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Inside Mac - December 21st 2002

Stan Flack - Publisher & CEO of MacMinute

http://www.macminute.com/

MacMinute - Your #1 source for Macintosh News!

Stan Flack is the founder and former owner of MacCentral.com, which was acquired by Mac Publishing LLC (Macworld) in 1999. MacMinute, Flack's latest endeavor, provides up-to-the-minute Macintosh news and information from around the world in a clean and efficient Web site design for those who want the news and want it quickly. The site also features a reader forum, story ratings, advanced search engine, and more.

Ted Landau

http://www.tlandau.com/

Ted Landau is the author of "Mac OS X Disaster Relief" and "Sad Macs, Bombs, & Other Disasters," the best-selling troubleshooting book for Mac OS X and Mac OS 9. Ted is the founder of MacFixIt, With its up-to-the-minute troubleshooting news and advice, MacFixIt has become one of the most popular and respected Macintosh stops on the Internet. He is also a contributing editor for Macworld magazine.

Ted Landau and Macworld Conference & Expo

Ted will teach 2 classes in the Users Conference on Thursday, January 9 from 1:30 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. Mac OS X Disaster Relief: Prevention and Mac OS X Disaster Relief: Cures.

And don't miss him on the North Hall Stage for the MacBrainiac Challenge on Thursday from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.!

Ted's Books

Mac OS X Disaster Relief

Sad Macs, Bombs, and Other Disasters (4th Edition)

Shawn King - Host of Your Mac Life

http://www.yourmaclife.com/

The host of Your Mac Life, Shawn King, has been a Mac user for 15 years and a computer user for 20. He has been the host of a Macintosh focused Audio Broadcast on the Internet for the past eight years. Shawn is not a journalist... he is a Mac user just like his audience. He brings a refreshing style and conversational tone to the interviews he has done over the years.

Jason E. Davies - VP Worldwide Sales BIAS, Inc.

http://www.bias-inc.com/

Jason E. Davies is the Vice President of Sales for BIAS, Inc., a leading manufacturer of audio software for the Macintosh. His primary responsibilities include sales and marketing for OEM, International Distributor, Domestic Reseller, and Direct channels worldwide. Additionally, he manages BIAS customer support and inside sales team. Prior to BIAS, Inc, Jason served in several capacities over a 6 year period at Opcode Systems, Inc. - a major manufacturer of music software and hardware. These positions included Technical Support, Product Specialist Communications Manager based in Europe, Western U.S. Sales Manager, and Director of Sales. Jason's background includes music performance, recording/engineering, production, and mastering.

Berkley Integrated Audio Software Inc., a privately held corporation based in Petaluma, California, is an established leader in cutting-edge audio software technology. BIAS' award-winning product line -- which currently includes Peak VST, Peak TDM, Peak LE, Peak DV, Deck, Freq, SuperFreq, Vbox, and Vbox SE -- can be heard on numerous hit recordings, Hollywood and independent feature films, television productions, websites, videogames, and other productions.

BIAS' philosophy for software development: our products are developed by listening to what audio professionals have to say about the way they work and the tools they need. We have tried to create products that represent what real audio professionals want and need from digital audio software. Download the demos, and tell them what you think.

Robin Rowe and Andy Prock of Film Gimp

http://filmgimp.sourceforge.net/

Robin Rowe is a partner at motion picture technology company MovieEditor.com and writes articles about software development and computer graphics for many magazines. He leads two users groups: Open Source Programmers and Linux Movies. He is the release manager for Film Gimp, the most popular open source software tool in feature motion picture work. He is running for election on January 8, 2003, to the Richmond Marina Bay Council, serving a community nearby to the University of California Berkeley.

http://filmgimp.sourceforge.net/

Andy Prock is the Mac Film Gimp Port Lead (Edgewood, Washington) Graduated with a Masters Degree in C.S. from Western Washington University and currently looking for a job. Besides Mac Film Gimp, ported Unicon to the Mac. Active in IGDA (International Game Developers Association). When not at the computer, Andy practices on his guitar.

Film Gimp is a motion picture editing tool primarily used for painting and retouching of movie images. Its application in feature movie productions includes the movies Scooby-Doo, Harry Potter, Stuart Little and Stuart Little 2. Film Gimp is the most successful open source tool in feature motion picture work today. Film Gimp is based on Gimp, the GNU Image Manipulation Program. Film Gimp is an independent project, separate from Gimp and GNU.

Gimp is a widely-used alternative to Adobe Photoshop, a popular tool for professional image editing. Film Gimp extended Gimp to operate upon a series of images (with a frame manager) and in 16-bit linear or floating point color depths. Film Gimp, at 48-bit rgb, has much more color depth capacity than Gimp at 24-bit rgb. Although Film Gimp has more colors than can be displayed at once on a conventional 24-bit rgb monitor, it makes a difference when working with the higher dynamic range of film.