Year: 2005

Pixel Ribs releases McFilters 1.0

Pixel Ribs has announced the release of McFilters 1.0, a set of nine Photoshop-compatible plug-in filters: McBackLightGlow, McBlur, McCells, McGel, McLens, McMotionBlur, McScatter, McSharpen, and McTwirl. The company says that what makes this package different from others, is that it “intensively uses information from the selection mask to modulate filter parameters.

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‘The iPod scuffle’ comic posted by JoT

Nitrozac and Snaggy poke a little fun at the iPod shuffle shortage in their latest Joy of Tech comic, “The iPod Scuffle.” Set in an Apple store, the comic is a funny depiction of the lengths people will go to get their hands on one of the much sought-after devices. The Joy of Tech comic series routinely delivers a humorous look at technology and the issues surrounding it.

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ShutterBug 1.0.2 offers slideshow enhancements

XtraLean Software today released ShutterBug 1.0.2, a new version of its web album creation tool for “quickly publishing stories and photos to the web with unique WYSIWYG template creation for a look and feel that you can call your very own.” Version 1.0.2 brings enhancements to the Slideshow, embedded thumbnail links, and the ability to have different thumbnail sizes mixed and matched in the same photo album.

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iPulse gets configurable status bar, G5 support

The Iconfactory today released iPulse 2.1, a new version of its popular Mac OS X system monitoring utility. The free update adds a new configurable menu “Status” bar; support for the G5’s on-chip temperature sensor including readings in Fahrenheit and Kelvin; enhanced support for the Griffin PowerMate; the ability to save status and info window settings of iPulse jackets; and improved compatibility with Apple’s Exposé.

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