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December 24, 2003
Imaging/Design Industry News:
• Old Jewel Launches Painter's Picker 1.1
Latest version gains interface enhancements, new functions

• Markzware Releases Markztools 5.5
Update adds QuarkXPress 6 file conversion

• Wacom Updates Tablet Driver
Version 4.78-3 fixes bugs, improves Cintiq calibration

• Auto.des.sys Releases Form.Z 4.0.4
Update gets more than 60 improvements

• Turbo Squid Debuts 3D Modeling Service
Service provides access to pool of 6,300 artists

• Art Recon Launches New 3D Collections
Collections offer more than 650 3D objects

• Apple Updates QuickTime
Version 6.5 adds enhanced DV playback

• Brief: Jobs To Keynote Macworld Expo
Address kicks off Jan. 6 at 9 a.m.

• Amapi Designer 7.1 Released
Update gets more than 100 enhancements and fixes

• Macromedia Launches Flash Video Initiatives
New tools, resources, gallery and streaming service unveiled

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by David Nagel
I've been a user of Adobe Photoshop since its first release, and this is my fourth (or is it fifth?) review of a major update to this software. At this point what could I possibly have to say about yet another version? First off, this is not just another version. Over the years I've seen Photoshop evolved, devolved and recreated to what it has now become, and I have to say I'm impressed. So what, exactly, has it become? With vastly expanded 16-bit color capabilities, new effects, new image manipulation tools and enormous new workflow capabilities--plus a few extra goodies thrown in for good measure--it is, in short, the most powerful version of the most powerful image editing tool on the market to date.

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Macromedia has kicked off a new initiative focusing on the use of Flash video for streaming. The company today launched new and updated tools for developing Flash video, resources for helping developers, a Flash video gallery and a new service for delivering streaming Flash video via an alliance with VitalStream.

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