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Honestech Introduces Claymation Studio Deluxe

mary | 05 October, 2007 13:02

New York, NY at Digital Life and Austin, TX September 27, 2007 Honestech, Inc. today announced the release of Honestech Claymation Studio (Academic Pricing) an easy-to-use stop-motion authoring studio which enables novice users to create claymation, stop-motion video, animation and cell-based videos from imported images, photographs, music audio and recorded sound tracks. Honestech, Inc., a leading developer and marketer of digital video and Internet Protocol software technology for multimedia content on PCs, handheld devices and phones, will retail the product at under $50.00.

The new product, which includes Clay, targets the fast growing consumer created content market, allows users to capture images using a digital camera, webcam, DV camcorder or any digital image source, create characters, apply small changes, and add background images and music to create complete claymation movies.

Features of the Honestech Claymation Studio (Academic Pricing) software include:

Onionskin, which allows users to view the previous frame and the next frame in the creation process on a same-screen transparent overlay mode to help perfect the image for the next frame.

Rotoscope, where users can view a still photo on top of a new image in the creation process and use it as reference to help produce images that are difficult to create.

Chroma key, which allows users to put an object on a blue/green screen and import easily-changeable background images from another source. WMV/AVI/MPEG, which enables users to save their videos in Windows Media File or Audio Video Interleave formats.

Audio recording, which allows users to import or record audio and add it to specific frames.

Simple frame editing, whereby the user can display frames in sequence, and change the order of the frames using drag-and-drop.

Project format, which allows users to save a current project being worked on, and continue working on it at a later time.

onOne Software introduces PhotoTune 2.2!

mary | 05 October, 2007 10:47

onOne Software has introduced PhotoTune 2.2 (Academic Pricing) – an easy-to-use Adobe Photoshop plug-in incorporating the company's newly acquired color-correction plug-ins – 20/20 Color MD 2.0 and SkinTune 2.0.

"Having recently acquired PhotoTune 2.2 (Academic Pricing) and their ground-breaking plug-ins 20/20 Color MD 2.0 and SkinTune 2.0, we wanted to be able to quickly offer our combined customers a new complete color correction software solution," said Craig Keudell, president of onOne Software.

"PhotoTune 2.2 (Academic Pricing), available for the first time, includes ColorTune technology (formerly known as 20/20 Color MD) with its patented color correction process and SkinTune technology, developed after more than two years of in-depth skin color research. PhotoTune 2.2 (Academic Pricing) is sure to improve the busy workflow of photographers, graphic artists and photo enthusiasts."

About 20/20 Color MD 2.0
20/20 Color MD 2.0 will be renamed ColorTune now that it is owned by onOne Software. ColorTune is a straight-forward, yet sophisticated technology designed for anyone who wants great looking images without spending hours behind the computer screen manually adjusting curves and sliders.

ColorTune works like an eye exam to figure out precisely what is wrong with a digital image and how to fix it. During each step of the patented Color Wizard process, users are presented two side-by-side preview images that have been altered in different ways.

Users simply click on the best looking image between each pair. The entire six-step process only takes about 15 seconds. In comparison, if a user spends an average of 10 minutes fixing an image with Photoshop's Curves, Levels, and Hue & Saturation it will take them 16 hours to color correct 100 images. With PhotoTune 2.2 (Academic Pricing) and ColorTune technology, 100 images can be processed in less than one hour.

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Create an Animatic Slug with PowerProduction StoryBoard Artist

mary | 05 October, 2007 10:28

Everyone's familiar with the storyboarding process as it relates to film production. It helps a producer and director bring a screenplay to life. But have you ever thought about how storyboarding could streamline editing and post-production? Imagine creating a visual outline to guide your editing, before you even start collecting footage. Imagine a full-length animatic, complete with music, right in your NLE timeline - to overlay footage onto, making constructing a scene a snap. Imagine creating animatic slug scenes from your own images or from a library of supplied images to round out your unfinished sequences.

All of this is possible using StoryBoard Artist 4 (Academic Pricing). With StoryBoard Artist 4 (Academic Pricing), an editor no longer has to screen unfinished sequences with 'shot missing' or 'scene missing' slates. Instead the editor can create animatics to import into their NLE timeline. Check out this new tutorial to learn more.

http://channelwolves.com/powerp_tutorial_082007.htm

More StoryBoard Artist software:

StoryBoard Artist Studio 4 (Academic Pricing)

StoryBoard Quick 5 (Academic Pricing)

New Information and Project Example Packet Available from FableVision!

mary | 04 October, 2007 16:58

Stationery Studio supports writing both at the computer and by hand. How? This innovative program is actually two tools in one – an introductory word processor with all of the basics and none of the confusion, and a tool for customizing stationery for handwritten activities.

With Stationery Studio, students and teachers choose from 226 curriculum-themed borders and shapes (plus 80 available exclusively through the Fall & Spring Add-on Packs) designed by award-winning author/illustrator Peter H. Reynolds. Students can type stories, reports and letters at their computers. Or, they can customize stationery with appropriate writing line styles (primary skip-a-line, basic primary, standard, etc.), line widths, and layouts and then print the stationery for hand-written work. Teachers can use the program to create motivating story starters, activities, handwriting practice, and newsletters.

