Macworld back issues from July 1999:
Accel-a-Writer 3G.(Xante's laser printer)(Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
Jul 01, 1999; ... Laser Printer Doubles as a Desktop Imagesetter Xanté's Accel-a-Writer 3G looks like any other laser printer, but behind the beige exterior lies a technological breakthrough: a $6,045 desktop device that can produce four-color separations of surprisingly good quality. It has ...
Adobe GoLive 4.0.(Web authoring software)(!)(Software Review)(Evaluation)
Jul 01, 1999; ... New Owner, New Version, Few Real Changes When Adobe acquired GoLive earlier this year, users were awaiting a minor update from version 3.1 to 3.5 of GoLive's flagship product, GoLive CyberStudio. Adobe has since renamed both the product and the update, releasing the new Adobe ...
Get Your Text on the Run.(how to make text race along a path with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator)(Product Support)
Jul 01, 1999 ... Part I: Create the Path in Photoshop First you need to create the original path in Photoshop. Here I used a simple road-sign outline that I imported from Adobe Illustrator. l1 Create a selection whose shape matches that of the mask. For this example, I ...
Timesaving Shortcuts.(After Effects 4.0)(Product Support)
Jul 01, 1999 ... After Effects is replete with keyboard and mouse shortcuts, and version 4.0 introduces new interface-customizing opportunities. Here's a quick roundup of some of the most useful ones. See the Animation You've opened a project created by a colleague--or that you ...
Alps MD-5000.(Alps Electric's inkjet printer)(Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
Jul 01, 1999; ... Versatile Color Printer is a Little Pricey High-quality ink-jet printers are getting a lot of attention these days, and with good reason. But other printing technologies exist, and the Alps MD-5000 is a good example of an alternative that delivers functionality comparable to ...
Amapi 3D 4.1.(TGS' CAD software)(Software Review)(Evaluation)
Jul 01, 1999; ... Power Buried Under Odd Interface Building on the modeling prowess that has brought the program a small but loyal following, the latest version of TGS's Amapi 3D offers a number of enhancements and adds rendering features. But Amapi 3D 4.1, like its predecessors, takes a ...
BlissPaint 2.0.(Imaja's color-animation software)(Software Review)(Evaluation)
Jul 01, 1999; ... Unique Tool for Color Animation Every so often a program comes along that defies easy categorization, and Imaja's BlissPaint 2.0 is such a beast. This wildly flexible color-animation program lets you not only create special effects and save them as QuickTime movies, but also use ...
BookEndz.(Newer Technology's BookEndz dock for PowerBook G3)(Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
Jul 01, 1999; ... POWERBOOK G3 DOCK WORKS, BUT IS IT WORTH THE PRICE? When a recent Macworld feature proclaimed the PowerBook G3 series "desktop invaders" that threatened to replace deskbound computers, we weren't kidding. These days, many Mac users (including some Macworld editors) use a ...
Bryce 4.(MetaCreations' Bryce 4.0 3-D scene generator)(Software Review)(Evaluation)
Jul 01, 1999; ... 3-D Scene Generator Keeps Getting Better MetaCreations' Bryce began its existence as a fun way to create both natural- and alien-looking 3-D landscapes, not as a serious application for creative professionals. But with its intuitive interface, powerful texture-generating ...
Image Alchemy.(creating layered images with Adobe Photoshop)(Product Support)
Jul 01, 1999; ... Make Magic with Photoshop's Layers Creating layered images in Adobe Photoshop can be risky. It's all too easy to end up with art that looks like a disparate collection of flat parts. But you don't have to settle for such a look if you use Photoshop's layer-blending tools. They ...
Sidebar: Make Magic with Photoshop.(artist Roca makes layered images with Photoshop)(Product Support)
Jul 01, 1999 ... 1 Roca first gathered all the elements. He scanned the alphabet/number grid and geometric figures from old books. He created the 3-D gyroscope, shiny metallic spiral, and three vectors himself in Infini-D and exported them as PICTs. He used Illustrator to create a lettered sundial and then ...
