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SmartSound Technology Powers Soundtrack Creation in New CyberLink PowerDirector 4 Home Video Editing Software
Circuit City Launches Online Photo Services Powered by Snapfish [/url]
Richard Lynch's Hidden Power Tools For Photoshop Elements 3
Sybex has announced the release of a powerful new e-product of special interest to your readers: Richard Lynch's Hidden Power Tools For Photoshop Elements 3:
http://www.sybex.com/sybexbooks.nsf/booklist/5028
For $19.99, this software upgrade allows your readers to download all the tools offered with Richard Lynch's new book, The Hidden Power of Photoshop Elements 3. Â That's more than 60 tools-- everything from Custom Masking and Vectors to Color Balance, Separations, and Enhanced Sharpening--designed to help photographers realize the full potential of the latest version of Photoshop Elements.
All the tools are designed to work with Photoshop Elements 3, so if readers have purchased Richard Lynch's http://www.sybex.com/sybexbooks.nsf/booklist/4178 The Hidden Power of Photoshop Elements 2 and have upgraded to Photoshop Elements 3, they'll want to take advantage of this great offer.
Visit http://www.sybex.com for a complete menu of the power tools available with this download: Â
http://www.sybex.com/sybexbooks.nsf/booklist/5028
Look for my review of Richard Lynch's Hidden Power Tools For Photoshop Elements 3 in Moore's Views & Reviews here on Applelinks tomorrow.
Daystar XLR8 InterView 3.0 USB Video Capture
Daystar Technology has expanded the XLR8 USB Video Capture technology to deliver higher quality, and new functionality from its award winning XLR8 InterView Video Capture product.
Combining technologies from XLR8, iRez, ArcSoft and EchoFX, Daystar has expanded InterView for multiple device support, and Windows XP compatibility. For ease of use, Daystar has added the ArcSoft VideoImpression (v1) editing and capture application. VideoImpression provides an 'iMovie' like interface for use in Mac OS X, Mac OS 9 and Windows XP.
XLR8 InterView 3.0 includes all the hardware and software any user needs to grab video/audio from any normal camera, recorder or deck. It is also excellent for webcam and security camera applications. Its universal drivers support a wide range of applications and allow multiple cameras on the same system (one Interview for each camera).
Features of InterView 3.0 include;
Real-time Internet Ready Video Capture to any USB equipped system (500 MHz or faster).
352 x 240, 29.97 fps NTSC
352 x 288, 25 fps PAL/SECAM
VideoImpression Capture and Editing for Mac OS 9, Mac OS X and Windows XP. S-Video and RCA (standard) composite video and stereo audio input.
Supports any USB equipped system! High contrast, high quality video - better than DV at the same size.
Low Disk space requirements - 4 GB per hour for video and audio.
High resolution single frame capture - 640 x 480.
Fast Record Playback, for near real-time playback during captures. AppleScript enabled capture software for full automation capability.
Export movies to any QuickTime supported format, including iMovie DV and DVStreams without having to purchase QuickTime Pro! QuickTime Broadcaster compatibility, delivering the ability for users to get professional quality MPEG-4 streaming, even in low-bandwidth situations .
"We wanted to provide a solution that delivers fast video at a size that is easily viewed on the internet," said Gary Dailey, president of Daystar. "For standard internet sized video, InterView with its hardware based resize and compression technology, delivers better quality than the highest priced Pro DV systems available. At $89, it is the perfect solution for home users and professionals."
System Requirements
All Apple PowerMac G3 or G4 systems, and PC's running Windows XP with an available USB port (500 MHz or better recommended for real-time performance).
Software Requirements
Mac OS 8.6 or greater
Mac OS X 10.1.2 or greater
Windows XP
Included Software
InterView Device Driver for OS 8.6 - 9.x
USBVision Device Driver for OS X
USBLive Device Driver for Windows XP
XLR8 WebCleaner for OS 8.6 - 9.x
XLR8 Theater for OS 8.6 - 9.x
USBVision Capture for OSX
USBVision Utility for iMovie Compatibility Video Impression! Editing and Capture for OS 9, OS X, and Windows XP.
For more information, visit here.
MacGourmet 1.0.4 Recipe, Wine Note & Cooking Note Organizer
You organize your digital photos. You make playlists of your mp3s. Now bring your recipe organization up to that same level of functionality with MacGourmetÂ?. Think of MacGourmet as "iTunes" for recipes. MacGourmet is an application that lets you create and edit recipes, wine notes and cooking notes, easily browse your entire collection, build your own custom lists for categories like appetizers or desserts, import your MasterCook, MasterCook Mac and Meal-Master recipes, and publish your favorite recipes and notes to your .Mac account for everyone to see. MacGourmet lets you easily share your recipes and notes with others in other ways too. Export them, complete with pictures, or publish them with export files that let you just drag them from a web page into your recipe box to easily add them to your collection.