Stationery Studio Fall & Spring Add-On Pack provides borders and shapes to use with your Stationery Studio software. These add-on packs include borders and shapes to expand your existing Stationery Studio library from 226 up to 306. Each new pack will be added directly under the “Holidays and Seasons” theme in Stationery Studio.

Each pack includes activities by Dr. Peggy Healy Stearns, and many new borders and shapes, designed by Peter H. Reynolds and the artists at FableVision. These new borders and shapes also come with variations such as portrait, landscape, and envelope formats and are aligned across the curriculum to support social studies, science, and language arts and more!

All Stationary Studio add ons:

Stationery Studio Fall & Spring Add-On Pack Bundle

Stationery Studio Fall & Spring Add-On Pack Bundle ESD

Stationery Studio Fall Holidays Add-On

Stationery Studio Fall Holidays Add-On ESD

Stationery Studio Spring Holidays Add-On

Stationery Studio Spring Holidays Add-On ESD

Learn more about Stationery Studio and Stationery Studio Add-On Packs. This PDF contains project examples and information.

Stationery Studio Information and Example Packet - Great Reference Tool!

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BrainCogs and Essay Express Bundle

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ClipMation Volume 1: US Presidents

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Creative Mac calls Boris Continuum Complete 5 an "Absolute Buy", gives 10 out of 10 rating

mary | 04 October, 2007 14:23

"Boris Continuum Complete 5 is an exceptional plug-in set for Apple Final Cut Pro and Motion, and I could go on for hours about all the effects and how great they are. The amount of thought that went into this plug-in set is obvious, and Boris is moving this plug-in set forward by leaps and bounds. For all the users of Boris Continuum Complete who haven't upgraded to version five, what are you waiting for, and for everyone else, head on over to www.borisfx.com to download the free demo. You won't be disappointed."

Boris Continuum Complete 5 AE (Academic Pricing)

Boris Continuum Complete 5 AVX (Academic Pricing)

Boris Continuum Complete 5 FxPlug (Academic Pricing)

Author Cliff Atkinson Uses MindManager 7 to Tell a Visual Story

mary | 03 October, 2007 16:25

Cliff Atkinson is an author, popular keynote speaker, and independent consultant to leading attorneys and Fortune 500 companies. He designed the presentations that helped persuade a jury to award a $253 million verdict to the plaintiff in the nation's first Vioxx trial in 2005, which Fortune magazine called “frighteningly powerful.” Cliff’s book Beyond Bullet Points is an Amazon.com Top Five bestseller that expands on a communications approach that he’s taught at many of America's top law firms, government agencies, business schools and corporations, including Sony, Toyota, Nestlé, Amgen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Intel and Microsoft.

Mindjet: How can MindManager Pro 7 (Academic Pricing) help people give presentations?

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FileMaker, Inc. announced today the immediate availability of FileMaker Pro Basics for FREE!

mary | 02 October, 2007 15:40

FileMaker, Inc. announced today the immediate availability of FileMaker Pro Basics – a comprehensive, downloadable set of training materials to help K-12 educators learn the essentials of creating FileMaker Pro 9 databases. Download now at no cost, along with a free trial of FileMaker Pro 9 (Academic Pricing) at www.filemaker.com/k12training_pr

Comprised of two modules, each containing a PDF of exercises and two databases – one to perform the exercises and a second to check the tasks against – FileMaker Pro Basics can be used for individual, self-paced training or as part of instructor-led professional development training in a school or district.

“FileMaker is committed to helping K-12 educators better understand, manage and share student and administrative information,” said Ryan Rosenberg, vice president marketing and services, FileMaker, Inc. “FileMaker Pro Basics is an ideal professional development tool for educators. Its basic, step-by-step instructions will help them quickly take advantage of the power of FileMaker Pro to help create a better learning environment for their students.”

FileMaker Pro Basics
Optimized for new FileMaker Pro 9 (Academic Pricing) and designed for both self-paced training as well as instructional use by education service agencies, professional development trainers and training centers, FileMaker Pro Basics provides guidance for a variety of FileMaker Pro tasks including how to:

* Build and modify custom forms
* Enter and find data
* Create labels, letters and reports
* Add security to a FileMaker Pro database
* Share a FileMaker Pro database over the web

FileMaker Pro Basics requires the new FileMaker Pro 9 (Academic Pricing) database software and is available at no cost:

Download free trial and training materials:
www.filemaker.com/k12training_pr

Other FileMaker products:

FileMaker Mobile 8 (Academic Pricing)

FileMaker Pro 9 Advanced (Academic Pricing)

FileMaker Server 9 (K-12/Higher Ed)

FileMaker Server 9 Advanced (K-12/Higher Ed)

Adobe News!

mary | 01 October, 2007 08:39

Beginning October 1st, Adobe will be offering Flex Builder at no charge to Education customers. Adobe has a new site where this $0 pricing will be available: www.flexregistration.com. This is a strategic decision from Adobe and reflects their goal of wide adoption of Flex. Adobe Flex Builder 2 with Flex Charting (Academic Pricing) is an Eclipse™ based IDE for developing rich Internet applications (RIAs) with the Adobe Flex framework. Using Adobe Flex Builder 2 with Flex Charting (Academic Pricing), you can quickly build and deploy applications that are expressive, intuitive, and rich in interactivity.