THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL DESIGN APRIL 2005 £5.99 DVD authoring tools shootout Inside the mind of Tribal DDB Canon EOS-1Ds II review David Droga talks design The best of readers’ art Win Pantone colour swatches Amapi 6.1 on CD – worth £200 3D DESIGN Maya 6.5 CREATIVE ART First review of Alias’ Pitch to win powerful 3D update Be a design winner – a guide to winning project pitches INTERGALACTIC EXCLUSIVE DOCTOR WHO Behind-the-scenes of the new BBC series HARDWARE 8 pro laptops Next-gen Apple, Alienware, Sony, and Dell laptops tested DESIGN Animatic art How to master the art of creating CG storyboards NO CD? 04 PLEASE CONSULT YOUR NEWSAGENT 9 771461 381038 www.digitmag.co.uk TEAM LinG - Live, Informative, Non-cost and Genuine! Updated and award winning: QuarkXPress 6.5 PC Magazin TOP-PRODUCT Award “The most popular desktop publishing program in the world. For the first time, QuarkXPress 6.5 contains features for managing images. 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TEAM LinG - Live, Informative, Non-cost and Genuine! contents contents april ISSUE 85 48 Tardis cover illustration by The Mill, www.mill.co.uk 80 34 reviews news 80 Alias Maya 6.5 8 ResFest 2005 call for entries: Filmmakers and 18 Events: The only guide you need to creative events 84 Epson R-D1 camera animators get the chance to show off globally 20 Canon debuts EOS-350D SLR: Promises cheaper 86 2d3 Boujou 3 10 Animex 2005 Student Awards: Up-&-coming 2D digital SLR for the masses, too 88 Canon EOS-1DS Mark II and 3D animators collect their gongs at industry bash 21 Discreet 3DS Max 7.5: New fur-&-hair tools added 90 Eizo ColorEdge CG220 12 Xbox 2 powers up: New details as Final Fantasy game for 3DS Max subscribers 91 Toon Boom Studio 2.5 designer defects for next-generation console 23 Combustion 4 revealed: Discreet brings Flame tools 92 IBM IntelliStation Z Pro 13 VES Awards 2005: Top effects work celebrated to its desktop compositing software 14 Mobile gaming: Interview with PSP game maker 24 Stock: feast your eyes on the latest stock-image of WipEout Pure collections and fonts to aid your creative work 16 77th Academy Awards: Spider-man 2, The 28 Pulse: quirky gadgets, essential exhibitions, Incredibles, and Ryan enjoy Oscar success and cool toys to while away your down time 6 d TEAM LinG - Live, Informative, Non-cost and Genuine! features 34 THE CREATIVE PITCH 42 How to get ahead in design, win clients, and influence the world – leading designer reveal how to pitch for work and succeed 42 THE ART OF ANIMATICS Motion storyboards are revolutionising the film industry – and why you have to master animatics before you create your next short 48 DOCTOR WHO – EXCLUSIVE Digit is the only magazine that has seen the new series of Doctor Who – and we spoke to The Mill to find out how the FX were done 54 GENE KELLY, VIRTUAL ACTOR MPC brings Gene Kelly up-to-date for a commercial for VW 58 56 THE LAST DRAGON Framestore CFC tells how it has created some stunning CG dragons 58 INSIGHT: TRIBAL DDB How interactive media campaigns are joining the tribe 64 INTERVIEW: DAVID DROGA Global image-maker on how the world of creativity isn’t that small 74 HD FOR BEGINNERS If you’re preparing to shoot film for the next-generation for viewers, you’ll need this concise guide to the pitfalls of HD 94 DVD AUTHORING SOFTWARE The latest DVD authoring tools explored, taken apart, put back together, reviewed, and rated. In that order 100 CREATIVE LAPTOPS Will 2005 be the year of the creative laptop? Digit reviews the best ONLINE: exclusive features at www.digitmag.co.uk DVD ripping takes off Mac security: fact and fiction Despite all efforts, DVD piracy is rising fast, Just because you use a Mac, doesn’t mean as this special report reveals you’re immune from hackers and viruses Give your storage a boost TV on your mobile phone Media makers need as much digital storage Sound impossible? Not according to as they can muster, as this guide shows Vodafone, which is showing the technology 66 regulars 100 31 Matthew Bath: why good staff go bad 109 Buyers Guide: the industry’s and leave (often through the window) biggest guide to creative products 32 Letters: speak, attack, defend, and 119 Back Issues: hole in your Digit rant – creative communication ahead collection? Fill it here 66 Showcase: the cream of your creative 123 Next month: find out what’s work as readers show off in store for the May 2005 issue 73 Competition: win essential Pantone 128 Cover CD: complete guide to this colour-matching solutions month’s applications and demos 108 Subscriptions: quench your thirst with 130 Design classic: got milk? How a regular subscription to Digit, to go the celebrity milk-tash was created d 7 TEAM LinG - Live, Informative, Non-cost and Genuine! news BBC Post Production gets gold medal for VFX Apple iPod BBC Post Production London has won a Gold World Medal in the links cams 2005 Television Programming & Promotion Competition at the New York Film Festival, the BBC has revealed. It won the award for its Apple has updated its line of iPod photo work on the title sequence for BBC Sport’s coverage of the Olympic digital music players Games. 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