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Advertising agency Dahlin Smith White (DSW) handles high-tech clients, including Aldus, Intel and Novell, and continues to work with a cross-platform computer system. The agency currently houses a staff of 80 people, utilizing 65 IBM PC compatibles and 32 Apple Macintoshes running on a Novell network. Initially, it was only the copywriters and accounting staff who demanded computers, and DSW's president John Dahlin purchased IBM compatibles because they were cheap. Dahlin attended to the needs of each department and bought a Macintosh system for the art department which helped the firm design and produce LAN Times magazine. The copywriters then switched to Macs, and the agency decided it needed a network. Early network attempts allowed only IBM PC communication, with the Macs running their own separate Apple LocalTalk network. The advent of Windows for IBM PCs and NetWare 1.1 software now allows workers to choose which systems they prefer. DSW estimates it will spend $150,000 every year on maintenance, training, and software.

Electronic computers, Advertising agencies, Management, Network management systems, Business planning, Connectivity, Network Management, System Selection, Network Operating System, Network operating systems, Cost of Operation, Dahlin Smith White Inc.

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Stellar animation: a NASA graphic designer launches a 3D-satellite into orbit

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Brian Harrell, a designer at in the graphics group at NASA's Langley Research Center (Hampton, VA), employed AT and T graphics Software Labs' Topas 3.61 3D modeling, rendering and animation software and Adobe Photoshop to create an animated title sequence for a video on NASA's Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) satellite. NASA needed the video on the LDEF's history for a conference on the results of the satellite's experiments. The production of the sequence title required developing a wire-frame model of the satellite, placing real photos of the NDEF on the wire frame (this required cropping, shaping and retouching with Photoshop), creating a new earth background, porting the files to Topas, modeling the background starry sky, animating the path of the satellite around the earth, adding the title and storing the image on broadcast-quality video tape. Details of the process are described.

Space research and technology, Video recordings, Computer graphics, Computer animation, Three-dimensional graphics, Three dimensional graphics, Animation software, Government Agency, United States. Langley Research Center, Topas (CAD software)

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Picture success

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The San Francisco Examiner is one of just a few US newspapers that rely on Apple Macintosh microcomputers and Adobe Photoshop image processing software for editing photos and making color and black and white separations. Picture editor Chris Gulker discusses photo editing concerns such as color correction and separation, film scanning and photo retouching. In all aspects of photo editing it is important to know and understand color theory. The first step, scanning film into the computer, is an important step in the editing process. The more information scanned into the computer the better. After scanning, the editing process begins. Editors can retouch photos and improve the color distribution, as well as the overall contrast of the photo. Editors can also use computers to make black and white separations from a color negative. A table comparing eight photo editing programs is presented.

Prepackaged software, Equipment and supplies, Newspapers, Desktop publishing software, Desktop publishing, Image processing, Color, Photography, Editing, Tutorial, Scanning, Image Enhancement, DTP Software, Color Separation, San Francisco Examiner (Newspaper)

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