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October 9, 2003
Imaging/Design Industry News:
• Mac OS X 10.3 Coming Oct. 24
Panther adds more than 150 new features

• E-on Releases Vue d'Esprit 4.2
Update adds support for Poser 5 scenes

• Creature House Posts Living Cels Preview Release
Vector animation systems offers skeletal strokes and automatic inbetweening

• Apple Updates DVD Studio Pro 2
Version 2.0.2 adds localizations and general improvements

• Northern Lights Ships 3D Artifex Vol. 5
Electric Image Universe plugins add decimation, path-plotting tools

• Form•Z Updated to 4.0.2
Update fixes bugs, addresses Mac OS X sleep issue

• Epson Releases Film Factory 3.0
Company also launches CX6400 multi-function device

• CS Odessa Releases ConceptDraw V
Visualization software adds scripting and custom styles

• Macromedia Releases Breeze Live
Online meeting software supports live desktop sharing, video broadcasts

• Pacific Image Launches PrimeFilm 3650u Film Scanner
New model offers 3,600 x 3,600 optical resolution

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Photoshop Tip: Automating the Marquee
Recording selection transformations as Actions in PS 7
by David Nagel
At some point you're going to run into a situation that requires you to create effects requiring multiple selections and apply these to multiple images. Maybe you want to break up a bunch of images into pieces for use in a collage. Maybe you want to create border effects on a range of images automatically. Maybe you want to create selection-based actions for generating title-safety guides. Whatever the reason, it's a horrifying prospect for the sheer volume of repetitive work. But the process can be automated in Adobe Photoshop using Actions.

Weekly Download: Expression and LivingCels SK Strokes, Series 7
15 brushes for creating cloud formations
by David Nagel
In order to honor this week's release of Creature House's LivingCels public beta, I've gone ahead and put together a new collection of skeletal strokes. LivingCels, in case you don't know, is the spankin' new animation version of Creature House Expression, something I and others have been anticipating for quite a while. The fact that the software is in beta has no particular relevance, since these strokes will work in the current version of Expression as well.

Express Your Flare
Working with Light Factory and expressions in Adobe After Effects
by Ko Maruyama
If you've ever introduced a lens flare into your After Effects or Photoshop composition, chances are that you've used Knoll's Light Factory. By no means a new filter, Knoll Light Factory has remained the most widely used option for lens flares. But did you know that with After Effects' built-in expression tools, you can build up elements without heavy keyframe management? Well, you can.

Lighting 201 – Part 2: Negative Light
Using natural light on a cloudy day
by Stephen Schleicher
As luck would have it, every single day I have had a chance to go outside and shoot it has been a cloudy day. Previously I had said this lesson would cover lighting the subject outdoors. Without the Sun, what kind of lesson can we have? Put away those negative thoughts, because this is the perfect opportunity to discuss Negative Lights.

Extensis Intellihance Pro 4.1
Image and color correction plugin for Adobe Photoshop
by David Nagel
There's no shortage of color correction tools on the market. Nevertheless, Extensis has again managed to distinguish itself--even in this crowded category--with a plugin for Adobe Photoshop that not only provides powerful color correction features, but also general image correction tools, all of which are at once deep, easy to use and understand and designed with the professional in mind. The plugin: Intellihance Pro 4.1.

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