Cruise Control.(Walnut Systems' Cruise Control 1.0)(Software Review)(Evaluation)
Jul 01, 1999; ... PUT YOUR MAC ON AUTOPILOT No matter how much you enjoy using your computer, some jobs--backing up your hard drive or scanning for viruses, for example--are always pure drudgery. Walnut Systems' Cruise Control 1.0 promises to simplify your life by letting you program agents that ...
The Dark Side of the Dark Side.(Microsoft's questionable public relations activities)(Company Business and Marketing)(Editorial)
Jul 01, 1999; ... Is Microsoft the Great Satan? You Might Be Suprised. ac fans always joke that Microsoft is the Evil Empire. We call Windows the Dark Side. We make fun of Bill Gates's schemes to take over the world. But I thought we were kidding. Since the government has started taking a closer ...
Epson Unveils Photo Printers.(Stylus Photo 750, Stylus Photo 1200, Stylus Color 740, ink-jet printers)(Product Announcement)
Jul 01, 1999; ... New Ink-Jet Models Offer Faster Output And Sharper Images Epson (800/463-7766, http://www.epson.com) has released the latest additions to its Macintosh-compatible ink-jet printer line, including two new photo printers and a flavorful version of its Stylus Color 740. ...
Final Cut Is Finally Here.(Apple's video software)(Product Announcement)
Jul 01, 1999; ... Apple Releases Video Software Acquired From Macromedia Apple Computer's decision last year to acquire Macromedia's Final Cut software raised a few eyebrows. The company that had so successfully narrowed its focus to Power Mac hardware and the Mac OS now appeared to be diverting ...
FriendlyNet Dual 56K and ISDN.(Asante's Internet-access servers)(Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
Jul 01, 1999; ... Easy Internet Access for Workgroups A slew of companies ar shipping Internet-access products aimed at SOHO users. Among them is Asanté, with two variations on a theme: the FriendlyNet Dual 56K and ISDN multiuser Internet-access servers. The former has two built-in V.90 ...
400MHz G3 Upgrade Cards.(seven accelerators)(Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
Jul 01, 1999; ... Fast G3 Cards Are Worth A Second Look When we last evaluated G3 upgrade cards (see "Born-Again Macs," February 1999), 400MHz G3 accelerators for pre-G3 Power Macs were just coming to market and were so prohibitively expensive that we could not recommend one. Prices have since ...
Instant Access.(Connectix' Virtual Game Station emulator for Macintosh)(Software Review)(Evaluation)
Jul 01, 1999; ... VIRTUAL GAME STATION ADDS STACKS OF HOT GAMES TO THE MAC'S ARSENAL rovided that the Y2K yahoos are wrong and the earth doesn't shatter into a gazillion pieces at 12:01 a.m. on January 1, 2000, that fateful year will bring us not only a merciful end to the incessant play of The ...
Crash Bandicoot: Warped.(Sony's action game)(Brief Article)
Jul 01, 1999 ... Steve Jobs chose this Sony (800/345-7669, http://www.playstation.com) game to demo VGS at last January's Macworld Expo, and for good reason--it's one of the ...
Gran Turismo.(Sony racing game)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Jul 01, 1999 ... I maintain that driving a race car with a game pad is like painting a portrait with a push broom, but if you must do so, Sony's ...
Metal Gear Solid.(Konami game)(Software Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
Jul 01, 1999 ... Konami's (650/654-5687, http://www.konami.com) sneak-around-to-avoid-the-bad- guys game has received rave reviews from the console crowd. The story ...
NCAA Football 99.(Software Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
Jul 01, 1999 ... For reasons best known to Electronic Arts (800/245-4525, http://www.ea.com), sports games are all but unknown on the Macintosh. At least, ...
The Oddworld Games.(GT Interactive's Abe's Oddysee and Abe's Exoddus games)(Software Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
Jul 01, 1999 ... I've got a soft spot for GT Interactive's (800/610-4847, http://www.oddworld.com) Oddworld duo--Abe's Oddysee ($19.99) and Abe's Exoddus ...
