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3. EDITORIAL
HELLO!
Welcome to issue 101 of Computer Arts. After last month’s
EDITORIAL 01225 442 244 celebrations and the excitement of issue 100, it’s a relief to feast
GILLIAN CARSON SENIOR EDITOR our tired eyes on this month’s soothing cover image, courtesy of
gillian.carson@futurenet.co.uk
DOM HALL DEPUTY EDITOR Simone Legno. We love the cool, clear lines of his Japanese
dom.hall@futurenet.co.uk
RODDY LLEWELLYN SENIOR ART EDITOR
woodcut-style illo and it really is perfect for our cover tutorial,
richard.llewellyn@futurenet.co.uk which reveals the secrets behind drawing the perfect figure.
VICKY MITCHARD DESIGNER
vicky.mitchard@futurenet.co.uk After a short break, Derek Lea is back with part one of a new
SOPHIE EMBLEY PRODUCTION EDITOR series that will take a look at how natural media can be used to
sophie.embley@futurenet.co.uk
JOSEPH RUSS NEW MEDIA CONTENT EDITOR produce a truly individual look. This month Derek created a water-
joseph.russ@futurenet.co.uk
MATT GALLIMORE SENIOR CD EDITOR
logged city scene using just a colour printer, a water spray and a
matt.gallimore@futurenet.co.uk little Photoshop know-how.
JON ALONGI CD EDITOR
jon.alongi@futurenet.co.uk
The Freak makes his debut on our cover disc this month. His
JEN WAGNER ONLINE EDITOR well-endowed figure was just perfect for our CD tutorial in which
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Computer Arts resident Jacey takes up the challenge of recreating
CD PROBLEMS 01225 822 743 a revolutionary-style propaganda art poster.
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So enjoy this month’s jam-packed issue, and if you didn’t find a
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Jason Arber, Graeme Aymer, Ailin Chambers, Dave
Curd, Alistair Dabbs, Hans Deconinck, Mike de la Flor, chance of winning one of three pairs of tickets to GraphicEurope.
Craig Grannell, Andy Kay, Chris Kenworthy, Derek Lea,
Simone Lego, Ed Ricketts, Chris Schmidt, Mark
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4. OCTOBER ISSUE 101
REVIEWS
CONTENTS TUTORIALS
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Movie quality motion blur and Use The Freak file on our cover CD to
footage-steadying plug-ins, create this bold, modern take on an
courtesy of The Foundry old Russian propaganda poster
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5. IN THIS ISSUE
APRIL ISSUE 97
ON THE CD
Fashion your own
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the skill and artistry of five great fonts –
see CD for details
FREAK KIT
This bemuscled Poser
model, complete with
clothing and props, is
ideal for kickstarting
your illustration work.
Check out how we used
him in our CD tutorial,
P40 NATURAL MEDIA starting on page 104
Learn how to exploit water
effects and give your digital P64 FLASH P56 ILLUSTRATOR
images a grittier, more Use audio to refine your Create your own brushes and you MOTION GRAPHICS SUITE
traditional feel animations and add style to can add old-fashioned personality These eight AdvanceFlash motion
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6. EXPOSURE
EXPOSURE
Send your work to Computer Arts and be seen by thousands!
XEVI SOLER
JOB Freelance Designer
2
CONTACT xevi@vision55.com
or www.vision55.com
SOFTWARE Photoshop
1,2 & 3 The Mowry Fisher Gang
“These pages were hand-drawn
using a Pilot DR drawing pen
and scanned at 300dpi as a
bitmap. The image was then
coloured in Photoshop.
Layers are dedicated to
foreground and background
colour elements and effects,
allowing me control over colour
balancing and level adjustments
for specific areas of the image.
I was inspired to do these
drawings after watching Steven
Lisberger describe the torturous
amount of work that went into
making Tron! But more
specifically, I’d cite Robert
Crumb and Masamune Shirow –
both masters of comic art (but
stylistically a million miles
apart!) – as prime influences.
This is the first time these
drawings have been published.”
1
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7. EXPOSURE
To find out more about this section, please
go to www.computerarts.co.uk/gallery/
ABOUT XEVI SOLER
Xevi Soler says he’s a
“freelance Graphic Designer –
but there’s a comic artist trying
to get out!” He takes creative
inspiration from such greats as
Jack Kirby, Stanley Kubrick,
Saul Bass, Michael Mann,
Ridley Scott and Syd Mead.
Soler studied Illustration
and Cell Animation at
Bournemouth and Poole
College of Art “long before
Macs ruled the creative world”
and it was here that he
developed his individual
animation style. “I developed a
style of illustration where line
art was copied onto acetate and
laid over coloured paper. In
effect, I was using Photoshop
layers before Photoshop
even existed,” he says.
