Year: 2002

IconBuilder 3.5 for Mac OS X

Posted by | Apr 28, 2002 | , |

Monday, April 29th, 2002
Iconfactory Press Release – IconBuilder 3.5 for Mac OS X Released

The Iconfactory is proud to announce that IconBuilder Pro, the professional
tool of choice for Macintosh & Windows icon construction, has been updated
to version 3.5 for use with Mac OS X.

IconBuilder Pro 3.5 was re-engineered to work specifically with Adobe
Photoshop 7.0 and Mac OS 10.1.3 (and above). The filter includes a revised,
Aqua user interface along with all of the features and controls IB users
have come to know and depend on.

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Apple unit sales up year-over-year

Posted by | Apr 26, 2002 | |

Bolstered by sales of the new iMac, Apple was one of just a handful of PC companies to post year-over-year gains in unit sales despite an overall decline in worldwide PC sales, as reported by c|net. Overall, unit sales were up 5.4 percent worldwide and 6.7 in the U.S. from the previous year, according to market researcher IDC. Apple climbed one spot to be the No. 9 computer maker in the world last quarter.

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Andromeda ships new lighting effects filters

Posted by | Apr 26, 2002 | |

Andromeda released its new ScatterLight Lenses series of Photoshop-compatible plug-ins this week, which offers a number of various professional digital lenses for scattering light. The plug-ins are divided into four categories: DreamOptics Lenses for glows, SoftFocus Lenses for portraiture, SoftDiffuser Lenses for mist and fog, and StarLight Lenses for glints, sparks and flares. ScatterLight Lenses sells for US$98 and is currently only compatible with Mac OS 8 and 9; a Mac OS X version is in the works.

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