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EVERY MONTH
8 Editor’s Note
Email spam is neither nutritious nor delicious—
it’s a pain in the butt.
10 The Disc
First it was $7,500, then it was $1,999, and now, on this month’s
Disc, it’s free. It’s Alias|\Wavefront’s Maya, the most powerful 3D
app in the land—and this version includes all the bells and every
whistle. The catch? Just an added watermark. Learn now, pay
later. Plus: Paint like a pro with Painter 7, animate your Web
site with Flash MX, and share petabytes of files on the Web
with Drumbeat.
12 Letters
Some dude named Pvito proves he’s braver than we are. Plus:
iMac keyboards hit the road, a girl gushes about her first, and
a PC user speaks out.
14 Get Info
Wham, bam, no thank
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How'd these Buttholes get into
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Beware: Record companies plan to curb your CD-burning fetish.
Plus: Learn why Microsoft won’t abandon the Mac and where
Fred Flintstone goes to street-race, check out plasma monitors
and a camera that doubles as binoculars, and discover how
punk legend and Butthole Surfer Paul Leary remixed U2.
20 Scrapbook
Find out what's inside an inkjet printer, how it works, what kind
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54 Boris Red 2.1 video-effects plug-ins
48 Cintiq 15x Interactive Pen Display LCD monitor and
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56 Cobra Slim Drive external FireWire drive
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51 Flash MX muttimedia software
52 Harty Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone kids’ game
60 Powerplay
Castle Wolfenstein isn’t the only Nazi ass-blaster, now that Aspyr has announced the WWII shooter
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. Plus: Drool at shots from Preview 3 of Unreal Tournament X, shoot
at Storm Troopers in Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds, and scratch your head at the highly unusual
winners of the Independent Games Festival.
74 Ask Us
We show you more Mac OS X housekeeping tricks like trashing locked
files and disabling startup items with the Shift key. And wouldn’t you
like to lear a cool iPod trick and a way to relocate your iPhoto Library?
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A message from the kernel
he one that put me over the edge had
“RAPE!” as its subject. When the text of
that email message appeared in Entourage’s
Preview pane, I couldn’t help but notice its
opening line, “Don’t be raped by high
interest rates!”
That did it. One miserable category of
spam—financial scams—was mimicking an
even more despicable category—brutal
pom—to trick me into responding. Normally, |
find such irony amusing; this time, it simply
pissed me off.
It's time to declare all-out war on spam
and spammers.
Spam is not just annoying. It’s expensive.
Let’s say your company has 100 employees,
and that they eam, oh, about 25 bucks an
hour, on average. And let’s say each of them
spends about 10 minutes a day dealing with
spam—a realistic estimate in these spammy
times. IFso, your company spends well over
$100,000 a year on spam management—
and not on raises. Damn.
‘Spam clogs ISPs as well. One spam-
filtering service, Brightmail, reports that in
2001, 10 percent of all email was spam, and
that 2002 is twice as bad so far. Guess who’s
paying for all that bandwidth? You, via your
ISP's fees. And it’s going to get worse: The
Intermet analysts at Jupiter Media Metrix wam
that spam will triple in the next four years.
So what can you do to throttle that daily
dose of Viagra ads, sleazy investment
opportunities, and offers to view photos of
young maidens involved in activities you’d
rather not even think of, thank you very
much? Nota lot.
It’s time to declare all-out
war on spam and spammers
You should, of course, tweak your email
filters or rules to block slime—how often do
you receive legitimate email with the words
“Cheap Viagra,” “Young Girls,” or “High
Mortgage Rates” in the subject line? Blocking
obvious crap will help, ifonly a little.
Keeping your email address out of the
hands of spammers is more effective, but
tougher. To do so, never expose your email
address on the Web. Anywhere. Newsgroups,
online chats, newsletter sign-ups, member
profiles, mail-tos on your own Web site—all
8 MacAddict July 2002
Rik is sick and tired of juggling spam.
verboten. If you absolutely must enter your
email address somewhere, first create a
dummy email account—most ISPs allow you
a couple—and use it when on the Web. Give
your “real” email address only to trusted
friends, family, and business buddies.
Also, whenever you receive unwanted
spam from an unrecognized source, never
click the unsubscribe option. Doing so merely
tells the slimeballs who sent it that there’s a
living, breathing human—you—at that
address, making it a lot more valuable to
them, and to the scumbos they'll sell it to.
And sell it they will. Address scavengers
such as BulkList (www.bulklist.com) offer
“Over 10 million Email Addresses For One
Low Price”—and if your email address is on
the Web, I’m willing to bet that one of those
10 million is yours. (The chowderheads at
BulkList also provide such insightful marketing
tips as “make sure all the spelling is correct”
before you “gage your response rate.”)
It's a bad situation, and it’s getting worse.
Sure, you can subscribe to sophisticated
server-side spam-squelchers such as
Brightmail (www.brightmail.com), but that’s
just more money spam’s taking out of your
pocket. Maybe the solution is powerful
antispam laws—that’s what the folks at the
Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial
Email (www.cauce.org) suggest. I’m not a big
fan of legislative solutions to every problem,
but CAUCE offers some good arguments on
its Web site. Check’em out, then let me know
what you think at rik@macaddict.com—and,
no, that address is not exposed on our Web
site.—Rik Myslewski
Staff Rants
Niko Coucouvanis
The Other Canned Luncheon Meat
What's the most outrageous spam you
ever received?
Um, “Hot Girls and Wild Horses”
notwithstanding, that’d be the one offering
millions of fresh email addresses for me to spam—
including my own, no doubt.
Ifyou had your way, how would flagrant
spammers be punished?
It'd have to fit the
crime: English
lessons for some, weird
sex stuff for others, and for
all of them, a life wasted
pursuing get-rich-quick
schemes. | like to think
that on that last one, I’m
already getting my way.
Cathy Lu
Resident Stickler and Bad-TV Expert
What's the most outrageous spam you
ever received?
Either the one titled “Leaen to Trade the Yen!”
or “This pogram let you investigate Anyone-
Anytime!” These people had better invest in a good
spelling and grammar checker or they're not getting
my business!
Ifyou had your way,
how would flagrant
‘spammers be punished?
They should get a taste
of their own poison.
They should be forced to eat
a.ccan of spam—including
| the jelly and the juice—for
every spam they send.
Chris Imlay
Evil Redesigner
What’s the most outrageous spam you
ever received?
This was spam | could really sink my teeth into:
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| made this lighted trailer-hitch cover with
the backside of a USB iMac keyboard.
It even matches my Bondi Blue van.
—Jeff Lafrenz
THE REWARDS
OF INSANITY
I just wanted to thank you guys for the new
iBook you gave me. | read your article “How to
Upgrade Your iBook” (Mar/02, p62), and |
was insane enough to overclock my iBook. To
be honest, | had never really used a soldering
iron before. After\ put in about three hours of
blood, sweat, and tears, | didn’t think my
iBook would even start up. Well, it did, and it
was a whole 100Mhz faster. Yippie skippie!
Kiss my warranty goodbye!—Pvito
Congratulations, Pvito, but why do we get the
feeling you'd be getting litigious on our
collective butt if things hadn’t worked out so
smoothly? (Yes, we're bitter that you did what
we don’t have the cojones to try. Let’s see you
try that on your iPod, tough guy.)—Ed.
YOU'LL ALWAYS
REMEMBER YOUR FIRST
| sold my Hewlett-Packard on eBay two weeks.
ago to buy my first Mac, aniMac with a
SuperDrive. Now | am truly a Mac addict. I’m
currently using iMovie to make a music video
for my boyfriend’s band. | can’t get enough of
the cute icons bouncing in my Mac OS X Dock,
and | can’t go to the mall without stopping at
12 MacAddict July 2002
the Apple store, even if it's just to play with
some of the other machines. As soon as | put
an Apple sticker on the back of my car, it’ll be
official: | will never go back.—julie Tolek
Good choice on the first Mac purchase, but
keep an eye on your addiction, which is
growing ata rapid rate even by our standards.
But what the heck—at least it’s legal.—Ed.
IXNAY ON THE XBOX
Whai’s all this about the Xbox in the May
2002 issue (p27 and p65)? You seem to
regard itas the standard that Mac gaming has
to match. Don’t you know there’s another
console on the market called the Nintendo
GameCube? It runs a 485MHz PowerPC
processor, offers cool games like Star Wars
Rogue Leader, and will soon see games like
Mario and Zelda. Did ] mention that it costs
$100 less than the Xbox? Geez, | thought you
guys would know a superior product when
you see one.—Anthony
At least Xbox’s Halo, which we like to think
started life as a Mac game, has a 0.5 percent
chance of making it to the Mac—unlike Mario,
which has a 0 percent chance.—Ed.
THE CASE OF THE
MISSING PREAMP
“Audio Ins and Outs” was a great article on
hooking up audio to your Mac (Scrapbook,
May/02, p20), but where in the world do | find
RCA’s AH500 phono preamp?—Gail Lengel
RCA sells them through selected Radio Shack,
Circuit City, and Best Buy resellers. If you can’t
find this particular model, any comparable
phono preamp will suffice.—Ed.
FINDING YOUR
INNER MACADDICT
The article “Unleash Your Mac’s Hidden
Powers” (Apr/02, p20), was pure adrenaline
for the Mac addict in me. | tried four of the
Mac OS X hacks and the results amazed me. |
first learned to “Run the Finder as Root” (p22)
without working up a sweat. | then figured out
how to “Enable Window Buffer Compression,”
which gave my 350MHz Sawtooth Power Mac
G4 the confidence it used to have in 0S 9.
Next, | read “Customize Your Scroll Bars”
(p24) and put arrows at both ends of my scroll
bars. Last but certainly not least, “Make Your
Broadband Soar” (p25) did exactly that. All
this without any Unix experience required.
