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QuickTime News
February 25, 2005
Volume 7, Issue 4
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In This Issue
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1. Documenting Aviation History
2. Tracks to Watch
3. QuickTime Showcase
4. Movie Trailers
5. DVD Spotlight
6. Get Creative
7. What's On?
8. The Buzz on H.264
9. iTunes Corner
10. Hot Tips
11. WANTED: "New to Mac" Stories
Read today's issue of QuickTime News online at:
http://www.apple.com/enews/currentqissue
1. Documenting Aviation History
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When SpaceShip One rocketed into suborbital space and safely touched
down on a Mojave desert airstrip last October 4, it met all the criteria
to snag the coveted $10 million X Prize for its creator, Burt Rutan.
Intrigued by this eccentric genius and his technological achievements,
people all over the world clamored to find out more about Rutan and what
he would do next.
Which is why California photographers Jim Sugar and Brian Lawler are
sitting on such hot property. Sugar, a freelance photographer with
extensive experience shooting for National Geographic, and Lawler, a
photographer and graphic communications teacher at California
Polytechnic State University, have been collaborating on a one-hour
documentary on Rutan that they hope will air on network or cable TV very
soon.
Learn more about the project and watch QuickTime movies and VRs of
Rutan's next project--the Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer.
http://www.apple.com/pro/video/sugarandlawler/
2. Tracks to Watch
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You'll think you hit the music video goldmine when you visit Rhino's
Retrovid collection, featuring hundreds of videos from amazing
performers such as Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, INXS, Eric Clapton,
Joni Mitchell, Cher, David Lee Roth, Rod Stewart and more.
http://www.rhino.com/retrovid/index.lasso?partner=quicktime
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"The Way Up," the twelfth album from the Pat Metheny Group, reveals a
wide ranging palette of sound that plays like a great film--deep,
engaging and full of excitement.
Preview a couple minutes of the album, which you can find at the iTunes
Music Store.
http://www.jazzonline.com/showhot.asp?id=285
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?artistId=115059
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Listen to "Seventeen Days," the latest album from 3 Doors Down,
including a special iTunes Exclusive bonus acoustic version of "Be
Somebody." Also, take a peek at the "Let Me Go" video, featuring guest
appearances by Jody Metcalfe of "Desperate Housewives" and Jodi Lynn
O'Keef from "Boston Legal."
http://www.universalrecords.com/quicktime/3DoorsDown
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?artistId=101604
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Enjoy the video for the Manchester-based Engineers' second single, "Come
In Out of the Rain," available on their forthcoming self-titled debut
album available in March.
http://www.video-c.co.uk/micrositelaunch.asp?vidref=engi002
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The hunt is on. Check out Project 86's new video, "The Spy Hunter."
If you want to hear more music from the band's latest album, "Songs to
Burn Your Bridges By," visit the iTunes Music Store.
http://www.toothandnail.com/video_play.php?id=65&type=quick&speed=high
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?artistId=154950
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For the past 10 years, David Elias has stirred his folk-style material
into acoustic grooves and into the hearts of his audiences worldwide.
Sit back and enjoy 11 songs from David Elias and Xing, performing live
at Slipperworld in La Honda, California. You can discover more music
from David Elias at the iTunes Music Store.
http://www.davidelias.com/qt_promo/
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?artistId=5071228
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On "The Way I Were," Freedy Johnston offers up a hidden treasure trove
of previously unreleased songs from the '80s and '90s. Listen to Freedy
Johnston's new album, available at the iTunes Music Store.
http://www.freedyjohnston.com/music.html
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?artistId=158770
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With over three decades of making music, Neal Schon continues to inspire
many with his sixth solo outing, a dazzling collection of guitar
instrumentals entitled "I on U."
As the lead guitarist and songwriter for the multi-platinum band
Journey, not to mention his work with guitar legend Santana and composer
Jan Hammer, Schon has lived the life of several rock gods. Still, he
continues to reinvent himself, taking his own musical vision to new
heights.
Listen to Neal Schon's new album, which you can purchase at the iTunes
Music Store.
http://www.favorednations.com/QT.html
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?artistId=550734
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Maine singer-songwriter Ray Lamontagne make his musical debut with
"Trouble." Slip into Ray Lamontagne's world by watching the soulful,
beautiful live performance of the single.
