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- Shades: application color customization
Filed under: Software, Odds and ends
You know those paint color sample strips that you typically see in home improvement stores? They usually have different shades of the same color on individual strips so that you can easily compare and fine-tune your color choices. Shades 1.0 applies this same methodology of color selection to the standard Apple Color Picker within OS X. With this little utility installed, any application that uses the Apple Color Picker will be transformed to display a color grid once you select a center color, step size, and a constant color coordinate (of H, S, or B). And with this handy grid, you can tweak your color choice even further for precise customization. Ok, so this utility probably best serves only the truly obsessive among us, but the concept is still pretty nifty, I think.
Shades is shareware, and will set you back $14.95 for a full license.Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsКомментарии к сообщению:
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/02/06/shades-application-color-customization/#comments - Apple Store WestQuay opens this weekend
Filed under: Retail
Apple plans to open a new retail store this Saturday, February 10th at 10:00 AM in Southampton. The Apple Store is located on the Upper Shopping level of WestQuay. You can find complete travel directions here.
As usual, the first 1000 visitors will be rewarded with commemorative t-shirts. Visitors can also enter to win what Apple is calling "Digital Lifestyle Collection," worth more than £1700.
If you're going to attend the opening in WestQuay, please send us links to your photos and reports! Good luck and have fun.
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http://www.tuaw.com/2007/02/06/apple-store-westquay-opens-this-weekend/#comments - Simple voice-over narration with Ishmael
Filed under: Audio, Multimedia, Software, Video
Ishmael is a basic application for easily creating voice-over narration for still photos and images, and then exporting your final product as a QuickTime video. So if you need to whip up a quick presentation, or want to make up a little story about a recent trip this is the app for you.
Ishmael supports images from iPhoto albums or PDF files as its source, which can then be dubbed over and encoded as an actual QuickTime file. You can then take that video output and include it in an iMovie or Final Cut Pro project, or even export it back to iPhoto. Ishmael supports most Core Audio-compatible input devices, and includes multiple video encoding formats, and it even features Apple Remote support. Note, however, that it requires iPhoto 6.0, QuickTime 7.0, and OS X 10.4. Give the free demo a go and it will cost you $30 for the full package. Unfortunately, I'm running 10.3.9 (shock!), so I can't give this guy a test spin, but there are video samples linked on the official Ishamel website.Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsКомментарии к сообщению:
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/02/06/simple-voice-over-narration-with-ishmael/#comments - Quicksilver Tip: Timed Reminders
Filed under: Features, How-tos, Tips and tricks, Freeware
Quicksilver never fails to impress. I just ran across this excellent tip on macosxhints.com for setting little timed reminders to yourself. There are a plethora of little egg timer type applications for OS X, but why bother with one of those when you can do this in Quicksilver? Suppose you want to set a little text reminder like the one above to yourself to go off in 15 minutes. With this little tip you can set Quicksilver to pop up a reminder at any given time, or after any given delay. Big TUAW 'attaboy to mcgraths for discovering this. Read on for a full mini-tutorial.
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http://www.tuaw.com/2007/02/06/quicksilver-tip-timed-reminders/#comments - GeForce 7300 GT Firmware Update available
Filed under: Software Update, Mac Pro
Apple released a GeForce 7300 GT Firmware Update today. According to Apple,
"The GeForce 7300 GT Firmware Update will update the firmware on all of the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT graphics cards in the Mac Pro. The updater application will be installed in the /Applications/Utilities folder. Please follow the instructions in the updater application to complete the process."
I love the explanation that the Firmware Update will update the firmware. If you're lucky enough to own one of these Mac Pros, check Software Update.Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsКомментарии к сообщению:
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/02/06/geforce-7300-gt-firmware-update-available/#comments - New Get a Mac ad: Security
I am not one of those Mac people who immediately hates anything from Microsoft, in fact I actually think Vista is a pretty good OS (I've been using it for awhile now on my MacBook Pro). That being said, the latest Get A Mac ad from Apple is right on the money. It is called 'Security' and it features the familiar PC and Mac, but this time the PC has a security guard. The security guard gives the PC a chance to 'cancel or allow' pretty much everything, much like Vista's User Account Control which can be pretty darned annoying.
It is nice to see Apple aggressively taking on Vista, but I would still rather see these commercials highlight features of OS X rather than simply mock Vista (though that has its charms as well).
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