Headline Studio.(MetaCreations animation software)(Software Review)(Evaluation)
Jul 01, 1999; ... Powerful but Flawed Web Animation Tool Creating animated GIF images for the Web--especially for banner advertisements-- has always been a chore. Newer Web graphics tools such as Macromedia FireWorks and Adobe ImageReady can help, but only to a limited extent. MetaCreations' ...
The iMac Challenge.(comparison with Gateway 2000 Essentialc)(Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
Jul 01, 1999; ... But everyone's trying. These days, Apple may be shouting loudest, but plenty of PC manufacturers--Gateway 2000 among the most prevalent--are making similar claims. So, behind all the hyperbole, how does the iMac stack up? We assume--since you're reading this magazine--that you'd ...
Meet the Panel.(Software Review)(Evaluation)
Jul 01, 1999 ... We gathered together nine individuals who were contemplating buying a new computer to use in their home. Our jurors were a diverse bunch--of all ages, backgrounds, and attitudes about computers. A few panelists use a computer in the office, while others have hardly touched a keyboard or a ...
All the Pieces.(Apple iMac and Gateway 2000 Essential 366c product descriptions)(Product Information)(Brief Article)
Jul 01, 1999 ... APPLE iMAC <Pre> Price (including shipping) $1,199 Processor 266MHz G3 Memory (RAM) 32MB Hard drive 6GB CD-ROM drive 32x Monitor 15-inch Modem 56-Kbps GATEWAY ...
Computer Obstacle Course.(testing the Apple iMac and Gateway 2000 Essential 366c)(Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
Jul 01, 1999 ... Each of the nine panelists braved our computer obstacle course to evaluate Apple's iMac and Gateway's PC based on how easy it was to perform the following five tasks. The panel was given a list of detailed instructions to test how simple it is to get started with these ...
Does the iMac Stack Up?(comparison with Gateway 2000 Essential 366c)(Hardware Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
Jul 01, 1999 ... APPLE iMAC 266MHz Times in seconds. Shorter bars are better for all tests, except for Quake scores. GATEWAY 2000 ESSENTIAL 366c BEHIND OUR TESTS For the file-duplication and Zip copy tests, we used a 25MB Adobe Photoshop ...
Mac OS X Server.(Software Review)(Evaluation)
Jul 01, 1999; ... SERVER SIGNALS A NEW ERA IN MAC NETWORKING A common conversation starter among Macintosh server administrators is "The Mac would be a great server if onlyE" If only it had preemptive multitasking. If only it supported multiple network interfaces. If only it supported remote ...
So Long, CDs.(MP3)(Technology Information)
Jul 01, 1999; ... MP3 Will Change the Way You Buy and Listen to Your Favorite Music Everyone's talking about MP3. Not since Larry, Curly, and Moe have three characters caused such a fuss. Depending on whom you ask, it's a format for compressing and storing sound, a way to download free music from ...
Sidebar: Digital DJs.(@soft's MacAmp MP3 player for the Mac)(Software Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
Jul 01, 1999 ... @soft's MacAmp is the premier MP3 player for the Mac. By applying downloadable "skins," you can ...
MP3 Tip Sheet.(Technology Information)
Jul 01, 1999 ... Make 'Em Sing You can't launch an MP3 player by double-clicking on a freshly downloaded MP3 file, because the MP3 file lacks the internal type and creator codes that tell the Mac which program to launch. To open a downloaded MP3 file, drag it to your MP3 player's ...
Putting the New MacPac to Work.(Palm Computing's MacPac software for Palm PDAs)(Software Review)(Evaluation)
Jul 01, 1999 ... If you're a Palm user, Palm's MacPac software is destined to become an integral part of your life. To save time and hassle, it's worth getting to know these undocumented shortcuts. Calendar Keys Palm Desktop's calendar, like the Palm's, offers three views-- Daily, Weekly, and ...
Adobe Photoshop Plug-ins.(Extensis' PhotoGraphics and ZaxWerks' 3D Invigorator)(Software Review)(Evaluation)
Jul 01, 1999; ... PhotoGraphics and 3D Invigorator Add Hefty Graphics Capabilities Adobe Photoshop has much pixel-pushing prowess, but some tasks fall far beyond its native capabilities. Extensis's PhotoGraphics and Zaxwerks' 3D Invigorator are plug-ins designed to bring vector and 3-D graphics ...
