Year: 2010

LinkOptimizer for InDesign updated to version 4.5

Zevrix Solutions (http://www.zevrix.com) has released LinkOptimizer 4.5, an update of its workflow automation solution for Adobe InDesign. The new version adds the ability to convert image color space to an ICC profile space, with full control over how the conversion is done.

LinkOptimizer lets you reduce InDesign job size and speed up processing by eliminating excess image data and performing essential image adjustments.

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iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for Dec. 17

Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps announced. You can find ’em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).

Jason Jensen has announced Friend Update 1.0, his new app for iOS devices. The US$1.99 app merges the Facebook and Twitter feeds of up to 30 friends on a page for each friend. Tapping a friend will bring the user to a page displaying that friend’s Facebook and/or Twitter feeds.

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‘Daily’ iPad newspaper to launch next month

“The Daily,” publishing mogul Rupert Murdocks’s newspaper developed specifically for the iPad, will launch the week of Jan. 17, reports “All Things D” (http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20101217/rupert-murdochs-daily-ipad-newspaper-set-for-january-launch/).

“The Daily” will be published (well, daily), will sell for 99 cents a week, will use lots of video, will have “cool multimedia bells and whistles, including some kind of 3-D effect that lots of people are very excited about,” the article adds. What’s more, Apple CEO Steve Jobs might participate in a launch event.

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DualEyes public beta program announced

Singular Software has launched a DualEyes for OS X public beta program. DualEyes is a standalone application for the automatic synchronization of video and audio clips in dual-system audio production.

Designed to work alongside any video editing application, DualEyes is streamlined to accomplish the task of replacing in-camera scratch audio with separately recorded high-quality audio. The DualEyes for OS X public beta program is available for Mac OS X 10.5 and later. To download the DualEyes for OS X public beta, go to http://www.singularsoftware.com/downloads.html .

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