Cool.—Michael Stockwell
Power is an addictive thing, isn’t it?—Ed.
OFFICE ALTERNATIVES
| wish you had more articles like “How to
Design Pages with AppleWorks” (May/02,
p66). Not everyone can afford, or is willing to
use, Microsoft Office. Maybe if you had more
tutorials on AppleWorks, more people would
see what they can do with it and would choose
it instead of Microsoft Office.—Kathy Martin
We try to use a full range of applications in
our how-tos to appeal to all our readers,
including those who think the Land of the
Free refers to a country that excludes
Redmond, Washington.—Ed,
D’OH!
| was reading the debate in “Mac OS X Versus
Windows XP” (Apr/02, p40), and | would like
to mention something. | am one of those
Windows XP users, but | noticed that
Microsoft's software (especially MSN
Messenger) looks better in Mac OS X than in
Windows XP. Even the Microsoft Office
application logos look 110 times better in X.
I'm thinking this makes Microsoft look kind
of dumb.—Nicholas Korn
Read it and weep, Bill —Ed.
LMNO PROBLEM
Thanks for the article “MacAddict’s
Encyclopedia of Networking” (May/02, p32).
After reading this, | was actually able to
overcome my fears and network my three
Macs in about 15 minutes.—Clark Kramer
Ah, information—the universal antidote to
technophobia.—Ed.
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four-month-old MacAddict.—Gerd Schnepel
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How Record Companies Will Keep You from Copying Your Own CDs
he next time you buy
an audio CD and try to
tip the tracks to iTunes,
a series of pops and clicks
may corrupt the digital copy
of your songs, or worse: Your
Mac’s CD-RW drive may not
even be able to read the
disc. The reason is that top
record labels are experimenting
with copy-protected CDs
to prevent you from distributing
copyrighted music.
Unfortunately, this strategy
interferes with your right to
listen to digital copies of the
music you buy.
Technology glitches that
prevent some CD players from
playing encrypted CDs have
so far blocked a large-scale
rollout of copy-protected CDs,
The three leading providers of
encryption technology
(Sunnyvale, California-based
Macrovision; Israel-based
Midbar Technologies; and
Phoenix-based SunnComm)
say 99.5 percent of CD players
are compatible with their
technologies, so major labels
are starting to implement them.
BMG, for example, announced
that it will copy-protect all CDs
Know and Protect Your Rights
“Encrypted CDs are meant to prevent piracy,” says Graham
Spencer, member of digitalconsumer.org, “but really it
inconveniences the consumer and leaves all control to the
content companies.” Digitalconsumer.org wants to defeat the
Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act
(CBDTPA), commonly known as the Hollings copy-protection bill,
which requires all future electronic devices to include security
measures meant to prevent piracy. Visit www.digitalconsumer
.org for ways to voice your opinion to Congress.
14 MacAddict July 2002
distributed for promotional use,
and Sony, Vivendi Universal,
Warner Music, and EMI have
already released copy-
protected CDs in Europe.
Here’s a brief look at how
the three main encryption
technologies work.
SAFEAUDIO
Macrovision’s SafeAudio
exploits a CD’s error-correction
code, which helps CD players
work around minor data
loss resulting from faulty
manufacturing or scratches.
The code tells the CD player to
look at the music in front of and
behind the data loss and create
a replacement sound. When
your Mac’s CD player reads an
audio track off the CD itself, the
error-correction code works as it
should. When your Mac rips CD
tracks to your hard drive,
however, the copied music
becomes a data file (not an
audio file), and the error
correction code doesn’t work.
SafeAudio deliberately
introduces sample errors onto a
CD for the code to address.
These errors sound like a series
of pops and clicks when your
Mactries to play the ripped
music. Macrovision says testing
revealed no complaints
of distortion in CD play.
CACTUS DATA SHIELD
MidBar Technologies’ Cactus
Data Shield inserts additional
control data, containing CD and
track-length information, within
the audio data on a CD. Both
computer and home-stereo CD
players ignore the extra
information when reading audio
directly from the CD; however,
when your Mac reads ripped CD
tracks as a digital file, control
data renders the digital copy
useless. According to Midbar
Technologies, extensive testing
by consumers shows that the
extraneous code is inaudible.
MEDIA CLOQ
SunnComm’s Media Clog
protection works by making
an audio CD's table of contents
and directory information
invisible to the user. While the
CD will play on your Mac, you
cannot locate the necessary
track information on your
desktop to transfer a fileto
your hard drive. Only the Media
Clog encryption system does
not introduce additional code
to the audio file, leaving the
music untouched, Fahrenheit
Entertainment used this
technology on the Charley Pride
album A Tribute to Jim Reeves.
Currently a battle is brewing
between advocates of copyright
laws and consumer rights
advocates (see “Know and
Protect Your Rights,” p14). So
bum your own CDs while you
still can. Ifthe record companies
get their way, you won't have this
freedom for much longer.
—Keelin Devincenzi
DANCING TOA
DIFFERENT DRUMBEAT
The Latest Post-Napster File-Sharing App
rumbeat (Groundlevel
Software, http://drumbeat
-Info, $29.95) is the latest way to
trade music, video, and other
files with up to 650,000 users
over the Internet.
Drumbeat currently taps into
OpenNap, a worldwide, open-
source, Napster-style network,
allowing users to share
information over 100 to 200
servers. The application will soon
tap into the popular AudioGalaxy
network and true peer-to-peer
networks, like Gnutella, that use
no central servers.
The question arises of why
Mac users need yet another file-
sharing app, particularly when
apps like LimeWire (a Gnutella
client) are currently well
entrenched. The answer,
Groundlevel Software's President
Jeffrey Ellis says, is that
Drumbeat aims to make searches
easier and more productive.
When you search fora file,
Drumbeat’s Intellisearch
technology searches for different
combinations and variants of
your search words to bring back
all possible relevant results. Then
it weeds out partial downloads:
by eliminating files under a
certain user-defined size. Like
LimeWire, Drumbeat also comes
with Adult Filtering and a Mac-
like interface. It should be Mac
OS X native and should offer
QuickTime and JPEG preview
screens by the time you read
this article.
A faster, easier way to
trade music and movies
over the Intemet is bound
to raise some eyebrows,
but Ellis is not worried.
Since Groundlevel
Software doesn’t maintain
central servers as Napster
did, Ellis says Drumbeat
has no way of monitoring
(and therefore no liability
for) what users are
downloading. He likens
Drumbeat’s position in the
peer-to-peer software
industry to Panasonic’s
Drumbeat’s new QuickTime
preview screen lets you watch
while you download.
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role in the VCR industry. “It’s
not the job of Panasonic to
censor people taping stuff off the
air,” Ellis says. “We hope that
people who are sharing files are
sharing new music that’s not
available on CD.”
Yeah, right, buddy. Still,
Drumbeat has the potential to
trade more than just music
quickly and efficiently, so we’re
wishing it luck.—NR-
BU! MICROSOFT SPOOKS MAC USERS
Microsoft and Apple End Contract but Continue Relationship
icrosoft and Apple will let their five-year
technology contract lapse this August,
causing some Mac users to celebrate and others to
enter a frenzied panic about Microsoft ending its
support for the Mac platform.
The rumors about weakening Microsoft support
for the Mac are not true, according to Kevin Browne,
general manager of the Microsoft Macintosh
Business Unit (affectionately known as MacBU). “My
personal belief is that the only way we're going
away,” says Browne, “is if Apple is going away, too.”
To prove Microsoft's commitment to Appie’s
future, Browne announced that all future releases of
Microsoft Macintosh products, which focus on Office
and Intemet Explorer, would be Mac OS X only.
The larger question is how the Mac will fit into
Microsoft's overarching .NET strategy, which uses
XML-based Web services to integrate users,
systems, and devices via the Internet. Browne
proposed a long-range plan in which the MacBU
would work on connecting Office and intemet
Explorer to .NET Web services (such as .NET
Calendars), but said that Microsoft would not port
.NET developer tools to the Mac.
The MacBU’s primary focus is development for
Mac consumers and small businesses, so
Microsoft's ambivalence toward the Mac in its
enterprise-targeted .NET strategy is hardly surprising
and shouldn’t cause anyone to panic—at least,
notyet.—Narasu Rebbapragada
July 2002 MacAddict 15
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Sexy Stuff We Can't Wait to Get Our Mitts On
With Pentax’s Digibino
DB100, you won't
have to juggle
multiple gadgets.
Digibino DB100
Pentax $399 (street) www.pentaxusa.com
irders and sports fans will no longer miss precious shots while switching equipment.
Pentax’s Digibino DB100 combination binoculars and digital camera comes with 7X
optical zoom, 16MB built-in flash memory, fast shutter speeds for quick-moving action,
and USB. The camera CCD is only .8-megapixel, so don’t expect to print large pictures. The
Digibino should be available by the time you read this.—NR-
DiMAGE X
Minolta $399.99 (SRP) www.minoltausa.com
his 2-megapixel digital camera weighs less than 5
ounces and, at 2.8 inches high, is about half as tall as
your average CD. It offers a 3X optical (2X digital) zoom
and starts up in a lightning-fast 1.8 seconds. The DIMAGE
X records up to 35 seconds of digital video and up to 90
seconds of audio, and comes with a 8MB SD (Secure
Digital) card.—NR
SHAREWARE PICK OF THE MONTH
CRO-MAGRALLY 2.0.4
PRICE: $20
URL: www.pangeasoft.net
Now that Pangea Software has sold nearly ail of its
commercial boxed copies of Cro-Mag Rally, the company
has decided to tum this racing game, set in the Stone Age,
into a download-only shareware game. Race a prehistoric
hotrod against the computer in single-player mode,
against your buddy in two-player mode, or against up to six
players in multiplayer mode, which includes Capture the
ree
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Flag and Survival styles of gameplay.
pai DB ia Pangea Software keeps violence out of its
games, so Cro-Mag Rally is suitable for Cro-Mag Rally is good old-fashioned fun.
| Setanhalv204 | kids and adults,—Andrew Tokuda We mean really old-fashioned—get it?
