rubinstein, and IBM's Chekib Akrout, Vice President, PowerPC & Networking Technology Development, Microelectronics Division, about the new Mac G5s introduced at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 2003) in San Francisco. Here's DMN's exclusive interview.

Weekly Download: Custom Shapes for Photoshop, Series 4
25 decorative mesh shapes
by David Nagel
This week we return to our series of custom shapes for Adobe Photoshop with a collection of 25 new styles to add to your ever-increasing library. This new collection includes a variety of decorative mesh styles, from wavy, disappearing grids to complex, spiraling lines.

Creating a Magnifying Glass Effect in Freehand MX
Using effects and fills to make a lens
by David Nagel
A reader wrote in to me recently asking how she could import a magnifying glass effect that she created in Freehand MX into Flash MX. To which I responded something along the lines of, "I have no idea." And as of the time of this writing, I still have no idea. Fortunately though, that's not what this article is about. Instead, we're going to take a look at how to create that magnifying glass effect.

Apple's Prevaricating Pinocchios of PR
Cupertino fruit company cooks results, twists words, lends new meaning to the word "incredible"
by Charlie White
Well, hallelujah! Apple has entered the twenty-first century with the new Power Mac G5, the fastest Mac we've ever seen and a enormous improvement over its predecessor, the G4. Now, Apple will soon be selling computers that are in an entirely different league. It's time to celebrate. But all is not sweetness and light. Unfortunately, Apple's media flacks, those prevaricating Pinocchios of PR led by CEO Steve Jobs, the Joe Isuzu of computerdom, decided to do a little sleight of hand to make the G5 seem even better. Maybe it's time we take a look at one of Apple CEO's favorite words -- "incredible" -- and see what it really means.

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