MacWEEK articles from July 1998

MacWEEK archives from July 1998

Expo takes Manhattan.(Macworld Expo) (Industry Trend or Event)
July 6, 1998... Macworld Expo hits New York this week. Multimedia applications will be the star of the show, but Internet tools and iMac hardware will also compete for attention at New York's Jacob K. Javits Center. Multimedia IXmicro will spotlight the...

Lasso to corral ODBC support in Version 3.0.(Blue World Communications's Web database publishing software)(Product Announcement)
July 6, 1998... Blue World Communications Inc. will move into cross-platform computing at this week's Macworld Expo in New York when it announces Lasso 3.0, an update to its Web database publishing tool. The new update, due to ship late in the third quarter,...

Photoshop 5 color: Users seeing red.(Adobe Systems's software) (Product Information)
July 6, 1998... You can't please all the people all the time. While Photoshop 5, which Adobe Systems Inc. shipped in May, has been hailed by most professional users as a major leap forward, many of those same individuals have serious problems with a few key...

Media Composer Online brings raw video to Mac.(Avid Technology's uncompressed nonlinear video editing system for the Mac)(Product Announcement)
July 6, 1998... Avid Technology Inc. this week will announce the first uncompressed nonlinear video editing system for the Mac. Due in the first quarter of 1999, Media Composer Online will debut at Macworld Expo in New York. The $130,000 system will handle...

Avid opens software Cinema.(Avid Technology's Cinema 1.2 software for Power Macintosh G3)(Product Announcement)
July 6, 1998... Avid Technology Inc. at Macworld Expo this week will introduce a software-only version of Avid Cinema for the Power Macintosh G3. Available now, the $139 Cinema 1.2 will let users capture, edit and output full-motion video on an...

Kodak camera sets new standard.(Kodak Professional DCS 520 Digital Camera) (Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
July 6, 1998... With the release of the Kodak Professional DCS 520 Digital Camera, Eastman Kodak Co., in partnership with Canon U.S.A. Inc., offers imaging pros the first camera that combines exceptional image quality with a broad 200-to-1600 ISO range, a fast...

MacLinkPlus, Web Buddy revs debut.(DataViz's MacLinkPlus 10.0 conversion utility, Web Buddy 2.0 Web browsing utility)(Product Announcement)
July 6, 1998... DataViz Inc. will preview a new version of its conversion utility MacLinkPlus as well as an update to Web Buddy, its offline Web-browsing utility, at this week's Macworld Expo in New York. MacLinkPlus 10.0, due in late August for $99, will let...

SoftWindows 98 due in August.(Insignia Solutions's Windows emulation software for the Mac)(Product Announcement)
July 6, 1998... Insignia Solutions Inc. last week announced that the next version of its Windows emulation software for the Mac will run Windows 98 applications. Due in August, SoftWindows 98 will cost less than $200 and include a copy of Windows 98,...

EveryWare gets into step with XML.(EveryWare Development's Extensible Markup Language component for its Tango Enterprise 3.1 Web application development suite.)(Product Announcement)
July 6, 1998... EveryWare Development Inc. in June debuted an Extensible Markup Language component for Tango Enterprise 3.1, its Web application development suite. Dubbed Tango Generation X, the component lets developers build Web applications that generate...

StockWatch 07.01.98.(Directory)
July 6, 1998... Weekly Close Change Apple 29.94 1.38 Nasdaq 1914.46 51.21 MacWEEK Composite 148.02 -.48 Adaptec 13.88 -2.81 Adobe ...

ColorFlow profiler reaches Version 2.0.(Kodak Professional ColorFlow 2.0 ICC color management software)(Product Announcement)
July 6, 1998... Striving to take the guesswork out of color matching, Kodak Professional in June announced an upgrade to its ColorFlow ICC color management package. Like previous versions, the software creates ICC color profiles for digital cameras, scanners,...

Extensis revises itsQX-Tools collection.(QX-Tools 4.0)(Product Announcement)
July 6, 1998... QuarkXPress users clamoring for PDF importing will welcome Version 4.0 of Extensis Corp.'s QX-Tools at its Macworld Expo debut this week. The group of Quark XTensions, due late this month at a street price of $150, will support PDF importing and...

