Jumsoft has released Keynote Themes FX 4.0
(http://www.jumsoft.com/themesfx/), which consists of 10 motion
themes — five new ones and five themes from the previous version.
They work with Keynote 4.0 or later. Keynote is the presentation
component of Apple’s US$79 iWork bundle.
Each of the five new themes consists of 14 masters. The new themes
are Blue Cubes, Finance, Cinema ’60, Velvet Draft and Holidays.
A company called iPerform3D (http://www.iperform3d.com) is offering
what it calls an alternative to Apple’s “Learn to Play” feature in
GarageBand ’09, offering pro/celebrity music instruction. iPerform
3D’s solution is the 3D Guitar Learning System, which is Mac and
Windows compatible.
iPerform3D’s newly launched 3D Guitar Learning System uses
motion-capture and 3D animation technology.
XChange International (http://www.xchangeuk.com), a source for
extended technology, has released the Duplica XTension for
QuarkXPress 8. Badia Duplica allows users to sample and apply text
and item attributes using multiple clipboards.
Users choose the attributes they wish to copy, and then use the
eyedroppers to duplicate the same styling in other parts of the
document. More than 80 attributes are available to pick from for
characters, paragraphs, pictures, boxes, lines and pages.
RE:Vision Effects (http://www.revisionfx.com) has expanded support of
its DE:Noise FxPlug plugin set for Final Cut Pro and Motion to
include Final Cut Express.
DE:Noise is a plugin set that removes excessive noise and artifacts
in one tool. It handles spurious frame-to-frame defects ranging from
fine digital and electronic noise to blotchy spots (e.g. dirt on the
film).
iPresentee (http://www.ipresentee.com), a developer of add-ons for
Apple’s iWork and iLife applications, has released Keynote Motion
Themes 5.0 to be used with Apple’s Keynote presentation
software. Keynote is part of Apple’s US$79 iWork bundle.
iPresentee presents five new Keynote themes: Snow, Dancing Lights,
Bubble, Mine and Earth. What’s more, the company is offering a free
Winter Keynote Motion Theme.