The idea back in early '97 was that Rhapsody would gradually take over from today's Mac operating system - offering the same look, but more power and greater ease for software developers under the hood.Today I'll be explaining color settings, and how to get an image ready for print in CLIP STUDIO PAINT. Rhapsody is the new, high-powered operating system that Apple got from Next Computers. Oh, Adobe and Microsoft are big, but where are Lotus, Autodesk, Corel and other giants? Maybe that's related to the next puzzle. Alas, no show.Ī dearth of big-name software developers. The Apple brand name could get this into a lot of homes. There had been sizable rumors that Apple would introduce a "Network Computer," a simple and inexpensive Mac that could get on the Internet. This hand-held computer, introduced with such fanfare a few years back, is drifting off into history. But why isn't the Mac, the graphics-rich computer that had built-in sound when PCs could only beep, the place for most new good games? People were exclaiming at the beautiful and realistic course images of the Links golf games from Access.
It isn't only their computers missing now, it's their energy.įew games. Umax was there, but Power Computing and others gave last year's Macworld a lot of its oomph. But not having any new Macs at Macworld faster than before, or cheaper, isn't encouraging.Īlmost no clones. Maybe the G3 models were introduced early because Apple so badly needed good news last year. But Xaos Tools is challenging with its own utilities, including Paint Alchemy and FlashBox. MetaCreations has Bryce 3D and Final Effects Complete for the Mac, continuing their dominance of the special-graphics-effects software domain. Chroma Graphics makes similar add-on tools with names such as ChromaColor, ChromaPalette and Chromatica. Nor is the art from ArtVille or the photos from PhotoDisc, though they're designed to be as easy to reach on Mac as PC.Įxtensis has a long line of software utilities that add to the power of Photoshop and other professional publishing programs. Onyx showed off Tree Professional - a program for creating graphically realistic trees on the computer screen, complete with individual leaves that reproduce real examples that have been scanned in, visible roots, Bonsai curvings and motion.Īdobe announced Adobe Studios, an online store selling fonts, photography, illustrations, video clips, clip art and Web art, though this isn't limited to Mac owners. For example, the Phase One company sells complete camera kits to capture QTVR scenes that might appear one day on a Web site.
The largest number seemed to be offering Web site development tools and professional photography and video material.Īpple's QuickTime Virtual Reality software, released early last year, looks to be a big hit.
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