MacWEEK articles from October 1997

MacWEEK archives from October 1997

Jobs touts Mac at Seybold SF. (1997) (Company Business and Marketing)
October 6, 1997... San Francisco - Saying "We love this market," Steve Jobs looked his core users in the eye and told them: "Trust me for a few months." As Apple emphasized its focus on professional content creation at last week's Seybold San Francisco show, a bevy...

Macromedia editor will weave DHTML. (Macromedia's Dreamweaver first Web authoring tool to support dynamic HTML)(Product Announcement)
October 6, 1997... Macromedia Inc. will take its multimedia expertise to Web authoring this week when it unveils Dreamweaver, the company's first HTML editor, at the Macromedia Users Conference in San Francisco. Scheduled to ship for PowerPC-based Macs and...

Windows NT makes pitch for publishing. (at 1997 Seybold San Francisco trade show) (Product Information)
October 6, 1997... San Francisco - The Mac may still be king of the print publishing mountain, but last week's Seybold Seminars here demonstrated that Microsoft Corp. is determined to gain a foothold in the market. Microsoft CEO Bill Gates devoted much of his...

Analysts predict Apple will lose $17M in Q4. (Company Financial Information)
October 6, 1997... The red ink could be drying up at Apple. The company next week is expected to post a relatively modest fourth-quarter loss of about $17.8 million, according to Wall Street analysts. Some pundits even said they expect Apple to post a small...

FireSite 2.1 speeds media-rich Web sites. (ClearWay Technologies plug-in for StarNine WebStar Web server software) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
October 6, 1997... On the Web, speed is good. And that's what ClearWay Technologies Inc. promises with its FireSite 2.1 plug-in for StarNine WebStar. Using a sophisticated combination of replication, URL substitution and virtual-domain management, FireSite lets you...

Apple stops taking orders for 9600/350. (demand for fastest Mac exceeds supply) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
October 6, 1997... Apple last week said it is no longer taking orders for the Power Mac 9600/350, the company's fastest desktop system, which debuted in August. According to Apple spokeswoman Diane Hayward, Apple is still manufacturing the systems, but as of...

Speed Doubler 8 to ship Oct. 15. (Connectix Speed Doubler 8 for Mac OS 8)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
October 6, 1997... Connectix Corp. will crank up the Macintosh a few notches next week when it ships Speed Doubler 8, a Mac OS 8-compatible version of its popular system enhancement. The company said the revision, which will work with System 7.5.5 or later, will...

CalComp shows wide inkjet line. (42-inch-wide CalComp CrystalJet 42 and 54-inch-wide CrystalJet 54)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
October 6, 1997... CalComp Inc. last week showed off a new line of wide-format inkjet printers at Seybold San Francisco. The company said the 42-inch-wide CrystalJet 42 and 54-inch-wide CrystalJet 54 are scheduled to ship in January 1998 for $19,995 and $29,995,...

Add-ons address interface issues but don't reach majority of users. (The Second Decade) (Product Information)(Column)
October 6, 1997... Several dozen readers were kind enough to write with suggestions of third-party dialog-box enhancements to tide me over until Apple's Navigation Services arrive. A compucopia Clearly, I should have noted that I already knew of and had used...

Seybold crowd ponders print, Web convergence. ( 1997 Seybold San Francisco) (Industry Trend or Event)(Brief Article)
October 6, 1997... San Francisco - The Web's strong presence in publishing could be felt throughout the halls of Moscone Center last week, yet there was no escaping the din of scanners, imagesetters and plotters - the essence of traditional print publishing....

StockWatch 10.02.97. (News Briefs)(Brief Article)
October 6, 1997... 10.02.97 weekly close change Apple 21.94 -0.81 NASDAQ 1702.37 23.48 MacWEEK Composite* 156.71 -0.75 Adaptec ...

Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
October 6, 1997... The gift of simplicity Thanks for reviewing MicroFrontier Enhance, a little-known but very functional image editor (09.29.97, Page 13). From a features perspective, it may not be comparable to the high-end products, but it has most of the...