Having recently completed a
re-branding of a NewsQuest
newspaper, Soler is now
working on a pet project named
The Diamond-Cutter, work
partly inspired by Karel Capec’s
Rossum’s Universal Robots.
The project will mix graphic
design and line art in a way not
really seen before.
“I am just as comfortable
designing a page layout as I am
drawing, taking photographs or
designing toy robots,” says
Solar – a skill he’ll use working
3 on his latest concept, Syboc.
For more information visit
www.vision55.com/syboc.
October 2004 |7

8. EXPOSURE
1
2
CONNIE A. WILSON 3
JOB NVQ Assessor, Distance Learning Tutor and
budding Illustrator
CONTACT caw@hardcaw-illustration.com or
www.hardcaw-illustration.com
4
SOFTWARE Photoshop
1. Untitled 1
“This was an experiment. I wanted a subtle collage
effect, so I used scanned textures to create more depth
to the image and “painted” in Photoshop. I’m inspired
by magazine photography and wanted that slick look.”
2. Fly Me to the Moon
“I kept singing Fly Me to the Moon in my head (only the
first verse), and wanted do an illustration about it, so
here it is.”
3. Self-inflicted
“For this image I wanted to show that sometimes we
create our own problems (paranoia, fear and inner
demons). I wanted to achieve a sombre look.”
4. Untitled 2
“The woman’s face was taken from Fly Me to the Moon,
but I wanted to try out a quick image that could be used
on a music CD cover or a flyer for a gig or party. So I
played around with it a bit to get a “funky” look.”
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9. EXPOSURE
1
ADAM DRAS
JOB Website Designer/Illustrator
CONTACT adam@media64.com or
www.media64.com
SOFTWARE Photoshop, Illustrator
1. Elfa
“Based on a stock photograph,
I drew this image in Illustrator
placing each different shade and
colour on a new layer. I then used
Photoshop to touch up the
illustration with some custom
brushes to add grunge textures.
The socks took me over two hours
to draw!”
2. Maja
“This is an illustration of my
daughter. With vector work, the final
result is always the reward for your
time and effort.”
3. Just relaxing
“I was inspired to draw this
illustration by Computer Arts
magazine, as I used a stock photo
that was included on the December
2003 cover CD.”
2
GET EXPOSED
Send your work to us, along
with an explanation of your
techniques and software,
the titles of each piece, your
Website details and email.
Images should be sent as PC
or Mac TIFF or JPEG files, on
CD or Zip disks. A hard copy is a
great help. We will endeavour to
return all entries that provide an
SAE. All contributions are
submitted on the basis of a non-
exclusive worldwide licence to
publish, both in print and
electronically.
Post hi-res files for print to:
Exposure, Computer Arts,
3 30 Monmouth Street,
Bath, BA1 2BW.
October 2004 |9

10. LETTERS… Write to us at ca.mail@futurenet,
or join us online at forum.computerarts.co.uk
ICONIC IDEAS
STAR LETTER: MY FIRST MAC I really liked the feature “The Art of Punk”
(issue 97) about the work of Jamie Reid.
I am a student on the MA US, and I’m not sure if I want to We’d go to the Apple Store for I am a High School computer arts teacher,
Media Arts at the spend a small fortune on a Education (www.apple.com/uk/ traditionally trained in traditional art.
Manchester Institute for second-hand Power Mac if a education) and look at any G5 However, although the article contained
Research and Innovation in Art new eMac will do. deals there. On a Wednesday, go lots of good information, I was surprised
and Design (MIRIAD) at If you have any ideas on to the refurb store at www.apple. that it did not mention anything about
Manchester Metropolitan leasing, discounts or what com/ukstore (there’s a link from Andy Warhol’s Pop Art or the work of
University. I wondered if you system would be most there) and check out the refurb Jenny Holzer. Hopefully my copy of
knew if Apple or anyone else appropriate to my needs I would deals. That said, it’s common Lipstick Traces, a Secret History of the
ever give away kit or offer be very grateful if you could knowledge that the iMac G5 will Twentieth Century will fill the gaps in my
sponsorship or bursaries for advise me. be released in September, so it knowledge of how/why Reid developed his
creative students? Andy Sidorczuk might be worth waiting for that. art to fulfil the goals of his clients.
I make experimental animation Kim D. Bachmann
using footage recorded on a PRIZE: free training at Space, London Tutor, Virginia, USA
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As the Star Letter winner, you can choose a day’s training at Space.
drawn animation, using Adobe Co-founded by Bridget Riley, Space is one of the largest visual arts We’re glad you enjoyed our feature on
CS and Final Cut Pro. resources in the Capital, and offers a variety of courses ranging from Jamie Reid, Kim. The Icon feature is an
At the moment I use the Photoshop and Final Cut Pro, to how to sell your work, tax and self- introduction and overview of one piece of
University’s computers employment, and marketing strategies for designers. Space also has a art or design. We have limited space in the
(Superdrive iMacs with lots of large range of high-end equipment including video-editing facilities, magazine and therefore can’t cover as
memory) and only have a PC at technical support staff and exhibition spaces. For more information go to: much as we’d like to regarding the
www.spacestudios.org.uk
home. I don’t really trust eBay, influences and background of the artist.
as most of the sellers are in the But we do always point you towards
informative “further reading” (which you
mention) where you can further feed your
interest in the subject if you wish.
