[Preview + Feedback] Digit September 2006

[FatBeing]

Sorry 'bout the delay. Here we go:


September 06 DVD / CD Contents

Digital Passion
Games
Legends
Nexuiz
GTR 2

Developer Tools
Borland C++ 5.5 Compiler
Java Studio Creator 2
NVPerfKit
Visual Basic 2005
Visual Prolog 6.3
Servoy
WorkRoll


3D Webmaker 2.0
DHTML News Creator 1.1
EasyStructure 1.2.2
Flash Lite 2.1 for BREW
Flash Lite Publisher for BREW
Protara Standard Edition 1.0
ASP Express 4
Excelsior JET 3.6


Linux
Globulation 2
KDE
Linux Kernel 2.6.17.4
Mandriva Linux Free Mini 2006 CD
Open Blue Lab 1.0.13
SQL Relay

ALSA driver 1.0.12rc1
Apache Server 2.2.3
Evolution 2.4.2.1
FVWM 2.5.17
Knapster2 0.5
LilyPond 2.9.13
Mono SDK
Mutt 1.4.2.2
Nagios 2.5
XChat 2.6.6
NExS 1.6-0


Digital Tools

Essentials

.NET Framework 1.1
Avast Home Edition 4.7
Avast Update
Digit Software Archive 2006 Beta
Foxit PDF Reader 1.3 build 0104
Irfan View 3.98
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 1.53
Opera 9.01
Spybot Search and Destroy 1.4
Spybot Search and Detection updates
Spybot Tools update 2006-03-31
VLC Media Player 0.8.5
Winamp 5.24
WinRAR 3.60 beta 8
ZoneAlarm 6.5.731


Multimedia
Celestia Respiratory Add-on
QuickTime 7 Player
Adobe Lightroom
Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0
Carrara 5.1 Pro
InstallShield DemoShield v8.0
MediaStudio Pro
muvee autoProducer 5.0


FilterMeister 1.0 Beta 7
OpenFX-1.5
QuickTime Alternative 1.72 final
SC Free DVD Copier 2.6.0.1
Carrara 3D Basics 2
Duplicate Image File Finder 7.0
DVD Copy Movie 1.12
Mimic Pro


Internet
AIM Triton
GOIM 1.1.0
SPAMfighter Standard 4.6.6
Windows Live Messenger 8.0.0812
Y! Multi Messenger 8.0.0.508
Capturix VideoSpy 3.07.1855
IRCAS Alarm 4.0.6
My.mail 2.0.5
TalkyMail
Notes2 for Outlook 1.00.073
Safe n Sec Plus Anti-Spyware 2.0.1405


CleanCache 3.4
Comodo Personal Firewall 2.1
GeSWall Personal Edition 2.3.1
MECA Messenger 5.3.1.11
Paltalk 8.3
Shockwave Player 10.1.3.018
Skype 2.5
Webaroo 1.1 Beta
Active Email Monitor


System
Catalyst Radeon Display Driver 6.7
DirectX Redistributable 9.0c August 2006
KGB Free Key Logger 1.94
NVIDIA ForceWare Drivers
Realtek AC'97 WDM Driver (Windows)
Realtek RTL Gigabit and Fast Ethernet NIC Driver (Windows)
RyanVM Integrator
RyanVM's Windows XP Post-SP2 Update Pack 2.1.0
Registry Mechanic 5.2
Spare Backup 2.4.143


Backup4all Lite 3.3 (Special offer for Digit readers)
BIOS Agent 3.55
BurnOn CD/DVD Free v3.1
FSL Launcher 1.0.1.6
Mozy Remote Backup 1.6.3.8
SideSlide 1.0.35a
TKexe Kalender 1.0.6.9
Backup-2006 Studio 5.1.4.211
Hard Drive Inspector 1.85
MagicISO Maker 5.3 build 0214
R-Studio 2.0


Photoshop Plugins
3D Shadow
Flaming Pear Freebie Collection
Harry's Filters
ICOFormat
Luce
Pinocchio
PixelSampler
Thredgeholder
Topaz DeJPEG
VanDerLee Collection
Virtual Photographer
WallPampered
Xero Collection