In addition to recipes, MacGourmet lets you save notes and labels for wines you've had, creating a digital "wine scrapbook." Had a great wine that would go well with a certain recipe? MacGourmet lets you make a relationship between them. In fact, make one or many relationships between every kind of recipe box item.
And like your wine notes, you can keep lists of your cooking notes, those nuggets of wisdom that are general and not necessarily specific to any one recipe or wine.
MacGourmet gives you many ways to organize and view your recipes and notes in ways that you want. View all of your recipes in one place in the "My Recipes" list. Create new lists and add as many sub-lists as you'd like. Create Smart lists, based on search criteria you specify, that keep themselves updated for you.
MacGourmet is based on browsing and organization. The item views are large and colorful and include your images and notes. You can even specify the "theme" that you like best and have it used when viewing.
MacGourmet doesn't limit you to viewing everything all in one window either. You can easily open categories in their own windows, making browsing and searching even easier.
MacGourmet gives you all sorts of ways to search your recipes and notes. Filter on text in the name of your recipes, select a column and start typing to jump to items in a list, rate your recipes, keep track of the recipes you have prepared, see in a glance which recipes have pictures, they are all easy with MacGourmet.
In addition, MacGourmet has powerful Find functionality. Can't decide what to make sometimes? Use Quick Find to enter ingredients you have and ones you do not and let MacGourmet show you the recipes you can make, or use "Pot Luck" Find to randomly suggest some recipes to you. If you want to know what "chicken" recipes you have in your recipe box, you can easily search for them, or even make a smart list that searches for "chicken" recipes for you and keeps itself up to date as you add new recipes to your collection.
MacGourmet makes it easier than ever to share your recipes and notes with others. With the publishing feature, you can quickly and painlessly create web pages of recipes that let others read and import them. Importing recipes into MacGourmet is as simple as dragging a recipe link off of your web page into MacGourmet. No muss, no fuss. What could be easier? In addition, you can also publish recipes and notes to any WebDav server or your local file system.
MacGourmet in a Nutshell
Wine Notes
In addition to recipes, store and manage your wine notes. Save your labels and tasting notes so you can remember what wines you have enjoyed.
Multiple Windows
Manage everything in your recipe box, or open categories in their own windows for a different way of browsing your collections.
Cooking Notes
Store and manage all of those cooking notes that you have that don't go with any particular recipe
Import and Export
MacGourmet imports recipes from MasterCook and Meal-Master, two of the standards. MacGourmet also exports your recipes with your pictures.
Smart Lists
Create lists that look for things that you want and keep themselves updated when you make changes.
Web Clippings
Easily clip recipes from the web and add them to your collection using the Web Clipping assistant.
Powerful Find Tools
It's easy to find what you are looking for, even if you don't know what that is, using Find, Quick Find, and Potluck find.
Publish
Easily publish recipes from your collection to your .Mac account
Shopping Lists
Make your shopping lists from a selection of recipes. Save them for later.
Themes
Change the templates used to display items to the color scheme you like best
Chef View
View your recipes in an extra large format, perfect for viewing from a distance in your kitchen while you cook.
Built using Cocoa
MacGourmet takes advantage of the technology that makes Mac OS X great.
New in this version:
Version 1.0.4 is a free maintenance release. This updated version includes the following changes and improvements:
• [FIXED] Files published to .Mac now use file names that don't change between publications, providing static links to items instead of ones that change with each publication.
• [FIXED] Preparation times for recipes are now imported correctly. This fixes a RealCajunRecipes.com import problem.
• [FIXED] Affiliate images and links for recipes are now displayed for recipes provided by partners.
• [FIXED] Smart list counts are now updated correctly when items are added and removed.
• [FIXED] Ingredient preparation is no longer appended to previous ingredient if no description for it is entered.
• [FIXED] Unicode versions of all fractions are now displayed correctly in recipe view.
• [FIXED] MasterCook files tagged as MasterCook II can now be imported.
• [FIXED] Added numerous registration system feedback improvements.
System requirements:
• Mac OS X v10.3 or later
• 14MB RAM
• .Mac account or file server for .Mac publishing
MacGourmet sells for $24.95
For more information, visit:
http://www.advenio.com/macgourmet/
SmartSound Technology Powers Soundtrack Creation in New CyberLink PowerDirector 4 Home Video Editing Software
SmartSound Software, Inc., the leading provider of soundtrack creation technology for visual content creators, has announced that CyberLink is embedding its Quicktracks technology in its new PowerDirector 4 video editing software. CyberLink joins the growing list of top video editing companies that are turning to SmartSound to provide soundtrack creation solutions for their customers.
