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Alias|Wavefront brings
us Maya,
"the most open 3D application in the world". The core
features of the Mac OS X version of Maya will be the same as those
in Maya for other platforms. Maya on the Mac will be designed
to work with all other Macintosh applications and therefore will
let you use any of the Macintosh-based compositing solutions.
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QuickTime trailers are the quickest and easiest way to help
us tease customers with your killer software. Apple is happy
to introduce a process that makes getting your game trailers
online easier than ever. If you are interested in receiving
more information on how to get your Mac OS X game trailers into
the Apple's Game
Trailers Theater please email games@apple.com.
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Make the studio fat cats shake in their shoes, try adding special
effects wizardry to your digital video repertoire as well. LightWave
3D is versatile enough to make the transition to and from
all kinds of projects. Proven for years in television, film, and
games, LightWave 3D is also being used to create graphics for
print, web, industrial design, architecture, medical imaging,
and anywhere else a 3D package is needed.
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The Cocoa application environment
runs natively under Mac OS X. For those who wish to develop for
Mac OS X using rapid application development (RAD) tools and object-oriented
techniques, the Cocoa frameworks provide a fast and complete way
to do so. These frameworks offer both Java and Objective-C APIs. |
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Learn more about Jaguar, the new version of Apple's
Mac OS X operating system that brings a new level of openness
and power to the Macintosh platform. Jaguar adds over 150 new features
and other significant enhancements to Mac OS X.
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Carbon is the set of APIs you can use to
write Mac OS X applications that also run on Mac OS 9 and previous
versions (8.1 and later). Carbon is designed to provide a gentle
migration path for developers transitioning from Mac OS 9 to Mac
OS X. Apple offers many resources to help port your applications
over to Mac OS X, such as the Carbon
Porting Guide (pdf) and the Carbon
Dater. |
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Mac OS X has integrated a combination of Quartz,
OpenGL and QuickTime
- three of the most powerful graphics technologies available -
to take the Mac's graphics capabilities beyond anything you've
ever seen on a desktop operating system. Mac OS X features robust
support for OpenGL, the industry standard for professional-quality
rendering, texture-mapping and eye-popping 3D effects. |
Surf and play from your back porch! Apple's
AirPort offers wireless access to the Internet (and online
games) at the click of a mouse. Virtually all Apple hardware configurations
are "AirPort-capable" allowing you to blast the competition
anywhere, anytime!
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