If you like what you hear, visit the iTunes Music Store to preview more
music from his new album.
http://www.video-c.co.uk/micrositelaunch.asp?vidref=rayl001
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?artistId=21917595
3. QuickTime Showcase
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The highly-anticipated third video game in the "Doom" series will not
only challenge the best gamers, but also scare the bejesus out of them.
In "Doom 3" you are a Marine posted as extra security at the Union
Aerospace Corporation's Mars Research Facility. Everything's cool until
a bunch of nasty demons invade the facility, turn most of your
colleagues into zombies and leave you wandering dark halls trying to
save the day.
id Software/Activision makes sure that players have the full fright
experience in "Doom 3" by adding some gross inhuman sounds and some
chilling music composed by Trent Reznor from Nine Inch Nails.
If you�re prepared for the horror, check out the "Doom 3" game trailer.
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?artistId=107917
http://www.apple.com/games/trailers/doom3/
4. Movie Trailers
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On a moonlit night in Los Angeles, something lurking in the shadows
causes two siblings to suddenly swerve off the road in their car. The
estranged brother, Jimmy (Jesse Eisenberg), and his career-driven
sister, Ellie (Christina Ricci), emerge seemingly unscathed, but forever
changed by the accident.
Can Jimmy and Ellie change their own fate? Wes Craven's "Cursed" opens
in theaters today.
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/redirect?url=itms://www.apple.com/moviesxml/s/miramax/1248/index.xml
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Washington Post journalist Langston Whitfield (Samuel L. Jackson)
travels to South Africa to cover the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
hearings, in which the perpetrators of murder and torture on both sides
during the Apartheid are invited to come forward and confront their
victims, in exchange for the chance of amnesty.
Can the deep wounds of Apartheid be healed through reconciliation?
Deeply skeptical, Langston tracks down Col. De Jager, the most notorious
torturer in the SA Police. What demons will Langston confront on this
provocative assignment?
"In My Country" opens in theaters March 11.
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/redirect?url=itms://www.apple.com/moviesxml/s/sony/1200/index.xml
5. DVD Spotlight
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Half-American, half-Chinese, Kwai Chang Caine (David Carradine) trained
in the spirit-mind-body ways of the Shaolin priesthood by blind
avuncular Master Po and the stern, yet loving Master Kan.
Forced to flee China, Caine searches the Wild West frontier for his
long-lost brother. Along the way, Caine must use his Kung-Fu skills to
battle American and Imperial bounty hunters and rely on the wisdom
taught to him by his Chinese masters.
See why the '70s Western series "Kung Fu" earned its cult status.
Preview four clips of bonus material from the "Kung Fu: The Complete
Second Season" DVD, including interviews with David Carradine and
friends.
http://www2.warnerbros.com/web/wb_trailers/home.jsp?settings=true&id=kungfu_carradine_character
6. Get Creative
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Whether you are a journalist or videographer in the field, an Apple
PowerBook and Final Cut Pro HD can help you tell more compelling stories
by giving you the freedom to capture and edit video anywhere. You can't
choose where events happen but you can be prepared to cover them.
Join the online Mobile Field Editing seminar, in which Dr. Bob Arnot will
show you how he captures some of the world's most exciting events as
they occur.
http://www.apple.com/seminars/go/mfe/11
7. What's On?
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Based on the hero of the DC-Vertigo comic book "Hellblazer," renegade
occultist John Constantine (Keanu Reeves), who has literally travelled
to hell and back, teams up with skeptical policewoman Angela Dodson
(Rachel Weisz) to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister. Their
investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that
exist beneath contemporary Los Angeles.
Take a QuickTime VR tour of the LA underworld from the set of
"Constantine."
http://www.constantinemovie.warnerbros.com/qtvr/index.html
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/redirect?url=itms://www.apple.com/moviesxml/s/wb/1206/index.xml
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The spring of 1877 brings major changes to the teeming outlaw camp of
Deadwood, as civilization makes its way to town. New arrivals will usher
in an era of power struggles with the camp founders--and power struggles
in Deadwood have a way of turning violent.
