March – April 1999 — Vol 21 No 2
Source
Open PDF • Mar–Apr 1999 • Vol 21 No 2 • 100 pages
Overview
Cover features cropped/transform tool palette image. Cover content (page 5+): - A Learning Curve — p. 5 - Ray Dream Again — p. 27 - Electrifier and Tribeworks Arrive; QuickTime 4 and Final Cut are Near — p. 29 (Final Cut Pro premiered April 1999) - A Not So Impartial Review of Microsoft Internet 4.5 — p. 33 - High Speed Internet Access — p. 43 (DSL/cable arriving) - Best of the TCS — p. 66 - Graphic Design 102 for Anybody — p. 70 - Apple /// Q & A — p. 92
(Full TOC not extracted in front pages.)
Highlights
Final Cut Pro nearing release
QuickTime 4 and Final Cut nearing — Apple's Final Cut Pro premiered at NAB April 1999 (Macworld Expo Jan 1999 announce). Major video-editing inflection.
Electrifier and Tribeworks
Electrifier = Apple's QuickTime authoring tool; Tribeworks = iShell multimedia authoring. Both QT4-era arrivals.
MS Internet Explorer 4.5
IE 4.5 for Mac — Microsoft's competing browser. "Not so impartial review" tone suggests Pi's Mac/Apple loyalty.
High Speed Internet Access
DSL and cable modem entering consumer market — Pi members exploring beyond dial-up TCS.
Graphic Design 102
Continuing series from 1997-11 — V19 N06 (Graphic Design 101 for Newbies by Mary Keene).
Entities
People: Lorin Evans (President continuing; specific bylines not extracted) Topics: Final Cut Pro Preview, High Speed Internet, Graphic Design Series, QuickTime 4 References: Final Cut Pro, QuickTime 4, Electrifier, Tribeworks iShell, Internet Explorer 4.5, Ray Dream Studio
Connections to other issues
- Final Cut Pro Preview = pivotal Apple video tool, announced January 1999
- High Speed Internet = broadband consumer arrival
- Graphic Design Series continues from Mary Keene's 1997 piece