Crackerjack 2 packs more printing options.(Lantana Research's Crackerjack 2.0 utility for editing PDF documents)(Product Announcement)
July 6, 1998... Lantana Research Corp. last week shipped an upgrade to its utility for editing PDF documents. Crackerjack, a $495 plug-in for Adobe Acrobat Exchange, lets users adjust the color separation, screening and positioning settings of PDF files...

Super Coolscan 2000 misses mark.(Nikon's compact 35mm scanner) (Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
July 6, 1998... The Super Coolscan 2000, the latest in Nikon Inc.'s line of compact 35mm scanners, pioneers two exciting new features. But while there's a lot to like about the $1,899 scanner, the accompanying software lets it down. NikonScan 2.0 is usable but...

Multimedia: TGS to revamp Amapi 3-D modeling software.(Template Graphics Software's Amapi 3D 4.0, its 3-D modeling software)(Product Announcement)
July 6, 1998... In its first major release since acquiring the software from Yonowat S.A., Template Graphics Software Inc. will unveil Amapi 3D 4.0 this week at Macworld Expo in New York. Version 4.0 of the $349, 3-D modeling software, due this fall, will...

Multimedia: VRchitect builds on QuickTime VR.(Squamish Media Group's authoring software for architects and professional designers)(Product Announcement)
July 6, 1998... A new authoring tool from Squamish Media Group Inc. for Apple's QuickTime VR virtual-reality technology also leverages QuickTime 3.0 and QuickDraw 3D. VRchitect, due in August for $495, will let architects and professional designers quickly...

Multimedia: Videonics releases $5K effects system.(Effetto Pronto video effects and compositing system)(Product Announcement)
July 6, 1998... Videonics Inc. last week shipped Effetto Pronto, a speedy video effects and compositing system that costs less than $5,000. Aimed at smaller production houses and independent video and multimedia producers, Effetto Pronto offers unlimited...

Multimedia: Vendors hone their image databases.(Canto Software's Cumulus 4.0 image-database software, Script Software's iView Multimedia 3.1 shareware, Lakewood Software's QT Gallery image browser)(Product Announcement)
July 6, 1998... Three companies are rolling out products to organize digital images and multimedia files. * Canto Software Inc. will ship Version 4.0 of its Cumulus image-database software at Macworld Expo this week. Version 4.0 will allow Mac, Windows NT...

Media 100 xr 4.5 a sound upgrade.(digital video editing system) (Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
July 6, 1998... The excellent image quality of Media 100 Inc.'s digital video editing systems has earned high praise from video professionals. With the release of Version 4.5 of the Media 100 software component, audio purists will also be impressed. Version...

Flash Generator supports Macs.(Macromedia's Flash Generator beta server-based software for generating data-driven Web graphics and animation software)(Product Announcement)
July 6, 1998... Macromedia Inc. in June added Mac support to its public beta version of Flash Generator, the company's server-based software for generating data-driven Web graphics and animation. The company said Power Mac-based users of its Flash authoring...

Netcloak aims to cover professional market.(Maxum Development's NetCloak Pro 3.0 Web server add-on) (Product Development)
July 6, 1998... Maxum Development Corp. this fall will take its Web server add-ons to the professional level. NetCloak Pro 3.0, now in alpha testing, will combine the features of NetCloak, a tool for creating dynamic Web sites, with NetForms, software that...

CyberStudio 3.1 to edit QT 3.0 files.(GoLive Systems's Web authoring package update to enhance support for QuickTime 3.0)(Product Announcement)
July 6, 1998... GoLive Systems Inc. at this week's Macworld Expo in New York will release CyberStudio 3.1. The update to the Web authoring package will have enhanced support for QuickTime 3.0 media files, the company said. Web authors will be able to open and...

WebTen update to gain search tool.(Tenon Intersystems's WebTen 2.1 Internet/Web server software)(Product Announcement)
July 6, 1998... Tenon Intersystems at this week's Macworld Expo will roll out Version 2.1 of WebTen, its Mac edition of Apache, a free Unix-based Web server. WebTen 2.1 will support Apache 1.2.6, and it will have updated domain name services and improved...