Mac presentation market gets shakeup. (stand-alone applications give way to integrated suites) (Industry Trend or Event)
October 6, 1997... With the paranoia that has developed among Macintosh devotees concerning third-party software support, it may be a relief to know that Adobe Systems Inc.'s recent retirement of Persuasion has nothing to do with the platform. It is instead a...

Seybold: color tools flower. (ColorSync-compatible color management tools flourish at 1997 Seybold San Francisco)(Product Announcement)
October 6, 1997... As Apple took the wraps off ColorSync 2.5, X-Rite Inc., Eastman Kodak Co. and Radius Inc. last week added to the spectrum of ColorSync-compatible color management tools at Seybold San Francisco. X-Rite demonstrated Version 2.5 of ColorShop, the...

Apple unveils ColorSync 2.5. (color processing software)(Product Announcement)
October 6, 1997... Apple reasserted its color credentials at last week's Seybold San Francisco with an upgrade to ColorSync, the system-level color management software that it co-developed with Linotype-Hell Co. Apple and Eastman Kodak Co. also announced that...

New HP DesignJet hits Seybold SF. (HP DesignJet 455CA low-cost, large format color inkjet printer)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
October 6, 1997... Aiming to broaden its appeal to the Mac graphics market, Hewlett-Packard Co. last week at Seybold San Francisco unveiled the DesignJet 455CA, a relatively low-cost, large-format color inkjet printer with PostScript and Ethernet. Positioned as...

Casio adds new camera to its lineup. (Casio QV-700 digital camera)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
October 6, 1997... Casio Inc. added another model to its extensive digital camera lineup in September. The $599 QV-700 will include several unique bells and whistles when it ships later this month. According to Casio, the QV-700 buffers frames in memory. A Past...

Mitsubishi tunes screen color. (Mitsubishi Electronics America SpectraView 1000 color-calibrated display system)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
October 6, 1997... Seybold San Francisco last week marked the screen debut of a cross-platform, color-calibrated display system from Mitsubishi Electronics America Inc. Due to ship at the end of November for $3,995, the SpectraView 1000 system marries a 21-inch...

How I overcame my fear of flying direct to plate. (Out of Gamut) (Technology Information)(Column)
October 6, 1997... Believe it or not, the purpose of this column isn't to plug my new book ("Real World Photoshop 4.0," by David Blatner and myself, from Peachpit Press). Instead, I'd like to use our experiences to explain how soft proofing, Adobe Photoshop,...

New Agfa scanner targets consumers. (Agfa SnapScan 310 flatbed scanner)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
October 6, 1997... Agfa in September shipped a new letter-size flatbed scanner priced to sell to the consumer market. The $199 SnapScan 310 features a new compact design and a hinged lid for scanning bulky items. Based on a 30-bit-color CCD (charge-coupled...

Contex ships new ConSEPS RIP server. (Contex Prepress Systems RIP server software)(Contex Prepress Systems ConSEPS RIP)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
October 6, 1997... Contex Prepress Systems recently released ConSEPS, its high-performance RIP server software that features automated trapping of images. Contex said the $37,500 package offers autotrapping routines that compensate for differences between opaque...

Adobe shuffles execs. (COO position eliminated, John Warnock and Charles Geschke to share title of chairman of the board) (Company Operations)(Brief Article)
October 6, 1997... Adobe Systems Inc. recently announced that its board of directors has eliminated the position of chief operating officer and created the office of chairman of the board. Adobe's current COO, David Pratt, a nine-year veteran of the company, will...

Avid offers a peek at MCXpress update. (Avid Technology shows preview of MCXpress 2.0 digital video-editing system) (Product Development)(Brief Article)
October 6, 1997... Avid Technology Inc. has yet to announce Version 2.0 of its MCXpress digital video-editing system, but attendees at September's 1997 International Broadcasters Conference in Amsterdam, Netherlands, got a sneak preview. According to sources,...

Phase One turns to QuickTime VR. (Phase One StudioKit turnkey system for creating QuickTime VR object movies)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
October 6, 1997... Digital camera developer Phase One Inc. at Seybold San Francisco showcased a turnkey system for creating QuickTime VR object movies. A new Phase One QuickTime VR software plug-in, which made its debut last week, works in conjunction with Phase...