Digital Business

Productivity Tools
Group Mail 5
Promt Office 7.0
Rhymesaurus
VMware Workstation 5.5.1
Workspace Small Business 1.7


Allway Sync 4.6.8
Audit Trail Wizard 1.2
novaPDF 2.5 (Special offer for Digit readers)
PhraseExpress 3.0.70
Babylon 6
Cuevision Server Monitor Professional 2.5.1
Network Management Suite 5.9
Outlook LAN Messenger 3.1.2 (Free 10-user license - exclusive for Digit readers!)
PDF2XL 2.4.2
Star Check Writer 1.0
Winpopup LAN Messenger 4.7
Easy2Sync for Outlook 1.16


Mobile Apps
Float MobileAgent 0.1.1.16
K700 Remote Profiler 1.0.8
MyPhoneExplorer 1.3.3
Nokia PC Suite 6.81 Release 13
PhoneBackup 1.4.4 for Sony Ericsson
Series 60 Theme Editor
Sony Ericsson Themes Creator 1.92


Nokia PC Suite 68 release 22
ImTOO DVD to 3GP Suite 3.1.8.0720b
Joy RingTone Converter 1.20
Mobile Ringtone Converter 2.3.25
Wondershare DVD to PSP Ripper 1.3.3
Xilisoft DVD to iPod Suite 4.0.53.0721


Digital Leisure

Videos

Crossover
Invincible
Lassie
The Gardian


Movies
Merrie Melodies: A Day At The Zoo (1939)
Merrie Melodies: Falling Hare (1943)
Merrie Melodies: The Early Worm Gets The Bird (1939)
Merry Melodies: Fresh Hare (1942)
MACK DADDY MARIO 3
MARIO VS. SONIC
Rise Of The Mushroom Kingdom 1 through 4 (Movie of the Month)
The Fall (Our very own bullet-time video)

Small Games

BlazeTris
Enemy Down
Vivid Conceptions
DevastationZone Troopers


E-Books
The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer
The Mysterious Stranger
Three Boys in the Wild North Land



September 06 Magazine Contents

Digital Passion
Still Life
Enthralled by The Matrix's bullet-time effects? Here's how you can make your own!

It’s Morphin' Time!
Thanks to Chaos Computing, computer chips of the future will take any form you want them to - CPU, Memory, Graphics Card, you name it

Free Your Mind
What does today's Linux desktop offer? We took a look at the most popular Linux distros, and good news: they're all newbie-friendly!

Chipmate!
As Intel strikes back at AMD with the Core 2, we delve into the architectures of today's two desktop behemoths - the AMD64 and the Core

Digital Tools
The Photoshop Fix
Sure, Photoshop’s great. but without the plethora of third party plugins, anything could just get boring. Presenting ten great Photoshop plugins for that extra imaging buzz, plus a couple of honourable mentions

Shooting Stars
Preparing for a holiday? Need a high-resolution memory to show off? Which one of these 23 digital cameras will be your next holiday companion?

Know More
How well do you know the Transistor?

Agent 001
Sick of low-quality bundled headphones, the Agent finds the best pair for his portable media player

Visual Explanation
How will IE7 protect you when you go Vista? A quick look at the much-hyped “protected mode”

Digital Business
Chip your way through!
The career for the hardcore geek—here's your guide to getting yourself into the VLSI and chip design industry

Thin is in
Setting up a thin client network in your office is about 20 percent cheaper than a full-PC network, and is 30 percent cheaper to maintain. Are you still going to keep buying computers you don't need?

Digital Leisure
Anytime, Anywhere AIDS Awareness
Who’d have thought that mobile games could join in the war against AIDS and other deadly diseases?

