April 15th, 2009 — iPhone Hacks, Tips and Tricks
Vilnius, Lithuania - Jumsoft today released Money 3.3, an update to their personal and small-business accounting application for Mac OS X. With emphasis placed on ease-of-use, Money includes features such as an excellent budget planner, personalized invoices and reports, detailed graphs, inventory list control, stock portfolio, and much more.
Money 3.3 includes new and user friendly options previously unseen. Version 3.3 adds Italian and Dutch localizations, improved German and French localizations, fixed approximately 30 bugs, and an existing invoice creation tool - Invoice Templates Editor - was directly integrated.
“We are proud that so many Money users gave us such wonderful suggestions for desired for new options and more; some users are ready to help us implement these new innovations,”- says Algirdas Unguvaitis, the General Manager of Jumsoft. “And here is the result - Invoice Templates Editor imported in Money 3.3. Thank you to everyone who did not hesitate to give us their feedback.”
Now users can create as many invoice templates as they need and use them again and again. They are able to input only the desired records, change default fonts, colors, paper sizes, table styles, and more to satisfy their individual needs. Invoice Templates Editor allows everyone to feel totally free while preparing invoices, and adapting them to their own style to use as a template for future invoices.
“It is the best option to save users’ time and to reveal their creativity. That is why I would say that Money 3.3 is not just a user friendly accounting application, now it replaces two programs - accounting application and invoice template creation,”- says Algirdas Unguvaitis.
Minimum Requirements:
* Mac OS X Version 10.5 Leopard or later
* Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel
* 38.6 MB Hard Drive space
* Internet connection
Pricing and Availability:
Money 3.3 is already available for download for only $39 (USD) and a free update for current Money 3 users. A fully functional 15 day demo is available.
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Based in scenic Vilnius, Lithuania, Jumsoft is a privately funded company founded in 2002. Committed to providing the highest quality software, Jumsoft is a dedicated group of Apple Macintosh experts whose goal is creating and marketing exciting, easy-to-use and powerful applications for the Mac Platform. Jumsoft most recently focused its attention on maximizing the potential of Apple’s iWork, quickly becoming the leading provider of Keynote themes and objects. Copyright 2002-2009 Jumsoft. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.
April 14th, 2009 — iPhone Hacks, Tips and Tricks
Paris, France - MacMation, a new company based in Paris, France, releases TimeBoxed. TimeBoxed is a timer for Mac OS X. It’s the first timer that helps you get things done, by not disturbing you by updating the text of remaining text each passing second. It’s the first timer that does not display the elapsed time as text, and let the user focus on its real work.
TimeBoxed supports hours, minutes and seconds. It has a very light user interface. TimeBoxed progress bar is usually green, turns orange when your time is almost up and red when the time is up. The alerts to notify that time is up are highly configurable.
Configurable Alerts:
* Progress bar color changes
* Window animates resizing up and down
* Bouce dock icon
* Screen flash
* Growl message
* Sound alerts
* Speech messages
* Window staying on top of every applications
The timer can be controled via the main window, the menu bar (with keyboard shortcuts for every main commands) or the dock icon menu. TimeBoxed is AppleScriptable: it can be completely automated, by writing scripts or downloading scripts shared by other users. A lot of features have been developed and then discarded, favoring simplicity. Details have been polished.
Minimum Requirements:
* Mac OS X Version 10.5 Leopard
* Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel
Pricing and Availability:
TimeBoxed is priced at 14.99 euros ($19.99 USD). It is availabile as a free 21 day trial period. Only days where the application is launched are counted from the trial period.
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Located in Paris, France, MacMation was founded in 2009 by Guillaume Cerquant. MacMation is a company dedicated to developing excellent software for Mac OS X. MacMation strives to make state-of-the-art applications that help users get more done, in a more pleasant way. Automation of tasks can allow them to focus on what really matters to you, whatever that is: be more productive, more creative, or simply enjoying your free time. “MacMation - Automate your Mac. Focus on what matters.” All Material and Software (C) 2009 MacMation / All Rights Reserved. Apple, and the Apple logo are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.
