Academy Award for Technical Achievement

The ADE system, developed for Soundelux in Hollywood, California, combines software application and interface electronics to help film sound editors bridge the gap between traditional movieola editing and digital editing. ADE automatically generates a list of edits on the computer by reading the physical cuts on the film stock. The device improves the accuracy of the initial edits and reduces labor by many hours for a typical feature film.

TAGS:  Audio  Mac OS 9  Entertainment  Music

DC100 Control Application

Leica Microscopy, in Switzerland, hired Art & Logic to port their Windows image manipulation software to the Macintosh platform. Art & Logic was responsible for the application, drivers, and TWAIN drivers. The resulting software captures 24-bit image data from a digital camera and renders it on the screen in real time. Images can be saved to a variety of file formats, including TIFF, JPEG, and PICT.

TAGS:  Mac OS 9  Driver  Image Processing  TWAIN  Photography

Mac OS Audio Drivers for Echo

Working with Echo Digital Audio Corporation, Art & Logic ported their generic driver framework from Windows NT to Mac OS, created ASIO and OMS drivers, and a console application. Echo is now able to support their entire line of high-quality audio hardware for the Macintosh, including Gina, Darla, Layla, Gina24, Darla24, Layla24, and Mona cards, using a single codebase. Most recently, we have ported this work to Mac OS X, helping Echo to remain on the leading edge of the audio interface world, and assisting them in learning the intricacies of OS X kernel development along the way, in order to allow them to maintain their products in-house.

TAGS:  Mac OS X  Mac OS 9  Driver  Core Audio  Music

Image Distressing Photoshop Plug-in

Font Diner had a set of scripts for Adobe Photoshop to apply image distressing affects to an image. They wanted a faster, more powerful way to do these affects while protecting their original images and maintaining cross-platform support. Art & Logic delivered the plug-in on Windows XP, Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X (PowerPC and Intel), and updates when, new at the time, Photoshop CS3 was released. The plug-in was faster and more powerful than the original scripts, had a unique interface, and kept the client's proprietary data secure.

TAGS:  Mac OS X  Windows  Mac OS 9  C++  Visual C++  Cross-platform  Plug-in  PowerPC  Intel  DSP  Adobe Photoshop  Metrowerks

Drivers and applications for Alesis Studio Electronics

Art & Logic developed sample accurate Mac OS and Windows ASIO drivers for the Alesis ADAT-PCR PCI card, as well as the Windows MME MIDI and audio driver, and Mac OS Sound Manager and OMS drivers. To support this work we designed and maintained an SDK that allows third-party developers to interface to the card. In addition, Art & Logic developed the cross-platform (Mac OS and Windows) "ADAT Connect" application that supports the sample accurate bi-directional transfer of audio data between the computer's hard disk and an ADAT. more...

Art & Logic developed sample accurate Mac OS and Windows ASIO drivers for the Alesis ADAT-PCR PCI card, as well as the Windows MME MIDI and audio driver, and Mac OS Sound Manager and OMS drivers. To support this work we designed and maintained an SDK that allows third-party developers to interface to the card. In addition, Art & Logic developed the cross-platform (Mac OS and Windows) "ADAT Connect" application that supports the sample accurate bi-directional transfer of audio data between the computer's hard disk and an ADAT. Art & Logic also maintained and helped to develop Sound Bridge, a cross-platform sample librarian for the QS and DMPro families of synthesizers, and even created a utility that is used in-house by Alesis for production testing of the ADAT-PCR card.

TAGS:  Audio  Mac OS 9  Driver  C++  Desktop  Visual C++  Cross-platform  MIDI  CodeWarrior  ASIO  Custom API  Entertainment  Music  Pro Audio

Enhanced CD Player Application for Apple Inc.

A group of companies, including Sony, Philips, and Microsoft have developed an enhanced compact disc format that joins standard music tracks with interviews, lyrics, music videos, and electronic liner notes. Apple Computer hired Art & Logic to create the cross-platform (Windows and Mac OS) player application for this new medium. Art & Logic worked directly with Apple's QuickTime Development Group to implement the delivery mechanism for the multimedia content stored on the enhanced CDs.

TAGS:  Windows  Audio  Mac OS 9  C++  Cross-platform  QuickTime  MFC  CodeWarrior  Microsoft Developer Studio  MacApp  Entertainment  Music  Computer Hardware  Media  Software

Ethernet Drivers for Kingston Technology

Art & Logic created all of the Mac OS ethernet drivers and diagnostic applications in the Kingston Technology EtheRx product line. These products cover PCI and PCMCIA bus architectures and operate at 10M and 100M network speeds. Art & Logic has kept the family of drivers updated to the latest ethernet driver frameworks released by Apple Computer and has worked closely with Kingston and Apple to ensure driver compatibility with new CPUs and Mac OS versions.

TAGS:  Mac OS 9  Driver  Hardware  Networking  Computer Hardware

Neon Sign Design and Animation Control Software for Fluid Light Technologies

Art & Logic created both Windows and Mac OS versions of "NeonCAD". Users can design arbitrarily complex neon signs using the CAD tools provided, and animate those signs using the client's proprietary neon control technology that allows light to appear to move through a neon tube. The animation patterns may be previewed on the computer. The resulting sign layouts can be printed for sign fabricators, and the animation control data can be saved to the client's neon controller hardware for deployment.