Unlock Your Printer's Potential.(Technology Tutorial)
Jul 01, 1999; ... Coax the Best Possible Prints from Your Color Ink-Jet Printer The color-printing revolution is here. Print quality from consumer-level ink-jet printers has soared over the last couple of years, while prices have plummeted. For less than $300 you can buy a color printer that ...
The Cost of Color.(color ink jet printers)(Technology Information)
Jul 01, 1999 ... Color printers are more affordable than ever, but the cost of color printing involves more than just the printer--there's also the cost of ink and paper, which can really add up. Canon's high-gloss photo film, for example, lets you print out pictures with the look-and-feel of photographic ...
Product Watch.(FileMaker adds ODBC capabilities to FileMaker Pro 4.1)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Jul 01, 1999; ... Play Fetch with FileMaker FileMaker Pro is playing with the big boys of information management now that FileMaker (800/325-2747, www.filemaker.com) has announced enhanced support for the ODBC database standard. FileMaker 4.1 gave you the ability to read ODBC ...
Stay Updated.(Insider Software's UpdateAgent 3.0 scans Web for free updates to Mac software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Jul 01, 1999 ... Keep your software current without the hassle of surfing to dozens of Web sites. Insider Software's (800/700-6340, www.insidersoftware.com) UpdateAgent 3.0 scans your Mac for installed software and then searches the Web for any free updates. The new version ...
New Dimension.(Maxon Computers develops 3D paint software)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
Jul 01, 1999 ... To 3-D Now You Can Spruce Up Your 3-D. Models Without Rendering Them Maxon Computers Wwwmaxonnet D. Painter Like Metacreations Painterd Lets You Paint Directly On The Surface Of D ....
Scans for Everyone.(Canon Computer Systems intros CanoScan FB 1200S and FB620U color flatbed scanners)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Jul 01, 1999 ... Canon Computer Systems (800/652-2666, www.ccsi.canon.com) has unveiled two new flatbed color scanners. The $499 CanoScan FB 1200S, scheduled to ship in June, offers 1,200-dpi ...
Printer Equality.(Infowave Software's PowerPrint for Networks)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Jul 01, 1999 ... No need to be jealous of PC users' abundance of printer choices. Infowave Software's (800/663-6222, http://www.infowave.com) $249 PowerPrint for Networks lets ...
Serial Savior.(GeeThree.com's Stealth Serial Port converts Power Mac G3 modem slot into mini-DIN8 serial port)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Jul 01, 1999 ... Don't throw away those serial-port peripherals just yet. The $39.95 Stealth Serial Port from GeeThree.com (http://www.geethree.com) converts the blue Power Mac ...
Fly on the Wall.(InFocus Dragonfly LP330 multimedia projector)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Jul 01, 1999 ... HereOs a multimedia projector that definitely fits in the overhead compartment. The $6,999 Dragonfly LP330, from InFocus (800/294-6400, www.infocus.com), weighs just under ...
QuickTime 4 Moves Upstream.(Apple's desktop video package)(Product Information)
Jul 01, 1999; ... Apple's Multimedia Software Gets Live Streaming Capabilities Apple's QuickTime logo, already a common sight on many Web pages, could become even more familiar to Internet users as the company rolls out a new version of its multimedia software with live streaming capabilities ....
A New Look for QuickTime Player.(Apple's desktop video package)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Jul 01, 1999 ... Apple, which has pinned much of its fortunes on cutting-edge hardware design, is applying similar principles to its software. The QuickTime Player (formerly MoviePlayer) sports a revamped interface, new audio and video controls, and a Favorites drawer for storing saved movies and links to ...
Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts.(News Briefs)
Jul 01, 1999; ... How cool would it be to surf the Internet with your voice? Kham Vo of San Francisco found a way to do it with Apple's speech-recognition software, which works with most Power Macs. The software is included with Mac OS 8.5 and later but isn't installed by default, so you need to run the Mac ...