NEWSNOOK
Apple Adds
Fuel to FireWire
While the PC world continues to test
the USB 2.0 waters, Apple reaffirmed
its commitment to FireWire in Aprit
by acquiring Zayante, a FireWire
technology company once known
as FireFly and founded by former
Apple FireWire developers. Zayante
| created an architecture that allows
| manufacturers of hardware and
consumer electronics to incorporate
FireWire into their 1394b products.
Apple Slides Down
| the Fortune 500
_ Apple ranked 325 on Fortune
| magazine’s 2002 list of the 500 largest
| companies. While our favorite
| computing company more than made
the cut, it failed to match its 2001
ranking of 236. On a brighter note,
Apple made Fortune’s list of most
admired companies, getting a perfect
score in the innovation category.
Panasonic and
Apple Fire It Up
_ Apple and Panasonic announced at
| this year’s National Association of
' Broadcasters Conference that
| Panasonic would add FireWire to
its DVCProSO and DVCProHD tape
decks and that Apple would support
| Panasonic’s 24-fps digital-video
__ camera in a future release of Final Cut
Pro. The news is a boon for video
professionals, who can now import
jull ITU-601 DV of 4:2:2 quality at 50
Mbps and High Definition video at 100
Mbps externally over FireWire.
A SuperDrive for
the Masses
Formac Electronics (www.formac
.com) freed the SuperDrive from its
highfaluting place in top-of-the-line
Macs and unveiled the Devideon
SuperDrive, an external FireWire
DVD-R/RW and CD-RW plus DVD-
authoring software, which converts
iMovies and QuickTime files to MPEG.
Formac says the Devideon works with
all FireWire-equipped Macs in Mac 0S
9 and Mac OS X and is available now
for $549.
“SPIRIT OF DETRONT” PHOTO COURTESY OF HEMERA
DDETROVT METRO AIRPORT BY LESLE, THE RANK ANMTEUR
PLASMA POWER!
Plasma Displays Take Your Mac
lasma displays can transform your Mac
into a big-screen entertainment center.
They work by electrically charging neon gas
that’s trapped inside three subpixels per
pixel (one each of red, green, and blue).
When the electric charge switches off, the
gas discharges its electrical energy, causing
the phosphors in each subpixel to glow,
This scheme allows for flatter hardware,
large screen sizes, a wide viewing angle,
and color uniformity.
One tip in shopping for a plasma
display: Keep in mind what you'll be
viewing and from what vantage point. While
PlasmaSync 42MP4
NEC, www.necvisualsystems.com, $9,995
This 42-inch display lets you zoom in
on portions of the screen. It comes with
stereo audio and has 1,024-by-768-pixel
native resolution and a 16:9 aspect ratio
for DVD viewing.
Plasmavision SlimScreen
PDS-4233
Fujitsu, www-fujitsu.com, $5,999
This 42-inch display has a 16:9 aspect
ratio, an 852-by-480-pixel native
resolution, and a built-in stereo amplifier.
to the Big Screen
most plasma displays handle computer
graphics and DVD video beautifully, not all
are optimal for viewing HDTV or NTSC
television signals without the aid (and
expense) of an additional card. Plus, if
you're going to view from a distance, you
might want a display that accepts coaxial
BNC cables.
All of this science costs a pretty penny.
The displays shown here cost upward of
$5,000—way upward, in some cases—but
then, the wave of the future has never come
cheap. Here’s what is out there right now in
a standard 42-inch size.—NR
PureVision
PDP-433CMX
Pioneer, www.pioneer.com, $11,500
This 43-inch display has a 1,024-by-768-
pixel native resolution and a 16:9 aspect
ratio for DVD viewing. Pioneer's displays
come with an expansion slot for DVI, and
the company is working on future FireWire
and TCP/IP cards to bring in video signals.
CMP4121HDU
Hitachi, www.hitachi.com, $7,995
This 42-inch display has a native 1,024-
by-1,024-pixel resolution, a 160-degree
viewing angle, and a native 16:9 aspect
ratio for movie viewing.
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Cinema Tools
Apple, www.apple.com, $999
Available: Now
Apple targets filmmakers with this companion to Final
Cut Pro 3. Cinema Tools, which improves Final Cut
Pro’s 24-fps editing capabilities, supports film cut lists
and 24-frame edit decision lists for high-definition video.
Cinema Tools works in Mac OS X only.
DVD Studio 1.5
Apple, www.apple.com, $999
Available: Now
Apple upgrades its professional DVD-authoring
application with native Mac OS X support and better
Final Cut Pro integration.
FrameMaker
Adobe, www.adobe.com, $799
Available: Second quarter 2002
In the new version of this technical publishing tool,
Adobe improves XML support, enhances the program's
authoring tools, and combines FrameMaker and
FrameMaker+SGML into one product, which is not
Mac OS X native. Adobe also introduces the Adobe
FrameMaker server ($7,999) for network publishing.
Dreamweaver MX
Macromedia, www.macromedia.com, $399
Available: Now
Macromedia combines the next revs of its Dreamweaver
and Ultradev Web-authoring tools in Dreamweaver MX,
now ready for Mac OS X. In addition to offering a new
interface, collapsible panels, prebuilt layouts and code,
expanded support for Cascading Style Sheets, and a
more robust coding environment, Dreamweaver takes
advantage of Macromedia's ColdFusion server to create
complex Web sites and Internet applications.
FireWorks MX
Macromedia, www.macromedia.com, $299
Available: Now
Macromedia adds a new property inspector, support
for data-driven graphics, better control over JavaScript
Web navigation, and extensibility to this Web-graphics
application, which now supports Mac OS X.
lomega HDD
Portable Drives
lomega, www.iomega.com, $229 and up
Available: Now
lomega adds its detachable interface design to a line
of slim 20GB and 30GB drives. The drives plug into
both USB 2.0 and FireWire interfaces and come with
lomega’s QuikSync software (ready for Mac OS X).
lomega says you can drop these devices from a height
of 50 inches without damaging them.
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Butthole Surfer Remixes U2
P aul Leary attained punk nirvana a long
time ago. As cofounder and guitarist of
the legendary Butthole Surfers, he has been
amazing audiences for 20 years with mind-
blowing stage antics featuring naked women
and flaming drum kits. The tech-savvy
madman has also produced platinum-selling
records and songs for rock staples like
Sublime, Poe, Weezer, Nelly Furtado, and pop
megastars U2.
From his home in Austin, Texas, Leary
talked to us about remixing the Grammy-
winning U2 song “Elevation” for the Tomb
Raider movie soundtrack. U2's record label
wanted to update the bouncy pop ditty to
appeal to a modern-rock radio audience, so
they hired Leary and former Nine Inch Nails
drummer Chris Vrenna to pump it up. Using
Digidesign’s Pro Tools (www.digidesign.com),
Vrenna added new guitar and bass parts to
give the song a hard-rockin’ feel. Vrenna then
handed the Pro Tools sessions —burned on
six CDs—to Leary, who holed up with his
Mac at home to add some polish and flair
of his own.
Looks can he deceiving in Pro Tools. This
bland-looking set of bars represents the
hard-rockin’ remix of U2’s “Elevation.”
LEARY’S MAIN MAC
Leary worked on the “Elevation” cut using a
PowerPC 9600, upgraded to a 350MHz G3—
the brains of his Pro Tools 24 system. This
Mac’s six PCI slots handled all the editing
Leary threw at it, The 44-year-old punk legend
uses the 9600’s 10GB of internal disk space to
tun Pro Tools but records his sessions and
audio onto external 10,000-rpm Seagate
Cheetah drives. “I’ve got drives all around the
house,” he says.
18 MacAddict July 2002
ALL THINGS MUST PASS
Leary recently retired his PowerPC 9600 fora
new 933MHz Power Mac Gé4 with a beefed-up
1.5GB of RAM and five intemal hard drives
totaling around 360GB. What’s he doing with
all that juice? He’s partitioned his 60GB startup
drive so that one partition runs Mac OS 9 and
Pro Tools while the other is dedicated to Mac
OS X, He uses two additional 7,500-rpm 80GB
drives and two 10,000-rpm 70GB Seagate
Cheetah drives for recording.
POP GOES THE BASS
In Pro Tools, Leary polished up Vrenna’s
sessions and beefed up the drums by
ending the recorded sounds with kick-drum
and snare samples from his own sound-file
Stash. He also cleaned up parts of the original
recording. For instance, the microphones for
the drums caused irritating time lags. Leary
fixed the glitch by pulling forward the audio
from the snare drum’s bottom mic soit
aligned with the audio from the snare drum’s
top mic. The original bass track was “popping
like fireworks,” Leary says, referring to the
hissing and crackling that results from
recording, so he looked for sharp peaks in the
sound waves and essentially redrew them in
Pro Tools’ Edit window with the pencil tool.
ULIKEDIT2
When he finished working the U2 remix, he
grabbed his hard drives and brought them to
Blue World Music, a studio in Dripping Springs,
Texas, which has a Pro Tools rig and an SSL
4000 G+ special-edition analog board. Leary
then separated the tracks and transferred the
mix to 1/2-inch tape. U2 liked the results, The
band jetted to Enterprise Recording in
Burbank, California, so they could play the new
parts themselves.—Narasu Rebbapragada
When Paul Leary’s not playing mad guitar with the Butthole Surfers (right),
he’s playing producer for the stars at his Texas home studio (left).
Leary’s Multiple Macs
“I'm a sucker for computers,” Leary says,
and explains why he owns a Blue Dalmatian
iMac, among many other models.
