News Archive for 04/01/03

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Synthetik releases Studio Artist 3.0

01/03, 9:05pm

Studio Artist 3.0

Synthetik Software today released Studio Artist 3.0 described as the "world's first graphics synthesizer" application. Version 3.0 is optimized for both Mac OS X and OS 9 and includes over 8 hours of QuickTime video tutorials and instructional guides as well as several new features, including the new Vectorizer raster to vector synthesizer with EPS output capabilities, MSG plug-in architecture, live video processing, enhanced animation capabilities, and greatly expanded image processing and Paint Synthesizer functionality. It is available for $380 with upgrades priced at $180.

FootTrack 1.5 catalogs, archives, searches video

01/03, 9:00pm

FootTrack 1.5

T-Squared Software today released FootTrack 1.5, an update to its Mac OS X application that allows you to import, catalog and easily search your digital video tape footage. Version 1.5 adds the ability to capture from video camera directly into any FootTrack catalog, can now export both tape and clip information, more naming options on import, and new keyboard shortcuts for viewing movies. A single-user license is $40.

VideoLAN releases VLC 0.70 media player

01/03, 8:55pm

VLC 0.70 media player

The VideoLAN team has released VLC 0.7.0, an update to its media player for Mac OS X. It offers major core enhancements, RTP/RTSP client support, new audio visual effects, more supported formats (Speex, MPEG2 422, AAC+SBR, etc.), improved support for subtitles, improved stream output (muxing and transcoding), RTP streaming, support for Mac OS X 10.3, a new controller, the ability to save playlists, support for raw dumping of streams to disk, and a new repeat mode. The freeware client supports various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.