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Re: Charles Moore Reviews Photoshop Elements 4.0
Boot Camp is going to sway some fence-sitters
Parallels' VM lets Mactels run Intel-native OS X, WinXP, Linux, etc. concurrently
NVU and Shareware
Bad quote in MacTech?
Windows on a Mac!
Re: Charles Moore Reviews Photoshop Elements 4.0
From Ben
I was very impressed by your review of Photoshop Elements 4 - you did a good job of illustrating the new features for photo adjustments and image editing.
I am still wondering if there are new features in version 4 that version 3 did not have that allow for other options in the share category. I have used the picture package layouts for fitting multiple sized photos on the same page extensively.
I was wondering if version 4 allowed for making greeting cards and calendars of if this is just with the Windows version. I use the share features more than the photo fix up features as I seem to not take many photos that need adjusting.
Hi Ben;
I pretty much covered the feature set and changes from version 3.0 to version 4.0 in the review.
There is no greeting card creation feature in the Mac version. Some Mac greeting card applications include:
HappyHolidays! 1.2 Photo Card Creation Software $10.00 Shareware
For more information, visit:
http://www.24x7digital.com/happyholidays/
Sophie's Cards 4.0 Greeting Card Software Sophie's Cards 4.0 sells for US $39.95
For more information, visit:
http://sophiescards.com
Easy Card 3.1.0
$30 Shareware
For more information, visit:
http://scriptsoftware.com/ecc/
For my full review of easy card creator, visit:
http://www.applelinks.com/pm/more.php?id=1857_0_1_12_M42
Greeting Card Factory 1.0.2
Greeting Card Factory sells for $49.95
For more information, visit:
http://www.novadevelopment.com/products/productinfo.aspx?productcode=gcm
Print Explosion Deluxe 2.0.7
Print Explosion Deluxe sells for $59.95
For more information, visit:
http://www.novadevelopment.com/products/productinfo.aspx?productcode=pdm
The Print Shop 2.0.3 Greeting Card Creation And Editing Tool For more information, visit:
http://www.mackiev.com/print_shop.html
Charles
Boot Camp is going to sway some fence-sitters
From Victor Panlilio
A colleague of mine who got his MacBook Pro just a few days ago emailed me earlier today:
"I installed Windows XP SP2 using the Boot Camp application without any problems. I ran the drivers CD and added my Macbook to the Windows Domain. Then I hit my first problem, there is no 'Delete' key on my MacBook (well there is, but technically it is a backspace key) so I couldn't hit cntl-alt-delete to login. I plugged in a usb keyboard and got past that, then disabled the cntl-alt-delete feature in Windows.
After that I installed antivirus software, Office 2003, set up Outlook, applied all updates, and everything is working like a charm, and fast! I already paired my bluetooth headset in Windows too. Wireless worked like a charm and my NIC, and the lcd monitor driver is great.
I can't believe it was so easy!"
After several of my other (Windows-using) colleagues saw this, they're now considering buying Intel-based Macs.
Boot Camp is going to sway some fence-sitters towards buying their first Macs, and once they have a chance to directly compare MacOS X and WinXP on the same hardware, they might just end up preferring the superior environment of MacOS X.
Me? I just use Remote Desktop Connection at home to remotely control a Windows 2003 Server in the basement from my iBook G4.
Victor
Parallels' VM lets Mactels run Intel-native OS X, WinXP, Linux, etc. concurrently
From Victor Panlilio
And I thought Boot Camp ( http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/ ) was cool... now comes this:
Vendor announcement
http://www.parallels.com/en/news/id,8655
Hands-on with screenshots
http://mikemchargue.com/2006/04/hands-on-with-parallels-vm-for-os-x.html
In-use video
http://www.prodedgy.com/article/51
Without rebooting, Intel Mac users can now run Intel-native OS X, WinXP, Linux, BSD, etc. -- simultaneously!
Sweet!
NVU and Shareware
From Joseph
Hi Charles,
My 2 cents on NVU to both you and Eolake. In this world and in the case of free NVU, you get exactly what you pay for. Just like my Daddy said.
The meta data inserted by NVU did not work for me. Google could not see the website. As soon as I switched to RapidWeaver, Google happily picked the website up.
I always go with shareware. Free is good, but I have found developers are much more responsible to their applications when they have obligations to paid customers.
Best regards,
Joseph
Hi Joseph;
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experience using NVU. The metadata point is something that would be of interest to many users.
There's some pretty impressive free stuff out there, though - browsers being a salutary case in point. One freeware app that I've found superb is the delightful Toyviewer. Adobe Reader is another excellent freeware app.
Charles
Bad quote in MacTech?
From Gregory
Bad quote. had me guessing for a while:
"In a rare discussion on the severity of the Windows malware scourge, a Microsoft security official said businesses should consider investing in an automated process to wipe hard drives and reinstall malware-infested operating systems."
"reinstall malware-infested operating systems." ???
the original article says:
"automated process to wipe hard drives and reinstall operating systems as a practical way to recover from malware infestation"
regards,
Gregory
Hi Gregory;
Must have been a last-minute revision/correction to the main article. Here is the news release I received from Ziff Davis verbatim.
Charles
From: Ziff Davis Announce <zda@speakeasy.net> Subject: eWeek: Microsoft Says Recovery from Malware Becoming Impossible
"In a rare discussion on the severity of the Windows malware scourge, a Microsoft security official said businesses should consider investing in an automated process to wipe hard drives and reinstall malware-infested operating systems.
"When you are dealing with rootkits and some advanced spyware programs, the only solution is to rebuild from scratch. In some cases, there really is no way to recover without nuking the systems from orbit," Mike Danseglio, program manager in the Security Solutions group at Microsoft, said in a presentation at the InfoSec World conference here."
Read more at: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1945808,00.asp
Ziff Davis Internet, 28 E 28th Street, New York NY 10016
Windows on a Mac!
From: Eolake Stobblehouse
We all were expecting some kind of Windoze to run at some point on the new Intel-based Macs. But I for one did not expect the software to come from Apple!
http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/
If you love Macs, but need Windose for work, this is great news.
Yours, Eolake
http://stobblehouse.com <-- My home page
http://eolake.blogspot.com <-- My blog
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