BEACH BABE MAGNET FILM SCHOOL
On Sunday I went to the beach armed with issue I send my compliments to all the team at
99 of Computer Arts to read if I had time. I was Computer Arts. The magazine is so PCS IN PUBLISHING
reading the magazine and talking with my creative and informative and I was so glad I work as a Graphic Designer for a large
friends under the sun when we decided to take a to come across Computer Arts Projects in Kent-based newspaper group. About 75 per
dive in the water, leaving the magazine behind on Barcelona for the first time. cent of the company use Apple Macs still
the deck-chair. I have been searching for this kind of running OS 9 in order to handle Quark 4.1,
After 45 minutes or so, we saw three girls magazine, and when I set my eyes on it at while the rest use PCs for admin.
crowded around my deck-chair. They were the shop I began to see editing, producing The company has said that it plans to
looking at the magazine with quite an interest! and film-directing dreams come true. scrap all of its Macs by December and
As I reached the chair one of the girls said, Reading this magazine has made me feel switch to PCs. They also plan to migrate
“Sorry, for the invasion, but we saw the magazine as if I am in the film school that I could over to InDesign from QuarkXPress. How
and couldn’t resist it. We decided to take a peek.” not afford to attend. Thank you. many other large desktop publishing firms
“Interesting magazine!” said another. “We Efe Osariemen, are actually using PCs as their main
thought it was about make-up and girl’s stuff.” Student, Barcelona, Spain computer systems as opposed to the
Keep up the good work Computer Arts and keep industry-preferred Macintosh platform?
the covers coming! Vinesh Pallaram
Dimitris Bostandas Kent
Designer, Thessalonica, Greece
Although we can’t find any specific
Thanks Dimitris. We’ve had lots of feedback on published figures for the use of PCs versus
issue 99 and it’s great to know that the cover is Macs within the publishing industry, we
provoking a reaction across the globe. Even if the can talk from our own experiences at
reactions are from those who think we are a Future Publishing. All of our magazines
women’s magazine! are now produced using Macs and we are
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11. LETTERS
also undergoing a gradual move over to InDesign.
Macs come at price, but they are built to pretty
NEXT ISSUE IN
rigid design specifications to support Apple’s core
publishing market. Historically, QuarkXPress was
released first on the Mac and didn’t make the
DON’T
transition to Windows until version 3. But since MISS
QuarkXPress 4, and the emergence of Adobe
PHOTOSHOP ISSUE 102
InDesign, PCs have been more than capable of
performing the same function.
So why do we use Macs? Because they’re what
TIPS & TRICKS
we know best, and we can’t help but love them! Create an impressive
range of stunning effects
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with our expert tutorials
I once read an article in Computer Arts that
explained how to design t-shirts using Photoshop.
At the end of the article, it mentioned printing
the artwork onto a t-shirt with a screen printer.
I have a fair idea of how to screen print the old-
fashioned way, and I’ve read that there are
electronic printers that can do the same.
Could you please provide me with the names of
a few companies that manufacture the appropriate
screen printing devices?
Brian Hunger
Unless you have loads of money to spend, screen
printing is not financially viable for most people.
A more economical option is to look at digital
transfer printing; this can be done by your local
printers or by using digital transfer paper, which
can be bought from any large computer store.
Digital transfer printing works by using a normal
inkjet printer to print onto a vinyl surface that can
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but don’t have the crisp, clear quality of screen
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12. NEWS
WEBSITES
FIND OUT MORE AT www.computerarts.co.uk
MAIN STORY
The Box Doodle Project
URL: www.neu-e.de
A fascinating site on which designers
demonstrate their skills through
back-of-fag-box doodles. “The rules
OpenType fight
are simple,” says site co-ordinator Font foundries finally throw their weight behind Adobe and
David Hofmann, “rearrange a box to Microsoft’s OpenType format
make any kind of figure or object.
Make the most of least.” Indeed.
Graphic Quarter
URL: www.graphicquarter.com
This slick online portfolio features
some amazing Flash animation and
graphic work from designer Gareth
Crook, showcasing work from short
films and photography to full 3D
animations. Intriguing.