Game On
Tekken: Dark Resurrection and Burnout Legends for the PSP, Heroes of Might and Magic V, Disney’s Cars (the best game for kids out there) and Black for the PS2

Fast Track To Security

[agnels]

Please justify why Digit gives .NET Framework 1.1 instead of .NET Framework 2.0

[FatBeing]

Please justify why Digit gives .NET Framework 1.1 instead of .NET Framework 2.0
The Digit Archive is built on 1.1. Anyhow, we're porting it to 2.0 this month, so October onwards you'll see Framework 2.0 as an essential.

[rakeshishere]

One doubt in here..Suppose an application works on .net 1.1 framework and i have .net 2.0 framework installed..Will the application not work or shud i install both 1.1 and 2.0

[FatBeing]

One doubt in here..Suppose an application works on .net 1.1 framework and i have .net 2.0 framework installed..Will the application not work or shud i install both 1.1 and 2.0
Nope. It's a little silly that way. You'll need both frameworks.

[Pathik]

kool..i wanted vmware server.. Nd Wich kde version? Nd the movies r in wich format??

[rakeshishere]

Nope. It's a little silly that way. You'll need both frameworks.

But i dwnld some s/w --probably some dnwld manager..It required .net 1.1 and i had 2.0 installed and still i was unable to install it

[Sykora]

Oops! I just finished downloading Legends. Ah well. Do linux users get that text-file index we've been asking for?

[Pathik]

yup u need both 1.1 nd 2.0.. 2.0 isnt backward compatible

[aditya.shevade]

Good thing that you are giving that LINUX distro info in magazine.

[rakeshishere]

yup u need both 1.1 nd 2.0.. 2.0 isnt backward compatible

WTF:mad: how stupid is that

[Vishal Gupta]

Me too faced the same problem many times.
So I hv installed both 1.1 & 2.0 :)

[kumarmohit]

Hey fatbeing no more episodes of the scene :-(

[nik_for_you]

sud i buy or sud i not!!!!

[blackpearl]

I was thinking about adobe premier yesterday :), but the rest of the contents is so-so. And whats so special about Backup4all Lite 3.3 ?

[led_shankar]

Hey... Sounds good :D ; but no Battle Ship Potemkin,,,sob
Nice Mag contents, it seems
__________
oooh.....tell us more about NovaPDF please

[soham]

When are we gonna see a full scale graphics card review. Its been more than an year since the last one.

[FatBeing]

October, making it a complete year (and not more than one). We have a yearly cycle for testing products.

[led_shankar]

hey pls tell us more about the specially for digit pansies offers, please.

[neerajvohra]

whts new??? i didnt get any content thts new thn usual version .1 - .7 differences???

neway mag contents seems to be gud ....i think many of the cd/dvd contents being posted before ,ie y im unable to make big diff ths time..

neway hope to get it on 1st !!

lov ya

[Sykora]

We have a yearly cycle for testing products.
I seem to remember at least 2 MFD reviews this year...?

[azaad_shri75]

thanks for posting the preview,I dont see any technical ebooks.

[tinku dhar]

well well ... :( ,

this time ... OUR digit SEEMS to be not up to the MARK .... lets see the ... BOOK now ... :(

no interestin topic .... i think ... also ... FAST track ... is .. of .. SECURITY BORIN BORIN ..... :|

[FatBeing]

I seem to remember at least 2 MFD reviews this year...?
Inkjet and Laser. We can't test them on the same platform, so they can't be in the same issue.
__________
hey pls tell us more about the specially for digit pansies offers, please.
The special offers are basically paid software, but Digit readers get a free serial key. The total cost of the free stuff comes up to Rs 4600. Or in the Indian context, you save about two hours of crack-hunting.

[santu_29]

sob... still no FC5

[paul_007]

good contents in CD/DVD :)

magazine articles are also looking interesting...

[Neeraj Singh]

I have seen K lite 1.55
Still you guys are sticking with you favourite(maybe) 1.53
Are you guys going to get your Digit Archive beyond beta ???
It needs a lot of improvements

[~Phenom~]

Nothing really exciting.

[led_shankar]

Or in the Indian context, you save about two hours of crack-hunting.