TAGS:  Windows  Mac OS 9  C++  Cross-platform  Entertainment  Manufacturing  Lighting

Desktop Exec Client Software for a Canon Group Company

The Office Exec software intercepts print requests from any application and allows the user to specify print, fax, e-mail and storage parameters for the job. The client software then sends the print job via TCP/IP to the server software running on Windows 2000 Server, where the job is routed to the appropriate output device based on the job parameters. Art & Logic used XML and XSLT technologies to create dynamic dialogs that system administrators can easily configure on the server. Art & Logic developed the Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X client software, including a custom Mac OS 9 desktop printer, a custom Mac OS X CUPS backend, and their corresponding client and status applications. more...

The Office Exec software intercepts print requests from any application and allows the user to specify print, fax, e-mail and storage parameters for the job. The client software then sends the print job via TCP/IP to the server software running on Windows 2000 Server, where the job is routed to the appropriate output device based on the job parameters. Art & Logic used XML and XSLT technologies to create dynamic dialogs that system administrators can easily configure on the server. Art & Logic developed the Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X client software, including a custom Mac OS 9 desktop printer, a custom Mac OS X CUPS backend, and their corresponding client and status applications. All of this was developed for Océ, a Canon Group company.

TAGS:  Objective-C  Mac OS X  Mac OS 9  XML  Driver  C++  XSL  Printer  AppleScript  Microsoft Visual Studio 2005  CUPS  Computer Hardware  Printing

20th Century Fox Dailies Transfer Room

The Telecine application is the center of an automated, easy-to-use video duplication suite that provides custom daily copies for film and television productions. It controls a large variety of video devices, including tape decks, time coders, titlers, a patch bay, and a film-to-tape machine.

TAGS:  Mac OS 9  Entertainment

Mac OS X and Mac OS 9 Printer Driver and Training for Lexmark

Lexmark hired Art & Logic to teach a two-week training course on Mac OS X printer driver development to an international team of their driver developers. Art & Logic created all course materials including sample code and PowerPoint presentations. Topics included support of a variety of USB printers, such as the Z33 and others. A functional driver was created during the course.

TAGS:  Mac OS X  Mac OS 9  Driver  USB  Computer Hardware

eMusic.com Download Manager

We implemented the Macintosh version of eMusic Download Manager based on Carbon so that it runs natively on both Mac OS X and Mac OS 9. The self-updating download manager is used to download music files from eMusic.com, parse XML metadata, and perform EMP file decryption.

TAGS:  Mac OS X  Windows  Audio  Mac OS 9  Carbon  Music

iTunes Plugin for e.Digital Corporation

Art & Logic was hired to develop an iTunes plugin to support a range of high-capacity digital audio players and portable digital jukebox devices on Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X. The software manages the transfer of audio content between the iTunes application and the audio player and maintains playlists used by the device to organize tracks.

TAGS:  Mac OS X  Audio  Mac OS 9  Plug-in  iTunes  Entertainment  Music  Computer Hardware  Media  Video

VFZoom Photoshop Plugins for Celartem Technology, Inc

The Vector Format for Zooming (VFZ) is a file format that provides 100% lossless compression and a powerful image scaling/zooming capability that allows one to magnify an image by percentage or size. Images may be read or written in the VFZ format or optionally JPEG, TIFF, or bitmap without any loss in quality. The PFZ format is similar but additionally offers password protection together with user- or file-based privileges. Art & Logic developed the cross-platform VFZ Export and VFZ Import plugins for Mac OS and Windows localized for English and Japanese using the Adobe Dialog Manager (ADM) and based on version 2.4 of Celartem's VFZ SDK.

TAGS:  Windows  Mac OS 9  C++  Cross-platform  Plug-in  Image Processing  Microsoft Developer Studio  InstallShield  Adobe Photoshop  Adobe Dialog Manager  Photography  Imaging

Mac OS Audio Drivers for Gadget Labs

Art & Logic developed the Mac OS ASIO driver for Gadget Labs' Wave/824 PCI audio card. Using our proprietary audio driver framework, we also created an OMS MIDI driver and a control panel application.

TAGS:  Audio  Mac OS 9  Driver  C++  MIDI  CodeWarrior  ASIO  Music

USB MIDI Drivers

Steinberg hired Art & Logic to write their USB MIDI interface device drivers for Mac OS Classic, to support their Midex 8 and Midex 3 devices. Art & Logic implemented Steinberg's LTB time-stamping protocol to solve inherent USB timing problems. Art & Logic engineers then had to make the driver work with OMS (the standard for MIDI on Mac OS). With Steinberg in Germany, the Art & Logic Online Conferencing System kept everyone in the loop without requiring expensive transcontinental phone calls. The success of this project led to the opportunity to port these drivers to OS X.

TAGS:  Mac OS X  Audio  Mac OS 9  Driver  USB  MIDI  Music  Computer Hardware  Media  Pro Audio