RenderBoy gets grip on lighting. (Vista Systems RenderBoy 1.2 shareware modeling and rendering software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
October 6, 1997... Vista Systems recently shipped an update to its shareware modeling and rendering software. RenderBoy 1.2, priced at $25 and released in September, adds several new features to the integrated solids-based modeler and ray- tracing renderer....

Cinema 4D 4.0 a stable, speedy, all-in-one 3-D app. (Maxon Computer's desktop 3D software) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
October 6, 1997... Cinema 4D 4.0 4 (Very good) Unless you're in marketing, the phrase "fast, affordable desktop 3-D software" probably strikes you as a double oxymoron. Yet that's the combination - with an emphasis on "fast" - that Maxon Computer GmbH is selling...

FileFlex fuses Director, databases. (Component Software FileFlex 3.0 DBMS multimedia software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
October 6, 1997... For multimedia authors who want to put some real data behind the scenes of their presentations, Component Software Corp. will announce Version 3 of its FileFlex Xtra for Macromedia Director at this week's Macromedia User Conference in San...

Bitstream to stir fonts into Java. (Bitstream JET Java-based font scaling and rasterization engine)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
October 6, 1997... Expanding font capabilities of Java-based applications, Bitstream Inc. premiered a font scaling and rasterization engine written in Java at last week's Seybold San Francisco. JET (Java-based Extendible Type), due in early 1998, will let Java...

Aurora illuminates Web and desktop. (Netscape next-generation Web client, code-named Aurora) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
October 6, 1997... Parrying Microsoft Corp.'s promise of browser-desktop integration in Windows 98, Netscape Communications Corp. last week announced its next-generation Web client technology. Code-named Aurora, the software integrates information from multiple...

Web staple BBEdit now set for tables. (Bare Bones Software's BBEdit 4.5 Web authoring software) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
October 6, 1997... BBEdit 4.5 4 1/2 BBEdit from Bare Bones Software Inc. has a solid reputation as the tool for programmers and Web authors who like to work directly with their HTML code. With Version 4.5, Bare Bones has maintained the excellent core functions...

RealVideo Encoder shines for streaming video servers. (RealNetworks's free RealVideo Encoder provides streaming vodeo for low-volume sites) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
October 6, 1997... RealVideo Encoder 1.0 4 (Very good) If you want to add streaming video to your Web site, the free RealVideo Encoder 1.0 from RealNetworks Inc. (formerly Progressive Networks), along with one of the company's dedicated media servers, offers a...

Crush! utility taps 7 search engines. (Crush! software LLC's $20 WebFind Assistant 1.0.1 employs seven search engines)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
October 6, 1997... Crush! Software LLC in September unveiled WebFind Assistant 1.0.1, which the company hopes will make searching the Web easier by providing desktop access to seven popular search engines. The Mac-only WebFind Assistant appears as a floating...

PGP puts security on corporate level. (Pretty Good Privacy's PGP Business Security Suite)(Product Announcement)
October 6, 1997... Pretty Good Privacy Inc. last week expanded its encryption protection to corporations with the release of the PGP Business Security Suite 1.0. The suite comprises three integrated parts: PGP for Business Security, PGP Certificate Server and PGP...

Omnis delivers new Studio. (Omnis Software ships Omnis Studio 1.1 cross-platform database development application)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
October 6, 1997... Omnis Software Inc. said it shipped an update to its Omnis Studio cross-platform database-development environment in the last week of September. The object-oriented tool runs on Mac, Windows and OS/2 and includes links for connecting to...

Binary launches update to Square One utility. (Binary Software's Square One 4.0 utility)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
October 6, 1997... Binary Software Inc. in September catapulted its launching utility, Square One, to Version 4.0. Square One organizes files and folders into floating palettes that can be used to launch applications and access files. The latest version includes...

Data Desk Plus is top stats app. (Data Description's Data Desk Plus 6.0 statistical software) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
October 6, 1997... Data Desk Plus 6.0 4 1/2 With Data Desk Plus 6.0, Data Description Inc. continues to make statistics accessible to those who need more than spreadsheet functions and bar graphics. The $795 package, which combines the Data Desk application with...

