Xtralean Software today announced the release of ImageWell 1.0, a new Mac OS X menu bar application that allows you to easily shape and resize your images, add borders and labels to your images, as well as send them to your iDisk or Web server with the click of a button. ImageWell requires Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) or later and is available immediately as a free download.
Read MoreThis month’s issue of Mac Design magazine brings news of Editor-in-chief Scott Kelby’s latest book, “The Mac OS X Conversion Kit.” It “takes an innovative approach, showing how an operation is done in Mac OS 9, and on the facing page, how you do the same thing in Mac OS X. Everything from fonts to printing to folders is covered in a clear, concise, visual way.
Read MoreAJA Video Systems today introduced Io, an uncompressed audio/video FireWire capture device for Final Cut Pro 4, which was announced on Sunday. The high-end, 8 or 10-bit broadcast video device allows you to connect professional analog or digital audio/video to your Power Mac or PowerBook through a FireWire interface. Io supports component and composite analog video, SDI digital video, balanced analog audio, AES/EBU digital audio, optical audio, RS-422 machine control, and genlock.
Read MoreThis week’s NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) conference will serve as the launch pad for the Apple Pro Training Series, a new series of digital media training titles certified by Apple and published by Peachpit, with “help from some of the biggest names working and teaching in the audio and video industries today.” Each of the initial titles in the new Apple Pro Training Series focuses on one of the digital audio or video applications that Apple is showcasing at NAB — Final Cut Express, Final Cut Pro, DVD Studi
Read MoreWaterfall Software has released an update to Wallet, its secure and easy-to-use data storage application. Version 1.0.2 adds new features such as group counts, better icon support, and more. It also has many bug fixes, and other small additions. Version 1.0.2 is a free upgrade to registered users. Wallet can store passwords, serial numbers, contacts, or “whatever you want with a few clicks of the mouse.” Wallet provides 448-bit Blowfish encryption and password protection. Wallet is US$14.95 shareware.
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