ROFL :D

that sounds cool....and so does teh fast track

[mihirvashist]

good contents but still not up to the mark..
expecting improvements...like to see them in the next month
are you really giving that miniCD separately...
if yes then its cooooooooooooooooooooooooooool:cool:
fast track to security doesn't seem tempting

[aditya.shevade]

CD\DVD contents are not that good. But the magazine and fast track seems intresting.

[SE><IE]

hey pls tell us more about the specially for digit pansies offers, please.
pansies...what are those?
WOW! a fastTrack to security !! won't be deep but looks like digit loves me (I hope she's female)
Can we expect (and accept too) Adobe illustrator CS2 in october issue

[kaustav_geek]

Well we have also had two mp3 player reviews in one year.
What about MAYA personal learning edition????

[savithk]

were is mos osx software

[dfordigit]

hi,
Still no NERO 7?????????

PLEASE PROVIDE ARTICLES FOR YOUR COMMON READERS ,ARTICLES LIKE how to make copyprotected audo cd, how to make ghost file,how to edit pdf documents with FOXIT softwares, etc. so that not only techsavy but common people can take advantage of your mag.
I think your mag is more inclined to heavy articles, unnecessary advertisement in other format.

Most techsavy people don't read DIGIT, IT IS THE COMMON PEOPLE WHO BUYS YOUR MAG.SO LOOK AFTER THAT CLASS.

[Third Eye]

Can you give more games than your boring Business softwares ?

[FatBeing]

Can you give more games than your boring Business softwares ?
Nope. Doesn't work that way.

[SE><IE]

I assume this is not the request thread, just a feedback one. 8-)

[alltime.homie]

What's Y! Multi Messenger ? The same old Yahoo! Messenger or is "multi-messenger" something different ?

[SE><IE]

you can login with any no. of yahoo accounts using the multi messenger. now bug your lame friends by logging in with your normal ID and a fake ID (better with a girlish name) lol

[Pathik]

u can alkso login to msn using d multi msgr i think...

[led_shankar]

^^

i think 1.1 is needed for backward compatibility

[alltime.homie]

you can login with any no. of yahoo accounts using the multi messenger. now bug your lame friends by logging in with your normal ID and a fake ID (better with a girlish name) lol

And lemme see... it's gonna be somewhat like Trillian then. Is it gonna have all Yahoo! features like audibles and emoticons ?

[contactpraven2001]

I like if digit give vista beta like office 2007 in last month ........:)

[FatBeing]

What is this .NET FrameWork 1.1 ?

Come on guys, M$ is already gearing up to release version 3, you are still giving out 1.1.

This is not professionalism.

Thanks for any remaining good works.
The trouble is that applications written in 1.1 won't work on 2.0. Blame MS.

[praka123]

Free Your Mind
What does today's Linux desktop offer? We took a look at the most popular Linux distros, and good news: they're all newbie-friendly!

@tlast Linux showing Up:p.Thanks for the GNU/Linux contents..:eek:

[arunks]

i think minicd will be just iso file....its just style to write minicd to attract people..as people like me will think that they r giving minicd other than one cd and dvd..but it will not be the case

[led_shankar]

^rofl i got sumn rite......

[sandhu]

no pdfs of previous issues ???? :mad:

.....not left with any reason to buy digit anymore:sad: :sad:

[led_shankar]

^

Fatbeing UNCLE says it'll be given in December. Please pwn him/her if that does not happen, But until then pls to try to unsterdan, ok :)

[coolman.guron]

I like if digit give vista beta like office 2007 in last month ........:)


when will people ever learn that the exact defination of windows is ->
Windows [n.]
A thirty-two bit extension and GUI shell to a sixteen bit patch to an eight bit operating system originally coded for a four bit microprocessor and sold by a two-bit company that can't stand one bit of competition."

