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plasq releases Doozla 1.1.0 …what’s a Doozla?

doozla 20080416 210640 plasq releases Doozla 1.1.0 ...whats a Doozla?

plasq today released Doozla 1.1.0. What is a Doozla? Doozla is a fun graphics application for kids. It has four creativity modes as you can see in the tiny picture at right: Drawing, Coloring In, Draw on Background, and Webcam Drawing. These give kids the option to choose between free-hand drawing, adding color and lines to provided templates, drawing their own characters onto provided backgrounds or using an iSight to capture a picture and defacing it.

Like plasq’s Skitch, the drawings done in Doozla look like pixel-based graphics but are actually made using a pro-level ‘vector’ engine. The result is that every stroke of the mouse, or tablet pen produces smooth lines that print and scale smoothly without ‘jaggies’.

This update includes additional color-in art, commissioned from artists around the world. Included are historical and contemporary images, sophisticated backgrounds, color-in characters and scenes to entice students and young kids to color, complete or capture their own ideas.

Doozla requires Mac OS X 10.4.6 or above and costs USD$24.95. Volume Education Licensing options are available.

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Invisible People Photoshop tutorial from The Lab with Leo Laporte

invisibleTiki 20080403 211439 Invisible People Photoshop tutorial from The Lab with Leo LaporteWhile the show has, sadly, been cancelled, hours of new “The Lab with Leo Laporte” episodes are scheduled for broadcast and a few of my favorite segments have yet to be seen.

One such segment is the Invisible People Photoshop tutorial. There are several tutorials out there that will show you how to totally remove an unwanted person from a photograph; that’s not what this one does. The Invisible People Photoshop tutorial will show you how to “erase” the person and leave his clothes behind–as if he were invisible!

Why would you want to do such a thing? For starters, it’s an excellent challenge and a great way to strengthen your Photoshop skills. But, check out FilmWise’s Invisibles Quizzes to see this technique put to mind-bending good use. If you get good at this effect, the folks at FilmWise might even use one of your cinematic disappearing acts in a possible upcoming “User-Created Invisibles Quiz.”

pictured here: Leo Laporte and an invisible Jeff “Dr. Tiki” Macpherson

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ARTIS Software and the Iconfactory update xScope to 2.1

xScope 20080403 204923 ARTIS Software and the Iconfactory update xScope to 2.1The insanely useful xScope was updated today to version 2.1 with many interface enhancements that are sure to please designers and developers.

Created for designers by ARTIS Software and The Iconfactory, xScope is a powerful set of tools that are ideal for measuring, aligning and inspecting on-screen graphics and layouts. Quickly available via the Mac OS X menu bar, xScope’s flexible tools float above desktop windows and UI elements making measuring a breeze.

xScope sells for USD$26.95

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