April 8th, 2009 — iPhone Hacks, Tips and Tricks
Byron Bay, NSW/Australia - CoreMelt, creators of GPU accelerated video fx plugins, today announce the release of the much anticipated V2 product range. 180 GPU accelerated plugins for motion graphics artists and video editors using Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express, Apple Motion and After Effects CS3/CS4.
Running on the Second Generation vTwin FX Engine which provides enhanced features such as all new intuitive user interface elements, organic color correction curves, and global preferences that allow you to spend less time meddling with settings, and more time creating phat video effects.
The complete V2 product range includes:
* ImageFlow FX(tm) V2 - “Instant Montages”
* TRX - “Filmic Transitions”
* Delta V - “Motion Transitions”
* Luminous V2 - “Glows and Blurs”
* Shatter - “Grunge and Stylised effects”
* Pigment - “Colour Tools”
* Gadget - “Editors Tools”
* VeeYou V2 - “EQ and VU Animations”
Here’s what Steve Douglas from Ken Stone’s Final Cut Pro has to say about the CoreMelt Complete V2 bundle: “… my bottom line is that CoreMelt has really come out with an almost complete package of effects that will leave you desiring little. CoreMelt has clearly made many improvements to what was already an excellent assortment of effects. They were easy to use, reliably worked as they should, and are very worthy of your consideration” - Steve Douglas.
The CoreMelt V2 product range includes the following features:
* Second Generation V Twin FX Engine, stand alone installation and up to four times faster rendering
* Improved Curves based color correction with onscreen curves controls
* Easily change parameters across all plugins with Global Preferences
* Thumbnail based down menus displaying masks, frames and textures
* Vector Masks and Frames are rasterised at project resolution
* Users can add their own masks and frames into the thumbnail drop down menus
* Graphical Multi-sliders gives enhanced effect controls
* Transition Effects are Available as filters in Motion and After Effects
* VeeYou now reads the audio from audio layers in After Effects and WAV and AIFF files in all hosts
Minimum Requirements:
* Mac OS X Version 10.5.4 Leopard or higher
* Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel
* G5 Processor, 1GHz or faster
* Dedicated 128MB or higher Graphics memory required (256MB required for HD rendering)
* 100 MB Hard Drive space for CoreMelt Complete
Special Pricing and Availability:
Full Retail Pricing:
$299 - For CoreMelt Complete V2 (all CoreMelt products)
$99 - For each bundle box; ImageFlow Fx V2, PolyChrome Transitions V2 (TRX and Delta V), Motion Graphics Box V2 (Luminous and Shatter), Editor Tools V2 (Pigment and Gadget).
Upgrade Pricing:
$129 - Upgrade from CoreMelt Complete to CoreMelt Complete V2
$59 - Upgrade for each individual box; ImageFlow Fx V2, TRX, Delta V, Luminous, Shatter, Pigment and Gadget.
The V2 product range can be downloaded for a 15 day free trial as the CoreMelt Complete V2 bundle, containing all 180 plugins which includes 18 completely FREE plugins. See us at NAB 2009 - Stand: SL2529 in the Plugin Pavilion.
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CoreMelt are designers of cutting edge, GPU accelerated plugins for Motion Graphics Artists and Video Editors using Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express, Apple Motion, and After Effects CS3/CS4. With over 15 years of combined industry experience, we know what effects artists need and want. Copyright 2009 CoreMelt. All Rights Reserved. Apple Final Cut Studio and Apple Motion, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.
March 31st, 2009 — iPhone Hacks, Tips and Tricks
Neptune Beach, FL - Tropical Software today announced it’s TopXNotes MacZot promotion has been extended due to popular demand. TopXNotes is an award-winning, full-featured personal information manager. TopXNotes is available for 50% off its regular retail price through midnight CDT, April 1, 2009 for this exclusive MacZot promotion.