just to make that clear heres just a lil quote

Only 32 kilobytes of RAM in the Apollo capsules' computers was enough to put men on the moon. The Voyager deep space probes have on-board computers based on a 4-bit CPU. An 80C85 CPU with 176 kilobytes of PROM and 576 kilobytes of RAM controlled the Sojourner rover that drove across the surface of Mars and sent us a wealth of scientific data and high-resolution images in full-color stereo. But when I have a 500MHz Pentium II with 128 Megabytes of RAM and 30 Gigabytes of disk space, and I try to type a letter to my grandmother using Windows XP and Office XP, the job will take me forever because my computer is underpowered!!


i am not a linux fan but still i hate M$ i recommend everyone to take a look at this enlightment

http://www.vanwensveen.nl/rants/microsoft/IhateMS.html

[Pathik]

A thirty-two bit extension and GUI shell to a sixteen bit patch to an eight bit operating system originally coded for a four bit microprocessor and sold by a two-bit company that can't stand one bit of competition."
http://www.vanwensveen.nl/rants/microsoft/IhateMS.html
hehe good definition... btw that article is too good... :))

[aditya.shevade]

You should mail the definition to Bill Gates :-D

[icecool]

Nexuiz is which version the one with 21 singleplayer missoins or the 1 u gave in november 2005

[mohammed_intekhab]

Hello sir ,
my name is mohammed intekhab khan .I live in ujjain (MP)
I am 20 yr old iam also a certified themer .
I request you to make a article about themeing in october issue because the site on which i give my work there are only few indian and only from which few professional themer i am one professional themer which make theme of all sony ericssion phone .Kindly wathc my work at www.homesite.mobile9.com/mohammed_intekhab i make over 72 themes and i got over 25000 download from all over the world you think the ratio .So kindly issue the article abot themeing in october issue

[wiiwii]

Isn't Legends like a year old and Tekken like a month old ? How can you guys be so darn stupid ? Senseless reviewing , really .

[FatBeing]

Isn't Legends like a year old and Tekken like a month old ? How can you guys be so darn stupid ? Senseless reviewing , really .
Both games are available in India only now, so it makes sense to tell people about games they can actually go out and buy. Pretty sensible, methinks.

[wiiwii]

If thats true then Digit should do something about this or atleast encourage the concerned people to pick up the pace . Its not fair to the indian gamers if they get to read reviews and play games that are extremely old and WTF is wrong with the people/importers/distributors who are actually bringing the games to India ? Legends is such an old title whereas Tekken is fairly new and don't you agree that most Digit readers are good enough to understand this fact . I would like to see our IT magazines keep pace with other magazines , you guys do a good job when it comes to hardware and other IT jingalalas but what about games , why can't you guys keep up with the pace ? And besides , SKOAR is supposed to be the mag for all the reviews right , it seems that you have outplayed your own gaming mag . Just think of it , PSP reviews can be found in Digit and not SKOAR , whats happening there ?

And besides , most people who actually have a PSP in India are not idiots . They want games so that they can get some return from their beloved handheld and they surely would not wait for a mag like Digit to feature a review of an year old game . These people don't give a damn about which game is scheduled to release in the INDIAN MARKET and when . PSP owners in India have enough sense that allows them to either download game ISOs from the internet or they have enough money that they can go out and order stuff from outside the country or even buy games from the grey market cause grey market always does stuff the better way if not totally legal and besides you don't find pirated copies of UMDs anywhere now do you so they pretty much are authentic copies , so buying latest stuff from the grey market makes more sense .

So the point that I want to make is ..... reviewing an year old game not only portrays how poor and imbalanced the gaming coverage really is but also gives a very untrue and a bad impression of the indian gamer and tells the world how disinterested and lazy the indian gamer actually is, which is certainly not the case if you ask me .... and the irony is that its not even his/her fault . Its the fault of the media people who are letting the gamers down by doing such things . By serving them dishes that have already gone bad , by not giving them the coverage they truly deserve. by giving answers like " It has been launched in India only now " when they already know that things and rules need to changed ,if this trend continues.... the Indian gaming fraternity will never be able to see the daylight I'm afraid .

[knight17]

Buying this months digit.Impressive contents for me.