ILLUSTRATION : IDENTIKAL
Duudles
URL: www.duudle.dk
You’ll find more online doodling from
Denmark at Sune Ehlers’ intriguing
site/blog. Soon to be turned into a
cool-looking book in collaboration
with the UK’s Jon Burgerman, we
think it’s potty, but well worth a look. The great font wars of the 90s higher level of multi-language and cross-
saw Adobe and Microsoft European projects are another factor
fight a public battle over the behind increased demand. But Detyna
Low Morale future of their respective admits that the move was complex and
URL: www.lowmorale.co.uk PostScript Type 1 and TrueType font costly – that’s why many in the industry are
Flash film from Web design group formats. But the companies eventually saw dragging their heels over adoption.
Monkeehub describing, “one man’s
struggle to cope with the soul sapping,
sense and jointly developed the OpenType Although he plays down the concern
will to live draining, morale crushing format towards the end of the decade – the over adoption costs, Adobe’s UK Business
experiences of work”. So pretend industry’s first single font file to work on Development Manager Chris Kitchener
you’re working and watch it. both Mac and Windows platforms. describes the gathering support for
Until now, the move to adapt that OpenType as “highly significant”. He
FIVE FREE
FONTS ON technology among design companies and acknowledges that the move towards wider
THE CD! Misprinted Type font foundries has been slow. But this is adoption of the standard was a “slow
URL: www.misprintedtype.com/v3 about to change. Adobe has announced that process” but that it’s gathering pace.
Nice low-tech site from Brazilian some of the world’s biggest font foundries “Its an evolving process and it will take
designer Eduardo Recife, featuring
some striking montage work, free
such as Bitstream, Émigré and the Font time [for the industry] to accept the format,
fonts and austere films and photos. Bureau now support OpenType. The move but we are really on the cusp of this
Not a run-of-the-mill collection and has been seen as a sign that at last a wider happening now,” he says.
there’s lots to look at. adoption of the standard is picking up. For Kitchener, OpenType is all about
Bruno Steinert, Managing Director of putting fonts on centre stage. “OpenType is
German font house Linotype Library GmbH a revolution because typography had been
Diesel Dreams says: “OpenType is simple for our customers a dying art. With this new format, all of a
URL: www.dieseldreams.com/ to use. Notorious cross-platform sudden everything is possible – companies
launch.html compatibility issues are now history.” are creating new fonts and the whole thing
Diesel-sponsored showcase
featuring the work of 30 international
In the UK, Edward Detyna, founder of is opening up. Even small design firms that
animators, artists and filmmakers. the Electronic Font Foundry, says his would not have worried about typography
There’s some great work by Hong company will start to support OpenType are getting involved again.”
Kong’s Da Joint and the UK’s Ne-o. before the end of the year because his INFO www.adobe.co.uk/type/opentype/
customers are asking for it. He also says the main.html
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13. NEWS
GRAPHICS TABLET
Wacom overhauls tablets THE MONTH
Improved work flow and functionality promised with redesigned tablets IN BRIEF
Wacom has given its flagship Intuos Pen Tablet
We take a quick look at this
System a thorough overhaul. The Intuos3
month’s winners and losers.
release has received a design and functionality tweak,
Plus one very lucky man...
which the company says will significantly help users
with speed and productivity. So you can expect a
review next month’s issue.
The main additions: two much-needed four-button › GOOD MONTH
keypads for ALT, Shift and Space functions and
Touch Strip – a tool that acts like a scroll bar and Adobe InDesign CS US publishing
behemoth Hearst Magazines – which produces
allows users to zoom in and out and move around. glossies such as Cosmo, Marie Claire and
Wacom has also made changes to the Grip Pen, House Beautiful – has switched to Adobe’s
which now comes with changeable nibs that allow ever-popular Creative Suite as its standard
users to create paintbrush and felt-tip style effects. publishing platform. Clearly not such good
The Intuos3 is available from September 8 in news for Quark though, as Hearst previously
A6, A5 and A4 formats and will cost between used XPress 6.
£129.99 and £305.99 (ex. VAT). HP’s printing business After two months
INFO www.wacom.com and £2m Hewlett Packard says the media blitz
around its LaserJets has made it top dog in
the colour printing market. But watch out for
SOFTWARE cheaper prices from Dell.
Graphics cards The likes of NVIDIA and ATI
Toon Boom comes to Mac OS X are rubbing their hands together and preparing
for increased demand as graphics-hungry
Popular animation package follows Maya to Mac platform games such as Doom 3 and Half-Life shoot up
the sales charts.
