GENERAL MEETING: Thursday, November 3rd, 2005

• LOCATION: Santa Fe Community College: Jemez Room

TIME OF EVENTS:

..............................BEGINNERS SIG: 5:30 PM

Hosted by Giuseppe Quinn will host the Beginners SIG. This SIG is
for those members new to the world of Mac computers. He will answer
all your questions and demonstrate tips/tricks.

................................ADVANCE SIG: 6:15 PM

Hosted by Brett Goldberg, is designed for the more experienced
user however, everyone is welcome. Here you will find the answers to
those OS and hardware related questions.

Note: *SIG stands for Special Interest Group

.....................GENERAL BUSINESS MEETING: 7:00PM

Reserved for general interest items concerning the SFMUG.

............………….. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

PRESENTATION 7:30 to 9:00: New Features in Photoshop CS2 with
Robert Barnes.

Robert is an award winning documentary film maker who worked at
Turner Broadcasting and CNN as Chief Photographer for 14 years.

He joined Apple Computer in 1986 and spent 10 years with the company.
His last position was Product Manager for QuickTime VR. In 1997 he
left Apple to pursue his dream of working full time as a digital
artist. He was on the Alpha and Beta design teams for Photoshop CS.
He was a co-author of the Book Photoshop 7 Magic.

He is represented by August Gallery in the Design Center and he
supplements his income by teaching Photoshop to private individuals.

............………….......... RAFFLE

This month's raffle items are tied directly, indirectly, or not at
all to our presentation on Photoshop CS2 by SFMUG's own Rob Barnes.
The big item this month is a copy of "Adobe Photoshop CS2 Studio
Techniques" by Ben Willmore, a $50 value. Other items include:
A 256 MB Crucial Gizmo! USB flash drive (a $33 value)
"Cool Mac Apps" by John Tollett with Robin Williams (a $22 value)
An iTunes Music Store gift certificate (a $10 value)
i-rocks IR-7300 800 dpi USB optical mouse (a $10 value)
Any of these items can be yours for a measly $2 raffle ticket, or you
can buy three tickets for $5. Support SFMUG by purchasing raffle
tickets as if they were PowerBall tickets, except you can't win a
$349 million dollar jackpot from us!

Ed. Of all the duties connected with the SFMUG, the raffle
chairman is always under a lot of pressure to provide interesting
gifts to be raffled. Steve Zappe works hard throughout each month to
find worthwhile material for the raffle and we all appreciate his
contribution.

Your purchase of raffle tickets allows this organization to raise
necessary funds in support of our outreach programs.

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THE GRAPHICS AND FINE ARTS SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP

The Graphics and Fine Arts SIG Meeting for November 5th Features;

Mr. David Satterwhite

"Putting the FIne Finish on Color Landscape Photos"

Mr. Satterwhite is a distinguished photographer from 'up the hill'.

The Santa Fe Graphics and Fine Arts Special Interest Group meets in
the Jemez Room of the Santa Fe Community College on the first
Saturday of each month, from 10:00AM to Noon.

Suggestions for programs or offers to present programs should be
addressed to:

Bob Everett
SIG Coordinator Pro Tempore
everett@skystudio-online.com

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................................H O T - N E W S: SFMUG has a new

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Apple Introduces... Oh my goodness, where do I begin? Well...

Apple Introduces Aperture
The first all-in-one post production tool that provides everything
photographers need after the shoot, Aperture offers an advanced and
incredibly fast RAW workflow that makes working with a camera’s RAW
images as easy as JPEG. Built from the ground up for pros, Aperture
features powerful compare and select tools, nondestructive image
processing, color managed printing and custom web and book
publishing. [Oct 19, 2005]

http://www.apple.com/aperture/

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New Power Mac G5 Quad & Power Mac G5 Dual
The new Power Mac G5 desktop line now features the Power Mac G5 Quad,
providing quad-core processing with two 2.5GHz dual-core PowerPC G5
processors. All Power Mac G5 models now feature dual-core processors,
a new PCI Express architecture and higher performance graphics
options including NVIDIA’s Quadro FX 4500, bringing the industry
standard for workstation graphics to the Mac. [Oct 19, 2005]

http://www.apple.com/powermac/

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Apple Enhances PowerBooks
Apple today made its PowerBook G4 line of notebook computers even
more desirable for business and creative professionals with higher-
resolution displays and up to one hour more battery life on the 15-
and 17-inch models. In addition, every new PowerBook now includes a
DVD burning SuperDrive. [Oct 19, 2005]

http://www.apple.com/powerbook/

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Apple Unveils the New iPods
The new iPod, featuring a gorgeous 2.5-inch color screen, can display
album artwork and photos, as well as play stunning video including
music videos, video podcasts, home movies and television shows. The
new iPod holds up to 15,000 songs, 25,000 photos or over 150 hours of
video and is available in a 30GB model for $299 and a 60GB model for
$399, with both models available in stunning white or black designs.
[Oct 12, 2005]

