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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. 

Visit the Adobe section of our site for a full list of products available.

Adobe Flex Builder 2 with Flex Charting (Academic Pricing)

Adobe Audition 3.0 (Academic Pricing)

Adobe Captivate 3 (Academic Pricing)

Adobe Contribute CS3 (Academic Pricing)

Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium (Academic Pricing)

Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Standard (Academic Pricing)

Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Standard with Graphire Bluetooth 6x8 Tablet (Academic Pricing)

Adobe Creative Suite 3 Master Collection (Academic Pricing)

Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium (Academic Pricing)

Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium (Academic Pricing)

Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Standard (Academic Pricing)

Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 (Academic Pricing)

Adobe Fireworks CS3 (Academic Pricing)

Adobe Flash CS3 Professional (Academic Pricing)

Adobe Illustrator CS3 (Academic Pricing)

Adobe InDesign CS3 (Academic Pricing)

Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended (Academic Pricing)

Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0 (Academic Pricing)

Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0/Premiere Elements 4.0 Bundle w/Teacher Resource DVD (Academic)

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom (Academic Pricing)

Adobe Premiere Elements 4.0 (Academic Pricing)

Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 (Academic Pricing)

Adobe Soundbooth CS3 (Academic Pricing)


Extensis has released CS3-compatible versions for your font management and creative assets management products.

mary | 28 September, 2007 18:24

Make sure your workflow is humming along at top speed with the latest Extensis CS3-ready font management and creative assets management software.

Whether working alone or in a workgroup, Suitcase 11 for Windows (Academic Pricing) provides the type of industrial-strength font management that Windows users need. It is the ideal add-on for Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator and QuarkXPress users who work with fonts daily, speeding your workflow and making your design applications more responsive and reliable.

More from Extensis:

Suitcase Fusion (Academic Pricing)

Suitcase X1 Server Client (K-12/Higher Ed)

Suitcase X1 Server with 1YR ASA Maintenance (K-12/Higher Ed)

Portfolio 8.5 (Academic Pricing)

Portfolio 8.5 NetPublish for Server 8.5 with 1 YR ASA Maintenance (K-12/Higher Ed)

Portfolio 8.5 NetPublisher 5 Connections Electronic Download (K-12/Higher Ed)

Portfolio 8.5 Network Client (K-12/HigherEd)

Portfolio 8.5 SQL Connect for MS SQL Electronic Download (K-12/Higher Ed)

Portfolio 8.5 Server with 1 YR ASA Maintenance (K-12/Higher Ed)

Boris FX Red 4.1 By Kevin McAuliffe/Creative Mac

mary | 27 September, 2007 08:49

I have been an editor for a long time (about 11 years now), and I have been familiar with Boris FX 9.1 (Academic Pricing)'s plug-ins for almost as long, and when I was asked if I would be interested in taking a look at Boris RED 4.1 (Academic Pricing), I really didn't have my expectations set very high, as I have always had a bit of a preconceived notion in my head of what the package is and what it can do. Let me just say that I have now seen the light. The RED light! Let's take a look at Boris RED 4.1 (Academic Pricing).
 
The installation for RED can look a bit daunting, but one thing that Boris FX 9.1 (Academic Pricing) has done is give the users options. The first thing that I loved about this program is that it can run as a standalone application, like Adobe After Effects, as an "effect" inside of Final Cut Pro or both. For all the users out there, I would suggest installing both the Boris RED Engine to use as a standalone, and then install the Boris RED for Final Cut (the effect) for either Mac Universal or Power PC, so you have the best of both worlds.  

The "effect" version of Boris appears in your video filters under "Boris FX", and the "engine" portion appears in your "Applications" folder under Boris RED 4.1 (Academic Pricing). Both installations are quick and simple, and you will be up and running in a matter of minutes. Boris offers a two week trial of the application, and then you can purchase it directly in the "Help" menu.  
 
When I saw what you get with Boris RED 4.1 (Academic Pricing), I was completely blown away.  You not only get all of FX and Grafitti's effects and functionality, but you also get all of Continuum Complete's effects in one package. In total, you are looking at over 180 effects.  Believe it or not, but there are also some Final Effects and DigiEffects Delirium plug-ins thrown in there for good measure. Some of the effects highlights include nineteen different keying filters including Chroma, Luma and RGB difference Keyers, thirteen different blur filters including Gaussian, basic and directional blurs, you also get Glows, Lighting effects, Partical effects, and so many more that I almost can't even count. You even get a Wire Removal filter to remove rigging from your shots. I've only scratched the surface of filters that you get, but let me tell you that you will have more effects than you could possibly ever need.

More from Boris FX

Boris Blue 2.0 (Academic Pricing)

Boris Composite Suite (Academic Pricing)

Boris Continuum Complete 5 AE (Academic Pricing)

Boris Continuum Complete 5 AVX (Academic Pricing)

Boris Continuum Complete 5 FxPlug (Academic Pricing)

Boris Final Effects Complete AVX: Filters and Transitions (Academic Pricing)

Boris Final Effects Complete: Filters and Transitions (Academic Pricing)

Boris Graffiti 5.1 (Academic Pricing)

Boris Motion Graphics Pack for Adobe (Academic Pricing)

Boris Motion Graphics Pack for Apple Final Cut Pro (Academic Pricing)

Boris Motion Graphics Pack for Avid XPress Pro (Academic Pricing)

Boris RED 3GL Training - DVD (Academic Pricing)

Title Toolkit for Adobe After Effects ESD (Academic Pricing)

 

 

Visual Learning Software Company Celebrates 25th Anniversary With 2007 EdNET Impact Award

mary | 26 September, 2007 15:27

PORTLAND, OR – Sept. 19, 2007

Inspiration Software was named winner of the 2007 EdNET Impact Award, honoring the company's significant impact on education through quality educational support and instructional resources, at the 19th Annual Educational Networking Conference held recently in Chicago. The Impact Award is part of the EdNET Industry Awards program that honors organizations that have made important contributions to the education technology market.