SmartSound's Quicktracks technology is the driving force behind the MagicMusic feature inside CyberLink PowerDirector 4. This patented technology allows users to create soundtracks for their projects through SmartSound's unique "block" method. All users need to do is select a song from SmartSound's royalty-free music library and bring it into the timeline. The song is automatically rearranged into a complete soundtrack piece with a musical beginning and ending, that matches up with the on-screen visuals. These songs can fit any length needed, from a few seconds to several minutes.
"CyberLink PowerDirector 4 revolutionizes video editing with magical editing tools that can speed up the whole editing process and deliver good video results," said Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink. "The MagicMusic feature in CyberLink PowerDirector 4 adopts Quicktracks technology, allowing users to create high quality music regardless of their skill level."
SmartSound has developed a Quicktracks SDK (Software Development Kit) to enable visual application developers to tap into the power of SmartSound's patented technology and library of more than 80 music and sound effects CDs. Companies such as Avid and Ulead have also integrated SmartSound technology into their video editing product lines in the past 12 months. Combined with existing partnerships with Pinnacle (which includes SmartSound technology in its Studio Series) and Adobe (which currently sells a plug-in version of the Quicktracks technology for its Premiere Pro and Elements software on its Web site), this makes SmartSound the leading automated soundtrack creation solution for the video editing industry.
"CyberLink's decision to embed our technology with PowerDirector 4 is another example of how SmartSound's technology is at the leading edge of soundtrack creation for the video editing industry," said Kevin Klingler, president and CEO of SmartSound Software. "By adding SmartSound's Quicktracks technology, CyberLink is giving their customers a proven and effective way to create great scores for their videos."
Anyone who purchases PowerDirector 4 can increase their music library by purchasing additional SmartSound Music CDs. The SmartSound Movie Music CDs are licensed for home and educational use, and feature musical selections most used by home video creators. Movie Music CDs can be purchased direct from SmartSound or participating resellers. Additionally, SmartSound music can be purchased as individual cuts or complete CDs from directly inside the PowerDirector 4 program.
SmartSound technology is available for Windows XP, ME, 2000, and NT 4.0 or better and Macintosh OS 9.1-9.2.2 and OSX 10.1 or higher.
For more information, visit:
http://www.smartsound.com
Circuit City Launches Online Photo Services Powered by Snapfish
Snapfish, a leading online photo service, today announced the offering of complete Snapfish photo services on Circuitcity.com.
The new offering, currently live at http://www.circuitcity.com/photocenter , provides consumers access to the value, ease of use and selection of Snapfish's online services. The new relationship also demonstrates how Snapfish's online services can be easily incorporated into a retailer's existing offerings to improve customer choice, while also exposing potential new customers to the retail brand through the incredible ease of online photo sharing.
"We chose Snapfish for our online photo service because of its category leadership, technical expertise and understanding of our needs as a retailer with substantial online and offline operations," said Fiona Dias, president of Circuit City Direct. "Snapfish has created a comprehensive and easy-to-use online service that fits very well into our existing online retail environment. Circuitcity.com is now a complete online retail solution for both photo equipment and services."
Snapfish photo products and services available now at Circuitcity.com include:
-- Free unlimited online image posting, storage and sharing for
film and digital camera photos
-- Free mobile services, that include unlimited online image
posting, storage and sharing for camera phone photos
-- Free broad selection of photo editing tools
-- Professional, film-quality digital camera prints, on Kodak
paper, for just 19 cents everyday or as low as 15 cents with a
prepaid plan
-- Poster prints (11x14, 12x18, 16x20, 20x30)
-- Wide selection of more than 70 distinctive photo products,
including:
-- Personalized photo mugs, calendars and mousepads
-- Photo dog collars, leashes and feeding bowls
-- Assorted photo T-shirts and sweatshirts
-- Photo boxer shorts
-- Photo table placemats, etc.
-- Photo greeting cards
"With this agreement, Circuit City offers its customers a more complete digital imaging solution by adding the photo sharing, storage and printing services of Snapfish to its wide range of digital and film cameras," said Raj Kapoor, president and co-founder of Snapfish. "We believe there are many great efficiencies and expanded functionality to be derived both for customers and retailers by joining the best aspects of retail with our leading online service."
In addition to powering online photo centers for more than a dozen major online entities, Snapfish also maintains its own concept retail store in Alexandria, Virginia, further demonstrating how the value, ease of use and selection of Snapfish's online services can be combined with the convenience of retail, to enhance customer satisfaction, as well as boost sales and profits for existing retailers.
For more information, visit:
http://www.circuitcity.com
and
http://www.snapfish.com
Charles W. Moore
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