The New Year is here, and it brings big changes. Adobe recently announced Adobe Production Studio software, the complete audio and video post-production solution, and this issue of Proxy offers a sneak peek of the exciting new Dynamic Link feature (see page 22). Isn’t it time you gave your movie-making instincts the tools they deserve?

We also welcome Macromedia and its spectacular product line to Adobe. The combination of the two companies’ innovation and technology leadership should mean great things for creative pros the world over (see page 3).

In addition, this issue features ideas and artwork from Alexander Gelman, a respected designer and illustrator who runs the Design Machine studio in New York and Tokyo. In a wide-ranging interview with Proxy contributor Noreen Morioka, Gelman shares his thoughts on his fellow New York designers as well as his recent impressions of the Japanese design scene.

Proxy also comes stuffed with its customary store of instructional and informative content, from Russell Brown’s jaw-dropping Photoshop CS2 Vanishing Point tutorial to the engineering story behind the new Live Trace and Live Paint features in Adobe Illustrator® CS2. So, open up, get started, and enjoy.

—The Adobe Creative Team