Graphic Exchange, November/December 2003



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THE INTERNET TORN ASUNDER
by Dan Brill and Bob Connolly
The sweeping implications of Eolas' legal victory over Microsoft have started to sink in, as Web developers wrestle with how to fix their websites for Internet Explorer 2004.

 

LOOK SHARP
by Ron Giddings
Sharpening, interpolation and color are all in the algorithms. With Photoshop CS and its new plug-ins come the magic of 16-bit imaging, and RAW files with pixels to spare.

 

HEAR THIS: SURROUND SOUND DVD COMES TO THE MAC
by Bob Connolly
With the latest version 2.0 of DVD Studio Pro and its new Logic Platinum audio tools, Apple has now set the stage for producing Dolby 1.5 full surround sound DVDs.

 

THE ORIGINAL PREFLIGHT TOOL DOES PDF, TOO
by Lerrick Starr
We know Markzware's FlightCheck Pro is a preflight jack-of-all-trades, but how does PDF checking in v5 compare with Acrobat's new built-in tools and Enfocus PitStop Pro?

 

NATIVE 16:9 AND XLRS IN A HANDHELD CAMCORDER
by Peter Dudar
Compact, versatile and well-priced, Sony's DSR-PDX10 digital video camera is a sleeper that may even top its own higher end offerings—at least, for now.

 

GRAPHIC EXCHANGE 2003 DIGITAL ART AWARDS
Our annual top choices in Canadian digital illustration and digital photo art demonstrate that some of the world's best artists are right here at home.

 

IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO WITH RICH MEDIA
 

NEWS

 

LETTERS