March 13, 2006
Jamie Caliri’s artistry flies to top spot
Source: Digital Animators
Written by Ko Maruyama
There were few outstanding commercials during this year’s Superbowl broadcast, but no one would contest that United Airline’s “Dragon” soars above them all.
March 13, 2006
Photographer illustrates the art of family living.
Source: Springfiled News-Leader
Written by Sony Hocklander
Springfield photographer Julie Blackmon’s whimsical, somewhat surreal series, “Domestic Vacations,” captures the messy, charming chaos of family life.
March 13, 2006
MultimediaPhoto has released Photomatix Tone Mapping Plug-In 1.0 for Mac and Windows. The plug-in for Photoshop CS2 and compatible applications, is designed to improve the output of HDR images (for example, from digital SLR cameras) when they are downconverted for use in other creative applications.
March 13, 2006
Source: ZDNet Australia
Written by Renal LeMay
Microsoft has temporarily halted development work on some aspects of its upcoming professional graphics application as it tries to bring companion tools and its next-generation Windows Vista operating system to market.
March 13, 2006
The desktop software market is getting more competitive as companies invade one another’s turf.
Source: Yahoo News
Written by Patrick Seitz
Microsoft (NasdaqNM:MSFT – News) is going head to head with Adobe Systems (NasdaqNM:ADBE – News) in document sharing and interactive Web design software. Apple Computer (NasdaqNM:AAPL – News) is taking on Adobe as well, but in photo editing software.
March 13, 2006
Complex Design and Publishing Workflows Made More Efficient Through Use of Metadata Technology Across Diverse Applications and Systems
Press Release: SAN JOSE, Calif. — March 13, 2006 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the public beta of Adobe® XMP (Extensible Metadata Platform) Toolkit Version 4.0, a pre-release of the company’s industry-standard file labeling technology. Based on open source technology, the new beta toolkit contains Adobe XMP libraries that provide third party software developers and industry partners with standards-based building blocks to develop optimized workflow products, taking the heavy lifting out of metadata integration in a new generation of design and publishing applications and systems.