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Archive: 2007 February
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Photoshop Anywhere: Web Hosted Version to Debut in 3-6 Months
Entry-level live web version answers competition from Microsoft, Google
In an article on CNet News.com, it was announced today that Adobe, makers of well known software for creative artists, plans to bring a version of its signature Photoshop online in a web-hosted form, sometime in the next three to six months:
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Photoshop Lightroom Review At Macworld.com
I’ve yet to write a review of the much-anticipated Photoshop Lightroom 1.0, but Macworld.com has put one out there for us.
Macworld.com has posted a review of Photoshop Lightroom; it will be in the May 2007 issue, but is on their website now.
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Oregon Employer Insurer Rebrands With Expressive New Logo
Oregon’s Saif Corporation implements logo and branding meant to express the market it serves
In the state of Oregon, the leader in workers’ compensation insurance is the oddly-spelled SAIF Corporation (the name originating from the acronym for State Accident Insurance Fund), an organization which began as a state agency and, by the company’s own history, helped its first injured workier in 1914. The modern SAIF dates from 1980, when the Oregon state legislature chartered it as a public not-for-profit corporation, reportedly the first such entity in the United States.
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Cut Through Telephone Voice Systems–To a Real Human!
The GetHuman Project is a volunteer Website devoted to improving the quality and speed of telephone support and service systems in the US. The Website offers general tips and advice for speeding through and getting the most out of dealing with any company over the phone. For instance, did you know that most companies’ Spanish support queue is often a potentially much shorter wait than the English queue, and that most operators on the Spanish queue are bilingual, offering support in English as well? Chose uno and maybe you’ll be helped and off the phone faster than you would if pressing two.
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Introducing Book 1.0
Any new technology carries a learning curve, as demonstrated in this YouTube video, “Introducing the Book.”
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McDonald’s Coffee Beats Starbucks: Official
Consumer Reports does a comparison that will open your eyes: A personal reaction
We don’t know about you, dear reader, but to us, whether writing, editing, or even double-clicking the QuarkXPress icon, work just doesn’t happen unless we have a little of Vitamin C (that’s caffeine, of course) coursing through our body. The delivery vehicle, of course, being that wonderful black brew.
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APHont For The Visually Impaired?
Aiming for satisfying the needs of the aging and visually impaired, the APH produces a font designed to be readable. Did they miss the mark slightly?
Eyes: not all are created equal.
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New DC Taxi Zone Map Clarifies Transportation
As part of a District initiative the well-known taxi zone map is redesigned for improved clarity and communication
Traveling by taxi in Washington, DC is different from just about any major city one might know.
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Found Item: The Stuckenberg Digital Map Collection at Gettysburg College
Free digital collection showcases antique map images from noted late-19th C. scholar
John H.W. Stuckenberg was a scholar and theologian (and even an American Civil War solider) who split his life between pursuits academic and spiritual, and between America and Germany. From his bio at the online Stuckenberg Collection mounted by Gettysburg College:
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Corel is now shipping the next generation of Painter: Painter X!
Corel is now shipping the next generation of Painter: Painter X! Painter X has new features including the new RealBristleâ„¢ Painting System and new composition tools, and a printed user guide. And if you act fast, the Paint Can is back in a Limited Edition!
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Corel Introduces Corel Painter X
PRESS RELEASE
Next-Generation Art Studio Delivers a Natural Painting & Illustration Experience Unmatched by Any Other Software
Ottawa, Canada, February 6, 2007 – Corel Corporation (NASDAQ:CREL; TSX:CRE) today announced that Corel® Painter(TM) X, the world’s most powerful painting and illustration software, is now available for pre-order from www.corel.com/painterx. The latest version of Corel Painter continues its focus on giving professional artists, designers and photographers a natural painting and illustration experience that is unmatched by any other software.
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Learning with pictures rather than words is the philosophy of In Pictures, and they have recently launched a line of free online tutorials on Microsoft Office, Dreamweaver, and more.
In Pictures, the company that brought readers free e-books last year, recently launched a new line of free online computer how-to tutorials. Currently there are 12 tutorials on Microsoft Office 2003, OpenOffice.org and Dreamweaver 8. Because In Pictures tutorials are based on pictures, not text, you learn by seeing examples as you work. These tutorials are an effective way to get started learning a new software package, or seeing what’s new in newer versions of software you already use.
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Corel Delivers Industry’s First Full-Featured Graphics Suite Certified for Windows Vista
Corel is pleased to announce that CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3 has been Certified for Windows Vista – the first full featured graphics suite to achieve certification status. For those of us who have already moved to Windows Vista, this is good news indeed!
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INTERVIEW With Mike Soucie, Electric Rain CEO
I spoke with Mike Soucie, Electric Rain CEO, to discuss the announcement of the STANDOUT presentation application and the strategy behind the product.
For those who haven’t heard, STANDOUT is a new presentation application—see the press release here—that attempts to provide Flash-quality graphics tools to designers and the ease-of-use of PowerPoint to non-designers. I scored an interview with Mike Soucie, CEO of Electric Rain—the company that produced STANDOUT—and learned a great deal about the new application.
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Electric Rain Transforms Presentations With STANDOUT Presentation Solution for Windows Vista
Electric Rain, a company known for motion graphics software for video and the web, has announced the release of STANDOUT, a presentation application that makes PowerPoint look like Print Shop.
On Monday I discussed STANDOUT with Mike Soucie, Electric Rain CEO, and came away with a few basic notions about STANDOUT and the thinking behind the product:
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