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W ith countless brands and models of inkjet printers to choose from, deciding
which one to buy can be an arduous task. We talked to the experts at Canon,
Epson, and Lexmark, all of which manufacture consumer inkjets, to get answers to
common questions that arise when shopping for a printer. Knowing what you need is
half the trick to finding the printer right for you.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARK MADEO
What resolution
do | need?
Resolution is the number of dots per inch
(dpi) a printer puts on the page. While printers
like Lexmark’s 265 offer resolutions up to
4800 dpi, photo printers that hover around
1,200 by 2,400 dpi can still produce sharp
images at larger print sizes. If you're not a
photographer and you only want to print color
business documents with minimal images,
you can most likely get away with a cheaper,
600-by-1200-dpi printer.
What's a picoliter?
Apicoliter is a trillionth of a liter, and it’s the unit
used to measure of a drop of ink from an inkjet
printer. The smaller the droplet, the more precisely
your printer can place dots on the page, and the
better image you get. Some printers, like those by
Epson and Canon, use one fixed picoliter size. Other
printers, like Lexmark’s Z65, have more than one
droplet size within one printer: The smaller size
provides fine detail in areas that have subtle
gradations of color (like a polar bear playing in
snow), while the larger size provides more uniform:
color in background areas (like a blue sky),
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Epson's wide-format Stylus Photo
2200 prints with seven ink colors.
Should | get a four-color, six-color, or
seven-color printer?
Four-color printers use four ink colors—cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. Six-color printers have two
additional colors: a lighter-density magenta and a lighter-density cyan. Serious photographers will want
‘the six-color printer, because images, particularly in areas of light color, look far more natural with the
two lesser-density inks. Epson’s new Stylus Photo 2200 is the first consumer seven-color printer to
date. The seventh, a lighter-density black, reduces graininess and improves gradation quality,
Should | use dye- or pigment-based inks?
if you're printing photos to last a long time, choose a printer that uses a pigment-based ink, such as
Epson’s Stylus Photo 2200. Pigments are like tiny rocks of color that lodge themselves in the tiny
crevices of the paper fiber. Because they are in a solid state all their life, pigments resist fading, running
water, and contaminants better than dye colorants, which are soluble,
What kind of paper
should | buy?
While the style of paper you get is up to you (matte,
glossy, textured, etc.), make sure what you buy has
been specifically designed for your brand of inkjet
printer, Most printer manufacturers sell paper for their
printers, but you can also get third-party paper that's
been optimized for your printer's inks. If you're
printing photos using dye-base ink and you want
‘them to last, get a gelatin-coated glossy paper. While
it's not very water resistant, it resists fading.
What are Micro Piezo,
Thermal Bubble, and Bubble Jet?
These are fancy names that describe the two ways printers put ink on a page. ‘One way is thermal.
Printers heat the inks to create the pressure required to spew the Inks out of the cartridges. Canon's
Bubble Jet printers and HP’s Thermal Bubble printers use this method. The other way, created by Epson,
is mechanical. Called Micro Piezo, this method uses mechanical pressure to expel the Ink out of the
printhead. So what's the difference? According to Fabia Ochoa, product manager of photo printers at
~ Epson America, inks from thermal printers take slightly longer to dry because of the warming and cooling
involved. According to John Lamb, product manger of imaging at Canon, thermal bubble printing doesn't
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Dream —
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Imagine that money is no
object and the sky’s the limit.
That's what we did when we
dreamed up these five
amazing systems for everyone
from the graphic designer to
the couch potato, even the
everyday Mac user.
by theMacAddict Staff / ®
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22 MacAddict July 2002
business ‘conference \ ie this dreamy
transportable setup.
The Gouch-Potato ‘Mac p32
Make your Mac the cente of an ultimate
home theater, complete with plasma display
and La-Z-Boy (natui
Dream Machines Product Finder p34
Of course, you need to know where to buy
all of this swag—here’s all the shopping
_. info you need.
ON THE
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Painter 7, Studio Artist
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Art onthe Mac js a full-brained a
The artist's choice
is naturally a dual-
processor Power Mac DISPLAYS
G4 1GHz stuffed with Since what you see is
1.5GB of RAM and 80GB what you get, you need
of internal disk space. a spacious display, set
up with precise color
© Apple Dual Power controls and room for
Mac G4 1GHz with all your palettes.
1.5GB of RAM, $3,599 e
You'll need the dual © LaCie Electron
| processing for all those 22blue Ill, $999
Photoshop filters. This hooded 22-inch
| CRT comes with three
© Kensington USB ports.
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$60 (ESP) This hardware color
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designers, has zoom and
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Orange Micro America 18-Inch
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$139.99
Whether you're a fine artist, a graphic designer, a photographer, or an
illustrator, check out these professional-level applications that can create
‘whatever you can dream up. All but QuarkXPress run natively in Mac OS X.
Adobe Photoshop 7, $609 QuarkXPress 5, $899
Hands-down the most bow . The industry-standard desktop-layout
© Pantone Formula my 1 ong eet ‘i tool, but it's still Classic-only.
Guides, $119 eee ee
s : Plug one of your three Procreate Painter 7, $479
Pantone’s color-matching displays into this PCI Enjoy hundreds of brush, paint, and
swatches are de rigueur
i video card,
for print designers.
paper styles.
24 MacAddict July 2002 i
Total Cost: $26,233.83 _
DIGITAL IMAGING
The Mac artist needs state-of-the-art peripherals to carefully capture, create, and Affo rdable
output images that are as beautiful and vivid as what the imagination sees. ALTERNATIVES
Epson Expression 1680 Pro FireWire, @ Epson Stylus Photo 2200, $699 If your not a starving artist, but spending $26,000
$1,399 This seven-color, FireWire inkjet prints at 2,880 would make you one, these less expensive
This pro-level 48-bit FireWire scanner gives you by 1,440 dpi. alternatives can more than pull their weight.
1,600-by-3,200-dpi resolution. After all, art is in your head, not your wallet.
© Nikon Super Coolscan 8000 ED,
© Kyocera Optics Contax N Digital, $2,995 Apple Power Mac G4 800MHz with
$6,999 ‘Who doesn’t want a 4,000-dpi, multiple-format 256MB of RAM, $1,599
A6.29-megapixel digital SLR camera—and a film scanner? Amore than ample system for 2D artists,
photographer's dream.
Epson Stylus Photo 820, $99
This printer gives you great six-color quality.
Canon CanoScan N1240U, $149
I thi USB scanner gives you 1,200 by
on Coolpix 995,$599
Solid 3,2-megapigel camera that comes with 4X
Wacom Intuos2 6X8 Tablet, $349.99
A smaller tablet with twice the Cintiq’s =
pressure sensitivity. : <
Adobe InDesign 2.0, $699 :
jese days, this program is challenging QuarkXPress
with its superb text and transparency tools.
Stone Design Stone Studio, $299
Seven bundled apps for this price—you can't beat it.
Total Cost: $3,793.99
STORAGE
As an artist, you need to manage large files, be
and take work home. These devices make mul
at least palatable.
SmartDisk FireFly 5GB, $199.95
This cute 5GB drive is the modern-day Zip dis|
Maxtor Personal Storage 3000XT, $399.95.
Use this massive FireWire 160GB drive to store those hefty projects.
)) © Exabyte VXA-1 Drive, $699
The FireWire-connected VXA-1 makes tape backup easy.
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|heUltimate
Mac
ic designer, a digital musician, or a 3D
ic just as much as they do, because it makes
S you creatively. That's why you need a well-
EXTRAS
‘You've got the coolest all-in-one Do you need these
computer on the planet. Now it’s time things? Not really (except
‘to'plug in your digital gadgets. § maybe that USB cable).
: i Do they make your Mac
“Apple iPod 10GB, $499 . cooler? You'd better
Raom for 2,000 of your 4 believe it.
a y logear USB 2.0 6-foot
Obmous Camedia E-20N, \ Cable, $14.95
¢ 249.95 i For a printer (or any other
5 legapixe} digital SLR for i peripheral) that ships
Aa -looking pictures. without a USB cable. Grr...
y DCR-TRV18 DV | a @ Griffin Technology
icorder, $799.99 PowerMate USB
portable, and Multimedia Controller,
$45
Acool blue light
illuminates this knob.
autiful color screen in a
thin enough to fit
; Gap Relaxed Fit Flat
‘it eed :
somewhere tovplug Keyspan Digital’
Remote, $49,
This infrared remote cai
control your muttimedi
apps from afar.
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viable backup system—or
quick way to Sale files |
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SOFTWARE
You coo! new iMac is nothing without a few key apps to make you productive and indulge your creativity.
Symantec Norton SystemWorks 2.0,
$129.95
When things go wrong, Norton can save the day.
Microsoft Office v. X, $499
This suite of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and
Entourage practically does it all.
Adobe Photoshop 7, $609 Synthetik Software Studio Artist 2.0, $379
Ifyou want the best image-editing program, this This painting program offers a great way for
is the best. And it’s ready for Mac OS X, kids—and adults—to get artistic.
Roxio Toast 5 Titanium, $89.95 Aspyr The Sims, $49.95
Much more powerful than Apple’s built-in This simulation game is more fun than you'll ever
disc-burning software. have in real life.
Affordable
ALTERNATIVES
‘The low-end iMac is nothing to sneeze at,
and neither are any of these other products.
‘And don't forget—the iMac comes with
AppleWorks, so you can skimp on Microsoft
Hz with 128MB of
1,39!
2606s e-
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Videow os,
illustrious Final Cut Pro, many DV pros
their turnkey systems altogether. To cr
of-the-crop components for your audi
SYSTEM MISSION GONTRO!
The ultimate system requires ‘Why work with a mouse and keyboard?