Inspiration Software is the only organization to have been honored three times in the 15-year history of the EdNET Industry Awards program. In 2001, the company received the Pioneer Award for contributing most significantly to the growth of the market and, in 2000, won a HERO Award for having a positive impact on education through technology.

Celebrating its 25th anniversary, Inspiration Software has been under the continuous leadership of its co-founders, Donald Helfgott and Mona Westhaver. The privately held company is recognized as the leader in visual thinking and learning. The company's award-winning software products, Inspiration 8 (Academic Pricing), Kidspiration 2.1 (Academic Pricing) and InspireData 1.5 (Academic Pricing), are based on proven visual learning methodologies. With the powerful combination of visual learning and technology, students in grades K-12 learn to clarify thoughts, organize and analyze information, integrate new knowledge and think critically. (More)

MathRealm announces the release of the Middle School Pre-Algebra Part 1

mary | 26 September, 2007 08:55

MathRealm announces the release of the Middle School Pre-Algebra Part 1 (School Version)

A number of educators teaching struggling students have discovered that their students learn more and faster when they work through MathRealm software on their own before a class presentation or discussion on the topic. Educators report that student comprehension increases when they learn at their own individual paces and then pose questions during class discussion. This way the educator acts as a facilitator or coach, addressing problem areas individually or as a group, instead of having to repeat the same things many times to students who did not grasp the concept during the lecture.

NEW! Middle School Pre-Algebra Part 1 (School Version)

Middle School Pre-Algebra Part 1 (School Version) provides a dynamic learning environment that motivates students to succeed in math. The major topics covered are: Factoring, Fraction Review, Equivalent Fractions, Simplify Fractions, Fraction Operations (including add/subtract like and unlike fractions, multiply/divide like and unlike fractions, working with mixed numbers), Lines, Angles, Polygons, Perimeter, Area. Each topic includes step-by-step, research-based lessons and activities designed to teach key mathematical concepts.

Skill Assessments - The program includes skill assessment tests that are based on state standardized tests.

Special Bonus #1! – The program includes a Math Tool that provides students with an easy way to create and manipulate interactive worksheets using graphs, fraction and percent diagrams, tables, and plots. The Math Tool allows students to represent numerical relationships and patterns using a variety of graphing formats.

Special Bonus #2! - The program includes a GeoBoard that allows students to draw line segments, angles and polygons, as well as measure length, radius and angles. Students can flip figures horizontally and vertically.

More MathRealm products:

Middle School Pre-Algebra Part 2 (School Version)

Pre-Algebra Part 1 Curriculum with Reporting One Year Subscription

Pre-Algebra Part 1 Learning Module Collection

Pre-Algebra Part 2 Curriculum with Reporting One Year Subscription

Pre-Algebra Part 2 Learning Module Collection

Algebra 1 Explorer (School Version)

Algebra 2 Curriculum with Reporting One Year Subscription

Nik Sharpener Pro 2.0 ranked as one of most useful tools available for digital photographers

mary | 25 September, 2007 13:24

Top professionals agree that nik Sharpener Pro 2.0 Complete Edition (Academic Pricing) is one of the most useful products available for digital photographers. nik Sharpener Pro 2.0 Complete Edition (Academic Pricing) was designed to optimize detail of any given image based entirely on what you, the photographer, will do with the image and eliminate guesswork.

After opening the selected image in Adobe Photoshop and selecting nik Sharpener Pro 2.0 Complete Edition (Academic Pricing) from the filter drop down menu or from the nik Sharpener Pro 2.0 Complete Edition (Academic Pricing)  Selective Palette, select the type of output to be used. For example, if you are going to print a large wall portrait on an Epson Ink Jet printer, select Ink Jet: Epson from the menu. The size sliders will automatically adjust to the parameters set by your image editing application. By leaving the viewing distance option to the auto setting, sharpening will be adjusted to match the appropriate amount needed for a typical viewing distance based on the size of the image. You can however override this setting by selecting an alternative viewing distance. Next, select the type of paper to be used for the print. Click OK to process the image using the settings you set up within the filter interface and nik Sharpener Pro 2.0 Complete Edition (Academic Pricing) will automatically optimize detail throughout the image.

When using the nik Sharpener Pro 2.0 Complete Edition (Academic Pricing) Selective tool, apply your settings to the entire image by clicking Fill and OK to apply to the entire image area. For selective sharpening click Paint. Brush the effect exactly where you want it, and then click OK to apply.

Genuine Fractals Print Pro 5 & Nik Sharpener Pro 2.0 Bundle (Academic Pricing)

nik Sharpener Pro 2.0 Inkjet Edition (Academic Pricing)

nik Professional Suite (Academic Pricing)

Dfine 2.0 (Academic Pricing)

Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended (Academic Pricing)

 

Universal binary version of MediaWorks (formerly MovieWorks Deluxe) is now available

mary | 25 September, 2007 10:51

PLEASANTON, Calif., September 17, 2007 - Interactive Solutions, Inc. today announced that a Universal binary version of MediaWorks (formerly MovieWorks Deluxe) is now available. In addition to running natively on Intel-based Macintosh computers, there have been over 100 minor improvements and bug fixes to the Macintosh version of MediaWorks Author including new menu options to export to iPhone and AppleTV®. The Macintosh version of MediaWorks Animator now supports drag and drop of multiple files, free rotation and has a new checkbox to show an outline of the previous frame. The Windows version of MediaWorks has been updated to run on Vista, and the Help system has been significantly improved on both the Macintosh and Windows versions. 

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