New Software, E-Books, Photoshop Stuff, Wallpapers, PSD Templates: Apr 5, 2008

Saturday, April 5, 2008

Comic Life Deluxe Edition v1.3.5

Comic Life Deluxe Edition v1.3.5
Size: 10.21 MB

Comic Life lets you create astounding comics, beautiful picture albums, how-tos... and more! The easy-to-use interface integrates seamlessly with your photo collection. Drag in your pictures, captions, Lettering text (‘ka-blam!') and speech balloons and your work is done! You can even use your webcam within Comic Life to make a comic on the spot!

Fast..ZZooooommmm
Comic Life gives you fun and professional templates for instant, impressive, photo layouts. Tweak your creations to your hearts desire!

Super-Shine
Looking for something special? Enhance the look of your photos with the many included filters like hand-drawn, painted and night vision.

Share your Life Stories
Comic Life makes it easy to share your creations with friends and family via the web and email.

Keepin' it Real
Print your creations to share with Grandma (when her 'net is down). Laughter ensues.

System Requirements
• Windows XP SP1+ / Vista
• 1.5GHz processor; 2.0+GHz recommended
• 512MB RAM; 1GB RAM recommended
• 40 MB available disk space
• Minimum 1024x768 display

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Compositing Visual Effects Essentials for the Aspiring Artist

Compositing Visual Effects Essentials for the Aspiring Artist
2008 - 263 Pages - PDF - 11.09 MB

This is an introductory book on digital compositing for visual effects. It makes no assumptions about the readers’ background and is written for those that do not yet have a deep exposure to digital compositing or visual effects, but would like to quickly and painlessly come up to speed. It is digital compositing lite, readable by all, lavished with hundreds of film shots, figures, illustrations, and diagrams to help tell the story for the visual reader.

Those who would benefit most from this book include:
• Digital compositing or visual effects students new to the industry;
• Someone considering digital compositing as a career and would like to see what it is all about;
• Entertainment industry professionals that would like to understand digital compositing, such as producers, directors, editors, colorists, and postproduction supervisors;
• The curious, the interested, and the explorer.

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Photo Card Maker v1.0.1

Photo Card Maker v1.0.1 + Templates
Size: 6.62 MB

Kigo Photo Card Maker is an easy to use software to create your photo cards in a minute. Choose from a variety of professional templates, and add your own pictures and words.

With it, you could easily create Photo Cards, Photo Holiday Card, Photo Christmas Card, Photo Greeting Cards. And we'll supply more & more templates for all occassions.

Add & Edit a digital photo
Click button "Photo", a file selection dialog will popup. After the photo is loaded, you will see the photo show on the top-left corner of the template.

The photo will be zoomed in if it's larger than the template size. Also you can adjust the position and size of the photo by just clicking and dragging it.
Click buttons on the bar to modify the photo. The effects of buttons involved are list below in order:

:: Zoom out
:: Zoom in
:: Mirror
:: Flip
:: Rotate left
:: Rotate right

Add & Edit text
Click button "Text" to input text on the template,or double_click the text to edit it.

Adjust the size and postion
You can adjust the position every photo, clip picture or text comment in the current image by just clicking and dragging them.
And you can adjust the size of those items in the current image by drag the corner points of the frame of the selected photo.

Save photo card image file
Click button "Save" to save current image as JPEG, BMP or PNG file.

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Retoucher v.2.9 - Photoshop Plug-in

Retoucher v.2.9 (Photoshop Plug-in) + Manual
Size: 8.67 MB

AKVIS Retoucher is an efficient program for photo restoration and photo retouching. Retoucher does not only remove dust, scratches, stains and other defects that appear on damaged photos but is also able to reconstruct the lacking parts of a photo using the information of the surrounding areas.
The work is done automatically; you only have to indicate areas to be restored, push the button, and here you are - the surface becomes smooth and imperfections disappear. It looks like magic when you observe the scratches vanishing before your very eyes.

AKVIS Retoucher is also a handy tool for improving photo composition. It is possible to remove date stamps, logos, small irrelevant details (wires, refuse bins, etc) and even bigger objects (i.e. people who fell into the shot by accident, cars in the background). If you need to increase the canvas size (from one side or proportionally) to bring the main object into focus, i.e. to center it, AKVIS Retoucher will help you to extend image patterns to the blank areas of the canvas.

Polygraphists will find AKVIS Retoucher useful in doing the prepress processing job. They often have the problem of growing the borders of a layout that does not have space for cropping. AKVIS Retoucher saves much time by doing this quickly and efficiently.