Apple's ultimate Mac. With connected console and interface system puts
music and video, bigger is total control at your fingertips—literally.
better. Mega memory and
a vast hard drive are both © Digidesign Pro Control with Edit Pack
key elements. and Two Fader Packs, $32,480
Provides 24 channels to record, edit, and master
© Apple Dual Power Mac audio, plus surround-sound-editing capability.
G4 1GHz running Mac OS
9.2.x with 1.5GB RAM, © Digidesign 192 1/0, $3,995
‘Two 80GB Hard Drives, Provides 16 channels of analog and digital /0.
and SuperDrive, $3,849 Get two.
Size does matter. .
Digidesign Pre, $2,495
© Apple Cinema HD Hook mics and instruments to this
Display, $3,499 8-channel preamp.
A generous 23 inches of Sad
screen real estate—and with Digidesign MIDI 1/0, $595
timeline-based apps, every Connects samplers, synths, and other MIDI
inch helps. widgets to the audio system.
Digidesign @ Digidesign Syne 1/0, $2,095
Pro Tools |HD 2, $9,995 Locks audio and video tracks together
Two PCI cards that allow your ‘harmony.
Mac to communicate with Pro
Tels aca , PERIPHERALS
crepe S
Digidesign SCSI64 Kit, ae ee important devices to round out your ultimate
$545. 4
Pro Tools reuires a fast S68 © Canon XL1S DV Camcorder, $3,999
hard drive for recording— ‘The Mercedes SL600 of DV cameras.
hence, this card.
© TDK FireWire veloCD, $179.99
Digidesign DigiDrive Burns music lickety-s;
/-Split and looks cool, too. (See
73| 10k, $1,550 Reviews, p54.)
Provides vast storage, speed,
and compatibilty © Sony PVM-20M4U 20-Inch Monitor, $2,599.95
- ‘View video work as the TV world will see it.
Pinnacle Systems
CineWave RT, $9,995 © Genelec 1031A Monitor Speakers, $3,798 a pair
This system combines a PCI Hear what you're editing, Get five speakers total. Use two
card and breakout box for for mixing music, al five for surround sound.
‘Superb, uncompressed,
fearon eatting.. Genelec 1092A Subwoofer, $2,149
Monitor the bottom end of surround-sound mixes.
28 MacAddict July 2002
Apple DVD Stucio Pro, $999
Use this to author projects to DVD.
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|TheMobileWVac
If you’re a PowerBook-packing road warrior, you have two choices: You
can travel light, or you can travel prepared. While we doubt you'll need
all the products we recommend, choose the ones likely to make your
next trip a success—or the ones you wish you'd had last time out.
SYSTEM
Theigis no better laptop on the
planét than a PowerBook G4—
after you fill it with 1GB of RAM.
and upgrade its internal hard drive.
© Apple PowerBook G4
800MHz with 1GB of RAM,
Combo Drive, AirPort Card,
$3,599
‘So you were expecting maybe a
Dell Latitude?
Apple PowerBook G4 Battery,
$129
It's expensive, but a spare can be
a lifesaver,
BookEndz Titanium Docking
Station, $244.95
Cut cable clutter when you're
back home.
© Cyber3 Tote & Tilt Handle,
$44.95
Looks cool and props up your
TiBook to keep it cool.
@ Dr. Bott TiCasePlus, $539
Hard-shell protection,
soft-shell expansion.
© Kensington Technolog
July 2002
CONNECTIONS
Take along travel versions of all
the connectors you'll need,
especially Ethernet and modem
Cables plus a mini USB hub.
Belkin RJ-45 CAT-5e UTP
Crossover Cable, $9.95
Connect to Macs, PCs, and
printers in a snap.
Keyspan USB 4-Port Mini
Hub, $49
Yes, even a portable USB hub.
can be stylish.
Targus Retractable
Network/ISDN Cord, $24.95
An RuJ-45 Ethernet cable is coiled
snugly inside.
Targus Retractable Phone
Cord, $19.95
Like the Ethernet unit, but it's for
your modem.
ACCESSORIES
The right set of travel necessities
can conquer any problem—even
retrieving that last cocktail olive
from the bottom of the jar.
© Kensington Technology
Group Platinum FlyLight,
$19.99
Stay productive during the
in-flight movie.
Leatherman Flair Multitool,
$49.99
Pliers, corkscrew, cocktail
fork—this tool has it all
@ MadsonLine Auto/Air
Adapter, $78
Juice your TiBook in your car
or in that first-class seat.
© Targus DefCon 1 Ultra
Alarm, $39.99
Clip this to your bag and deafen
the baddies.
Targus World Travel
Connection Kit, $99.99
Be ready for anything, Mr. or Ms,
Anferpational,
STORAGE
With this versatile trio, you'll be 4?
ready for anything your client
hands you.
LaCie Hexa Media Drive,
$59.95
‘There's no memory card this
cutie can’t handle.
© MCE Technologies 60GB
Transport Pro, $699
Transport massive files and look
cool doing it.
SmartDisk USB Floppy Drive
Titanium Edition, $59.95
Yes, some PC-hobbled clients
still use floppies.
PRINTING
Need hard copy? Whip out
your mobile Canon printer,
Attach a scanner cartridge,
and your PowerBook morphs
into a photocopier.
Canon BJC-85
Canon IS-12 Co
Scanner Cartridge,
Clip this on, and presto
instant scanner! >
These travel buddies handle
backup, remote diagnostics and
i These aren't exactly PowerBook $49
Vaccessories—but they're S It’s a jungle out there
Sat your work.
Netopia Timbuktu
Pack, $179.95
Control your home Ma@ when
you're on the road.
Strydent Software
PowerPrint USB, $99)
Not all printers are Mac fflendly—
Maybe you just want a nice lil’
iBook companion for your frosh
year at State. Don’t buy the 4
cheapest model—a Combo drive.
will encourage you to back up, as
well as play all your DVDs. e
%
Apple iBook (12.1-inch) 3
PowerPC G3 600MHz with =
128MB of RAM and Combo
Drive, $1,499
Not the least expensive iBook,
but ithas a Combo.
Apple AirPort Card, $99
‘The world is going wireless,
u should, too.
pundied with iBook =
sase of getting somethit
ing.
CF i is cool. Stupid isn't.
>... Always backup!
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COVER STORY
|heCo
Potato
Steve Jobs's digital hub is
small potatoes compared
to the digital-entertainment ]
hub we built. If you’re
into games, TV, movies,
really big plasma screens,
and vibrating chairs,
this Mac setup will have
you Salivating.
-Overe 21
Drives most any USB device in Mac OS 9
(the Mac OS X version is in beta as of
press time).
Aspyr 4x4 Evolution 2, $39.95
Avery addictive driving game.
Pangea Software Cro-Mag Rally,
$20
It's a racing game, but this one works
best with a gamepad.
Activision Quake Ill: Arena, $11
(ESP; from eBay)
Still the best game for eye candy
(ear candy, too), recorded TV shows,
Aspyr Return to Castle Wolfenstein,
$49.95
This first-person Nazi shooter is
to die for.
MacPlay Giants: Citizen Kabuto,
$49.99
A beautiful game with role-playing,
Strategy, and shooting. Does it get better
than that?.
Total Cost: $27,461.68
XTRA CONTROLLERS
(OMPH Sure, the Mac comes with a keyboard
Ahome theater system and mouse, but they suck for gaming
is nothing without your (and aren't exactly La-Z-Boy friendly).
favorite chair and a few Some devices stil! don’t work with
other necessities, Mac OS X, unfortunately.
La-Z-Boy Oasis Recliner, @ Macally iWebKey Wireless
$900 Keyboard, $79
Heaven is 41 inches wide, Of course you need a wireless board to surf
with a six-pack cooler in ‘the Web.
the armrest.
@ Gyration GyroMouse Pro, $99 (plus
Clark Synthesis Tactile $29.95 for PS2-USB adapter)
Sound Transducer TST Operating sans wires or mouse pad, it's a
429, $599.99 couch potato's best friend.
Bolt it into the La-Z-Boy and
feel the noise! © Thrustmaster FireStorm Wireless
Gamepad, $39.99
Anheuser-Busch A gamepad works wonders for sports and
Companies King Cobra action games.
64-Ounce Malt Liquor, Es ss
$1.98 Saitek X45 Flight Controller, $79.95
Don't waste that armrest You never know when you'll need a
cooler on milk and cookies. good joystick.
Thrustmaster 360 Modena Pro, $75
Ferrari-style wheel and pedals for about
1/1000th of the price.
Affordable
ALTERNATIVES.
For those of you who didn’t win the
lottery, a low-end G4 with a decent
monitor and speakers is cheap when
» you pay, but not when you play.
_ Apple Power Mac G4 800MHz
with Combo Drive, $1,699
The Combo drive looks as good
as progressive-scan DVD on an
LCD screen.
Formac Gallery 1740 ADC, $899
Dreamy LCD monitor at a
pinch-me price.
Altec Lansing XA3021 Speakers,
$99
This three-piece speaker set loo!
and sounds—like da bomb.
Gravis GamePad Pro USB,
If you're watching your budget, a
gamepad is all you really need.
El Gato Software EyeTV, $199
Watch and record TV on your Mac.
