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Mister Retro announces Machine Wash 2.0 image filters

173395516 37918a8749 m Mister Retro announces Machine Wash 2.0 image filtersBuilt from the ground up as a GUI based Plug-in like most popular professional plug-in filters for Adobe Products, Mister Retro has created Machine Wash 2.0 to be a powerful, easy to use interface that allows you to quickly browse through the wash effects on your image in realtime in the Preview Window.

In addition, they’ve added a bunch of powerful fine tune features that allow you to adjust the Wash Scale, Wash Intensity, Coverage Area, Edge Effects, and Heavy Cycle like never before!

These filters have been developed and tested for use with Adobe Photoshop 6.0 to the current CS2 version as well as now supporting Photoshop Elements 1.0 and higher. Each of the 3 collections of filters sells for USD$49.99.

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Meetro goes Mac

Meetro Inc. announced today the immediate availability of Meetro, the world’s first location-aware social messenger, for the Apple Macintosh platform. Built on a custom location-aware client-server architecture, Meetro has combined the best features of social networks and messengers while stressing physical location. This combination has been commonly referred to as a ‘social messenger’.

A few of the features that debut with the Mac version as it goes public include:

  • Worldwide location support

  • Fully integrated profiles into the messaging experience
  • Dynamic friends lists
  • The ‘face pane’, which allows users an optimal way of viewing who’s online visually
  • Realtime updates now supporting Growl

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How to Use iMovie HD to get HDV into Final Cut Pro HD

I’ve just posted an article with detailed with notes on how to edit HDV in Final Cut Pro HD using iMovie HD as a capture tool.

You can edit the imported HDV footage in Final Cut Pro HD, AND use realtime color correction and transitions.

How to get the files into Final Cut Pro HD, how to set up Final Cut Pro HD, and how to get the edited footage back to HDV tape are all documented.

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