ClearWay plug-in speeds Web servers.(ClearWay Technologies's ClearWay Nitro PowerPlug 2.0 Web server acceleration plug-in)(Product Announcement)
July 6, 1998... and Joanna Pearlstein ClearWay Technologies Inc. will unveil a new version of its Web server acceleration plug-in at this week's Macworld Expo in New York. The company is also releasing two free plug-ins for StarNine WebStar. ClearWay Nitro...

BeyondPress handles DHTML, QuickTime.(Extensis's BeyondPress 4.0, its QuarkXPress-to-HTML converter software)(Product Announcement)
July 6, 1998... Extensis Corp. in June shipped BeyondPress 4.0, an upgrade to its QuarkXPress-to-HTML converter. The software, which carries a street price of $500, converts XPress documents to HTML. The software can convert stylized text boxes to JPEG or GIF...

Big Board brings forums to the Web. (Steve Wilmes Consulting's Big Board FM software for Web site discussion forums)(Product Announcement)
July 6, 1998... Steve Wilmes Consulting Inc. in June released Big Board FM 1.0, software that works with FileMaker Pro 4.0 to provide discussion forums for Web sites. Priced at $99.81 and available now, Big Board FM is intended primarily for technical support...

Working the Net: Backup over the Internet finally comes to the Mac.(Synectics Business Solutions's BackJack service) (Company Business and Marketing)
July 6, 1998... Imagine your dismay if your hard drive died or if someone deleted your files. You probably have a backup, assuming you're neither stupid nor foolhardy. But what about earthquakes, fire or theft? Your files are important, and even if you have...

LinkUPPP! gets handle on ISDN.(FCR Software's LinkUPPP! Duo, LinkUPPP! Quattro and LinkUPPP! Turbo, its Multilink Point-to-Point Protocol software)(Product Announcement)
July 6, 1998... FCR Software Inc. in June offered two new Multilink Point-to-Point Protocol clients for the Macintosh and has plans to ship another this month. LinkUPPP! Duo and Quattro serve TCP/IP and AppleTalk networks and work with internal ISDN cards....

New workstation to aim at prepress. (Grande Vitesse Systems's GVS9000 Photo Retouching Workstation)(Product Announcement)
July 6, 1998... Targeting image and prepress professionals, Mac reseller Grande Vitesse Systems is prepping its GVS9000 Photo Retouching Workstation bundle. Due to ship in August, the $24,450 package will be based on a Power Mac 9600 and run a 300-MHz PowerPC...

ViewSonic, Panasonic, ADI roll out monitors.(three LCD displays, two 21-inch color monitors, color monitor)(Product Announcement)
July 6, 1998... A trio of display vendors in June emerged with new offerings, including several flat-panel monitors. Panasonic Computer Peripheral Co. shipped an LCD monitor with Universal Serial Bus (USB) connectors. The PanaFlat LC50s has a 15-inch diagonal...

DVD-RAM gathering momentum.(Software Architects's DVD-RAM TuneUp software, Panasonic Industrial's LF-D101 internal DVD-RAM drive)(Product Announcement)
July 6, 1998... Two companies in June joined the DVD-RAM technology game, one on the hardware side, the other on the software side. Software Architects Inc. in June shipped DVD-RAM TuneUp, a $99.95 utility that lets Macs run DVD-RAM drives. DVD-RAM TuneUp,...

Rebound! stands alone.(Sophisticated Circuits's Rebound! package for automatically restarting servers)(Product Announcement)
July 6, 1998... Sophisticated Circuits Inc. last week released a stand-alone version of Rebound!, its package for automatically restarting servers. The hardware and software combination, originally available only with StarNine WebStar 3.0, carries a street...

Mac security warnings:AutoStart still spreading, Office passing hidden data.(AutoStart virus) (Product Information)
July 6, 1998... I have twice mentioned the AutoStart worm, along with a set of utilities and procedures for controlling it (see 06.29.98, Page 26, and 06.15.98, Page 26), but a constant stream of e-mail shows that this nasty bug is still rampant worldwide....