Following last month’s move by Alias to produce Maya Unlimited
for Mac OS X, another animation and 3D scene-planning software
group, Toon Boom, is now readying a release of its products for fi BAD MONTH
users of the Apple platform. Dreamworks Animation Studio The
Like Maya, Toon Boom seems to have recognised the importance current owners of the successful Shrek-
of targeting the Mac-using creative sector with its Opus and Concerto producing animation studio have decided to
planning, effects and compositing 2D and 3D tools. spin the business off though a stock market
Toon Boom President and CEO, Joan Vogelesang, says it is flotation in order to raise $650m, pay of debts
important for his company to reach “the operating system of choice and fund future production.
for creative professionals.” Typographi.ca The Typographica Website
INFO www.toonboom.com has fallen victim to tough new regulations from
the Canadian Internet Registration Authority,
SIGGRAPH UPDATE which insists on a Canadian presence for
sites bearing a .ca domain. The site was
Alias buys Kaydara unceremoniously closed down, but can now be
found at www.typographi.com.
Vendor looks to extend its reach through a couple of new alliances
Leader of the 3D graphics pack, The two companies have also Motionbuilder and Kaydara’s
‹ AND FINALLY
Alias, has announced at Siggraph released Motionbuilder 6, an updated other key product FBX will Photography as truth Best not to go
that it has snapped up smaller rival version of Kaydara’s character continue to support all current into too much detail, but Bryan Sparks of
Springfield, Ohio has been acquitted in a case
Kaydara. The company now animation software, which features a industry platforms and will be sold
involving pornographic digital images found on
promises to fill any gaps in its simplified user interface, enhanced as stand alone packages under the his hard drive. The jury could not be sure if the
product set by buying others in the keyframe animation capabilities and Alias brand name. images were real or had been doctored using
same market. improved story timeline functionality. INFO www.alias.com digital software.
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VISUAL EFFECTS
SOFTWARE
Alien environment COMPOSITING DISCREET AUTUMN
Face-hugging critters do the URL www.discreet.com
business in summer blockbuster Discreet has released updated versions of
inferno 6, flame 9 and flint 9. The upgrades
Cinesite, the company behind computer-generated feature a new spline-based morphing and
warping tool and 3D look-up table capabilities.
unpleasantness such as the classic Alien “face-
The new products have yet to be priced and
huggers”, has been spinning its digital effects magic will hit the shelves in the Autumn.
once again for Fox’s autumn banker Alien vs. Predator.
The London-based company worked with Oscar-
winning visual effects supervisor John Bruno on several 3D STAY TUNED
of the film’s key scenes, developing work using URL www.e-onsoftware.com
extensive digital matte painting, set replacement and e-on software remains tight-lipped about specific
details, but has revealed
motion control. that it’s set to release a
Modelling and pre-visualisation of the Alien face- new version of its
hugger were based on R HGiger’s original 1979 fabulous scenery
storyboards and drawings. rendering and animation
INFO www.cinesite.co.uk software Vue d’Esprit. So
far, the US-based group
has said only to expect
the new release
LEARNING CURVE sometime between now
and Christmas and that
Corps Business Macromedia Flash MX Adobe Illustrator 10 it will cost $249.
London 10 September, £281 13-14 September, £699 ©Martin Childs
Authorised Adobe, Apple, Quark, URL www.netresources.com QuarkXPress 6
Macromedia and Extensis training 15 September, £699
centre offering small-group tuition Escape Studios URL www.parity.net WORKFLOW FEEL THE QUALITY
and excellent post course support. London URL www.markzware.com
After Effects: Fundamentals Popular training company with Design Computer Training Dutch group Markzware, which makes quality
13-14 September, £550 a good reputation for delivering Birmingham control and workflow software for the graphic arts
3ds max: Fundamentals courses in high-end 3D animation One-to-one and small-group market, has produced FlightCheck Workflow 3.5 –
27-28 September, £550 and 2D visual effects. training for image editing, graphics an upgrade that adds support for the Adobe
URL www.corps.co.uk Maya Level 1 and Web design software, including Creative Suite, improved InDesign functionality
13-24 September, £1,899 Adobe Photoshop, QuarkXPress and and improved PowerPoint and Microsoft Word
Net Resources Digital Compositing Comprehensive Macromedia Dreamweaver. management. The upgrade from v3.1 costs £189.
Edinburgh 13 Sept-22 Oct, £4,799 Adobe InDesign
Offering both individual and URL www.escapestudios.co.uk One or two-day courses available
tailored training, Net Resources all year, £360 for a one-day course, PLUG-IN BACKDROPS
provides courses taught by a team Parity £710 for two days URL www.digitalanarchy.com
of professionals with extensive Leeds Macromedia Flash Digital photographers will be able to create
experience of Flash, Dreamweaver Parity offers a wide range of courses One or two-day courses available hundreds of different backgrounds for use in
and CSS. covering Web and creative design all year, £360 for a one-day course, portraits and product shots with Digital Anarchy’s
Macromedia Dreamweaver MX alongside HTML programming and £710 for two days. new plug-ins for Adobe Photoshop, Elements and
24 September, £281 desktop publishing. URL www.combined.f9.co.uk other compatible applications. Available now for
$199, the Backdrop Designer 1.0 plug-in offers
600 presets that you can subsequently modify
with your own choice of light, colour, etc.
