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Fred Showker
New shareware and freeware apps these days are almost too much to keep up with -- but these Apple updates are heartily advised, and all the other stuff is... well, just plain fun!
Apple has posted iSight 1.03, an update to its FireWire-based video camera. The camera works with iChat AV and other video conferencing applications. The free update brings improved audio performance and requires Mac OS X v10.3.7-10.3.9.
Apple has released iDVD 5.0.1. Addressing such issues as video and audio synchronization for DV, audio in PAL widescreen, sharing (exporting) HDV to videocamera tape, synchronizing with HDV 720p content, placing titles over DV content, and more. In iPhoto, they've tweaked performance on older Macs, slideshow stability, and more. iDVD 5.0.1 Update
Apple has released iMovie HD 5.0.2, addressing such issues as video and audio synchronization for DV, audio in PAL widescreen, sharing (exporting) HDV to videocamera tape, synchronizing with HDV 720p content, placing titles over DV content, and more. In iPhoto, they've tweaked performance on older Macs, slideshow stability, and more.
Apple has released iPhoto 5.0.2. Addressing such issues as video and audio synchronization for DV, audio in PAL widescreen, sharing (exporting) HDV to videocamera tape, synchronizing with HDV 720p content, placing titles over DV content, and more. In iPhoto, they've tweaked performance on older Macs, slideshow stability, and more. iPhoto 5.0.2 Update
Audio Toolbox adds AppleScript support and brings several bug fixes to the audio function generator. Without any additional hardware, users can produce sine, square, triangle, and sawtooth waveforms of any frequency up to 22 kHz, as well as generate noise and more. (See Screen) a Classic version is available!
iPresent It 1.2 is a free update that adds preferences for including builds with Keynote 2 and turning off image optimization as well as improves PDF processing; it also ensures that Keynote 2 processing works with non-English versions of Keynote and OS X. iPresent It will convert PowerPoint, PDF and Keynote presentations into slideshows that are synced with your iPod photo.
Eyephedrine 1.3 is an OpenGL 3D visualization plug in for iTunes (Mac OS X version only) that renders the music with real 3D entities reacting to spectrum and waveform values and using advanced OpenGL techniques like Motion Blur and Light Bloom.
Edo is a high-performance image compositing application that lets users combine and manipulate video files, 3D sequences and still images in a non-destructive way using a powerful node graph visual interface. New features include native plug-in support, nested compositions, keyframing improvements, new color correction and flow control tools, better text layout tools, and more.
MacVCD X 4.4.1 is an easy-to-use video player that plays VCD, SVCD, AVI, DivX, MPEG, video, Quicktime movies and Karaoke VCD. Version 4.4.1 adds Photo VCD playback.
palmTunes Express a Mac OS X utility for copying MP3 files from iTunes playlists to Palm Handhelds. It can transfer MP3 files to the HotSync directory for syncing with the handheld, or directly to an SD card if one is connected through a card reader. (Only MP3 are supported by RealOne Player for Palm OS.) Download Version 1.0
spinControl:VR is a QuickTime movie can control the QTVR's pan, tilt and zoom without any coding (when embedded in a Web page with a QuickTime VR). The spincontrol:VR controller uses inter-movie communication and the power of QTLists to enable the QTVR producer to provide intuitive controls for her QTVR presentation.
TunesTimer 2.0 is a new version of the iTunes-based timer that no longer needs to use the script to change the time. ScriptTimer is similar to TunesTimer, except without the music component. [Download TunesTimer 2.0 or
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Fred Showker, Editor/Publisher UG Net News
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