Total Cost: $2,915.99
July 2002 MacAddict 33
DreamMachines?oduciFinder
Activision $2,449, p26. $1,999, p25 $19.99, p30 3000XT Guides 505-345-4800
(Buy from eBay or (Pod 10GB ue ia Camecort Stylus C60 Inkjet ‘Slim MicroSaver $399.95, p25 $119, p24 Stone Stu
199, 999, p28 Printer $299, p25
Quake Il: Arena q $98,927 MCE Pinnacle
$11 (ESP), p32 T a Clark Stylus Photo 820 Technologies Systems. Sayan
Synthesis $99, p25, ud wirwmeetech.com ff wirwpinaclesys Software
wivwclarksyrhesis Stylus Photo 890 $60 ESP), 924 800-500-0622 com worwstrydent com
com $299, p26 -0800 650-526-1600 800-663-6222
PowerBook G4 800-898-1945 Stylus Photo 2200 Keyspan ‘Transport Pro CineWave RT 604-296-3600
Battery 303-797-7500 $699, p25 WWW. keyspan.com $699, p30 $9,995, p28 PowerPrint USI
$129, p30 Tactile Sound 510-222-0131 $99, p31
Power Mac G4 Transducer TST 429] Exabyte Digital Media Microsoft Ploneer
‘BOOMHZ with $599.99, p33 www.ecrix.com Remote www snierosal eo Electronics Symantec
256M of RAM 800-392-2989 $49, p26 i wiewsymantec.com
cms 303-442-4333 ‘USB 4-Port Mini Hub 800-745-6054
Peripherals -1 Drive $49, p30 $499, wer 108-517-8000
www.cmsproducts 3699, p25 n
‘com Kyocera Mouse Explorer SystemWorks 2,0
800-327-5773 Formac Optics 4 95, p26 Definition Pure $129.95, p27
e 714-424-5520 wwe ormac. com ‘w.contaxcemeras Plasma TV
933MHz with 120GB ABSplus 877-436-7622 com MidiMan $15,500, p33 Synthetik
5B of RAM a $637, 26 Gallary 1740 ADC 732-560-0080 \worw.midiman com Software
GoForced Titanium $899, 33, Contax N Digital 800-969-8434 Procreate wow sytetik com
Video Card Cyber3 Studio DV/TVA $6,999, p25 626-445-2842 wovw.procreate.com ff 866-511-2971
$3,299, p32. www.cyber3.com $999, p32 ‘USB MIDIsport 23 800-772-6735 415-762-9452
Alessandro Pro Sp 865-771-8300 LaCie 5, painter 7 Stule Artist
Montalcini 818-706-8545 Gap www.lacie.com $479, p24
wewwusboverdrive ‘Tote & Tit Handle www.gap.com 800-288-9919 Netopia
con $44.95, p30 800-427-7895 500-844-4502 wiewnetopia.com Quark Targus
USB Overdrive nA cod Fit Flat Blue Eye ‘800-485-5741 ‘yeww.quark.com ‘wvvwargus.com
ant Khakis $499, p24 510-814-5000 303-854-8888.
512-708-8100 wwedantz.com $39.60, p25 Electron 22bIue Il Timbuitu Pro uarkXPre
‘4x4 Evolution 2 800-225-4880 $999, p24 ‘Win Pack $899, p24
$39.95, p32 925-253-3000 Hexa Media Drive ‘$179.95, p31
Return to Castle Retrospect Express www.genelec.com $59.95, p30
Fe Wolfenstein $49, p3t 508-652-0900
XA3021 Speakers $49.95, p32 1031A Monitor La-Z-Boy
The Sins Digidesign Speakers wnwlaz-boy.com
$49.95, p27 vwncgest.com $8798 api, 928 800-625-3246 er Cools Phone Cord
800-333-2137 10924 Subwooter Oasis Recliner 3000 Et by a8, wr 129 $19.95, p30
ATi 19210 $2,149,028 $900, 933 World Travet
Companies Technologies ff $3,995, p28 Coolpix 99 Conmection kit
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905-882-2600 www.gravis.com www.leatherman.com_ www. saitekusa.com_
Radeon 7000 800-295-6708 800-847-8665 lympus 310-212-5412 TOK
King Cobra 64-Ounce ‘Mac Edition 650-572-2700 503-253-7826 www.olympusamerica X45 Flight Controlier www.tdk.com
‘Malt Liquor $129.99, p24 GamePad Pro USB ie com $79.95, p33 516-535-2600
$1.98, , p28 $19.99, 33 \ 800-820-6372
Belkin ih Edit 631-844-5000 Sharp Systems
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800-223-5546 ack Technology $2,249.95, p26 www.sharp-
310-898-1100 $32,480, 928 wowwlemkesoftcom ff 0-520 Zoom business.com
RJ-45 CAT-5e UTP Pro Tools |HD 2 Cor Graphic Converter ), pi 714-903-4600
Crossover Cable $9,995, p28 ‘$30, 27 DS-330 USB Docking 18-Inch LCD
$9.95, p30 Pro Tools Mate US Voice Recorder $1,199, p24
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BusStation Hub Tools| HD, 929 Controler vwivw.macally.com FMD-700 Eye Trok SmantDisk 805700 Cinema
‘Mac models, p31 $69.99, p26. ‘SCSI64 Kit ‘$45, p26 626-338-8787 $1,199, p33. ‘www. smartdisk.com Series DVD
Dual Power Nac G4 $545, p28 iWobkey Wireless 941-496-2500 $399.99 p32
AGiiz with 1.508 BookEndz Syne VO Gyration Keyboard ‘Orange Micro
of RAM www.bookendzdack $2,095, p28 ‘www.gyration.com $79, p33 www.orangemicro $199, Thrustmaster
$3,599, p24 com 800-316-5432 com USB prensa
Dual Power Mac G4 800-787-8078 Discreet ‘408-265-3016 MacPlay 114-779-2772 Titanium or
Giz with 1.568 763-537-3601 wonw.discreet.com rotiouse Pro ‘wwmacplay.com OrangeLink Plus $58.95, p30 ee
‘of RAM, two 8 ium Docking 869-3504 $99, p33 214-855-5955, F pk e Storm Wit
hard drives, and Station in a PS2-USB Adapter Giants: Citizen a Sonnet Gamepad
rh $264.95, p31 $20.95, p33 Kabuto Technologies $39.99, p33
$49.99, p32 ‘www.sonnettech.com 360 Modena Pro
DVD Studio Pro Bose Handspring ‘Other World 949-587-3500
$299, p20 \wirw.bose.com Combustion 2 wwwhandspringcon ff MadsonLine Computing 28MB Piccolo
Final Cut Pro 3 800-999-2673 ‘$4,995, p29 888-565-9393 www.madsoniine waw.macsales.com $169.95, p26 Wacom
Lifestyle 50 Home 650-230-5000 com 800-275-4576 Technology
Theater System 3 Treo 180 400-851-1551 815-338-8658 ‘Sony
Apple Cinema $3,499, p33 wiw.dott oom $399, p31 -$39-8900 IBM Travelstar 60G8 ff www.sonystyle.com
‘HD Display (877-611-2688 Visor Neo ‘Auto/A ot Internal Drive
$3,499, 02 Brenthaven 503-582-9944 $169, p27 , $519, 990
‘Book (12.1-inch) www. brenthaven.com DVI Extractor
PowerPC G3 G00MHz 888-212-5301 $34.98, n24 logear Mark of the Paim
with 128MB ot RAM ff 360-752-5537 Ti winwiogearcom Unicorn 800-881-7256 Camcorder
‘Mobility 1 IBook $539, a0 888-999-2836 (MOTU) 408-878-9000 $799.99, 726,722
499, jessenger Bag 949-428-1111 ‘www.motu.com wew.palm.com ORI
iMac G4 700MH $79,931 El Gato forte ef 61776-2700 515
‘with 128MB of RAN Software $59.95, p24 825
and CD-RW drive Canon ‘wwvelgato.com us $795, p29 98, 800-492-6242
‘$1,399, p27 httpy/consumerusa 408-317-1740 6-Foot Cable Pangea D 714-522-9105,
ac G4 800m <eanon.com Eye $14.95, p26 Maxtor Software
with 768MB of RAM, 800-652-2666 $199, p33 Corporation www.pangeasoft.net 8 ‘Surround-Sou
GOGB hard drive, BJC-85 Color Bubble Kensington ‘wwwwmaxtorcom Speakers
and SuperDrive Jet Printer Epson Technology 800-262-9867 $20, p32 Pvi 2040 $199, p26
$2,149, $299, p30 vwivw.epson.com Group 408-894-5000 20-Inch Monitor P-U200
iMac G4 800MHz CanoScan N1240U 800-873-7766 bala com DiamondMax 1601 Pantone $2,599.95, p28 Receiver
with 1GB of RAM and $199, p25 562-981-3840 10 Hard Drive ‘www.pantone.com: $449, p26
SuperDrive 18-12 Color Image Expression 1680 Pro $299.95, p32 201-935-5506 Stone Design
‘Scanner Cartridge FireWire Personal Stor: Pantone Formula www.stone.com
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Discover
Photoshop
by STEVE
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36 MacAddict July 2002
Heal Your
Images
Cosmetologists would love Photoshop 7 for its new focus on
renovation and rejuvenation. Instead of mud packs, Dead Sea salts,
and Oil of Olay lotion, Photoshop 7 offers the healing brush, for
smart repair of image imperfections; the patch tool, which in essence
applies a Band-Aid to larger areas of your image; and the Auto Color
command, a kind of skin peel for automatically removing color casts.
Healing and Patching
Most powerful and useful of Photoshop’s new tools is the healing
brush, which is like the clone tool you know oh-so-well, but with this
difference: The clone tool replicates the exact source area you’ve
chosen for cloning, while the healing brush modifies pixels cloned
from the source area to match the color and tonal qualities of the
destination area. Strokes painted with the healing brush blend
naturally into the underlying image for a seamless touchup.
Avariation of the healing brush is the patch tool, which uses the
same cloning-and-blending approach, but as a selection. Use the patch
tool when you want to fix up larger areas; use the healing brush for
repairs in hard-to-select shapes or fixes that require multiple strokes.
The face in this photo has a couple of blemishes. We'll tackle that
big one near his jaw.
Select the healing brush (the
‘icon looks like a Band-Aid)
from the toolbar. Choose Healing
Brush Tool from the pop-up menu.
