Puppet Warp is a new feature that will be included in Photoshop CS5. This is the sort of feature I have been wanting for a long time. Have you ever wanted to twist an object in Photoshop and also be able to control the layering order of different points? Just watch, and be amazed. Click [...]
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Content-Aware Fill is an amazing new feature coming in Abobe Photoshop CS5. Just watch the video below. Some of the stuff shown would have taken countless hours to do without Content-Aware Fill. Click here to watch the video
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Apple released QuickTime update 7.5.7 to allow DRM’ed videos to play on external displays without HDCP support, but only in standard definition. The description of the QuickTime 7.5.7 update from Software Update: This update is recommended for owners of MacBook, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro with Mini DisplayPort. The update addresses an issue where some [...]
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One of my favorite video encoding tools just got updated — Handbrake. The biggest feature is the ability to transcode practically any video file, not just DVD videos. Also new is an official GTK graphical interface for Linux, the latest x264 binaries, better and faster deinterlacing, and no more internal DVD decryption (Handbrake now uses [...]
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A user has installed Leopard 10.5.4 on a Dell Mini Inspiron 9 using an installer image designed for the MSI Wind. There is a script to install the Dell Broadcom drivers, and there is also an application that fixes the sound output on the Mini 9. After running those two patches, OS X will be [...]
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Apple has dropped its NDA as it applies to released iPhone software. This is a relief to developers and authors who have otherwise been unable to talk about their software. From Apple’s iPhone Developer Site: We have decided to drop the non-disclosure agreement (NDA) for released iPhone software. We put the NDA in place because [...]
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Just when you thought you had figured out all the intricacies of Adobe Creative Suite 3, Adobe releases Creative Suite 4. Buy: Amazon | Adobe
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I gave SquidMan a test drive today and am pleased with how easy it makes setting up a Squid proxy on Mac OS X. SquidMan will install and manage the Squid proxy cache. With SquidMan you can cache frequently downloaded content to allow for faster web browsing. You can also use SquidMan to cache content [...]
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I was asked today for an easy way for one of our supervisors to check on and help salespeople with screen sharing. Remote Desktop works great, but it is overkill for what this person needed. Timbuktu works, but it can be inelegant from time to time, not to mention that all computers need to have [...]
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Nullriver’s NetShare app, which allows users to use their iPhone’s cell ‘net connection with a laptop (also known as tethering), has once again been removed from the App Store. Last week, after about a day in the App Store directory, NetShare was removed without any notice from Apple. Then on August 1 it mysteriously reappeared [...]
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