Enjoy the trailer for the second season of "Deadwood," premiering
Sunday, March 6 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. You can also check out the "Deadwood"
soundtrack at the iTunes Music Store.
http://www.hbo.com/deadwood/
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=42212400
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The clock is ticking and you only have a few weeks left to plan your
Spring Break vacation. Perhaps Cancun is in your future.
Need some help planning your trip? Let Zoom & Go remove the veil of
hotel marketing with its consumer-to-consumer travel information web
site. Travelers post photos, QuickTime videos and QuickTime VRs of their
vacation destinations to Zoom & Go's website to help out fellow
consumers plan their holidays.
Check out the gorgeous beach view from Beach Palace Hotel in Cancun.
http://www.zoomandgo.com/placestostay/quicktime/beach_palace_hotel_cancun_quicktime.asp
8. The Buzz on H.264
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What�s in a name? H.264. Advanced Video Codec (AVC). MPEG-4 Part 10. A
rose by any other name would still smell as sweet, right? Absolutely.
These names refer to the ultra-efficient H.264 video codec that delivers
stunning video quality at remarkably low data rates, so you see crisp,
clear video in much smaller sized files. Why so many names?
The ITU (International Telecommunication Union) and ISO MPEG
(International Organization for Standardization�s Moving Picture Experts
Group) began working on their next-generation video formats and decided
to join forces as the Joint Video Team (JVT) to create one superior
video standard.
For the ITU, this new technology improves upon video conferencing
standards H.261 and H.263 and is referred to as H.264. For ISO MPEG,
this technology fits into the MPEG-4 standard as MPEG-4 Part 10 or AVC.
The fact that this one technology meets the demands of both
organizations makes it all the more impressive.
Hundreds of companies are developing solutions using this new standard,
including Apple with the upcoming launch of QuickTime 7.
For more information, check out the H.264 technology page, the H.264 FAQ
and upcoming editions of QuickTime News.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/tiger/h264.html
http://www.apple.com/mpeg4/h264faq.html
9. iTunes Corner
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GRAMMY tribute performers Gretchen Wilson and Keith Urban aren't the
only ones who love Southern rock. Preview 75 of the best Southern rock
songs--including "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over," "The Devil Went
Down to Georgia," "Midnight Rider," "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Rock 'n
Roll, Hoochie Koo"--on the iTunes Essentials "Southern Rock" playlist.
Select from "The Basics," the biggest, best and most important songs;
"Next Steps," when you're ready to go beyond the basics; and "Deep
Cuts," criminally ignored, unjustly under-appreciated songs, until now.
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?artistId=6838616
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?artistId=549836
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/com.apple.jingle.app.store.DirectAction/viewEssential?id=45217395
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Download the iTunes Music Store free Single of the Week--"Smile" by
Michael Lord. Check back every Tuesday for a new free download.
If you haven't already, download the new version of iTunes (v4.7.1) for
Mac and Windows. It's free.
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=45572559
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
http://www.apple.com/ipodshuffle/
10. Hot Tips
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The premiere site for online training in Apple Pro applications, Ripple
Training offers QuickTime tutorials on Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro and
Motion.
Apple certified expert Steve Martin produces and delivers full-sized
(800 x 600) 5-30 minute QuickTime movies complete with chapter indices and
project files.
See what Ripple Training has to offer by downloading the free Motion
tutorial now.
http://www.apple.com/finalcutpro/
http://www.apple.com/dvdstudiopro/
http://www.apple.com/motion/
http://www.rippletraining.com/quicktime_promo.html
11. WANTED: "New to Mac" Stories
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If you�re a PC user who�s recently bought a Mac, we�d love to hear from
you. Let us know what made you get a Mac instead of a PC.
Did you fall in love with your iPod and then buy a Mac? Were you looking
for a computer that's more stable and secure than your old PC? What�s it
feel like to go from Windows to Mac OS X?
What do you use your Mac for � managing your music, editing photos,
creating movies, recording your own songs? What can you do on your Mac
that you couldn�t do on a PC?
Share your story.
http://www.apple.com/switch/tell/us.html
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We hope you enjoyed reading this issue of QuickTime News. Look for your
next issue on March 11.
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