GPS tool on horizon. (Global Mapping Systems tests new version of GPSy mapping and navigation software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
October 6, 1997... Global Mapping Systems last week began testing a new version of GPSy, a communications package based on the Global Positioning System network. The company said GPSy acts as a link between GPS receiving and navigational hardware and third-party...

The future course of Apple rests with its morale majority. (The Mac Manager) (Company Operations)(Column)
October 6, 1997... What is the single biggest need at Apple right now? Yes, I know, there are so many to choose from. Steve Jobs said, "Apple is coming back and returning to those core values that made it great." But what is it going to take to carry that out?...

PowerTools ships first Arthur models. (Cloner PowerTools X-Factor is first to use 250MHz PowerPC 750 processor)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
October 6, 1997... Cloner PowerTools Corp. has staked its claim of being first out of the gate with systems based on the 250-MHz PowerPC 750, code-named Arthur. The company said it released the last week of September the X-Factor line, two high-performance models...

La Cie polishes up SilverLining tool. (La Cie's SilverLining 5.8.1 utility is compatible with Mac OS 8.0)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
October 6, 1997... Every cloud has one. Now La Cie Ltd. has upgraded its own SilverLining, the company's drive formatting and drive management utility. Now compatible with Mac OS 8, SilverLining 5.8.1 works with all removable and standard SCSI, IDE /ATA (AT...

WebRamp update to let users dial in. (Ramp Networks WebRamp M3t remote-access router)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
October 6, 1997... Ramp Networks Inc. said it intends to ship this month a revision to its WebRamp remote-access router. New to WebRamp M3t will be dial-in access, with each of the device's three serial ports capable of sending and receiving data. Ramp said the...

Frontier 5.0 ready to cross platforms. (UserLand Software releases alpha version of free scripting environment for the Mac and Windows)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
October 6, 1997... UserLand Software Inc. said it released in the last week of September the first alpha version of Frontier 5.0. When Version 5.0 ships, it will be the first release of the free scripting environment to run on Mac and Windows; previous versions...

Sonic goes all Mac with DVD Creator. (Sonic Solutions's Sonic DVD Creator digital video disc authoring suite)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
October 6, 1997... Sonic Solutions last week went 100 percent Macintosh with Sonic DVD Creator, its authoring suite for creating Digital Video Disc titles. The company also announced a significant price drop on the system, along with plans for integrating it with...

SuperMacs to run OS 8. (Umax Computer SuperMac S900i/250, J700/233 Macintosh clones)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
October 6, 1997... UMAX Computer Corp. last week took the wraps off several new models of its SuperMac line of Mac OS clones. The company announced the $3,695 SuperMac S900i/250, slated to ship in November. The model will run a 250-MHz PowerPC 604e and come with...

For the midrange. (Optiquest V115 21-inch monitor)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
October 6, 1997... For the midrange. Optiquest, a division of ViewSonic Corp. of Walnut, Calif., shipped in September a 21-inch monitor for graphics and design professionals. Based on an Invar shadow mask CRT, the $1,399 Optiquest V115 can display images at...

For the high end. (Sharp Electronics CELT14M 14-inch LCD monitor)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
October 6, 1997... For the high end. Sharp Electronics Corp. of Mahwah, N.J., in September also shipped a new 14-inch LCD monitor. Based on an active-matrix TFT (thin-film transistor) panel, the $3,195 CE-LT14M has a viewable screen area of 13.8 inches, the...

Looking high and low. (Alps LSI Technologies ALT-570 15-inch monitor, 17-inch ALT-795, 19-inch ALT-995 and 21-inch ALT-217 monitors)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
October 6, 1997... Looking high and low. Alps LSI Technologies Inc. rolled out a new line of monitors in September for general business users. At the entry level, Alps shipped the $399, 15-inch ALT-570, which has a 13.8-inch viewable screen area and a 0.28mm dot...

