Brett Wickens
Recent articles by Brett Wickens
The layers of a floating image
Issue 16, Spring 1995
There is something very satisfying about opening a new software product from Adobe. From the…
The sound-stage on your desktop
If you said you wanted to build a multi-lane freeway that spanned the globe, but you…
One step nearer full-screen video
Issue 15, Winter 1994
Apple insists that full-screen, full-motion playback can be achieved on regular Macintosh equipment without additional hardware. This claim has some significant caveats.
What you see is not what you get
It is the moment every designer dreads. A piece of work, weeks in the making, has…
Photography without film: Digital imaging
Issue 8, Autumn 1992
Advertising and design agencies are firmly committed to digital artworking and reprographic techniques, but until…
Website design for grown-ups
Issue 26, Autumn 1997
The five windows of GoLive CyberStudio 2.0 help Web designers and HTML programmers to get along better
Manipulation for the masses
Issue 25, Summer 1997
Version 4 of Adobe Photoshop, the champion of photo processing software, comes with new tools for Web designers
Waiting for the total toolset
Issue 21, Summer 1996
Macromedia Director 5 is much improved, but still not quite the ultimate all-in-one toolset
Adobe unpacks suitcase rival
Issue 23, Winter 1996
Symantec’s Macintosh font handler, Suitcase, has had a radical overhaul, but so has Adobe Type Manager Deluxe
Konnishi wa to multilingual type
Issue 9, Summer 1993
Increased globalisation of business means English-speaking designers are working more and more frequently on foreign…
The desktop repro-house
Issue 4, Summer 1991
Asking a graphic designer if he recommends desktop repro is like asking a general practitioner if he recommends coffee-table surgery …