Accelerators give older Macs G3 speed.(five CPUs) (Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
July 6, 1998... Close on Apple's heels, CPU upgrade vendors have broken the 300-MHz barrier. We tested five upgrades designed for pre-G3 PCI Power Macs (7500 and above) and their clone derivatives. Just like Apple's top-of-the-line Power Mac G3, all five...

SmartCD 3 to handle Macs, DVD-ROM.(Smart Storage's SmartCD 3.0 software that lets Mac users store files with long file names and Mac icons)(Product Announcement)
July 6, 1998... Smart Storage Inc. will bring its SmartCD Windows-based software to Mac clients with the release of Version 3.0 this month. The update will also incorporate support for DVD storage, Universal Disk Format (UDF) and variable packet writing, the...

Intergraph updates NT lineup.(Intergraph Computer Systems's Extreme GL2 ViZual Workstation, a Windows NT system)(Product Announcement)
July 6, 1998... Intergraph Computer Systems Inc. announced in June a new line of Windows NT systems aimed at new-media professionals. The company released two desktop systems. The ExtremeTD-250 ViZual Workstation (starting at $1,499) targets Web content...

Bridging the Gap: The seventh is a lucky birthday for Apple's QuickTime. (Product Information)
July 6, 1998... QuickTime is Apple's biggest cross-platform success story ever. Among the score of gee-whiz technologies that never seemed to attract enough developer buy-in to survive, QuickTime has plugged along like the proverbial tortoise, and after seven...

Solutions: Doubleday Direct grows with NT Server. (Company Operations)
July 6, 1998... Scalability - the capability to add capacity and functionality to a network - is important to virtually every company. But when Doubleday Direct Inc., the book club arm of publishing giant Bantam Doubleday Dell, needed to add a Windows NT-based...

Mac the Knife: Model of restraint. (News Briefs)
July 6, 1998... Thanks to the munificence of Mac Publishing LLC and the generosity of his parole officer, Mac the Knife stands poised to carve a Zorro-size mark across the Big Apple at this week's Macworld Expo. This utensil will be the first to admit that his...

iMac takes spotlight at Macworld Expo. (Product Information)
July 13, 1998... New York -- The iMac will be the vehicle that expands Apple's share of the consumer PC market and ultimately contributes to the growth of the company, interim CEO Steve Jobs argued during his keynote address at last week's Macworld Expo....

Expo: Products debut.(Macworld Expo '98) (News Briefs)
July 13, 1998... New York -- Macworld Expo's tenure in New York may be short-lived, but last week the Big Apple played one-time host to an orchard full of new graphics, multimedia, Web and hardware products.

TypeStyler.(Strider Software's TypeStyler III types-effect software)(Product Announcement)
July 13, 1998... This year's show marked the return of TypeStyler, a text-effects program previously published by Broderbund Software Inc. Original developer Strider Software Inc. has regained the marketing rights and plans to ship TypeStyler III in August. The...

Adrenaline Software Inc.(Charts Pro chart-building software)(Product Announcement)
July 13, 1998... Adrenaline Software Inc. released a new version of its chart-building software. Charts Pro 1.0 builds on the earlier Charts SE by creating either static or animated charts with real-time previews. The $400 software is compatible with Apple-events...

Dynamic Graphics.(CDs of stock images) (Company Business and Marketing)
July 13, 1998... Dynamic Graphics delivered 56 new CDs of stock images, each with as many as 100 photos and starting at $149.

Interactive Pictures Corp.(to offer IPIX Mac Wizard)(Product Announcement)
July 13, 1998... Interactive Pictures Corp. announced plans to extend its IPIX immersive-photography technology to the Mac platform. IPIX images are similar to Apple's QuickTime VR panoramas but have a wider viewing angle, Interactive Pictures said. Later this...

Feral Entertainment.(Screen Studio animation and multimedia authoring tool)(Product Announcement)
July 13, 1998... British company Feral Entertainment Ltd. demonstrated a Mac version of Screen Studio, an animation and multimedia authoring application for consumers and educators. Due by year-end, the $55 Screen Studio includes more than 250 characters, 350...

