Hawkeye, Kids Server

• hawkeye 1.0.9v6 ($30) simplifies creating custom DVD mixes with minimal knowledge, allowing users to import various titles/chapters from a DVD while shrinking file size and yielding minimal quality loss. The update adds support for the 640x480 H.264 Baseline Low Complexity format, which is utilized by Apple's new iTunes Music Store downloads. [Download - 17.4MB]


• Kids Server 1.7 ($180/5 years for 5 users) updates the proxy server software with advanced Web filtering capabilities, offering native support to Intel-based Mac users as a Universal Binary. KidServer restricts browsers on any operating system, and features a new Web interface coupled with Universal Binary CGI scripts. The update also restricts blog sites, supports forced safe searches, and improves movie as well as words restriction. [Download - 3.1MB]


• WebcamTweaker 1.2.0 ($30) is an iSight companion featuring Timelapse Picture and Movie recording. Users can record video messages or shoot photos with special effects which include bump, glass, pinch, black & white, bloom, crystallize, dots, halftone, pixel, pointilize, thermal, TV, warhol, xray, balls, Christmas, crazy heart, cube, love, moving glass, spacewrap, teapot, and custom effects developed with Quartz Composer. [Download - 2.4MB]


• Phantasm CS trial (free trial, $40 for full version) provides Adobe Illustrator CS and CS2 users with full Brightness/Contrast control for all artwork including vector objects, text, images, and other effects as a filter or live effect. The trial version does not expire and any effects saved with a file remain entirely editable in both the trial as well as the full versions. [Download - form]


• CoverScout 2.1.1 ($20) ensures compatibility with iTunes 7, and enhances the software's ability to locate hard-to-find album covers to complement the latest revision of iTunes. iTunes 7 only discovers around 30-40 percent of missing music covers, according to Equinux, and CoverScout is designed to discover the leftover missing album artwork. [Download - [form]]


• Ten Thumbs 4.3 ($26) updates the typing tutor application, adding Danish keyboard and language support with improvements to Spanish translation. Version 4.3 also fixes problems with text importing, symbols on Linux, issues with Extra practice, and more. [Download - [form]]

by MacNN Staff