http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/24/downloads.offer.stability.improvements.bug.fixes/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/iphoto.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple on Tuesday released maintenance updates for iPhoto and Final Cut Server. iPhoto 8.1.1 addresses several issues involving poor performance and accuracy of the facial recognition feature. Users that imported photos of people with iPhoto 8.1 should choose the Detect Missing Faces option to correctly match the faces. The update also fixes a bug with book ordering, along with iPod touch support.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/24/downloads.offer.stability.improvements.bug.fixes/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/09/also.corrects.litany.of.lesser.known.bugs/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/gallery/sep2009/snow.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple has at last released Mac OS X 10.6.2, a key update to Snow Leopard. The patch addresses a variety of technical problems, most notably one which would permanently delete data when logging into a main account after having just used a guest one. The bug has been known since at least early October. Other resolved account problems include unexpected logouts, and difficulty authenticating as an... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/09/also.corrects.litany.of.lesser.known.bugs/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/04/software.supports.final.cut/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/autoduck.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Automatic Duck has published a trio of new software releases supporting Apple's Final Cut editing tool. The first is ProDate DV, a plug-in supporting both Final Cut Pro and Express. The software scans DV media for timestamps, allowing date and time information to be imposed on-screen. It costs $39.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/04/software.supports.final.cut/ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/03/also.adds.approvals.notifications/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/squeeze6.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Sorenson has launched Squeeze 6, an upgraded version of its video encoding tool. The program is aimed at professionals, and allows users to specify various audio and video controls such as compression, normalization and noise reduction. New to the code is a substantially faster encoding speed, as much as five times better when using H.264 or On2 VP6.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/03/also.adds.approvals.notifications/ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/29/offers.new.editing.tools.and.bugfixes/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/comp1.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />CoreMelt has launched an update to its plug-ins for programs such as Final Cut Studio and After Effects. CoreMelt 2.23 offers five additional plug-ins, for instance allowing "fluid and flowing" graphic elements, shaded backgrounds, and the simpler creation of smooth glass, rough glass or water reflections. The two remaining plug-ins handle strobe transitions and adding CoreMelt masks and frames t... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/29/offers.new.editing.tools.and.bugfixes/ Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/23/60.templates.in.total/ <img align='left' src=' http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/temptemp.jpg ' border='0' width='176' height='120' />FCP World has announced new Blu-ray templates for the latest version of Final Cut Studio. The company's plug-in delivers 60 background templates, on top of the original five that come with FCS. All of them can be used for both Blu-ray and AVCHD discs; each is fully animated and looping, with room for customization in the form of personalized logos and titles.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/23/60.templates.in.total/ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/22/maintenance.release.for.video.editing.suite/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/fc.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple has released a Pro Applications Update for Final Cut Studio, along with a new Server Diagnostics utility. The Final Cut Studio download is primarily a maintenance update, with improvements to overall stability and compatibility. The revision includes Final Cut Pro 7.0.1, Motion 4.0.1, Soundtrack Pro 3.0.1, Color 1.5.1 and Compressor 3.5.1.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/22/maintenance.release.for.video.editing.suite/ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/20/new.tools.for.creating.motion.and.still.graphics/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/fxsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Noise Industries has introduced several new plug-ins that have been added to the FxFactory suite for Final Cut Pro, Motion, Final Cut Express and Adobe After Effects. nVeil is a tool developed by Storek Studio for creating motion and still graphics. Users can build animations by filtering source imagery through vector graphics art based on the SVG format.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/20/new.tools.for.creating.motion.and.still.graphics/ Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/06/simulates.damage.jitter/ <img align='left' src=' http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/agedtemp.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Digieffects has released Aged Film, a new video effects plug-in for post-production suites that recreates the style of damaged filmstock. Customizable effects include dust, grain, scratches, frame jitter and color. Presets cover a variety of scenarios, including 8mm film, old home videos and shaky projectors. All effects are rendered at 16bpc.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/06/simulates.damage.jitter/ Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/30/livetoon.catroon.effects.plug.in/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/dvtemp.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Noise Industries has announced a new LiveToon plug-in, from its development partner DVShade, designed to increase the visual effects capabilities for Final Cut, Motion and After Effects. The latest plug-in is geared for creating and editing professional-looking cartoon, graphic novel, or sketch effects that can be added to footage. It includes over 10 integrated presets and provides a series of pa... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/30/livetoon.catroon.effects.plug.in/ Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:50:00 GMT