Soundtrack Recording Studios.(MediaCraft: The QuickTime Music Library) (News Briefs)
July 13, 1998... Soundtrack Recording Studios showed MediaCraft: The QuickTime Music Library, a $99 two-CD collection of music clips in QuickTime 3.0 IMA4:1 format.

Template Graphics Software.(introduces Amapi 3D 4.0 modeling application) (News Briefs)
July 13, 1998... Template Graphics Software Inc. introduced Version 4.0 of its Amapi 3D modeling application.

Connectix Corp.(QuickCam Universal Serial Bus technology) (Company Business and Marketing)
July 13, 1998... Connectix Corp. announced its QuickCam Universal Serial Bus technology, which it hopes to have in its desktop video cameras by the holidays. The company said its QuickCam USB has as much as four times the speed of current products and displays...

Leptonic Systems.(SurfJet Agent Web browser) (News Briefs)(Product Announcement)
July 13, 1998... Leptonic Systems Inc. rolled out SurfJet Agent, which surfs the Internet and downloads articles that match a user's interest profile.

Tenon Intersystems.(and Neuron Data Systems to offer MacCoach Automatic Server Restart ADB device) (News Briefs)(Product Announcement)
July 13, 1998... Tenon Intersystems paired up with Neuron Data Systems to offer the MacCoach Automatic Server Restart, a $99 ADB device that automatically restarts servers when they crash.

SurfExpress.(SurfExpress Deluxe from Connectix)(Product Announcement)
July 13, 1998... Connectix announced SurfExpress Deluxe. Set to ship in July, the $49 utility combines SurfExpress Web acceleration with SuperSonic Search, the company's meta-search utility.

Imagina Inc.(NotifyMail 3.1 e-mail)(Product Announcement)
July 13, 1998... Imagina Inc. updated its recently acquired e-mail program, NotifyMail. The software checks a mail server and notifies users when they have new mail. Version 3.1 adds support for more e-mail clients.

CharisMac Engineering Inc.(Discribe 2.2CD mastering software) (News Briefs)
July 13, 1998... CharisMac Engineering Inc. highlighted its Discribe 2.2 CD mastering software, which shipped last week for $99.95.

Asante Technologies Inc.(FriendlyNet 4000e and iConnect Ethernet adapters)(Product Announcement)
July 13, 1998... Asante Technologies Inc. showed a new Ethernet networking line, the FriendlyNet 4000e 10/100, which costs $257 with two ports and $279 with four ports, and unveiled an Ethernet-to-LocalTalk bridge for the iMac. The $149.95 iConnect, due in...

Virtual PC.(version 2.1 for Windows 98 from Connectix) (News Briefs)
July 13, 1998... Connectix revised its PC emulation software; the $179 Virtual PC 2.1 with Windows 98 is due to ship in August. The company is also upgrading Virtual PC with Windows 95 and PC DOS to Version 2.1.

Hermstedt Inc.(Grand Central Pro 1.2 ISDN connectivity software)(Product Announcement)
July 13, 1998... Hermstedt Inc. revised its ISDN connectivity software. The $350 Grand Central Pro 1.2 includes a Leonardo Fullproof protocol that checks files during transfer and verifies that they have arrived without mishap.

RAM Doubler 8.(from Connectix)(Product Announcement)
July 13, 1998... Connectix took the wraps off RAM Doubler 8, a version of its memory-enhancement software optimized for Mac OS 8 and Office 98. Connectix said the $45 software can triple the amount of built-in RAM. The new control panel lets users set the amount...

GCC Technologies Inc.(Elite XL 20/800, Elite XL 20/600, Elite 12/600 workgroup laser printers)(Product Announcement)
July 13, 1998... GCC Technologies Inc. debuted three workgroup laser printers at the show. The $1,799 Elite XL 20/800 and $1,999 Elite XL 20/600, which print at 800 dpi and 600 dpi, respectively, output a maximum of 20 pages per minute on media as large as 13 by...

FileMaker.(FileMaker Pro 4.0 Developer Edition)(Product Announcement)
July 13, 1998... FileMaker Inc. showed off the FileMaker Pro 4.0 Developer Edition, which shipped in June for $499. The package, available for Mac OS and Windows 95 and NT, includes Java classes that let authors provide access to FileMaker databases through Java....

