?Ǭ†VLC is a wondeful video player, but it doesn’t look quite Mac-like. An easy way to fix that is to download the free “VLC Icon Overhaul” from MacRabbit, the makers of CSSEdit. The easily installed icon set is available at: http://www.macrabbit.com/goodies/
Just remember to reapply it whenever VLC is updated.
Today, MacRabbit released CSSEdit 2.5. CSSEdit is a great app for creating and editing CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) for web design. In the latest version, MacRabbit has added:
-Tabs. Yes, this one may not come as a surprise anymore. However, I am sure you will be quite surprised once you try them out. Pictures simply don’t do them justice.
-X-ray Inspector. This must absolutely be the most popular feature request of all time. Lo and behold, here it is: the X-ray inspector shows you what styles apply to the selected element in X-ray
-Selector Builder. Selector what? This is a brand new innovation that should make life much, much easier for anyone starting out with CSS (or teaching it). Define your selectors in plain English, and it generates the necessary code for you.
-Various improvements all over the application: a navigation bar in the Preview, a font picker, selector CodeSense, a text shadow editor, brand new shiny wonderful HUD inspectors, etc. Major changes everywhere!
Rating: 5/5
General Info: Snapshot is a very powerful little app that allows you to imitate the power of a photo lab with your very own digital photos. With a very easy-to-use and user-friendly interface, Snapshot is a winner in my books.
It begins with a workflow, from top to bottom. The first step is to add photos, either by drag-and-drop from the Finder, or by its seamless integration with your iPhoto Library. Snapshot is able to quickly and easily browse your entire iPhoto Library, maintaining all of the structure of your albums and folders. Once you have your photos selected, you simply drag them into the timeline across the bottom of the window, and the editing process begins.
Within its three main modules, you can choose between border styles, add notes or the date to a photo, add speech bubbles, and perform basic crops and edits to the photos. While many of these are simple things, they are implemented in such a seamless way, that makes the entire experience of this app very fun and easy. Finally, it has a plethora of printing options, which help to you to choose precise print sizes, which printer to print from, and, my personal favourite, the ability to print borderless, which makes your photos all the more stunning. Summed up, I really love this app. From the website all the way to the printer, Stunt Software provides a seamless experience, and a very easy-to-use app that anyone, no matter how computer savvy can use and enjoy. I definitely recommend this app!
Retail Price: $29.95
Site: http://www.stuntsoftware.com/Snapshot/
After watching the whole Adobe Creative Suite 3 keynote, I thought to my self, were did GoLive go?
I heard that Adobe was making GoLive version 9, but the fact that they launched CS3 without it, makes me think that it is dead. Almost 2 years ago, Adobe acquired Macromedia for $3.4 billion is stock.
This article suggests that Adobe is trying to get developers to switch to Dreamweaver CS3.
I have put a call into Adobe to find out about this issue, and will post an update as soon as possible.
UPDATE-April 18: Adobe has still not responded, so I have also sent them an email.
Rating: 5/5
General Info: Create is a professional design app. You can design webpages, logos and many other things. It includes a library of included clip art and buttons for webpages. For ever object there are manual controls so you can control it exactly how you want it. Besides its hefty price its a great app!
Retail Price: $149
Site: http://www.stone.com/
Our wonderful designer, Leo Mancini has just completed our new wordpress theme. First I would like to thank him. Second, I would like to see what our readers think, please post your comments!
Adobe has just uploaded the CS3 Launch Webcast. You can view it here: http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/launchevent/webcast/. You can find out more information about Adobe CS3 by looking at my post from yesterday.
Today, Adobe released Creative Suite 3. It is currently available for pre-order from Adobe.com. They have created many packages for different needs, including the Master Collection, a $2,499 complete package. It includes: dobe InDesign® CS3, Photoshop® CS3 Extended, Illustrator® CS3, Acrobat® 8 Professional, Flash® CS3 Professional, Dreamweaver® CS3, Fireworks® CS3, Contribute® CS3, After Effects® CS3 Professional, Adobe Premiere® Pro CS3, Soundbooth™ CS3, and Encore® CS3, and also includes Adobe Bridge CS3, Version Cue® CS3, Device Central CS3 and Dynamic Link.
You can also buy the application individually, if you dont want the set. Adobe has said that the webcast will be online at http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/launchevent/webcast/ by Wednesday March 28.
Rating: 5/5
General Info: The Print Shop 2 is the greatest design application ever! Anyone can create one of the 30 plus projects, with one of the 9000 plus templates. The award winning iLife integration, you can easily import you photos or iDVD themes into The Print Shop. There is nothing wrong with this prefect application! I would suggest it to all Microsoft Publisher users, but it has even more features!
Retail Price: $59.95
Site: http://www.mackiev.com
Rating: 4.5/5
General Info: Why pay some company to make your website? You can make it on your mac. RapidWeaver comes with over 30 professionally designed templates to get your website started. It has builtin .Mac publishing, just type in your username and password, and click publish! You now have your own website.
Retail Price: $39.95
Site: http://www.realmacsoftware.com
