Even the most dilligent Seybold attendee misses plenty: There’s simply too much going on for one person to catch it all. As much as they would have preferred to stick together, our crack Seybold crew split up to bring you as much of the show as possible, with an eye towards spotting trends and patterns.
In today’s coverage, contributing editors Marty Beaudet, Anita Dennis, and Andrea Dudrow discuss plug-ins from digital photographers, e-book proliferation, and software that guards against Napster-life copying of digital content.
New Fixes for Filmless Foibles by Marty Beaudet
“While graphic artists crowded cheered the new vector capabilities of Adobe Photoshop 6.0 at Seybold this week, digital photographers found new tools that will make their work easier as well. Add-ons from three companies address important issues photographers must grapple with when processing images from digital cameras.”
E-Books Build Momentum by Anita Dennis
"’It’s the content, stupid,’ joked James Sachs, CEO of SoftBook Press. Until now, Sachs says, e-books have faced the conundrum of the chicken vs. the egg: The volume of content won’t grow without good readers, and readers won’t be developed unless there’s content. Sachs also predicted that e-books will legitimize paid content on the Web, as there’s no precedent for giving books away online as there is with news, magazine, and other published content.”
Digital Rights Management is All the Buzz by Andrea Dudrow
“It seems the flap over Napster has affected more than just a generation of college-age boys. One of the most talked-about issues at this year’s Seybold San Francisco (besides everyone’s favorite new technology, electronic books) has been digital rights management software. Essentially, such software is meant to ensure that neither Napster nor any other peer-to-peer file exchange system will get your digital assets.”
This article was last modified on June 30, 2023
This article was first published on September 1, 2000
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