Apple launches Motion
Apple’s motion graphics package finally goes on sale 3D PAINTING: PIRANESI 4
URL www.informatix.co.uk
After what has seemed like an and DVD Studio Pro for DVD, film, and motion and physical effects such as Informatix has produced version 4 of its 3D
eternity of previews and teasers, video production. gravity and wind, will bring motion painting program Piranesi, which the company
Apple has finally released its new Designed to make use of Apple’s graphics to a broader audience. says will enable you to create 3D images from
motion graphics package, Motion. latest G5 hardware, Motion will enable Priced at £199, Motion will simple models, rendering objects out quickly so
Motion is a welcome addition to real-time previews of video effects. provide stiff competition for the well that you can fill in the details and add hand-drawn
Apple’s existing digital video suite, Apple hopes that the program’s established Adobe After Effects. effects. The software is available later this month.
integrating with Final Cut Pro HD “behaviours”, which simulate natural INFO www.apple.com
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16. NEWS
DESIGNER TALK
Eduardo Recife
Brazil-based experimental font foundry MisprintedType.com has just enjoyed a huge design
overhaul and relaunch. Computer Arts talks to its founder and master...
Computer Arts:our work makes
Y Illustrator. It takes a whole lot of work, not to With digital type, things get even worse.
great use of montage –illustrations, mention the boring parts:kerning and metrics. People still have preconceived ideas about
photographs, type and handwriting. Where CA: What do you think of other type digital artworks in general.
do you find your material? foundries? Who do you admire?
Eduardo Recife: esources are a must have
R ER: There are an infinite number of good CA: What is the design scene like in Braz il?
for my work. I collect old books, vintage foundries. Misprinted Type is an Who do you share your ideas with?
magaz old photos, my photos and a
ines, ER: Braz has so many great designers. But
il
collection of scanned material. I have a most of them go off to work abroad or for
cabinet with drawers filled with magaz ine “Brazil has so many great designers. big, boring agencies. Design is still a little
cuttings and imagery. It takes time to build a restrained around here. We are dictated by
good arsenal of images, but it’s definitely But most of them go off to work for foreign magaz and taught about what we
ines
worth it. I’m inspired by anything from art can and can’t do. The same goes for fashion.
and design to music, books, movies, streets big, boring agencies” Our art scene, on the other hand, is very rich
and feelings. and speaks for itself.
I have lots of friends who are artists and
CA: ow do you use computers to
H designers and it’s nice to share information
manipulate the material you use in your experimental type foundry that mostly with them. We don’t have any good Braz ilian
work? And how do you go about creating produces display typefaces. It’s very different design magaz and good books are hard
ines,
new fonts? from “traditional” type, where every to find or too expensive, making it easier to
ER: Computers have made collage work character is strictly measured and perfect for (blindly) buy it over the Internet.
easier because you don’t have to worry about easy reading.
image siz any more.ou can rescale or
ing Y I have a great amount of respect for CA: Do you have a favourite typeface?
flip images in order to create the collage Jonathan oefl er, Emigre, Linotype and
H ER: Favourite typefaces come and go. I used
composition you want. Colouring and adding Bitstream – to mention the fathers of
not Corona (Linotype) for quite some time last
textures is also easier, but I try not to be type, Bodoni and Baskerville. They deserve year. I also still use Times New oman in my
R
limited by the machine. true respect. I also admire Professor Brian work and people keep asking me, “What
I create typefaces for my personal works. Bonislawsky (www.astigmatic.com). beautiful serif typeface was that? It’s a
”
I usually get excited and create the whole matter of how you use it, I guess.
alphabet. But there isn’t a rule, sometimes I CA: Do you think typography is under-
just have an idea and decide to work on it. valued as an art form? INFO Visit www.misprintedtype.com and
Most typefaces are a good mixture of analog ER: Most people don’t realise how hard it is get your hands on a host of amazing
and digital –photocopying, hand trashing, to create a typeface. We are so used to seeing Misprinted Type fonts available as freeware.
transferring – then scanning and
and type everywhere that we forget its real value Alternatively, check out the five Misprinted
re-working everything in Photoshop or and the hard work involved in its creation. Type fonts provided free on our cover CD.
16 | October 2004

18. NEWS
GRAPHICS
HARDWARE
Late night mix
NOTEBOOK CAMERA INCLUDED TV mixes music and graphics
URL www.ecs.uk.com
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS)
is claiming an industry first with its Late-night, square-eyed TV addicts
ECSD G220 – a notebook with a built- can expect to see stunning visuals
in 1.3 megapixel camera. ECS says from designers such as Lost in Space and
the camera, part of a Pentium Neil McFarland now that music show
powered wireless-ready PC, can Mixmasters has returned to the small screen.
also be used for video conferencing.
