Year: 2007

Dover releases ‘Shake: Compositing Workflow’

Posted by | Oct 17, 2007 | |

Dover Studios has announced the release of “Shake: Compositing Workflow,” their latest visual effects training DVD. The tutorial is an introduction to node-based compositing for visual effects artists working in film and television. Shake is the compositing program of choice for many high-end film and television productions around the world. On this DVD visual effects artists, Andrew Hazelden and Russell Hazelden, explore the Shake user interface and the workflow used to create a composite.

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Third Party Applications on the iPhone

Posted by | Oct 17, 2007 | , |

Apple has posted this letter to the community on the Apple.com web site at:
http://www.apple.com/hotnews/

Third Party Applications on the iPhone

Let me just say it: We want native third party applications on the iPhone,
and we plan to have an SDK in developers’ hands in February. We are excited
about creating a vibrant third party developer community around the iPhone
and enabling hundreds of new applications for our users.

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XAR compression comes to Mac OS X

Posted by | Oct 17, 2007 | |

Apimac has released a new version of its compression tool that supports the creation of XAR archives. XAR, or eXtensible ARchive format, is a new way to compress files. XAR was created within the OpenDarwin project and will be also used in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard for software installation routines (replacing gzipped pax files). With the release of Compress Files 3.0, now Mac OS X users have an easy to use tool to compress files in this new format.

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Koingo product line now Leopard compatible

Posted by | Oct 17, 2007 | |

Koingo Software has announced full Leopard compatibility for all fourteen of their applications, after releasing a slew of updates. These updates are free for all previous customers, as per the business’ policy. Additionally, licenses are valid for both the Mac and PC versions of their cross-platform titles. A complete list of all the new updates are available from the company’s Web site.

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