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 | Intel Photoshop no show - try GIMP
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 | Photoshop for Intel Macs Likely Not Available Anytime Soon
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A recent MacNN article noted Adobe's announcements regarding a significant delay in shipping products that work on Apple's new machines that use Intel processors. Speculative comments also on the MacNN web site suggested that Adobe's delay in building for Intel CPU's might be a payback for Apple's entry into the photography software market with their Aperature product. Also in the article, Adobe was quoted as saying that The next major release of the Adobe's Creative Suite could be between eight and 14 months away. On the other hand, the Aperture-competitor from Adobe called Lightroom will likely be available for Intel Macs shortly. You can find further details in the IntelMacSupport pdf on the Adobe web site here: www.adobe.com/products/pdfs/intelmacsupport.pdf
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| MacGIMP Has Been Built Cross-Platform with XCode 2.2
Xcode 2.2 from connect.apple.com has been released. Among the interesting functionalities in this version is something of interest to the GIMP community, namely, the ability for so-called fat, or cross-platform, binaries. A Universal binary of MacGIMP for PowerPC and Intel-based Macs has been built and is being tested in preparation for any Intel-based Macs that Apple may introduce in the future. If you would like to test the Intel-PowerPC Universal version of MacGIMP, please email: mat@macgimp.org
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| Normal Mac Gimp download access only for $29.95
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| Beta version download of Intel MacGimp
from Mike: I removed the original PPC version of the GIMP 2.2 and installed this new Universal version. No problems were encountered in these operations. Upon loading the first picture into MacGIMP I noticed that it was somewhat faster than the PPC version. I had been using a single photo to play with the various filters using version 2.2 PPC and had encountered several times where the program would just terminate, completely closing GIMP and X11. I have been playing with the filters for about 45 minutes and have not been able to cause a single problem with the Universal version. I will keep you posted as I continue to learn more.
from Peter: I have some large fractals that I want to filtre, as well as some large scenery tiffs. So far, as you stated, it does indeed run VERY fast. Start up time is ~6 secs (including X11) as compared to ~ 35 seconds with Photoshop CS2. Resizing a 1600X1200 1.5 MB jpeg to 10,000X7,500 512 MB file took ~7 seconds! Opening that file took 2 seconds. I know CS2 runs under Rosetta, but Jesus man..... this is really snappy. The menus look great and the contextual drop downs are also very quick. I don't remember it running this fast in Kernel 2.6 in Libranet Debian!
To request a download of the beta version of MacGIMP-2.2.10 universal binary, email editor-@-macgimp.org
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| Mac book Pro Ships this week
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183 - 200
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| Final Cut Pro rules in UK
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| Final Cut Pro edits UK movie prize winner
The winner of a recent UK Film Council New Cinema Fund competition was edited on a Mac using Final Cut Pro.
The competition was part of Screen International's agenda-setting Cinema Next conference, which took place in London on February 3. The UK Film Council's New Cinema Fund funded three movie makers to create digital mini-films using the latest mobile phone cameras, Apple reports.
Richard Jobson's entry, "I am Digital", won the prize. It was edited with Final Cut Pro software. All three entries are available to watch online.
Competing film makers had to include footage shot at Cinema Next into their films and edit them on the day. The winner was voted on by conference attendees.
Other contestants included: Carol Morley, former BAFTA nominee and director of the highly acclaimed documentary "The Alcohol Years", and Martin Percy, senior interactive filmmaker at BT, who creates interactive live action films delivered via broadband for organisations such as the British Film Institute, the National Theatre and the Tate.
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| Ground Force uses Final Cut Pro.
Edited in a small cottage in the heart of rural Norfolk.
The programme’s producer / director, John Thornicroft, along with his partner and the programme’s offline editor, Susan Spivey, have created a post-production facility in their rural home, based around Apple’s Final Cut Pro video editing software.
John explains: “It’s always been a dream of ours to work together from home and Final Cut Pro has given us the means to do it”.
The software runs on a dual-processor Power Mac G4 system attached to a 22-inch Apple Cinema Display. Additional kit includes an iBook and a LaCie d2 FireWire hard drive.
The show is shot on DigiBeta with separate DAT sound; both sets of tapes have matching time-of-day timecode. The London-based post-production house where the Ground Force online edit takes place slaves a DAT machine to a DigiBeta player to generate a DV version of all the relevant footage and audio, complete with burnt-in timecode.
Back at the cottage, Spivey uses a Sony DSR20 DV Recorder to digitise the DV tapes via FireWire. At this point, the burnt-in timecode can be used to double-check that the correct timecode has been taken into Final Cut Pro.
Spivey says of the Apple software: “There are lots of different things about the software that make it good to work with. For instance, the fact that projects are displayed on one screen. As a professional editor working with systems such as Avid and Lightworks in the past, I have had to work with two-screen displays; I prefer one screen and, of course, it takes up less space.
“The system is simple. I like the fact that we’re only dealing with one FireWire input rather than all the masses of plugs and cables that seem to go with other systems.
“I also love the dual-processing aspects of FCP. For example, I can write notes for the online edit at the same time as having Final Cut Pro projects open, or I can have more than one FCP project open at the same time, or use the same graphics and music across multiple projects”.
Thornicroft adds: “The key thing about the system is that it’s technically reliable, as well as an affordable option that works for us”.
