Text, or video we'll help you gel your message across with this won Ill's m idti media special. We’ve got authoring software, presentation tools, and advice on delivering the whole enchilada. ARTICLES Advanced Operations By Sheldon Leemon .... ..4fi Catch up on all the changes, enhancements, and new features in the Amiga's operating system and Workbench, as our system- softwarc expert takes you “beyond 2.0" to versions 2.1 and 3.0 of AmigaDOS. COLUMNS Editor’s Drawer By Dennis Brisson .() Back from the Desert, the editor reports that the recent CES in Vegas spelled good news and bad news for Amiga gamers. Accent on Graphics By Joel Hagen ..()0 With some digitizing, paint, and image- processing tools, you can master stop- motion and motion-blur techniques to create spiff)’ looking animation effects. Video Suite By Gene Braivn .62 With the right support software, you can gel some unexpected additional mileage out of two popular video boards. See how New- Tek’s Video Toaster and GA P’s IY24 can be adapted to live multimedia presentations. The ABCs of Amiga Fonts By JeffJames ...31 Bitmapped and outline, Compugraphic and PostScript, AnimFonts and ColorFonts ... if the profusion of font types is leading you to confusion, take this short course in Amiga font basics. Digging into DOS - 6 By Sheldon Leemon ...... Our series on using new versions of AmigaDOS continues with a look at the wide range of new Preferences available in Workbench 2.0, 2.1, and 3.0. AW Profile: Joel Hagen By Jan Jackson ..38 .•Ill s “Accent on Graphics” column turns “50” this month (see p. 60 lor the 50th installment). We celebrate here with a profile of the maestro of Amiga graphics who created it. AW Product Information ...110 To contact the developer of any product mentioned in this issue Amiga World, consult our all-in-one “Manufacturers' Distributors’ Addresses” list. DEPARTMENTS Overscan 8 Amiga new products, news and newsmakers. Help Key .106 Just hit the “Help T-l-M" key combination and our man Walsh pops up to aid requesters of technical assistance. The Last Word ....112 The reader’s right to write back right here. REVIEWS CanDO 2.0 (INOVAtronics) lit A good authoring package just got better. Pixel 3D Professional (Axiom) 19 Major enhancements to Pixel’s 3-D power. WORDWORTH V2 (Digita InfI) 22 Text graphics word processor from the UK. Art Expression (Soft-Logik).....28 SI iticturecl-drawing i 1 lust ration D I P tool. Blitz BASIC 2 (Atidsw) 76 BASK; programming with games in mind. Golden Gate 486SLC (Vortex) 80 Powerful 80486 PC AT emulator. G-Force 040 Combo (GVP) .... 84 Multifunction A2000 accelerator card. GAMES Crib Notes By Peter Olafson 90 l ips and tricks on mastering popular Amiga games. This month: Lure of the Temptress. The Koshan Conspiracy (UBI Soft) .90 Sprawling graphic adventure with lots to do. DARKSEED (CyberDreams) .96 Great graphics but short on action. Traders (Merit SW) 96 Nif ty knockoff of the classic M.U.L.E. Short Takes .97 Capsule reviews of new Amiga games. The Next Round ...100 Announcements of upcoming titles in the Amiga game market. COVER PHOTOGRAPH BY EDWARD JUDICE WINDSURFING PHOTO BY DIRK GALLIAN. NAWROGKI STOCK PHOTO. INC Amiga World Dale Strang. Publisher Dennis Brisson, Editor-in-Chief Daniel Sullivan, Executive Editor Vinoy Laughner, Managing Editor Barbara GefVert, Senior Editor Tim Walsh, Senior Editor Rcidcws Gene Brawn, Joel Hagen, David T. McClellan, Peter Olafson, Contributing Editors WERE LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD AMIGA DEALERS Howard G. Happ, Art Director Laura Johnson, Assistant Art Director Ann Dillon, Designer Alana Korda, Manufacturing Manager Michael McGoIdrick, Advertising Director Barbara Hoy, Sales Representative Heather Guinard, Sales Representative Meredith Bickford, Advertising Coordinator Advertising: 1-800-441-4403; 1-603-924-0100 FAX: 1-603-924-4066 Creative Equipment International*, newly appointed Commodore Amiga distributor, is now recruiting Amiga resellers in the United States.