Use AKVIS Retoucher for the following purposes:
:: restore old and damaged photos from your family archive by removing scratches, stains and other defects;
:: improve the composition of your photos by removing the date stamp, distracting details (wires, refuse bins, etc) and by extending the photo canvas (increase the image canvas and the plug-in will recreate the image patterns in the blank areas);
:: reconstruct the lacking parts of the photo (to restore a torn photo, in polygraphy to grow the borders of a layout that does not have space for cropping).
AKVIS Retoucher is your reliable tool for increasing productivity!

AKVIS Retoucher plugin integrates into the image processing programs installed on your computer. The plug-in is compatible with Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Corel (Jasc) Paint Shop Pro, etc.

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Modern Architecture Wallpapers

Modern Architecture Wallpapers
12 JPG - 1920x1200 - 6.08 MB

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Photoshop LAB Color

Photoshop LAB Color
2005 - 350 Pages - PDF - 17.28 MB

With a mantra like “There are no bad originals, only bad Photoshop operators,” you know best-selling author Dan Margulis is serious about exposing people to the magic of Photoshop. Nowhere is that magic more apparent than in its LAB color processing capabilities, which can make even the subtle canyon colors of rock, sand, and dirt come to vivid life. However, you may be wary of taming the complex beast. Here’s your guide! In these pages, Dan shows that you can derive enormous benefits from just a few simple tools and techniques. He also demonstrates that you can take these techniques as far as you wish, employing the power-user features he describes in later chapters. Starting with canyons and progressing to faces, you will see just how quickly you can begin improving your images by following the “recipes” included here. Each chapter includes a sidebar with review questions and exercises as well as a “Closer Look” section that examines some of the principles behind the techniques.

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Better Than Bullet Points: Creating Engaging e-Learning with PowerPoint

Better Than Bullet Points:
Creating Engaging e-Learning with PowerPoint
2008 - 360 Pages - PDF - 10.71 MB

This book focuses exclusively on the application of PowerPoint to the creation of online training programs. Better than Bullet Points, Creating Engaging e-Learning with PowerPoint fills that gap. By providing in-depth guidance, specific instructions, and helpful exercises, the book will enable training practitioners to create impactful learning interactions in PowerPoint. The author steps readers through the powerful features of this popular desktop application, covering everything from text to art, animation to interactivity. Provided that the reader owns a copy of PowerPoint, this book will immediately put free real-world tools into the hands of those who need it.

The information is practical rather than theoretical and immediately applicable. Most importantly, this book will help make e-learning accessible to those who have previously been excluded from taking advantage of the opportunities e-learning can provide.

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Apple QuickTime Pro v7.4.5 Multilanguage

Apple QuickTime Pro v7.4.5 Multilanguage
Size: 22.72 MB

The QuickTime family of digital media creation, delivery and playback software lets you deliver live or pre-recorded video and audio to an audience of any size. When combined with QuickTime Player and QuickTime Pro, these applications work together to provide the industry’s first end-to-end, standards-based digital media delivery system.

QuickTime 7 is Apple's cutting-edge digital media software for both Mac and Windows-based computers delivers unparalleled quality for creating, playing and streaming audio and video content over the Internet. Besides playing MPEG-4 and MP3 content, it supports timecode tracks as well as MIDI standards such as the Roland Sound Canvas and GS format extensions. It also supports key standards for web streaming, including HTTP, RTP and RTSP. Plus, it supports every major file format for images, including JPEG, BMP, PICT, PNG and GIF. QuickTime 7 features an ultra efficient new H.264 video codec delivering stunning quality at remarkably low data rates from 3G to iChat AV to HD.

1. Play movies in Full Screen.
Turn your display into a theatre and enjoy the full cinematic experience, with newly enhanced performance.

2. Save movies from the web.
Build a library of movies by saving them to your computer for playback any time.

3. Do it yourself editing.
Edit movies with the simplicity of cut, copy and paste.

4. Create MPEG-4 content.
Now you can author content in the new worldwide standard format for the Internet — MPEG-4. Learn more.

5. Create 3GPP and 3GPP2 content.
Author high-quality audio, video, and text media in the 3GPP and 3GPP2 file formats, new standards for high-speed wireless networks. Learn More.

6. Create slide shows.
QuickTime Pro enables you to create slide shows from your digital images with a few simple clicks — and even add your own soundtrack.

7. Create designer media skins.
Make your own fashion statement with media skins that create a unique look and feel for your movie. Learn How.

8. Import/Export media.
Import and export video, audio and images from more than a dozen file formats, including the high-quality DV camcorder format and transcode from one format to another.

9. Prepare movies for streaming.
Now you can prepare and compress streaming audio and video for Web delivery. Learn How.

10. Automate your workflow.
Use AppleScript — a Mac-exclusive technology — to automate your production workflow.

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