Graphic Exchange, October 2000

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LIFE WITHOUT ADOBE...AND QUARK AND APPLE AND MACROMEDIA
by Kirby Ferguson
High end content creators know the elite in graphics software. But what if you had to produce pages without them—on a PC? Here's the first of a two-part look at how with CorelDraw 10, Canvas 7 and Microsoft Publisher stack up against the establishment.
 

PECKING YOUR WAY THROUGH PAINTER
by Lidka Schuch and Donald McDonell
Corel Painter hasn't received much attention of late, yet it still offers the kind of tools, features and ease of use that even Photoshop doesn't have.
 

NEW MASTERS: THE FUTURE OF ARCHIVING DIGITAL FINE ART
By Ron Giddings
The digital artist longs for a way to output his fine art to a substrate that lasts, with confidence that colors won't vanish or erode. Up until now that was impossible.
 

VIDEO FOR THE INTERNET GOES HOLLYWOOD
By Bob Connolly
Costs for high definition digital video production are dropping—and Hollywood is adapting it to shoot movies digitally and edit on the desktop. And on the Mac, Final Cut Pro, Pinnacle's new Cinewave card and QuickTime 5 are now a powerful video solution.
 

HIP 2B SQUARE
by Nick Shinn
Some may say that techno type is out of vogue, but square type still has its place in the font library of any designer, as a font designer demonstrates.
 

THE SEVEN PERCENT SOLUTION
by Ron Giddings
Color for the colorblind: can software really simulate genuine colorblind art.
 

PUBLISHER'S NOTES:
AND WE'LL HAVE FUND, FUND, FUND, 'TIL DADDY TAKES THE CMF AWAY


 

REVIEW:
IMAGING SOFTWARE—ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 6

by Kirby Ferguson
Full color management and vectors galore offer near-perfect upgrade.
 

REVIEW
WEB TOOLS: TEXT EDITOR— BBEDIT 6B

by Lidka Schuch
 

NEWS:
SEYBOLD SAN FRANCISCO & GRAPHEXPO
OS X: PUBLIC BETA SPECIAL REPORT:
COOL, BUT FOR HOBBYISTS ONLY


 

LETTERS