Nov 17 2004
Ampede has released ProPack 1.0, a plugin bundle for Final Cut Pro HD and Motion that gives users the ability to work with Illustrator files in both applications in ways that were only possible before in Adobe After Effects. The ProPack plugins are also available separately. ProPack is available immediately for $169 and can be downloaded and purchased online.
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Nov 15 2004
As reported by PDFZone, the Windows edition of Acrobat will include features unavailable to Mac users. The list of such features includes tighter integration with Microsoft Outlook and better integration between Microsoft applications when exporting comments in a PDF document to the Word files from which the PDF was created.
Obviously Word and Entourage are not as popular on the Mac as Word and Outlook are on Windows but they are used by many Mac owners. As Insanely Great Mac comments, “The company is publicly soft-selling Acrobat, which leads this punter to believe the real audience is enterprises. There are new features (document convergence, workflow), but I think they’re undersellling here in order to push process. John Q Public is not the target here, but the PLC’s are…”.
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Nov 10 2004
Alien Skin Software today announced Eye Candy 5: Nature, a set of 10 plug-in filters for Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Jasc Paint Shop Pro and Macromedia Fireworks. The second of a three-part upgrade to Eye Candy 4000, Nature simulates a variety of phenomena, including fire, smoke, rust, snow, ice and more. Nature features four all-new filters and reincarnates six Eye Candy classics. Graphic designers, digital photographers and Web or multimedia content creators will appreciate Nature’s versatile and beautifully rendered effects.
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