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| Auntie turns to Final Cut Pro HD
The BBC has integrated Apple's Final Cut Pro (FCP) HD editing software into its production workflow.
The corporation's workflow solution is called Colledia, and FCP HD will be integrated into it as part of the company's strategy to use "best-of-breed applications".
The first implementation of Colledia with Final Cut Pro HD will be for a selection of documentary productions. It recently piloted Final Cut Pro during the production of Lightening, a science documentary.
The company sells its Colledia solution to media organizations around the world, meaning the use of FCP HD within major media concerns is likely to increase.
BBC head of technology for production Paul Cheesborough said: "Final Cut Pro HD integrated into Colledia is a good example of the type of technology we'll be using often in future program making.
" Final Cut Pro HD will provide enhanced editing capabilities in production environments where there is a need for editing, compositing, graphics and effects for both standard and high definition (HD) programming.
"For our next phase of production modernization, we need rich and versatile editing applications that support open standards like XML and AAF. This is driven by a need to enable greater creativity, to share content across multiple platforms and genres, and to reduce costs."
Apple vice president of applications marketing Rob Schoeben said: "BBC Technology's move to integrate Final Cut Pro HD into Colledia will enable broadcasters and other video professionals to have greater creative freedom, share content across multiple platforms and reduce costs."
Managing director for BBC Technology Adrian Corcoran said: "Today's media environment means groups of users need to share media and access live sources and documents. The collaboration with Apple unifies the broadcast value chain by integrating our respective best-of-breed technologies."
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| Apple presence at UK Sounds Expo show
By Jonny Evans
Apple technology will be in evidence at UK music technology event Sounds Expo 2006 in March.
The Apple Solution Experts Theatre will offer attendees a schedule of demonstrations to demonstrate Apple's solutions for music creation and audio production, including Logic Pro and Logic Express.
According to the Sounds Expo exhibitors guide, Apple will exhibit at the show.
The show takes place at Olympia 2 in London from March 9 to 11
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| Apple to Attend Focus on Imaging 2006
Apple will exhibit at Focus on Imaging, Europe’s largest annual imaging show, which takes place at the NEC in Birmingham from February 26th to March 1st. Visit us at Stand E1 and get hands-on with the latest Apple hardware, including the all-new Intel-powered MacBook Pro, and find out why Aperture is revolutionising the world of pro photography. [Feb 13]
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| Apple release new cheap iPODs
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| Nano
Apple has introduced a new version of its iPod nano with a smaller capacity of one gigabyte, enough for 240 songs.
The move is the latest tweak to the company's evolving iPod line-up, and means the ultra-slim nano now comes in 1GB, 2GB and 4GB sizes.
The 1GB nano will sell for £109 in the UK, with the 2GB model at £139 and the 4GB version priced at £179.
Apple has also cut the price of its iPod Shuffle range which also uses flash memory to store tracks.
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| Shuffle.
The 512MB iPod shuffle will now retail for £49 in the UK, with a 1GB version selling for £69.
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| Help on iCAL Special Feature
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 | Book Review - Mac Design out of the box
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| Mac OS X UNIX 101 Byte Sized Projects
List Price: £24.99
Our Price: £16.49 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details & conditions.
Unix is no longer someone else's OS. With Mac OS X built on top of it, Unix is becoming a household name, and more and more Mac users are ready to take it on. This book is for them!
Based on a popular series of Unix tips, this book promises to deliver what most other Unix guides fail to: comprehensive tutorials and instruction on specific Unix subjects, commands, and projects, not just a handy reference guide. Arranged into 101 mini tutorials in 11 key technology areas, this book provides all the tricks, techniques, and training that you need to understand how the system works and start using it immediately. You will quickly learn the basics to working with the Unix command line as well as work on specific tutorials/exercises, including: browsing and searching the directory file-system; viewing, searching, and processing file content; using text editors; shell scripting; cool commands; and more.
About the Author
Adrian Mayo has been involved with technology and Unix for over 20 years. As Editor for OSXFAQ.com, he contributes content for Unix Tutorials, Unix Tips, and Mac OS X tips. He is a software engineer, specializing in the development of safety and mission critical systems, and a former Web developer for PHP and MySQL database back-ends.
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| Mac Design out of the box. Andrew Shalat. Priced retail £21.99 - Amazon £14.51
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| Divided into 3 main sections 1. Print 2. Web Design 3. Video & Movies out of the box
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| Print covers: Text Edit, Appleworks (you'll find this in your Applications folder), small section on Pages.§§
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| Web Design covers: iPhoto, Appleworks, Keynote for Flash export. Clever
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| Videos & Movies contains: iPhoto Storyboarding, Garageband, iMovie, iDVD
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| Summary.
Pros. An interesting read that gives a basic tutorial of iLife, iWork & to the greater extent Appleworks.
A great book to take away on holiday with your Mac and work from beginning to end as a project - or even edutainment.
Cons. Don't look to this book as a training manual. A 'jack of all trades' read.
3 out of 5 British Mac
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| BRITISH ICON - BEYOND THE FRINGE. One Leg Too Few.
Starring: Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller. Edinburgh Festival Fringe on 22 August 1960
6 - 28 August, http://www.edfringe.com/
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| Hello and welcome. This episode has news, book reviews and much much more. But now something very special, happy valentines day.
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