The G220 is available now, although
Now in its fourth series, and nominated for
pricing details weren’t available Best Music TV Series at Music Week’s CADSO4
as we went to press. awards, Mixmasters fuses exclusive mixes by
DJs such as Derrick Carter and Germany’s
Superpitcher with specially-commissioned
visuals, animations and graphics. The show
runs from now until Christmas on ITV1.
INFO www.addictive.com
SCANNER DIGITISE 35MM
URL www.epson.co.uk
Epson claims that its Perfection 2580 Photo is SOFTWARE UPDATE
the first scanner to include special features for
digitising 35mm film. It comes equipped with high
optical resolution for picking up small glitches,
Cinema 4D hits version 9
tools for repairing old photos and ways to rid German 4D group upgrades product line and adds 100 new functions
prints of dust and faded colours. The scanner is
available now at £100.
Maxon has just announced the release of version 9 cloth simulation and sub-polygon displacement.
of its acclaimed animation software Cinema 4D, Other notable improvements include a re-engineered
DIGITAL CAMERA POWERSHOT UPDATE
which the company says features new modelling modelling core, a smarter interface (complete with
URL www.canon.co.uk
Canon has updated its Powershot range of digital tools and offers enhanced workflow. Global PopUp for regularly used commands) and
cameras with the addition of the 4.0 megapixel The latest upgrade, which Maxon is pushing as improved polygon knitting and stitching.
A85. Canon says that the new camera has an easy-to-learn and low-cost alternative to the likes Cinema 4D 9 is available from Maxon resellers or
“improved ergonomics”, improved styling, a of Maya and 3ds max, tightens up existing elements the company’s online store.
1.8-inch LCD and six special scene presets. You of Cinema 4D and adds 100 new features, including INFO www.maxon.net
can lay your hands on one for £239.
WEB DESIGN
NOTEBOOK HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD
URL www.go-l.com
Vancouver Film School
Claiming to offer a “quantum leap” in mobile
computing technology, the Hollywood Gold64
Rogue Java-free competition finalists
laptop from L comes with a 17-inch widescreen
display, an Athlon 3700+ processor, high-speed
cinema site closed Judges sifting winner, who will receive
through entries for a coveted place on the
DVD burner and integrated video camera. The Odeon clamps down on errant site the recent Computer Arts Institute’s prestigious Digital
cost? A suitably monster-sized $2799.
competition to win a life- Design Program.
The Odeon Cinema Group has called time changing scholarship to the The list of finalists
on an alternative version of its Website Vancouver Film School in comprises Elsi Caldeira
MOBILE APPLE AND MOTOROLA HOOK UP Canada have drawn up a Mendes of California, Keith
developed by designer and Cambridge maths
URL www.apple.com list of finalists and will Chingandu of London,
In a provocative statement that raised more graduate Matthew Somerville, who’s been
choose a winner shortly. Benjamin Garraud of
questions than it answered, Apple and Motorola re-designing versions of sites he believes are
The five-strong panel Devizes, John Leigh of
have revealed that they will jointly develop an Java-heavy and inaccessible.
tell us that they are Henley, Marco Morales
iPod-style player for Motorola music phones and According to his official site, Somerville’s extremely excited by the Aburto of Mexico and
have plans to unveil the product next year. The actions are prompted by an urge to make quality of work they have Seth Powell of Cornwall.
deal, which is expected to see iTunes included on Websites “…available to anyone using any seen and are looking Congratulations and good
some Motorola music phones, continues a long
alliance between the two companies.
browser, from Opera to Explorer 6.” forward to announcing the luck to all our finalists.
INFO www.dracos.co.uk
18 | October 2004

19. OPINION
Hands up if you’re faking it keeping an eye on us. In reality though, it
has very little impact. Who can afford a
personal copy of Adobe CS when it costs
Software companies lose millions in lost revenue due to piracy every year. But would fewer people over £1000? And what do you do if you
end up using illegal software if prices for individuals plummeted? want to bring work home, or you’re
unemployed and need to master the latest
The world’s gone copyright crazy. crunching down the quality of the movie so applications to get a job?
