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NEWS: People in the News
Steve Jobs - A Personal Calendar Entry
Steve Jobs was almost unbelievably young when we met him. We talk about him as a visionary now, but then, they called him a whiz kid, the Boy Wonder: 21 when Apple was founded in 1976, 22 when Apple formally incorporated, 25 for Apple's IPO, and 26 when he first made the cover of Time Magazine. Macintosh shipped when Steve was 28.
Editorial
Tim Wilson |
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Apple Final Cut Pro | Using Automator for repetitive tasks in Final Cut Pro
Apple Automator is a tiny application included with Mac OS X with big power, quickly and easily creating custom workflows based on the work you actually do - no programming required. Its the perfect way to handle those pesky repetitive tasks in FCP. Do something once, then let Automator take it from there. This handy little tool can make the difference between keeping and losing your sanity -- and making or missing your deadline.
Tutorial, Feature
Dustin Lau |
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Adobe After Effects
Using After Effects 7 on Intel MacPro Computers
Creative Cow member Graham Jones was the very first guy we have found who came up with a successful way that works for most users who want to use After Effects 7 on the new Intel-based MacPro computers. While it is not guaranteed to work for everyone, if you have been wanting to use AE7 on a MacPro, Graham gives you his recipe.
Tutorial
Graham Jones |
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Apple OS X
Apple BootCamp: Windows On the Mac
In this OS X review from The Creative COW Magazine, Ron Lindeboom discusses Apple BootCamp and what it brings that older versions did not. While Rosetta wasn't enough to make us jump to an Intel Mac, here's a few reasons why Boot Camp looks a lot more promising...
Review
Ron Lindeboom |
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Apple OS X
Migrating to the PowerMac G5 and OSX Panther
In this article, Ned Soltz walks us through the steps needed to migrate to the PowerMac G5 and OSX Panther. This is one man's "how to" on configuring your G5, plus how to get everything off your G4 and move it safely onto your G5 with out accelerating your heart rate. This is part 1 in Ned Soltz's series of installing new hardware and software.
Tutorial
Ned Soltz |
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Windows Hardware & Software
Arrays, RAID Drives & Striping: How They Work
In a very basic look at issues like ''What Is an Array'', ''What is RAID'', and ''What Is Striping'' -- Creative Cow's Ron Lindeboom explores the issues that make digital video possible on personal computers. He examines the fundamentals and gives newer users the kinds of basics that they need to know to successfully configure their video drive solution.
Tutorial
Ron Lindeboom |
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Apple OS X
Life with Portables: Is It IN or Zen
Reg Harris, longtime contributor and co-founder of the WWUG, looks at the Get them a reason to buy two strategy by Apple when it comes to their new Titanium G4 PowerBook and G3/500 iBook portables. In addition, Reg explores some of his own ups and downs in the world of multi-systems use in managing his own video production and media business, his career as a surgeon and his home life as a husband and father who has learned that some: ...very scary stuff lurks in Sprite -- proven when his son decided to give his PowerBook 3200 a drink...
Editorial
Reg Harris |
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