Films

iTunes 7 released

Apple today released iTunes 7 which includes new album and Cover Flow views of music, TV shows and movies, enabling users to quickly find titles in their library as well as casually browse through and re-discover titles they already own. In addition, the iTunes Store is now offering over 75 movies from Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar, Touchstone Pictures and Miramax Films, that customers can purchase and download to watch on their computers and iPods, and soon on their flat screen televisions with Apple’s upcoming iTV (the project’s internal code name and will not be the final product name) player. Movies will become available on the iTunes Store the same day they are released on DVD, with new releases priced at USD$12.99 when pre-ordered and during their first week of availability, and USD$14.99 thereafter, and library titles available for just USD$9.99 every day.

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Shake 4 Now Shipping

Spotted at memap.org “Apple has shipped Shake 4 just in time for Siggraph 2005. Shake is Apple’s high-end visual effects compositing application used to create numerous visual effects in the “Lord of the Ring” trilogy of films. Some of the new features in Shake 4 include: 3D multiplane compositing, optical flow-based retimeing, smoothcam which lets you track and stabilize movement, and integration with Final Cut Pro 5…”

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Iconfactory releases new icon set — Kill Bill

Pixel artist David Lanham of the Iconfactory has released his latest icon collection and the first, I believe, to be issued with a mature content warning — Kill Bill. The 26 icon set is based on the cult movie series from Quentin Tarantino and features items and themes from the films. If you enjoyed watching the Bride slice and dice her way through the Crazy 88, or wondered at the awesome power of Hanzo steel, then this icon set is for you. Kill Bill is available in the Iconfactory Showroom today.

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