AEC Software.(Details 2.01 automated project information manager)(Product Announcement)
July 13, 1998... AEC Software Inc. previewed Details 2.01, an automated project information manager. A rewrite of AEC Information Manager, the software will work with the Windows 95, 98 and NT versions of the product.

Apple is on solid ground. (Company Financial Information)
July 13, 1998... Industry analysts appear to agree with interim Apple CEO Steve Jobs: The company is no longer in a death spiral and is poised to regrow its business. During his keynote address last Wednesday at Macworld Expo in New York, Jobs argued that...

Macromedia board changes: Colligan out.(Chmn Bud Colligan to be replaced by Rob Burgess, president and CEO) (Company Operations)
July 13, 1998... Macromedia Inc. Chairman Bud Colligan is ending his tenure with the multimedia developer. Macromedia last week also announced several other changes to its board of directors, including the nomination of Stewart Alsop. Colligan was among the...

Silicon Graphics closes door on Cosmo Software. (Company Operations)
July 13, 1998... The shrinking Mac Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) landscape got smaller last week with Silicon Graphics Inc.'s decision to close down its Cosmo Software subsidiary. In March the company released a beta of Cosmo Player 2.1, a VRML...

Review: Commotion 1.5 a stirring upgrade.(Puffin Designs' video effects software) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
July 13, 1998... New features in Commotion 1.5, Puffin Designs Inc.'s highly regarded video effects and rotoscoping software, include motion tracking, autopainting, QuickTime 3.0 support, and numerous accelerations and enhancements. But don't be deceived by the...

Macworld Expo to return to Boston.(in 1999) (Industry Trend or Event)
July 13, 1998... The Empire State lost two conventions in as many days when IDG Expo Management Co. announced last week that Macworld Expo will head back to its native Boston in August 1999. Macworld Expo's return to Boston follows an announcement the previous...

NetWare for Mac licensed to Prosoft.(Prosoft Engineering) (Product Information)
July 13, 1998... Prosoft Engineering Inc. last week announced an exclusive agreement with Novell Inc. of Provo, Utah, to license and develop NetWare for Macintosh and Novell Client for Mac OS. Prosoft Engineering said its development plans for Mac connectivity...

Faster SuperCard supports QT 3.0.(version 3.5 of IncWell Digital Media Group's multimedia authoring software)(Product Announcement)
July 13, 1998... IncWell Digital Media Group Ltd. last week announced an upgrade to SuperCard, the multimedia authoring tool it purchased from Allegiant Technologies Inc. (see 05.11.98, Page 11). SuperCard 3.5 will be faster than the current version, IncWell...

Room for two.(Apple's iMac) (Company Business and Marketing)
July 13, 1998... Apple showcased the iMac computer to the Mac faithful at last week's Macworld Expo, and in doing so it took a step back to its consumer-oriented roots. By putting its resources -- and its latest technology -- into the iMac, Apple is trying to...

Adobe ships ImageReady 1.0.(Adobe Systems Web graphics tool)(Product Announcement)
July 13, 1998... Adobe Systems Inc. last week decided that ImageReady 1.0 is ready for prime time and shipped the long-awaited Web graphics tool. ImageReady 1.0, originally due in the spring, carries a street price of $200 and works on Mac and Windows 95, 98...

StockWatch 07.09.98.(Illustration)
July 13, 1998... weekly close change Apple Computer 31.69 1.75 Nasdaq Composite 1939.82 25.36 MacWEEK Composite 145.45 -2.57 Adaptec 13.44 -0.44 Adobe 40.81 -0.75 Asante 2.25 0.13 Avid 29.00 -4.75 CE...

CalComp cuts prices on wide-format line.(CalComp Technology TechJET 5500 printer) (Product Information)
July 13, 1998... CalComp Technology Inc. last week cut prices on its TechJET 5500 series of wide-format color inkjet printers by as much as 50 percent. Meanwhile, the company demonstrated new graphics tablets at Macworld Expo in New York. The TechJET 5500...