Even cinemas hammer home stern that something previously spread out over a The primary reason for stealing software
warnings before screenings about the perils dual-layer disc now fits on a single-layer is financial – a real chicken and egg
of filming the presentation, courtesy of the DVD, much of the creativity is scenario. Are people pirating software
Federation Against Copyright Theft. FACT compromised, or even lost. because it’s expensive, or is it expensive
is concerned primarily with counterfeiting It’s for this reason that I actually enjoy because the software is being pirated? It’s
and piracy issues in the film industry, hoping buying DVDs, but I worry that it makes me an important point, and slightly beyond the
to imprison the shady looking chaps selling the equivalent of an audiophile growing scope of this column.
fake DVDs on street corners and shut down
source operations in the Far East. SILVER LINING
You might be feeling smug, safe in the “Software manufacturers could look But it’s not all bad news. After all, I did buy
knowledge that you’ve never bought a my own legal boxed copies of the software
dodgy DVD, but there are two things that upon piracy as an extended trial period, that had been illegally installed on my
bring it closer to home: the Internet and the Macs at home as soon as I could afford to.
availability of software that allows for easy an amnesty against prosecution” The piracy formed a vitally important stage
copying of DVD movies. in my creative life, building up a
It’s now possible to sidestep the whole relationship with crucial pieces of software
sordid business of buying fake DVDs by misty-eyed over vinyl, while the rest of the that I could no longer function without.
downloading them from peer-to-peer world cram their hard drives with MP3s. Perhaps software manufacturers could
networks. It might take all night to trawl But there’s another aspect of copyright look upon piracy as an extended trial
the Web, but the anonymity seems to make theft that has a more direct impact on the period, offering an amnesty against
it okay, and hell, everyone’s doing it. life of designers, illustrators, photographers prosecution, while offering more realistic,
and other digital creatives. Hands up if you tiered pricing structures.
CREATIVE LICENCE bought every piece of software on your I’m convinced that fewer people would
As a creative person, I must confess to computer. Hmm, I don’t see many hands. use illegal software if prices were cheaper.
finding much of this just a little bit That’s because most of us think nothing of FORUMS If Apple can change the culture around the
troubling. Not because I have a great moral “borrowing” a copy of Photoshop from Do you agree, or illegal download of MP3s, tapping into a
stance on the issue, but because I know that work or from a friend. disagree? Tell us what rich vein of folk who will pay for music
an awful lot of people, like myself, have put From individual applications to whole you think. Post your downloads, surely software companies can
time and effort into the movies and operating systems, software theft is rife. views at http://forum. follow suit?
subsequent DVDs. By stripping out the And the Federation Against Software Theft computerarts.co.uk Jason Arber a designer and also co-founder of
packaging, removing the DVD menus and (FAST), a contemporary body to FACT, is www.pixelsurgeon.com
October 2004 | 19

20. NEWS ANALYSIS
ILLUSTRATION: twelve:ten
IN DEPTH
The great graduate jobs debate
As thousands of ambitious young designers take up places on degree courses, thousands more graduates are out
looking for work. But the prospects are tough WORDS BY DOM HALL
After three or four years of hard slog money getting new recruits up to an industry will find its own solutions because
and financial sacrifice this summer’s acceptable starting level. there is already an acceptance that they will
batch of fresh-faced Web, 3D, multimedia In Skillset’s new Interactive Media report have to train people themselves,” he says.
and interactive design graduates may be Hirsh writes that there is “widespread This is certainly a scenario recognised
forgiven for thinking they will have the pick dissatisfaction” with degree courses, many by design companies currently looking to
of entry-level jobs at any agency in the of which have yet to prove themselves and expand. Fadi Shuman, Co-founder and
country. They have, after all, been steeped are not equipping graduates with the real Director of London-based agency Pod 1 –
in the principles of design theory and had world skills employers increasingly expect. which builds sites for the likes of Austin
time to get to grips with the latest software As Hirsh sees it, the problem lies with the Reed, Tesco and the Discovery Channel –
packages and technology. massive spread and scope of degree courses says the quality of graduates applying for
But the truth, according to industry- and the hugely variable quality of graduate jobs has “not been great”.
backed, government-linked trade body they produce. “They have a lack of experience in
Skillset, is a little bleaker. The majority of dealing with client briefs and producing
design companies are apparently unwilling UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE work to tight deadlines in a couple of days,
to take a punt on those coming out of the “Improvements could be made to some of rather than three months. They also focus
education system with well-rounded the courses to develop the range of skills too much on things like Flash, which is
background knowledge but little industry students come out with and Universities okay in one context but not for building a
or commercial experience. could do more to help that,” says Hirsh. FORUMS dry, corporate site for a bank, which is how
This reluctance to take on new Although he points out that University Visit http://forum. you actually make money,” he says.
graduates, Skillset’s Jonathon Hirsh courses still fulfil an important academic computerarts.co.uk Those in the industry involved in placing
believes, is contributing to a wider role in teaching design fundamentals, to share your views on graduates from design and interactive
problem, which will effect the Hirsh believes the lack of skilled graduates this topic and more media courses in real, wage-paying jobs
competitiveness of the industry at large as and the difficulties they have finding jobs with other readers. support this. Rupert Wallis, Senior
companies waste internal resources and is a problem that won’t go away. “The Manager at London-based Web design
20 | October 2004