Faking it in Photoshop
The age of the hyperimage is upon us. We can warp, fake, and distort the truth with a mouse click – but what is the real impact?
Features
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Insight: Unit9
Digit talks to digital media agency unit9 about its award-winning Web sites and Flash animations, and it plans for future growth.
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Have I got fake news for you
With the world increasingly represented as digital data and images as pixels, the desire to rework our visual past and present has never been greater.
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Love Actually DVD
The Machine Room keeps its design pure and simple for DVD menus.
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Dual DVD drives take over
Amid the confusion that engulfs DVD formats, the dual drive is making headway. Will this put an end to DVD-induced brainache?
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Perfect Pics to Perfect Pixels
Image Advice calmly explains why what should have been your favourite picture of all time appears to recreate the vision of a guy whose specs got knocked off when he fell down after drinking eight pints of strong lager.
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Music on the move
Digital music is the toy of the moment, and while the ubiquitous iPod dominates the market, there are alternatives out there. Digit rounded up some of Apple’s competitors.
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MPC creates saucy 3D chef
The Moving Picture Company’s team of animators rose to the challenge of creating a flamboyant and eccentric caricature of a French chef to act as the brand identity for Schwartz Real Paste sauces.
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Irate over ink
Many consumers feel they aren’t getting their money’s worth from their ink jet printer. So is the cartridge half full or half empty?
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Creativity is off the starting grid
It’ll be as useful as a gift-wrapped cow at a vegetarian’s birthday bash.
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The future of Flash
Macromedia has revealed its intentions to extend Flash technology. DIGIT brings you the lowdown on the future of multimedia application development.
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Photo finishers
Nothing matches the power of Photoshop CS when it comes to image editing - but there are budget alternatives. Digit checked out the bargain options.
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Catalyst sets Tony swinging online
Celebrating the release of Spiderman 2, the latest online 3D game for Kellogg’s Frosties sees Tony the Tiger swinging through the city.
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Preview: Director MX 2004
Director is a formidable application. Its long-term users are dedicated to its Byzantine workflow, and fluent in its scripting environment. The new Flash MX 2004 compatibility and DVD authoring features are sure to attract new customers however, so it’s difficult to go about testing the new release for the former without alienating the latter and vice versa. So instead, we’ll take an early gander at the new features and their possible applications, with reference to improvements and any shortfalls in expectation for this giant of the multimedia-authoring scene.
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Crunch time for Windows security
Windows security has become Microsoft's big headache. Can the company restore faith in its OS with the forthcoming Service Pack 2?
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Head to Head: Strong copyright - can it harm art?
The debate: digital creatives face a copyright battle as the Internet, and advanced copying tools, mean work is under threat like never before. So, are stronger copyright controls with harsher penalties the answer, or should we walk away from copyright controls altogether?
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Weee Will Recycle
Where once they wrestled with giant Photoshop files, extruded 3D models or drew the most beautiful vectors in a swirl of bézier curvature, these multiprocessor systems are now doomed to a life of spreadsheets and the Heat Web site.
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Make a design of the times
With new versions of InDesign, Quark, and Photoshop, expect print to be this year's mini skirt.
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A Mac user's look at the Consumer Electronics Show
The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is heavily PC-focussed. But what did it offer the Mac-consumer in 2004?
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DVD recorders do double duty
DVD recorders are set to become more than just an expensive toy. As industry big-hitters prepare their products, Digit looked at the next generation of DVD recording.