Photoshop

Alien Skin plans to get back to Nature

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.

  • Corona creates radiant solar flares, organic gradient glows, and wispy auroras.

  • Drip melts images, melding colors and rendering oozing drops that drip from selections.
  • Fire ignites artwork, creating any incendiary effect from blue flames to white-hot rocket exhaust.
  • Icicles drips translucent icicles from any selection and works great with Snow Drift. (New)
  • Ripples creates refractive ripples around any shape, as well as chaotic reflective waves. (New)
  • Rust tarnishes and corrodes images and text with rust, moss and mold. (New)
  • Smoke simulates anything from voluminous clouds of smoke to murky haze.
  • Snow Drift piles snow on text and lightly dusts images with surface snow or frost. (New)
  • Squint mimics poor or wet vision or camerawork; defocuses images and adds highlights and halos.
  • Water Drops splashes images with a variety of drops, spurts, spills and more.

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QuarkXPress 6.5 Available Now; Upgrade Available to Version 6 Users at No Cost

Quark Inc. today announced the release of QuarkXPress 6.5, the newest version of the industry’s leading publishing software. According to the press release, version 6.5 “represents a shift in thinking at Quark by offering expanded power, versatility and the creative possibilities of QuarkXPress software, at no cost to current QuarkXPress 6 customers.” New, user requested features include image manipulation, variable data printing and native Photoshop file importing as well as increased stability and reliability.

The QuarkXPress 6.5 update is available now for download and is available at no charge to registered users of QuarkXPress 6. Customers can request that an upgrade CD-ROM be mailed to them by contacting customer service.

The PSD Import XTensions module and the updated version of QuarkXClusive will be available for download at no charge shortly after the release of QuarkXPress 6.5.

Note:As with any major upgrade, trials and tribulations are expected. Questions, answers and group therapy is available in the QuarkXPress Commiseration Area