Multimedia for all. (Nokia Display Products Multigraph 447Za 17-inch multimedia monitor)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
October 6, 1997... Multimedia for all. Nokia Display Products Inc. of Sausalito, Calif., in September offered a new 17-inch multimedia monitor aimed at the general business market. Based on an Invar shadow mask CRT with a dot pitch of 0.27mm, the $649 Multigraph...

Picking systems while biding time for the revolution. (waiting for Apple to make good on its new product plans) (MacInTouch) (News Briefs)(Column)
October 6, 1997... It's a difficult time for Apple customers. Steve Jobs' revolutionary plan for the company is gradually becoming apparent, but executing it will take months, and we have lost the advantages of clone competition in the process. With both...

It crawled into my hand, honest. (Mac the Knife) (Humor)(Column)
October 6, 1997... In last week's column, the Knife shared his millennial dream of a neo-Keseyian gathering of high-tech tribes where platform adversaries would beat their hardware into whimsically shaped water pipes and devote themselves to colorful native dances...

MAXpowr card: big bang for buck. (Newer Technology CPU-upgrade cards based on PowerPC 750) (Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
October 13, 1997... MAXpowr PRO 5 (Excellent) MAXpowr PRO+ 4 1/2 For months the PowerPC 750 has tantalized Mac users with the promise of a quantum leap in performance, but with 750-based clones canceled and Apple's first implementation not expected until later...

Jobs talks CEO job, QT at Macromedia show. (Steve Jobs considering taking over Apple permanently) (Company Operations)(Brief Article)
October 13, 1997... San Francisco - Macromedia Inc.'s 1997 User Conference here last week was the usual assemblage of multimedia types and Webmasters. The considerable buzz surrounding Macromedia's new Dreamweaver Web authoring tool (10.06.97, Page 1) was nearly...

PPC 750 hits the boards. (vendors announce new upgrade cards based on PowerPC 750 CPU)(Product Announcement)
October 13, 1997... Two more upgrade vendors last week entered the field to pitch next-generation processor technology. Total Impact Inc. and PowerLogix R&D Inc. said they will release CPU upgrade cards based on the PowerPC 750, a k a G3 or Arthur, by the end of the...

Will Mac Java avoid fallout from Sun suit? (Company Business and Marketing)
October 13, 1997... Mac users may be protected from the Java compatibility problems alleged in Sun Microsystems Inc.'s lawsuit against Microsoft Corp., developers said last week. At the heart of the lawsuit is Microsoft's apparent changes to Java, which Sun said...

New order from Xaos. (Xaos Tools Inc Flash Box image editor to use new graphics engine)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
October 13, 1997... Xaos Tools Inc. this month at Seybold San Francisco unveiled a new graphics engine that unifies disparate graphics types. The engine is propelling Xaos in a new direction as well; the company will enter the consumer photo-editing market with a...

If Mac OS is our future after all, can its foundation be fixed?(The Second Decade) (Company Business and Marketing)(Column)
October 13, 1997... In his presentation at the recent Seybold San Francisco conference, Steve Jobs made explicit something that Apple has been hinting at for many months: For the foreseeable future the Mac OS will remain the company's mainstream client operating...

Hot list: PowerPC 750. (Web sites dealing with new chip)(Directory)
October 13, 1997... It's never too early to bone up on the PowerPC 750, which arrives this month in upgrade cards and clones - and, sources say, in Apple boxes later in the fall. This is the first PowerPC specifically tuned for the Mac OS and that uses advanced...

Apple PowerBook, desktop prices cut. (PowerBook 3400c, PowerMac 8600) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
October 13, 1997... Apple this week will launch a new "Add On/Take Off" promotional campaign that includes price cuts across the PowerBook 3400c and Power Mac 8600 lines. In addition to price cuts, the campaign features cash back rebates, extra hardware and...

Rhapsody DR1 to ship this week. (Developer Release 1 of new operating system) (Product Development)(Brief Article)
October 13, 1997... Apple this week will deliver the first developer release of its next-generation Rhapsody operating system. While DR1 will make its debut for Macs this week, the company also said that a version for Intel-standard PCs will reach developers...

