Author: dsellers

BorisFX (http://www.borisfx.com) says that its entire product line will be available for 64-bit operating systems as well as the upcoming Adobe Creative Suite 5 release.

The Boris FX product line includes Boris Continuum Complete, Final Effects Completel, Boris RED, Boris FX, Boris Graffiti, Boris Blue and Boris XML Transfer. The Boris Box Set includes all Boris technology at a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of US$1,995.

iWebThemesPark (http://www.iwebthemespark.com/Home.html) has launched 10 new iWeb themes: Answers, Black Blocks, Blueness, Connection, Growing, Ice Cubes, Ink, Moss, Red Lines and Rising Columns. In addition a free Intense theme was released for all iWeb users. iWeb is the web site creation component of Apple’s iLife suite.

Each iWeb Theme has eight templates: Welcome, About Me, Photos, My Albums, Movie, Blog, Podcast and Blank. Each is customizable.

iWeb Themes requires iLife ’08 or iLife ’09. Each template is available for US$10.99, and the package of 10 themes costs $30.99.

lynda.com — an online training provider of computer skills education for consumers, businesses and schools — has released 12 courses covering the products in the newly announced Adobe Creative Suite 5.

Course topics include Photoshop CS5, Dreamweaver CS5, Flash CS5, Illustrator CS5, InDesign CS5, After Effects CS5, Premiere Pro CS5, Flash Catalyst CS5, Fireworks CS5, Encore CS5, and Bridge CS5 tutorials. Ten percent of the tutorials in each of these courses are free to non-members.

Boinx Software (http://www.boinx.com) has released a public beta of version 3.2 of FotoMagico, the slideshow creation tool for Mac OS X.

It includes a plug-in to render slideshows directly in Final Cut Pro/Express, Motion and After Effects. Just remember: beta software is unfinished software, so use with care.