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Media Creation
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Adobe Announces Vast Creative Suite 4
In October 2008, Adobe will ship Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4), the latest in a long line of releases of its professional application suite. CS4 includes Photoshop CS4, InDesign CS4, Illustrator CS4, Dreamweaver CS4, Flash CS4 Professional, and more.Read more...
| Tales of Customer Service in the PDF World
Adam compares the responses he gets when reporting serious bugs to a pair of companies that produce high-end PDF manipulation tools.Read more...
Font Puns Galore in Extensis's Bravefont Trailer
Extensis had way too much fun in producing this trailer for a spoof movie called Bravefont. It's really a teaser for Suitcase Fusion 2, but the video is a must-see for its combination of movie cliches and font jokes.Read more...
| WireTap Anywhere Records from Multiple Sources
Wish you could simultaneously record the audio from an iChat voice chat, a Skype call, and iTunes? WireTap Anywhere lets you mix and match your hardware and software audio inputs.Read more...
| Take Control News: Learn to Podcast on the Mac
The second edition of Andy Affleck's "Take Control of Podcasting on the Mac" provides coverage of all the latest podcasting software, adds instructions on improving sound quality with audio plug-ins (complete with audible examples!), and offers advice on conducting successful interviews.Read more...
| BBEdit 9.0 Adds Something for Everyone
Bare Bones Software has tweaked and polished the venerable BBEdit text editor, adding productivity-enhancing features for Web developers, programmers, sysadmins, and writers alike.Read more...
| TidBITS Watchlist: Notable Software Updates for 01-Sep-08
Notable software releases so far this week include Final Cut Express 4.0.1, VMware Fusion 2.0 RC1, Apple ProRes QuickTime Decoder 1.0, Coda 1.5, and RapidWeaver 4.1.1.Read more...
| Why I Like the Eye-Fi Explore Wireless SD Card
While our fearless leader Adam Engst despises his Eye-Fi Share, I've grown to like, if not quite love, my Eye-Fi Explore, an SD storage and Wi-Fi card that tags photos with locations and uploads at some hotspots.Read more...
| Why I Hate the Eye-Fi Share Wireless SD Card
Sometimes a golden-haired poster child for advanced technology is really the devil in disguise. An SD memory card that can upload photos automatically via Wi-Fi sounds like a great idea, but for Adam, it has caused nothing but pain and suffering.Read more...
| More Photo Backup Options While Traveling
Although Adam's approach for backing up photos while traveling worked well for him, readers suggest some different approaches that might work well in other situations.Read more...
| Backing up Photos While Traveling
When you're on vacation, backing up your Mac probably isn't high on your list of things to do. But you should protect your vacation photos, which could easily disappear with a slip in the ocean or a lost piece of luggage. Here's how (complete with some pictures of our recent trip to Wales).Read more...
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Prepping Web Images with iWatermark
Looking for a tool that will put textual or graphical watermarks on your photos or other images? Check out Script Software's iWatermark, which provides useful watermarking tools along with a number of other image prep capabilities, such as resizing, thumbnail creation, and file conversion.Read more...
| Font Auto-Activation Still Broken in 10.5.3
Apple broke Leopard's font auto-activation feature in Mac OS X 10.5.2, and 10.5.3 unfortunately doesn't fix the problem. So if you've been wondering what happened, read on for what font expert Sharon Zardetto has been able to confirm experimentally.Read more...
| QuickTime 7.5 Addresses Security Concerns, iMovie and iDVD Updated
Apple has released QuickTime 7.5, which fixes a number of security issues, along with iMovie 7.1.2 and iDVD 7.0.2, which provide unspecified compatibility and bug fixes.Read more...
| Take Control News: Two New Books about GarageBand '08
Whether you're just getting started with GarageBand '08 or are an old pro looking for advice on getting the most from the program, check out Jeff Tolbert's new "Take Control of Making Music with GarageBand '08" and "Take Control of Recording with GarageBand '08."Read more...
| Extend the Functionality of Canon Point-and-Shoot Cameras
If you have a Canon point-and-shoot digital camera, you may be able to increase its capabilities with the Canon Hacker's Development Kit. Best of all, it doesn't alter your camera permanently, so there's no downside in trying it.Read more...
| DealBITS Discount: Save 20% on HoudahGeo
If you didn't win a copy of HoudahGeo in last week's DealBITS drawing, don't fret, since you can still save 20 percent on the geocoding software through 18-May-08.Read more...
| Lovingly Craft Your HTML
Writing HTML by hand has the same relationship to graphical Web authoring tools as a chisel has to a jackhammer.Read more...
| ScreenFlow: Screencasting on Steroids
Make a movie of what's happening on your computer screen - how snazzy can that be? With ScreenFlow, it can be very snazzy indeed. This program has knocked my socks off - with my shoes on.Read more...
| DealBITS Drawing: Win a Copy of HoudahGeo
If you've ever wanted to geocode your photos, check out this DealBITS drawing for HoudahGeo, which provides a variety of automatic and manual ways of assigning geographic coordinates to images and can help you share your photos via Flickr or Google Earth.Read more...
| Hand Coding HTML Is Still in Vogue
Graphical Web design tools are all well and good, but most sites with any substantial amount of regularly updated content still code by hand - including TidBITS and the venerable New York Times.Read more...
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