Choose a brush size just
a little wider than the area
An
you want to fix; 35 pixels will E
do here. Use the new healing brush to take care
of this blemish,
Option-click an area just
above the blemish that is
similar in color and value to the
area surrounding the blemish.
Paint out the blemish.
One click does it. (For even
better blending, repeat this
operation, using a source area
just below the blemish.) The
fix blends perfectly with the One click is all you need—no
surrounding area. Clearasil required.
Healing Tips
Auto Color Tips
Auto Color
Further cosmetic automation comes in the
form of Auto Color, which adjusts the
contrast and color of an image by removing
consistent color casts and punching up the
color of your image. For instance, the
yellow pansy (top right) is definitely too
green. You could play with the channel
levels, but using Auto Color is much
quicker. First, create a duplicate image
using the Image > Duplicate command.
Color-correct the duplicate by choosing
Image > Adjustments » Auto Color. Now
compare your images: You’ll see that the
duplicate pansy looks much more natural.
Tools for
Artists
Procreate’s Painter, with tools that mimic the look and feel of pencil,
pastel, watercolor, oils, and other natural art media, has long been the
choice of traditionally trained digital illustrators and artists. Up to now,
Adobe has more or less ignored Painter, but Photoshop 7 starts a
major turf war by offering many of the same painterly tools.
Brushing Up
Before Auto Color.
After Auto Color.
Brash Presets
The revamped Brushes San eae
palette lets you set brush (5 stp Dyers
attributes and save them as || "="
a preset. You can also view ows arah
brushes as a list, as oe toni:
thumbnails of various sizes, Zen
and as stroke samples Bwecedger
(which show what a stroke aaah
EB somating
would look like). You can
change views by clicking and
holding the arrow on the en
Brushes tab in the options
bar (the horizontal toolbar
at the top). In the actual
palette, note the expanded
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number and types of a
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attribute check boxes Bowen | oe a)
down the left. New brush (C8 colr Dyramics count (0 FA
attributes include tilt, jitter, a
texture, color dynamics, and — Scatiering lays down several brush strokes
shading—each main > atonce,
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subsettings that you can
view by clicking the attribute. pre a
Prepare to be impressed; —
the new options go way henuted
beyond Photoshop 6’s
anemic brush dynamics. i!
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Grass brush to paint some Bsmmowes, |
grass, shading darker to simian faa)
lighter colors to give an Te rr
appearance of depth. ‘Shape Dynamics sliders control size and
Painting enough blades fora mye pike senor ibe pararneearE
believable appearance of natural
growth would be laborious in
Photoshop 6, but Photoshop 7 can
handle the job easily with the new
brush attributes. The Scattering ] LH
attribute allows you to lay down ff i Rid
many blades of grass each time u Mh MAES
you stroke. Shape Dynamics tilts This simple image of dune grass would
and turns each blade, and provides _ have taken much longer to create
other settings you can control. without the new Scattering attribute.
Custom Brushing [SOO anes.
Besides playing with the new brush settings, 2
you can also create and save a custom brush < 4
preset from any image and apply any of the o
new brush attributes. For example, if you phy
often use a logo or other image in your work,
you can save it as a brush preset and have it
‘We'll turn this logo into a
at your beck and call. To create a brush ene nie
preset from an image, do the following: [Eee
StepForwand OME
From the File Browser (see p39 for more ere ane
info about the File Browser), open e ss ae
the image. Copy
Copy Merged
vaste
Paste into
Clear
Choose Edit > Define Brush, and name
the brush.
Check Spelling.
Find and Replace Tei:
Fila
Stroke.
Choose the brush tool from the toolbar,
and click the Brushes tab in the options
bar to display the Brushes palette. Note that
the new brush appears in its own thumbnail
Free Transform
*T
Transform a
at the end of the presets. Define Pattern...
Define Custom shape.
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100 75 45 a0 |* Choose Define Brush from
‘the Edit menu, and type a
‘The logo now appears as the last brush thumbnail. bruich narra!
Until
Choose the brush and play with the == 8. aon Sd
attributes. Note that checking the
check box activates that attribute, but you
need to click the attribute name (such as
Shape Dynamics) to see the sliders for that
attribute. We also made the brush master —_ fr"
diameter larger. You can also change SORRY
settings in the options bar, such as the Set whatever brush attributes
painting mode (Normal, Dissolve, Multiply, you like and start painting.
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and so on), at this point. Once you're
ready, start painting and watch the
brush tool scatter your image about.
Ifyou choose another brush from the
Brush palette, the presets you just
created will transfer to that brush
as well.
Rename Toof Preset
Z Delete Tool Preset
Define the brush with its attributes
To save the Brush preset with all by choosing New Tool Preset from
the attributes you've set, go to the Tool Presets tab.
the Tool Presets palette, click the aeiaad
triangle to reveal a fly-out menu ems |
(Adobe’s term for a drop-down), and ‘Bnctude Color
select New Tool Preset. Name the
Name your new tool preset and
brush, select the Include Color
option, and click OK. Select Include Color.
To create a custom library of
brush presets, save all of your
custom brushes in a folder and put
the folder within the Adobe
Photoshop 7 > Presets » Brushes
folder. The new folder name will
appear when you click the triangle on
the Brushes tab in the options bar.
Selecting the folder brings up
thumbnails (or a list or sample
strokes) of your custom brushes.
Paint Power
With Photoshop 7’s newly revised
paint engine, you can now
simulate a range of traditional art
media with wet and dry effects. To
see these new brush types, select
the brush tool, click the brush
pop-up menu from the options bar
to bring up the Brush palette, click
the arrow in the upper-right corner
of the Brush palette, and
choose one of the
libraries, such as Wet
Media Brushes. (Or
click the triangle on the
Brushes tab and select a
set of brushes from there.)
Painting into an image
creates realistic watercolor
effects. Varying the master
brush diameter, painting
mode, color, and
dynamics yields a nearly
endless number of
painting possibilities, so
you should definitely
experiment with the
many different options.
The updated Preset Manager tool
(in the Too! Presets palette) helps
you keep track of all the custom
tools you've made.
The new natural-media brushes include
convincing watercolor brushes.
‘These presets are among those included in the
new brush libraries.
‘We threw this watercolor of a
peach together in about two
‘secs (well, not literally).
Organizational
Bliss
Ifyou’re like us and you hoard images all over your drives, you'll be
ecstatic over Photoshop 7’s new File Browser—a feature Photoshop
has needed for a long, long time (strangely, Adobe’s consumer-level
image editor, Photoshop Elements, already has it). The File Browser is
a truly heavy-duty image organizer that enables you to catalog your
pictures; create thumbnail libraries; search for, sort, and modify image
information; and perform simple batch operations like image rotation.
To see the File Browser, choose File > Browse (there’s also a File
Browser tab in the upper-right corner of Photoshop's options bar).
Using the File Browser
The File Browser is a navigational dream, allowing you to view
thumbnails of a folder full of images. The File Browser docks at the
options bar by default, but you can drag it out by its tab if you want
to see it elsewhere. See “The File Browser Window,” right, for a look
at its interface.
You can do lots of cool things with
The File Browser Window
File Browser
the File Browser. To rank images
according to value, go to the View By
menu (at the bottom of the File Browser
window), select Large With Rank, and
type rankings into the fields that appear
under each thumbnail. Choose Rank
from the Sort By menu to arrange
thumbnails by rank.
You can also rotate a batch of images
clockwise or counterclockwise by 90- or
‘Dock to Palette Wel
v Expanded View
Open
Select Al
Deselect All
Rotate 90
Rotate 90° CCW
180-degree increments (nothing in Choose a rotate option from the
between). First select the thumbnails, _ File Browser fly-out menu—all
Then open the File Browser fly-out menu _ the selected thumbnails will
and choose the type of rotation you rotate accordingly, and the
want—for example, Rotate 90° CW. files themselves will rotate
Photoshop applies the rotation to the when you open them.
thumbnails and then to the files when you open them in the
program—very convenient. Choose Export Cache from the File Browser
fly-out menu to save thumbnail rotation and ranking info.
Rename in Batches
One exceptionally well-designed
new feature of the File Browser is
the ability to rename files in LEpEes Nee.
batches. As animators, we love this Open.
feature—for example, it makes it ory eee
extremely easy to rename
sequences of still frames to suit the Renan se
needs of various motion-graphics ater
Dock to Palette Well
programs. Some apps expect the To
frame number first, others require
thumbnail pane, first do a Select All.
rename all the images in the
the number sequence to start with
Upen—
000 instead of 001, and so on. Select All
Deselect All
1 Select the images you wish to Rename
rename in the thumbnail
pane, or from the File Browser
menu, choose Select All, then
Batch Rename.
Delete
Batch Rename.
Then choose Batch Rename.
The Batch Rename box gives you a variety of renaming options.
The Destination Folder area at top is for choosing the folder in
which to save the renamed images. The File Naming area provides
options for setting iterative naming parameters. Each field area has its
own pop-up choices, or you can type in others. For example, use the
upper-left field to set the base name. Use the upper-tight field to add
an iterating number to the name—01, 02, and so on. Use the middle-
left field to select a file extension, such as .jpg. The format of the
name appears at the top left of the File Naming area so you can keep
track of your naming scheme as it develops. At bottom, you can set
platform compatibility (say, to make file names compatible with
Windows conventions).
By the way, renaming deletes batch-rotation and ranking info, so
set up those after you rename. b>
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File Browser Tips
July 2002 MacAddict 39
~The Web Goes
Transparent
With so much graphics work these days heading to the Net, Adobe has
polished Photoshop 7’s Web imaging tools. Among the new features
are improved transparency options, text optimization, and easy color
remapping. In the interest of convenience, Adobe ImageReady 7
(which ships in the same box) has the same transparency tools, but
adds a new Rollovers palette that shows you all the slices, rollovers,
image maps, and animations of an image in one place. You also get
one-button rollover creation. If you set up your Photoshop 7 layers
correctly, when you move the image into ImageReady, you can get a
rollover by clicking just one button in the Rollovers palette.
