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Imaging/Design Industry News:
• Macromedia Releases Flash MX 2004 7.0.1
Patch improves performance, addresses bug issues
• DFT Releases 55mm 3.0
Filter suite produces camera, lens and lab process effects
• ALAP Ships XTensions for Mac OS X
XPert Tools Pro, XPert Scale get QuarkXPress 6 support
• NewTek To Show LightWave [8] in Los Angeles
Presentation in conjunction with L.A. LightWave Users Group
• Media Lab Releases AlphaMania 2 + Effector for Mac OS X
Package includes effects and automation tools for Macromedia Director
• Discreet Updates Cleaner 6
New version fixes AAC encoding issue
• Electric Image Updates Universe
New version fixes Panther-related bug
• Badia Ships Printools 4
Quark utility package gains Mac OS X support
• Andromeda Updates Screening Tools
Photoshop filters get Mac OS X support
• Update: Microsoft's Creature House Acquisition
No word yet on future development plans
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Part 1: 3D lighting basics
3D lighting--and photographic lighting, for that matter--is a lot like hair. Good hair can radically enhance even the plainest of faces, while a mullet (for example) tends to uglify those who might otherwise be "purty" (as some are wont to say in my neck of the woods). By the same token, good 3D lighting can make even the simplest scene beautiful, while bad 3D lighting can turn your meticulously crafted objects, pixel-perfect surfacing, and butter-smooth keyframing into a flat, uninteresting mess. But, as we'll see during the course of this series, it really doesn't take a lot to get into that good 3D lighting frame of mind. So let's start the ball rolling by going over what the art of the possible is with LightWave's lights.
Part 2: Creating pan and zoom masks
In our last article in this DVD Studio Pro 2 mini-series, we examined one method for creating custom masks that allowed us to zoom in on a specific portion of a button asset. That technique was designed for use with a specific asset and would not work, generally, with any other asset that you'd apply to your button. This time around, we'll look at an alternate method for creating a zoom mask that will allow you to create a similar effect, but one that will more likely work with a variety of assets, rather than one specific piece of footage.
Multiple versions, multiple user types, multiple verdicts
Now that Flash MX 2004 has been out for a while, it's time to revisit the juggernaut web animation/multimedia authoring/rich internet application development/whatever else Macromedia's marketing department wants it to be this week package to see how it's holding up after a bit of the ol' scrutiny. And, as is quickly becoming the norm with a mature product such as Flash, it's not an automatic slam-dunk to come up with a single recommendation as to whether it may be right for you.
Shuttle/jog and multimedia control surface
I've previously reviewed two multimedia controllers from Contour Design. The first, the original ShuttlePro controller, was outstanding in that it was the only thing of its kind at the time of its introduction--that is, the only pro-oriented shuttle/jog available at a consumer price point. The second, the ShuttleXpress, was a similar device, but trimmed down in functionality and priced even more reasonably than the original (just $49.95 for a full-function shuttle/jog with programmable buttons). I gave both of these previous products a positive recommendation. It wasn't so much a question with these of which one was better, but which one suited your needs better. But now we arrive at Contour's third-generation multimedia controller, an updated version of the ShuttlePro called ShuttlePro V.2, and the question shifts to one of superlatives: The ShuttlePro V.2 is definitely the best of the three.
Plug it in, plug it in – 256MB of on-the-go storage for $100
Sometimes it’s the little things that can make all the difference. Verbatim’s Store ‘n’ Go USB 2.0 drive might qualify as such, because it can store a tremendous amount of data on a thumb-sized trinket that you can use as a keyring. We tested the 256MB model ($100 street) and found it to be a handy little device.
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