[FSL]

Hi to all forum members,
I'm the author of FSL Launcher and I'm happy to see one of my free programs published on Digit. :)

Best regards
FSL

[FatBeing]

@wiiwii

1. What's wrong with Indian distributors? Well, firstly, they have to deal with publishers who are still only waking up to India as a market, so they have to push publishers for new games, rather than publishers sending them to India. Still, the situation's getting better. The past few months of game reviews haven't been that disappointing - for example, we got the Call of Cthulhu review copy a couple of weeks before its international release, even.

2. SKOAR! is a magazine more for hardcore gamers. Digit, on the other hand, covers a wider audience, many of whom are casual gamers. You clearly haven't read the latest SKOAR!, or you haven't noticed the PSP game and accessory reviews. Finally, there's really no way we can upstage SKOAR! when it comes to gaming.

3. People who can get games from relatives in the US, or from the grey market, are welcome to do so. We cover legal markets as a matter of policy, period. Even if that means a few stale reports here and there. The legal channels aren't as fast as the illegal ones, as usual, and we aren't happy about it, but there you have it.

[led_shankar]

this is kinda weird....and I am hesitant to post this but....

Is it just me or is digit really sexist? :( I mean the dig you took at that singer..."needing the help of a woman"

and some previous issues/articles too (the one where you made a joke about sendin hate mail with the subject line "chauvinist pig" etc etc)

[k_blues24]

Hi,
When I'm trying to install Photoshop Plug-ins from Digit DVD (Sep) My anti virus gave me this error :

detected: riskware not-a-virus:Monitor.Win32.KGBSpy.34 File: G:\Digital_Tools\System\freekgbkeylogger-194.exe/ci-temp0.cab\winlogon.dll/ASPack/ASPack


wat is it? it is risky/dangerous to my system.

[FatBeing]

Hi,
When I'm trying to install Photoshop Plug-ins from Digit DVD (Sep) My anti virus gave me this error :

detected: riskware not-a-virus:Monitor.Win32.KGBSpy.34 File: G:\Digital_Tools\System\freekgbkeylogger-194.exe/ci-temp0.cab\winlogon.dll/ASPack/ASPack


wat is it? it is risky/dangerous to my system.
No, it's not dangerous for your system. Antivirus programs will throw up that warning because keylogging software is tremendously misused.

[ratedrsuperstar]

Digit was **** this time.i am a proud digitian and i hope to see drastic improvements in the cd/dvd contents specially the lack of up to date products and hoping for nice mobo,processor,graphic cards shootout somewhere soon.i think u guys at digit should stop playing with that 360 and get some serious work going.sorry for being harsh.hoping for a good one this time.

[aditya.shevade]

Hi

I still have not received my Digit for this month. I am sorry to say this but as compared to other magazines, Digit has really let everyone down. This is a computer related magazine and you well know that the things related to PCs keep changing at a very fast speed.

What is the use of the security and other updates to me if it reaches me one month (or so) after the time it was ment to be installed? Please consider this a request and do send the magazines before the 1st of a month (29th or 30th) so that it will reach us atleast in the first week.

And if you have sent it by couriers (as I am aware, you do send it by courier) then it takes maximum two days for a courier to reach Sangli from Mumbai.

Please try to improve. I hope that I will see the magazine in my hands a little earlier from now on. :-)

[SE><IE]

I'm Unable to find deep paint plugin :(
...ah yes, I installed all the plugins to a different location. can you please tell me the location of deep paint. oh yes, did I forgot to mention that I couldn't see it listed even in the autoplay http://www.websmileys.com/sm/comp/comp26.gif

[FatBeing]

I'm Unable to find deep paint plugin :(
...ah yes, I installed all the plugins to a different location. can you please tell me the location of deep paint. oh yes, did I forgot to mention that I couldn't see it listed even in the autoplay http://www.websmileys.com/sm/comp/comp26.gif
That's because Deep Paint isn't there. Notice the article says "nearly all" - we ran out of space.