Easy Transparency
Drop Shadows for the Web
Photoshop 7 offers another smart transparency option—Dithered
Transparency. You need this because the GIF format does not support
partial transparency, only 100 percent transparency—meaning you
can’t produce translucent effects, such as drop shadows, in that
format. Dithered Transparency makes drop shadows possible by
mixing fully transparent pixels with colored pixels, producing a
partially transparent effect that works over any background.
Here’s how to create a drop shadow for the Wel
Images need transparent areas to layer effectively, but with the
popular GIF format you have to specify each transparent color. This can bsicoede doetcina
be a pain when you want to remap colors in already completed art. But ibrer seetee |
Girmar Stow |
with Photoshop 7, making colors transparent is easy. Here’s how: Bouter Gow |
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In the File {Sieve and Enboss
Browser, aes
open the image 3
you want to Apply a layer effect to make a drop shadow.
remap. Choose
File > Save For Apply a drop-shadow layer
Web. Choose effect to the source image by
GIFin the adding a new layer and selecting
Settings area Drop Shadow from the Layer Style selsne _ Fe|
and set Colors menu (in the Layers palette). see
pee ee | eer
works best with Choose Save For Web to set the GIF and Color
a flattened file.) Table parameters.
Select the
Eyedropper
tool (at the
upper left of the
Save For Web
box), and, in the
image, click the
color that you
want to remap to
be transparent.
Shift-click to
select multiple
colors.
Click the
transparent
button (the
square one that
looks like a checkerboard below the Color Table) to remap the selected
colors. To undo one or more colors, select them again in the Color
Table and click the transparent button.
The transparent button at the bottom of the Color Table
makes selected colors transparent.
Open the image in the File
Browser and choose Save For
Web from the File menu. In the
settings pane on the right, select GIF]
for the file type, select 128 colors,
and then choose Diffusion
Transparency Dither from the
‘Transparency options bar drop-
down menu. This automatically Choose Diffusion Transparency Dither
dithers the drop-shadow layer (top) and then set the transparency
effect. Use the pop-up Dither percentage (above) using the slider
percentage slider to adjust the that appears when you click Amount.
degree of transparency.
Use the preview menu
at the bottom of the
window (represented by a
globe icon) to see the
graphic in any browser you
choose. When you layer the
image over a background in
your Web authoring app, the
shadow retains partial
transparency.
Check out the tomato’s dithered shadow.
When Steve Anzovin needs a calmative to help him get through bouts of producing 3D animation at Anzovin Studio, he always reaches for Photoshop before Prozac.
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In the good ol’ days
of Mac OS 9, you were
a Power User. You knew
every keyboard shortcut,
you could find every Easter
egg, and everything was
smooth sailing. Then along came
Mac OS X, where even the simple
keyboard commands you've grown to
love do unexpected things (like the way
that Command-N opens a new window
instead of a new folder—we'’re still getting
used to that one). At first glance, it might
seem as if all the fun is gone,
Well, that’s not exactly true. You just have
to know where to find the cool shortcuts again.
To help you milk Mac OS X for all it’s worth, we
went straight to the source: Apple. We picked the
brains of various Apple insiders to get their best
secrets for using Mac OSX, as well as the
different iApps (iMovie, iPhoto, and iTunes).
We also scoured the Net, talked to other
OS X users, and came up with a few
tips of our own.
Keep in mind that OSX is
constantly developing, so while all
of these tricks work under Mac OS.
10.1.4, some might not work in
the future. Also, as always,
Apple will add new
shortcuts and tricks. So
stay on your toes and
keep on searching for
more hidden
treasure.
Apple Execs Spill the Beans
on Their Favorite Tricks
by David Schloss
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Finder
The heart and soul of OS X is the Finder, the
venerable navigation tool that’s as old as the
Mac itself. No one knows the Mac OS X
Finder better than Ken Bereskin, worldwide
product marketing manager for OS X. We
asked him to uncover some of the gems
locked inside OS X, and we also dug up
‘some of our own.
ome of you probably don’t know that
you don’t have to settle for the
menu bar as is. You can Command-drag
to rearrange the menu bar icons. Even better,
you can remove icons from the menu bar by
Command-dragging them off, complete with
the Dock’s trademark puff 0’ smoke.
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Rearranging and removing menu bar items is almost
‘as simple as rearranging icons in the Dock.
What if you want to retrieve the menu bar
item you ditched? Dig down to the System >
Library » CoreServices > Menu Extras folder,
where you'll find a bunch of menu files, and
Command-drag those to the menu bar. (Many
programs, like the OS X System Prefs, let you
restore menu bar items via their preferences.)
Click. Pause. Click. Pause. Click. Long
pause. Click click. No, that’s not Morse code,
that’s the sound of the typical Mac user
navigating through the Finder’s new Column
View. Sure Column View is cool, but Bereskin
says there’s a potentially faster way
to get to a folder you want. Just press
Command-tilde (~) when you're in the Finder,
You will see a dialog box that says Go To The
Folder. Below that you can manually enter the
path to the folder you want.
For instance, if you want to get to your
Microsoft Office folder in your Applications
folder, just type: /Applications/Microsoft
Office X. The command assumes the hard
drive’s root level as its starting place.
This magic box is not case sensitive,
autocompletes as you type, and even
takes you to invisible folders.
Say, though, that you don’t have the
memory of Rain Man so you don’t have all of
yout folder hierarchies memorized. You may
be more accustomed to navigating your
system via the List View, which allows you to
sort the contents of a directory by clicking a
column’s title, such as Date Modified.
The neat part of this feature is that
in List View you can use the
keyboard to highlight a column
to sort contents. just press Control-Tab or
Control-I to cycle through the columns and
change the sorting criteria of that window.
Press Shift-Control-Tab or Shift Control to
cycle backwards. This trick isn’t just for List
View, either. You can use the same keyboard
commands to cycle through the active
columns in Column View, as well asin an
Open dialog box (click somewhere in one of
the columns first to activate the window),
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through layers of folders.
though it’s generally easier to use the arrow
keys for diaiog navigation.
Another cool set of Finder
tricks involves the Finder toolbar,
which appears at the top of all open windows
in Mac OS X. For instance, when it comes to
customizing the Finder toolbar, you can
choose not only what icons to include, but
also how they show up—as icons, text, or text
and icons. You can also Shift-click the toolbar
widget (the little clear button at the top right
that hides or reveals the toolbar) in any
Finder window to jump right to the Customize
Toolbar view.
The System Preferences pane features
even more toolbar fun. For example,
Command-clicking the toolbar widget in
the upper-right corner toggles between the
three toolbar views: text, icon, and text and
icon view. This also works in any Cocoa
application with a toolbar (such as Omniweb
or Watson) and in some Carbon applications.
Love it or hate it, the Dock is here to stay.
The most visible addition to OS X, the
Dockis more intuitive and vastly more
customizable than any ol’ Windows Task
Bar could ever be. And there are ways to
supercharge it even further.
M any of you might know that you can
switch between open applications by
pressing Command-Tab (or Command-Shift-
Tab to go in reverse).
But you can also quickly quit and
hide apps via the Dock. While a Dock
icon is highlighted, press Q to quit the
application and H to hide the application.
Ifyou think that’s cool, get this: You can
also force-quit apps via the
Dock—no visits to the Apple menu, no
pressing Command-Option-Escape to deal
with a force-quit dialog. Simply click and
hold a Dock icon, press the Option key, and
Quit tums into Force Quit in the menu—quick
and painless. >
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Finally, here are a few coot Dock
shortcuts for managing the
massive number of open
windows on your desktop:
Option-click a Dock icon to switch to that
application and hide the previous app.
Command-Option-click a Dock icon to switch
to that application while hiding all other
applications, Or Command-click a Dock
icon to navigate directly to that file, folder,
application, or hard drive in the Finder.
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Your iApps
Sure, it’s great to master Mac OS X, but how
often do you actually work in the Finder?
Chances are, you spend more time in your
favorite apps, namely the iApps that Steve
has been extolling for the past few years. To
help you get the most out of these fabulous
apps, we talked to Xander Sore, Michael Uy,
and John Santoro, Apple’s product marketing:
managers for iTunes, iMovie, and iPhoto,
respectively. We also came up with a couple
of extra tips on our own, for good measure.
mong Apple’s iApps, iTunes is arguably
the most popular—after all, most of you
probably listen to some form of music on your
Mac, Perhaps the coolest thing iTunes does is
automatically retrieve album information from
the CDDB (compact disc database) on any
CD you insert. The only downside is that if you
rip a CD while you’re away from an Intemet
connection—say, on a flight to Mac Expo
(because according to Apple’s commercial,
it’s OK to blast tunes from your iBook while
you're ona plane)=-all you see in iTunes is
the generic Track followed by its number.
Not pretty.
Cuckoo for Cocoa Tips
One of the nice things about Cocoa applications, which are written from the ground up te
take advantage of all of OS X’s cool interface tricks, is that developers can include advanced
functions and neato features without having to write code to handle them. Ken Bereskin,
Apple’s worldwide product manager for OS X, showed us some of the best.
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pastes the formatting. Simply select some text and press Command-3 to grab the
selection’s formatting, and then select another block of text and press Command-4 to
© Option-clicking a document's zoom, minimize, or close widgets
(the green, yellow, and red buttons at the top-left of all windows)
will affect all of that application’s open windows. Asa result, you
can minimize, maximize, or close all windows with just one click.
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useful than it sounds. (You'll also see thi
Carbon apps, such as Microsoft Office.)
Fortunately, Sore says you don’t
need to manually enter track info
if you didn’t get info from the
CDDB on the first go-r
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