Datawatch sells off Mac tools. (Dr. Solomon's Software acquires Datawatch Corp Virex, netOctopus security products) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
October 13, 1997... Dr Solomon's Software last week picked up two Mac utilities from Datawatch Corp. Dr Solomon's of Burlington, Mass., said it purchased Virex and netOctopus from Datawatch of Wilmington, Mass., for $16.75 million. In a statement, Dr. Solomon's...

PowerTools matches fast chips, drives, graphics. (X-Factor Macintosh clones) (Hardware Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
October 13, 1997... X-Factor 1 4 (Very good) X-Factor 2 4 (Very good) Newer Technology Inc.'s MAXpowr PRO card is so fast it may outclass the storage and graphics subsystems in older Macs. As a solution, PowerTools Computer Systems offers the X-Factor series,...

PowerPC 604e still in the cards. (Apple, Newer Technology release PowerPC 604e-based upgrade cards)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
October 13, 1997... Joining the upgrade parade on a different note, Apple and Newer Technology Inc. last week took the wraps off PowerPC 604e-based cards. Apple's $700 Power Macintosh 233Mhz Processor Upgrade features a 233-MHz 604e, a 256-Kbyte Level 2 cache...

Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
October 13, 1997... Type casting After reading the review of Font Reserve (09.29.97, Page 14), I will step forward and state that I am passionate about font management. There are more than a few of us who understand the issues of Type 1 methodology and can use...

StockWatch 10.09.97.(Illustration)
October 13, 1997... 10.09.97 weekly close change Apple 21.75 -0.19 NASDAQ 1745.85 43.48 MacWEEK Composite* 162.39 5.68 Adaptec ...

UMAX readies pair of high-end flatbeds. (PowerLook 3000, PowerLook III scanners)(Product Announcement)
October 13, 1997... UMAX Technologies Inc. in November will bolster the high end of its flatbed scanner line with two new devices. Designed to claim a piece of the drum-scanner market, the $6,995 PowerLook 3000 is a high-resolution unit with a moving scan bed and...

Watermarking packages secure images. (Digimarc, Signum Technologies introduce services) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
October 13, 1997... Digimarc Corp. and Signum Technologies Ltd. this month introduced Seybold San Francisco attendees to a pair of new tools for safeguarding digital images. Digimarc introduced Personal Lite, a free service that lets users embed ownership...

CalComp widens inkjet printer line. (CrystalJet 42, CrystalJet 54)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
October 13, 1997... In its latest move to extend the bailiwick of wide-format printing, CalComp Inc. rolled out a new line of speedy wide-format inkjet printers this month at Seybold San Francisco. Aimed at the print-for-pay market, the 42-inch-wide CrystalJet 42...

Proteus tuneup due. (Nth Degree Software Proteus 4.0 publication software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
October 13, 1997... Nth Degree Software is preparing to fold some new capabilities into Proteus, its multifaceted publication makeup, assembly and production software. Version 4.0, which the company calls System 4, is due to ship by year-end for the Mac as well...

Xinet to revamp its OPI server. (FullPress 9.0 Open Prepress Interface software)(Product Announcement)
October 13, 1997... Xinet Inc. is prepping the latest version of its FullPress OPI server software for release next week. The company said Version 9.0 will improve image handling in QuarkXPress, add support for ICC color profiles and boost prepress file-format...

ScanView Inc. (updates software for Carnival 2000 digital camera)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
October 13, 1997... ScanView Inc. of Foster City, Calif., last month released Version 2.1 of Shooting Gallery software for its Carnival 2000 digital camera back. A rapid-shoot mode for use with live models captures an image every five seconds. The free upgrade...

Deneba Systems Inc. (incremental update to Canvas paint software) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
October 13, 1997... Users of Miami-based Deneba Systems Inc.'s Canvas can download a new updater from the company's Web site. Version 5.0.3 adds Deneba's Colada Web authoring technology and several type improvements, and it improves stability, Deneba said....

Auto F/X Corp. (introduces Page/Edges 3.0 plug-in for Adobe Photoshop)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
October 13, 1997... of Wolfeboro, N.H., recently released its $179 Page/Edges 3.0 plug-in for Adobe Photoshop, which creates custom borders and edges. Version 3.0 sports 1,000 new edges and 1,000 new textures. Also new is Volume 2 of the company's Photo/Graphic...