TopXNotes is a full-featured personal note manager. Create, view, organize, and instantly access your Mac notes with TopXNotes. You can also encrypt sensitive information and send your notes to your iPod for quick reference when you are away from your computer. If you need a simple, easy to learn, easy to use personal information and task manager, you will like TopXNotes.
With versatile, easy to learn and easy to use TopXNotes you can:
* Create notes easily with drag and drop, by typing, or importing existing text
* Access frequently used notes instantly no matter what you are doing with exclusive QuickNotes((TM)TM
* View notes in multiple ways with our exclusive MultiView(TM) feature
* Organize your important information with Categories and Groups
* Secure critical information from prying eyes with our unique encryption process
TopXNotes was awarded 4 out of 5 mice by Macworld magazine in their “Summer of Mac Gems” series of reviews, and 9 of 10 by Macsimum News. Macworld praised TopXNote’s “clean, single window interface that puts controls for highlighting and marking up your text right at your fingertips,” as well as for its exclusive QuickNotes feature.
Minimum TopXNotes Requirements
* Mac OS X 10.3.9 (Panther), Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or 10.5 (Leopard)
* Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel
* G4 Processor, 1GHz or faster
* 38.8 MB Hard Drive space
Pricing and Availability
TopXNotes is available for a discount of 50% off on MacZOT starting immediately today only (ends April 1, 2009). Get Organized With TopXNotes and Save 50% Today.
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Tropical Software’s flagship products, TopXNotes is a modern personal note organizing tool. TopXNotes emphasizes our dedication to providing easy to use and learn to use Mac productivity tools. Copyright 2009 Tropical Software. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.
March 31st, 2009 — iPhone Hacks, Tips and Tricks
New York, New York - Chromatic Bytes, LLC announces the immediate availability of ZeusDraw 1.3.3, an update to its Mac OS X vector drawing program. ZeusDraw is a vector drawing program with a fluid, graceful interface, great brushes and a host of other features. ZeusDraw 1.3.3 adds French and Spanish language localizations. It also fixes a several minor bugs in offsetting and PDF conversion.
ZeusDraw Features:
* Color managed (RGB and CMYK)
* Converts PDF to editable objects
* Full layer system
* Both vector brushes and textured, pixel-based brushes that remain objects that can be selected, edited (path and attributes), moved, scaled and rotated
* Easy to use path tools. Points are entered in order and can be edited at any time while the path is being created. When editing, all points are immediately editable - there is no confusing secondary selection tool
* Gradients can be edited live, in-place on the objects they fill
* Multi-Copy tool to place multiple copies along a line, an arc, a circle or a path
* No text boxes. ZeusDraw has in-place editing of text, even if it has been scaled sheared or rotated
* Construction and layout aids: Snap to Grid, Snap to Path, Snap to Point, * Snap to Angle and automatic alignment guides
* By gesture or by the numbers. ZeusDraw allows precise setting of the size and position of objects
* Actual size viewing. With ZeusDraw 100% means 100%
* No size limits. If you’re making a banner or a billboard, ZeusDraw will work for you
* E-mail artwork from within the program
* Color Picker. ZeusDraw adds a pane to the Color Picker to allow you to choose from a grid of closely related colors
Minimum Requirements:
* Mac OS X Version 10.4 Tiger or higher
* Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel
Pricing and Availability:
ZeusDraw 1.3.3 is $90 (USD) for new users. This is a free update for currently registered users. A fully functional 30-day free trial is available from the Chromatic Bytes website. ZeusDraw is localized for English, German, French and Spanish. German, French and Spanish language sales and support are provided by danholt4mac (DanHolt Consulting).
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Located in New York City, Chromatic Bytes, LCC makes Macintosh software for OS X, specializing in graphic arts software and iPhone applications. Located in New York City, Chromatic Bytes, LLC makes Macintosh software for OS X, specializing in graphic arts software and iPhone applications. Copyright 2008 Chromatic Bytes, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, and OS X are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.
