PhotoFactory combines three powerful, fun-to-use photo-editing software packages (Kai's Power Show, Kai's Photo Soap 2, SuperGoo) you can use to edit, liquefy, twist, stretch, and just plain funkify your photos. PhotoFactory even lets you create slick presentations complete with sound, animation and a bunch of other easy-to-use, cool special effects!

You don't have to play around with [e-Picture Pro] for very long before realizing why it has received so much praise. Its tools are at once familiar to users of Photoshop and Flash, somehow bridging the gap between the two. That's not to say users can hop right in and complete their first animation in a matter of moments, but rather that there's an immediate level of comfort one doesn't usually have with new software.

If you do any kind of desktop publishing/layout using EPS images, you know that a PostScript printer is a must. Now no self-respecting DTPer is going to run a full print job on an ink jet printer, but with StyleScript, your little Hewlett-Packard or Epson becomes a fine comping machine.

This collection of plug-ins for Adobe Illustrator is sure to increase your playtime. This is not only because FILTERiT provides an extensive collection (82) of new ways to alter, distort, and/or tweak your work

This collection of plug-ins for Adobe Illustrator is sure to increase your playtime. This is not only because FILTERiT provides an extensive collection (82) of new ways to alter, distort, and/or tweak your work

The Keyspan Digital Media Remote is a powerful infrared remote which allows you to control multimedia applications on your computer in the same convenient way that you now control your home TV.

FontAgent helps you organize, manage & repair your fonts, optimizing your font library to cut down on font-related crashes & lock-ups.

With Toast 4 Deluxe, Adaptec aims to bridge this feature gap and provide Mac users with some long desired features.

a good tool for creating web animations, except for one drawback we'll examine later: it imports PICT and GIF files, of course, but then you can paint, paste, draw, select, move or duplicate any portion of the frame right away, without switching over to a graphics program.

Take it from me, whether you design web graphics for a living or just like to experiment, you will want to fire this thing up and see what it can do. Besides, the 90-day free public beta version of Macromedia's Fireworks web graphics design software is definitely one of the greatest bargains around.