UMAX transforms MagicScan driver.(UMAX Technologies' MagicScan 4.0)(Product Announcement)
July 13, 1998... UMAX Technologies Inc. last week bundled a new driver with its high-end scanners. MagicScan 4.0 gives scanner operators the choice of three scanning modes. In Manual mode, users can make adjustments to images by hand during acquisition using...

Font Reserve to hit Version 2.(DiamondSoft's Font Reserve 2.0)(Product Announcement)
July 13, 1998... DiamondSoft Inc. demonstrated Version 2.0 of its Font Reserve font-management software at last week's Macworld Expo in New York. Due later this summer, Version 2.0 will print font specimen sheets, gain support for Apple-events scripting and add...

Amiable adds ICC-profile support to RIP.(Amiable Technologies' PhotoPrint RIP 1.5)(Product Announcement)
July 13, 1998... Amiable Technologies Inc. this week added support for ICC-compatible color profiles to the Mac version of its PhotoPrint RIP for large-format printing. Version 1.5, a free upgrade to registered owners, lets users choose from several...

UMAX to ship USB scanner for iMac.(UMAX Technologies' Astra 122OU)(Product Announcement)
July 13, 1998... UMAX Technologies Inc. will release the first Universal Serial Bus flatbed scanner for the iMac. Featuring a Universal Serial Bus, or USB, connector, the Astra 1220U will ship in September for $179. It will be compatible with Apple's new iMac...

Art Elements Beat. (News Briefs)
July 13, 1998... Set and go. Photoempt, a division of RJSID Inc. of Ottawa, began selling its royalty-free images as sets in June. The artwork falls into the categories of Houses, Fall, Doors and Tuscany. A set of 100 images costs $69, medium-resolution images...

Expression 836XL conveys more for less.(from Epson America)(Product Announcement)
July 13, 1998... Epson America Inc.'s Expression 836XL has all the typical features a graphics professional might expect in a flatbed scanner: 36-bit color, a 3.3 dynamic range, an excellent driver, and bundled software that includes a color calibration utility...

Duck ships QT codec.(Duck Corp's TrueMotion 2.0, Sorenson Vision's Video XL)(Product Announcement)
July 13, 1998... The Duck Corp. last week unveiled a new compressor/decompressor for QuickTime 3.0 aimed at game and multimedia developers. Previewed at Macworld Expo in New York and now in beta testing, the $395 TrueMotion 2.0 Compression Tool Kit for...

Multimedia database to put on a Mac face.(Digital Arts & Science's ImageAXS Pro)(Product Announcement)
July 13, 1998... Digital Arts & Sciences Corp. last week gave attendees at Macworld Expo in New York a first look at the Mac version of its ImageAXS multimedia database. The new version, dubbed ImageAXS Pro and due in October for $299, will let users enter as...

Life Forms 3.0 sets figures in motion.(from Credo Interactive)(Product Announcement)
July 13, 1998... Credo Interactive Inc. recently shipped a new version of its 3-D figure-animation software. Life Forms 3.0, priced at $299, features several new functions for easing animation tasks. For example, it lets users edit a range of keyframes at...

New crop of portable LCD projectors.(Buyers Guide)
July 13, 1998... Portable LCD projectors continue to get lighter and brighter as several companies begin shipping new or updated models. * Lightware Inc. of Beaverton, Ore., in June released the L-1020, a 13.5-pound, Extended Graphics Array (XGA) projector...

Micro Conversions to boost resolution.(Micro Conversions' Video Wizard 1.8, Game Wizard)(Product Announcement)
July 13, 1998... Micro Conversions Inc. last week at Macworld Expo in New York introduced a new version of its 2-D graphics and video accelerator. It also introduced a 3-D gaming board based on 3Dfx Interactive Inc.'s Voodoo2 card. Version 1.8 of the Video...

Vendors combine virtual-reality tools.(Eastman Kodak, Live Picture and Kaidan's Interactive Imaging Solutions)(Product Announcement)
July 13, 1998... Eastman Kodak Co., Kaidan Inc. and Live Picture Inc. have collaborated on digital imaging kits for creating immersive panoramas and object movies. Kodak and Kaidan are offering the $1,195 Interactive Imaging Solution SLR kit, which works with...