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/09/11/25/update.runs.batches.preserves.color.profiles/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/jade2.0-story-25.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />DataMind Srl has launched Jade Plugin 2.0 for Apple's Aperture software. The plug-in automates color, contrast and dynamic range adjustments, while helping to detect and correct red eye in photographs. Jade is now a one-button operation -- the user loads photos in and then clicks a button to start. Version 2.0 offers manual control for those who wish to make fine adjustments.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/25/update.runs.batches.preserves.color.profiles/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:15:00 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/09/09/10/aperture.gets.watermarking.plug.in.impression.10/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/gallery/sep2009/impression1.0-story-10.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Blue Crowbar has launched a watermarking plug-in, Impression 1.0, for Aperture. Impression automates adding a visual watermark to photos, like a company logo, a signature or a copyright statement. The software provides a preview of what the watermark will look like on a given photo before exporting the final result. Impression supports vertical and horizontal watermarks and can adjust transparency... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/10/aperture.gets.watermarking.plug.in.impression.10/ Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/19/adobe.ships.camera.raw/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0906/d300ssml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Adobe Labs has announced the availability of release candidates for v5.5 of its Camera Raw plug-in for Photoshop, along with an update to the company's DNG Converter. The latest version of Camera Raw expands support for several new cameras including the Nikon D300s, Nikon D3000, Olympus E-P1 and Panasonic DMC-FZ35.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/19/adobe.ships.camera.raw/ Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/18/boris.fx.motion.tracker/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0906/BorisFX.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Boris FX has released its latest Final Cut plug-in package, Motion Tracker. The tools are geared for video editing effects involving movement. The included Corner Pin module allows users to add graphics and pin them to moving objects in the video. Match Move works in a similar manner by locking onto movement, while adding the ability to integrate a second image clip.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/18/boris.fx.motion.tracker/ Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/18/claro.layout.for.indesign/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0908/clarosml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Elpical has introduced Claro Layout, a plug-in for InDesign that provides tools for image enhancement and correction. The utility automatically runs quality analysis and then makes the necessary adjustments. Users can integrate RGB images during layout, and then optimize the content without leaving InDesign.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/18/claro.layout.for.indesign/ Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/10/plugin.galaxy.2.update/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0907/pluginsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The Plugin Site has released Plugin Galaxy 2, the latest version of its plug-in suite for Photoshop, Fireworks, Photoline, GraphicConverter and Illustrator. The update has been reprogrammed from the ground up, with all effects available from a customizable dialog. A variety of new effects have been added, with a total of 400 presets.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/10/plugin.galaxy.2.update/ Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/06/bcc.6.avx.for.avid.ds/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0906/BorisFX.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Boris FX has released its Boris Continuum Complete 6 AVX video effects package for Avid DS. The package consists of approximately 180 filters, including 30 new effects such as Pixel Fixel, DV Fixer, Swish Pan, Cartoon Look, Pencil Sketch, Charcoal Sketch, and Water Color effects. The plug-in also includes such OpenGL-accelerated effects as 3D Extruded Image Shatter, Damaged TV, Glint, Glare, Glitt... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/06/bcc.6.avx.for.avid.ds/ Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/17/particlemetrix.ships/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0906/particlemetrix-plugin-17.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Noise Industries and Idustrial Revolution have launched a new particle generation plug-in, ParticleMetrix, for visual effects applications. The plug-in works with Apple's Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express and Motion, along with Adobe's After Effects CS3 and CS4. ParticleMetrix is based on FxFactory and converts objects and text into particle effects, such as snow, fire, ice, bubbles, sparkles and m... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/17/particlemetrix.ships/ Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/08/swift.3d.plugin.update/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0905/swiftsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Electric Rain has released Swift 3D v6.0, an update to its 3D modeling plug-in for Adobe Flash. The latest version offers Boolean operations with non-destructive union, intersection and subtraction options. Rendering speed is claimed to have been improved by a factor of five, with optimizations for multiple-processor systems. Users can now export to PaperVision3D v2.0 to display 3D objects in Flas... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/08/swift.3d.plugin.update/ Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:00:00 GMT