View this article at: http://dev.macnn.com/articles/08/01/23/svdesignminer Wednesday, Jan 23, 2008 5:25pm Apps: EasyWMV, Curio, Fracture EasyWMV 1.3 ($15) converts or resizes WMV, ASF, AVI, MPEG, MOV, FLV, NSV, SWF and VOB files. Resulting videos are saved in the MPG or MP4 formats, and can be specifically tailored for iPod, iPod Touch and iPhone using H.264 encoding where possible. EasyWMV creates video compatibles with QuickTime, iPods, iPhone and Apple TV. Other features include iTunes integration, drag-and-drop, batch processing, and independent adjustment of audio and video quality. Version 1.3 adds support for iPod Touch and iPhone. The program is a Universal Binary for Mac OS X 10.3 or later. [Download - 4.3MB] Curio 4.2 ($100) note taking, mind mapping, brainstorming, and project management application for Mac OS X 10.4 and above. Curio 4.2 now includes an integrated audio/video recorder for easy meeting and class lecture recording, and for making quick annotations. Curio 4.2 also features manual mind map placement of branches, smarter resource inheritance, and integrated Leopard QuickLook thumbnails for assets. [Download - 63.3MB] SVDesignMiner v2.0 ($15) Sandvox design editing assistant. It enables you to edit or replace any element in any Sandvox design. It provides a user-friendly interface between the contents of your Sandvox designs and your image and text editing applications. With SVDesignMiner making design modification is easy and intuitive. Version 2.0 (a free upgrade to registered users) features a new Leopard style interface and several performance enhancements. [Download - 3.4MB] RWThemeMiner 2.0 ($30) theme editing assistant. It enables you to edit or replace any element in any RapidWeaver theme. It provides a user-friendly interface between the contents of your RW themes and your image and text editing applications. Version 2.0 (a free upgrade to registered users) features a new Leopard style interface and several performance enhancements. [Download - 3.4MB] Fracture 1.4 ($10) generates an infinite variety of beautiful fractal images based upon mathematical formulas such as the Mandelbrot Set. If you have multiple processors, it will use all of them to calculate its images as quickly as possible, making it a great way to show off that new eight-core Mac Pro. And if you have multiple monitors, it will display fractals on all of them, in any of several different multimonitor modes. It is even user-controllable as it runs, allowing you to generate and save fractal images that suit your individual taste. With version 1.4, Fracture is Mac OS X 10.5 compatible. [Download - 408KB]