http://www.apple.com/ipod/

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Apple Announces iTunes 6
iTunes 6, the next generation of the world’s most popular music
jukebox and online music store, lets fans purchase and download over
2,000 music videos and six short films from Academy Award-winning
Pixar Animation Studios for just $1.99 each. Customers can also now
purchase and download their favorite television shows from iTunes the
day after they air on TV, watch them on their Mac or PC and Auto-Sync
them onto the new iPod for viewing anywhere. [Oct 12, 2005]

http://www.apple.com/itunes/

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Apple Introduces the New iMac G5
The new iMac G5 features a built-in iSight video camera for out-of-
the-box video conferencing and Apple’s new breakthrough Front Row
media experience. Front Row gives users a simple, intuitive and
powerful way to play their music, enjoy their photo slideshows and
watch their DVDs and iMovies, as well as popular movie trailers from
apple.com and music videos and television shows purchased from the
iTunes Music Store, on their iMac from up to 30 feet away using the
new bundled Apple Remote

http://www.apple.com/imac/

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Apple Quarterly Results
Apple announced fourth quarter financial results, posting revenue of
$3.68 billion and a net quarterly profit of $430 million, or $.50 per
diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $2.35 billion and
a net profit of $106 million, or $.13 per diluted share, in the year-
ago quarter. Gross margin was 28.1 percent, up from 27.0 percent in
the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 40 percent of
the quarter’s revenue. [Oct 11, 2005]

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2005/oct/11results.html

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Recent Apple Software Updates

WaveBurner 1.1.2 10/19/2005 (5.4MB)
iPod Updater 2005-10-12 10/18/2005 (37.8MB)
Xserve RAID Admin Tools 1.5 10/17/2005 (5MB)
iTunes 6.0 10/12/2005
(13.8MB)
QuickTime 6.5.3 for Mac OS X 10.2.8 10/12/2005 (18.4MB)
Mac OS X Update 10.4.2 07/12/2005
(44MB)
QuickTime 7.0.2 for Windows 10/01/2005 (31.8MB)
QuickTime 7.0.3 10/12/2005
(34MB)

................................MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Burning Man and back. Well the photos are in and I've created a
slideshow using .Mac Slides that I want to share with you. To
subscribe to my slideshow using Mac OS X version 10.2 or later, just
follow these instructions:

1. Make sure you're connected to the Internet.

2. Open Systems Preferences and Click Desktop & Screen Saver. Select
the Screen Saver tab. (Users of Mac OS X 10.2, open Systems
Preferences and click Screen Effects.)

3. Select .Mac in the list of available screen savers.

4. Click Options and enter zoomproductions in the Member Name box.
Click OK. (Users of Mac OS X 10.2, click Configure and enter member
name.)

Now sit back and enjoy. My slideshow will appear the next time your
screen saver is activated. When you are connected to the Internet,
you'll automatically receive any updates I've made to the slideshow.

Or simply view the photos at http://homepage.mac.com/zoomproductions/ PhotoAlbum9.html

Giuseppe
.....................

!!!SFMUG - member Exclusive!!!

As a way to save money for our Members, SFMUG President, Giuseppe
Quinn, owner of RedQuyn ZOOM Productions and TFLEYBIAOOS(see above),
has offered use of his company's Corporate Discount Webpage at
MacMall/PCMall at <http://cap.pcmall.com/site/zoomproductions>

When setting up your own account on the CAP site you will need the
following information:

username: zoomepp

password: zoom123

AFTER logging in to the CAP site (with user name and password
provided above),users will be prompted to set up their own individual
account for their personal purchases.The advantage to this site is we
accumulate group-buying power even though eachindividual has his or
her own account. When shopping through this site you will getsome of
the best web prices available and it's from a very reputable company.
Also, if theprices you find are not the lowest you've seen, you can
call the rep and he will match prices. The more we buy, the better
the discounts get.

Contributed by: Giuseppe. For further details visit <http:// www.redquyn.com/capsite.html>
or email Giuseppe.

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................................SITE(s) OF THE MONTH

From the whacky fun side:
You control a Yeti that smacks a penguin for distance... My record is
305.1

http://www.casper.ru/temp/pingu/?namn=406

From the serious side:
This one deals with a controversial topic, the Iraq war and it's
fallen soldiers. It shows their faces in headshots, but don't look
if you don't want to see them. I list it because It represents to me
how the www can be used to bring a face to the overwhelming nature of
our global community and it's troubles. It is by The Washington Post.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/iraq/casualties/ facesofthefallen.htm

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................................FutureTech
Industry pundits to discuss Mac future at MWSF

By Jim Dalrymple

If you're heading to Macworld San Francisco this coming January and
are interested in what a few well-known Mac pundits think about the
future of our platform, you may want to set some time aside on
Wednesday, January 9 at 9:30 a.m. IDG World Expo announced today a
feature presentation called "This ain't your parents' Mac: The
Present and Future of the Mac Platform."

http://www.macworld.com/news/2001/11/27/pundits/index.php

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................................Mac Security

Mac community must wake up to security
By Munir Kotadia, ZDNet Australia
09 September 2005 12:24 PM

Apple Macintosh users believe they are immune from security problems
and need to wake up to the potential of attack -- before they are
rudely awoken by a destructive piece of malware.

Read more at http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/ Mac_community_must_wake_up_to_security/0,2000061744,39210762,00.htm

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