IMSI. (plans to acquire Corel packages) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
October 13, 1997... IMSI of San Rafael, Calif., in September announced plans to acquire several cross-platform software packages from Corel Corp. of Ottawa, Ontario. IMSI aims to purchase the CorelCAD Modeler, CorelCAD Technical, CorelFLOW, Corel Click & Create,...

Diehl Graphsoft Inc. (updates MiniCAD) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
October 13, 1997... A Version 7.0.1 updater for MiniCAD is now available from Diehl Graphsoft Inc.'s Web site. The Columbia, Md., company's update includes MiniPascal support for associative hatching and 24-bit color, high-precision input, a new...

Meadows Information Inc. (introduces DeltaMerge, Group Picture QuarkXTensions)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
October 13, 1997... of Schaumburg, Ill., in November will ship DataMerge and Group Picture QuarkXTensions for mail merge, variable-data printing and document assembly. DataMerge lets users assign variable links between QuarkXPress text or graphics and database...

MediaStore.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
October 13, 1997... of Orange, Calif., in September launched the Picasso CD color inkjet printer. Besides printing on CDs, the $1,199 CMYK printer outputs cardboard templates and jewel-case booklets and inserts. The 600-dpi serial device prints one CD label about...

PhotoTools 2.0 plug-ins make Seybold appearance. (Extensis Corp)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
October 13, 1997... Extensis Corp. earlier this month gave attendees of Seybold San Francisco a preview of PhotoTools 2.0, an update to its collection of plug-ins for Adobe Photoshop. The update to PhotoTools, due late this month for a street price of $130, will...

ATI to speed accelerator. (ATI Technologies Inc to unveil next-generation XClaim VR 3D graphics accelerator)(Product Announcement)
October 13, 1997... ATI Technologies Inc. this week plans to unveil its next-generation Xclaim VR five-in-one accelerator board. The company said it will give mainstream multimedia users a significant speed boost. The new Xclaim VR will feature the company's...

CineLook Broadcast 1 creates stunning results. (DigiEffects plug-in for Adobe After Effects 3.0) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
October 13, 1997... CineLook Broadcast 1.0 5 (Excellent) No matter how sophisticated your hardware is, video never looks as good as film. With DigiEffects' CineLook Broadcast, a new plug-in for Adobe Systems Inc.'s After Effects 3.0, you can change all that....

Ensoniq to spring Paris audio system.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
October 13, 1997... Ensoniq Corp. rolled out a card-based digital audio workstation at September's Audio Engineering Society convention in New York. The system, dubbed Paris and due to ship next week, offers versatile multichannel editing and processing functions,...

Vector Lathe takes 3-D turn. (Zaxwerks)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
October 13, 1997... Zaxwerks Inc. this week expects to ship a new plug-in for Electric Image Inc.'s rendering and animation packages that molds 3-D models out of Adobe Illustrator and EPS files. The $129 Vector Lathe creates 3-D models in the $2,495 ElectricImage...

Electrohome and Telex projectors span market. (Electrohome VistaPro 2000, Telex Firefly P350)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
October 13, 1997... Reflecting the broad appeal of projection systems, Electrohome Projection Systems and Telex Communications Inc. are readying new devices aimed at different ends of the presentation market. Electrohome's $56,995 VistaPro 2000 weighs 100 pounds,...

Totally Hip makes its mark on Director. (Totally Hip Software CastPainter)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
October 13, 1997... Totally Hip Software Inc. has put the finishing touches on CastPainter, its cel-animation tool for use with Macromedia Director. The package shipped at last week's Macromedia User Conference 97 in San Francisco for $149 - $100 less than...

HTML caught in browser crossfire. (Dynamic HTML) (Internet/Web/Online Service Information)
October 13, 1997... It's not too hard for users to agree on the deficiencies of HTML: It is a limited language that doesn't give designers free reign in their attempts at creative Web construction; it cannot be extended to use custom tags; and, although it is a...