Format Like a Pro in Excel 98.(Technology Tutorial)(Brief Article)
Jul 01, 1999 ... Applying the same format to alternate rows of a Microsoft Excel 98 spreadsheet doesn't require formatting each row individually. Shane Devenshire of Walnut Creek, California, devised a method that uses Excel 98's conditional formats. With this method, you can even sort the rows without ...
iMac 333MHz.(performance improvement)(Product Announcement)
Jul 01, 1999; ... Apple Boosts Consumer Mac's Speed Apple's CANDY-COATED iMac, now equipped with a 333MHz PowerPC CPU, is faster than ever, yet the new version carries the same $1,199 price tag as the previous 266MHz model. But CPU speed is just one factor that influences overall system ...
Spring Cleaning 3.0.(file maintenance utility)(Product Announcement)
Jul 01, 1999; ... Cleanup Utility Cleans Itself Up The concept is compelling: a product called Spring Cleaning that sweeps out your hard disk, deleting duplicate files, trashing orphaned aliases and preferences, and nuking empty folders. As attractive as the prospect sounds, however, the first ...
TelePort 56K Internal Modem.(Boca Research Global Village TelePort 56K Internal Modem)(Product Announcement)
Jul 01, 1999; ... MODEM PUTS FINISHING TOUCH ON LATEST POWER MAC G3S Apple's latest Power Macintosh G3 systems are marvels of engineering, offering blazing speed, fast USB and FireWire interfaces, Rage 128Eaccelerated graphics, and an exquisitely friendly case design. Alas, Apple left out an ...
TurboMax.(ProMax Technology's TurboMax/ATA-33 PCI card)(Product Information)
Jul 01, 1999; ... Affordable Alternative to SCSI Hard drives with Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics (EIDE) connections are popular in the PC market, but the EIDE standard never caught on in the Mac market. Now, thanks to a new PCI card from ProMax Technology, Mac users can take advantage of ...
To the Victor Goes the Stream.(Apple Computer's QuickTime 4.0 desktop video software)(Company Business and Marketing)
Jul 01, 1999; ... Apple Must Fight Strong Currents to Win the Internet-Broadcasting Race For years now, TV and computers have been swimming up different forks of the same stream, headed for the same destination from various directions. Television has struggled to become more interactive. The ...
Web 3-D Heats Up for Mac Users.(Technology Information)
Jul 01, 1999; ... Metacreations Readies Metastream for MAC For Macintosh users, the ability to view and navigate 3-D graphics on the Web has been more promise than reality. The Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML), the reigning 3-D Web standard, has failed to catch on among Macintosh or PC ...
Invigorate Your Site with JavaScript.(Technology Tutorial)
Jul 01, 1999; ... Make Your Site Stand Out with Extraordinary Effects The Internet has become a competitive place these days. You have to vie with more people than ever for the attention of potential clients--and guess what, yours isn't the only site that has animated images and plug-in ...
WHAT YOU NEED.(News Briefs)
Jul 01, 1999 ... <Pre> Text editor JavaScriptable browser Netscape Navigator 3 or later ...
Create a JavaScript Slide Show.(Technology Tutorial)
Jul 01, 1999 ... Show off artwork at your visitors' own pace. Once you install this script, visitors simply click on a button to see every image in your portfolio one at a time. Even better, a viewer can choose to go forward or backward. Before you get started with the scripting, put all your ...
Fireworks 2.0.(Web authoring software from Macromedia)(Software Review)(Evaluation)
Jul 01, 1999; ... Solid Web Graphics Tool Gets Even Better Before Macromedia Fireworks, Adobe ImageReady, and Adobe ImageStyler came along, Web graphics designers had to jump through hoops--usually involving Adobe Photoshop and an array of Photoshop plug-ins and shareware utilities--to prepare ...
You Can Take It with You.(Mac to Palm conduits)(Product Announcement)
Jul 01, 1999; ... 3Com's New Connectivity Software Puts the Power of the Mac in Your Palm There was a time when we would have drooled at the thought of carrying our address books and calendars on a sleek, 3-by-5 gadget like 3Com's Palm handheld organizers. We would have thought a handheld Mac ...