Year: 2009

Two new ebooks in the Take Control series, “Take Control of Your
iPhone Apps” and “Take Control of iPhone OS 3,” provide an in-depth
look at the iPhone and its core apps. These practical, hands-on
guides walk readers through the most effective ways to use numerous
features and help readers avoid problems. Most of the information is
also applicable to the iPod touch, and the differences are called
out. “Take Control of Your iPhone Apps” lists for $10; “Take Control
of iPhone OS 3” lists for $15.

VVI (http://www.vvidget.org) has released version 10.6.2 of Vvidget,
a point and click graphing solution for Mac OS X.

ThePowerXChange, the source for extended technology, has released the
free “X-PDF 9 & Crossroads Workflow Solutions Guide, North American
Edition” providing product details and system requirements for tools
available for PDF creation, correction, preflight and delivery.

The guide includes categories for Automation, Creation,
Editing/Management, Output/Imposition, Preflight and a new section
dedicated to Crossroads Workflow Solutions that support the Switch
workflow technology from Enfocus.

macProVideo.com (http://www.macprovideo.comhas announced that Larry
Jordan, one of the world’s most recognized Final Cut Studio
educators, has joined their roster of industry-leading software
tutorial producers.

Jordan has released a new tutorial-video called “Picking the Right HD
Format.” In this new title, he provides a detailed discussion of
Apple ProRes, HDV, AVC HD, and most other common HD video formats.

Boris FX (http://www.borisfx.com) has released Flicker and Shake, a
free update for Boris Continuum Complete 6 FxPlug users.

It’s an an auto-animating filter that uses bursts of synchronized
Exposure, Glow, Blur, X or Y displacement, and RGB channel offset to
create a flicker effect for video or graphics elements. The flicker
effect has been made popular by recent television commercials and
film trailers.

Flicker and Shake works in Apple Final Cut Pro and Motion.