Year: 2008

Designer iPod cases made from cassette tapes updated to fit new

Contexture Design has refreshed its line of iPod accessories with the
release of their latest cases made from reclaimed audiocassettes.
Originally launched in 2007 to fit first and second-generation nanos,
the cases known as 45 nano have been updated to fit the fourth
generation iPod nano.

45 nano follows Contexture’s sold-out limited-edition iPod cases know
as 45, named after the typical playing speed of the seven-inch
records from which they were custom-made.

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Decimal Counter FxPack plug-in available for Final Cut Studio,

Noise Industries, developer of visual effects
tools for the post-production and broadcast
markets, announced that development partner
Idustrial Revolution has released the Decimal
Counter FxPack plug-in for Apple Final Cut Studio
and Apple Final Cut Express applications.

Developed to produce professionally automated
count sequences quickly, the new Idustrial
Revolution FxPack is powered by the free Noise
Industries FxFactory engine and offers extensive
controls for fine tuning text animation and
positioning, according to Peter Wiggins, Founder,
Idustrial Revolution.

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Neotrope launches WordPress News Feeds plug-in

Neotrope, an entertainment publishing company, has announced a free
news feed plug-in for WordPress, the blog and CMS application.

The plug-in allows a business site, content portal, or blogger
running WordPress to ntegrate custom news content by topics like
business, computing, entertainment, medical, or travel; and
micro-topics like books, or music. News content is powered by
Send2Press Newswire, a U.S.

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Quark releases new QuarkXPress 8, CS4 integration booklet

Quark Inc.is offering a free booklet, online content, and video to
enable creative professionals to unlock the full potential of their
design tools. The book, downloadable from
http://8.quark.com/cs_integration, details how QuarkXPress 8 users
can work with Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash and PDFs
either separately or within Adobe Creative Suite.

It also provides an introduction to QuarkXPress 8 for InDesign users,
outlining both the similarities and differences that users should
know.

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