[blackpearl]

The movie section this time was yucks!!! And that home made bullet time video was too-too amateurish. If I were you, I wouldn't have included it in the DVD.

The mag contents are good. You should try to maintain this standard.

[led_shankar]

^+1

What crappy movies to put! Bleh! :x

[blackpearl]

Here is a much better bullet time video using only 6 cameras.

http://www.creativecow.net/articles/kumar_satish/bullet_time/index.htm

[deathvirus_me]

Hmm ... the issues are indeed better than the one's few months back .. though it still lacks some punch .. but none-the-less ... better than before .. so i'm not wasting the 125 bucks anymore ...

Though i'd like to mention that i'd really like to see some more hardware reviews , atleast a page on them , and not half a page ...

[samrulez]

First of all,DIGIT ROCKS!



Though i'd like to mention that i'd really like to see some more hardware reviews , atleast a page on them , and not half a page ...



Yeah!,hardware rewiews lack info,

And plz we don't wanna see...something like..

Performance-wise,this board is no slouch!3D Mark 2005 put up score in excess of 1100-an all time high among all the card we've tested.
plz mention what was the exact config. u used for testing.....also mention what was the exact score!


We started up with Doom 3 and we were greeted with 100+fps score

Same requests again,plz.

[led_shankar]

Absolutely!

Vague, beating-about-the-bush answers are best left to politicians

[FatBeing]

Here is a much better bullet time video using only 6 cameras.

http://www.creativecow.net/articles/kumar_satish/bullet_time/index.htm
Yeah..seen this. But it seems that some actual studio work went into getting those six images - blue screen et al. And how did they get the guy suspended in the air so long?

Basically, we tried to simulate the conditions under which bored individuals might make this at home - one single day, disparate cameras, little or no equipment, and WMM. I admit, though, that the video could have been way better - serves me right for choosing something as unpredictable as a car falling off a table. But now you know you can do better, so let's see if we get some submissions in that department.

@deathvirus_me
Duly noted - we'll cough up as many details as we can within the space we have.

Finally, the Rise of The Mushroom Kingdom was an awesome set of movies, we thought. Ditto the rest of the Mario Movies. Nearly died laughing.

[blackpearl]

And how did they get the guy suspended in the air so long?


The guy wasn't suspended in the air for long, that was the effect created by bullet time. The guy was suspended only for a split second and they slowed down the panning of the camera to create the effect of suspension. They must have introduced a lot of intermediate frames in between to slow down the video. They used something called Winmorph to do it. Maybe its much better in creating transitions than Virtualdub.

Actually a car wasn't a bad choice but you could have taken a couple of retakes to get the perfect landing.

[FatBeing]

I meant, suspended long enough to take the six pictures - you give me no credit, do you :p?

Taking six clear pictures of a guy in mid-air is either:

1. Extremely well-synchronised still photography, or
2. They hung the guy with ropes and then took the pictures

The resources in either case are usually beyond your average home user.

[blackpearl]

I give you credit, don't worry, very few people try these things at home. What I want to say is it could have been better.

Taking six clear pictures of a guy in mid-air is either:

1. Extremely well-synchronised still photography, or
2. They hung the guy with ropes and then took the pictures

I think you are not getting it. Its not possible take such a shot with still cameras. All the cameras they used were video cameras and were rolling at the same time. The guy jumps, remains in the air for a fraction of a second and then falls down. Lets say the guy is in the air at time=t1. Now take the feed from camera01 , let it contunue and stop it as soon as it reaches time t1. Now take just a single frame from each of the rest of the cameras at time=t1. Arrange them sequentially and continue the rest of the video from time t1 from the last camera used. This is how its usually done. Did you use still cameras to capture the falling shot?? If you did then its really commendable.

P.S: Just look at the following behind the scenes video from the movie Matrix. Look at the extreme number of cameras used (the black dots on the green wall)

http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/cmp/sfx-bullet_videos2.html

[FatBeing]

Sigh...read the article again - I explained the same procedure right there.

You need a really fast camera to capture the detail that these guys have - a feature sorely missing in the regular old digital cameras we used (from the pool of cameras that came for testing).

[karmanya]

awesome issue guys the piece on linux was really cool now i can finally throw that pirated windows out the window (that is if my dad allows me to) just 1 complaint your magazines are two short!!!!!!!! i mean it takes me little over a couple pf hours to finish it so for the rest of the month i end up reading my old issues over and over again. Plus do you have any tips for convincing your parents to allow you to subscribe to skoar! and digit at the same time?
kudos for the magazine

[led_shankar]

^

I have a similar gripe. I believe that at least one article (probably the cover article) should be extensive and in-depth. At least 25 pages. You might compromise with the total number of articles, to compensate. remember, Quality >> Quantity

[FatBeing]

^

I have a similar gripe. I believe that at least one article (probably the cover article) should be extensive and in-depth. At least 25 pages. You might compromise with the total number of articles, to compensate. remember, Quality >> Quantity
The length of our articles is based on a load of market research, and according to that, unfortunately, the average Indian reader doesn't have the patience for a 10-pager, much less 25. Geeks are still in short supply in this country, so we need the non-geeks if we want our money.

[led_shankar]

^

lol......well, maybe then you could put a loooooong list of recommended sites/books for further reading about those topics.......

[AmbarD]

Hi Digit team
I still havent recieved my DIGIT magazine
Please end fast

[karmanya]

i agree with led_shankar mebbe u could put stuff on your website and even if people dont have patience for a ten pager then why not bring a whole lot of 10 pagers for the magazine, also if u have time constraints for articles then why not get some free lancers to do it i mean some ppl would be happy to submit an article or two even if u dont pay em also why not add stuff from forums?

[rakeshishere]

Hi Digit team
I still havent recieved my DIGIT magazine
Please end fast

Shud they end it or send it :D

[n.regmi]

The article "It’s Morphin' Time!" from Nimish Chandiramani is very good.

[elumalai]

U can give long articles which is continued in every magazine..in that way..u can make the readers to look for the coming month magazine eagerly.

And, whats the use in just peeking in into a technology...writing something abt it and leaving it. A vast research level articles which would continously published for more than a year or like...wud be helpful.

[karmanya]

God I hope that they don't have long issues which are continued in different magazines as that is just crap and a bad idea

[blackpearl]

U can give long articles which is continued in every magazine..in that way..u can make the readers to look for the coming month magazine eagerly.



I hate to-be-continued articles.

[led_shankar]

Even I disagree with the (well-meant) idea. If you stretch an article on the same topic beyond one issue, the writers and readers both lose their focus and zeal towards it. It is better to have one article in one issue. Besides, it would make the mag predictable.... and then no one would want/need a 'preview' section anymore ;)

[elumalai]

Even I disagree with the (well-meant) idea.

ok..i withdraw my opinion..
__________
sorry for the 2nd post..

forgot to tell....
What I wanted is: no one can fully explain anything in IT..in a single issue..almost all the topics consume dozen of books. ( some even hundreds of books )

[led_shankar]

@elumalai: I hope you were not offended. You're right that no one can explain stuff in a single issue; But a magazine does not intend to thoroughly cover a technical topic. What it can do, is to give a helping hand for those who will find it interesting. :)
No worries though, at least there are people here who have concerns beyond DVD/CD software :rolleyes:

[quantum]

is this borland compiler is a shareware or freeware

plz do reply in thread or pm me thanx

[sambit87]

i also wanted past 12 issues of digit.It has not been published in any month of 2006.It should be published in october 2006.plsssssssssssssss.

[sabret00the]

My Mcafee subscription was over so for me Avast Home Edition 4.7 was something I was thinking of downloading.Instead got Avast Home Edition 4.7
from your cd so thnx.

[MysticHalo]

Whats new in the FastTrack? Many on topics LIKE security have been released :rolleyes:

[chaan]

I cant install Visual Basic 2005 from the CD; There is only one file in the folder VB named VB.iso; How do i open an .ISO file? How can I install VB from there?

Please help

chaan