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Thu, 16 Dec 2004
Aquafadas releases a new version of iDive the award winning digital video catalog
Aquafadas Software today released iDive 1.2, the latest version of its digital video catalog and exploration tool for Mac OS X.
MONTPELLIER, FRANCE – 15 DECEMBER 2004 :
Aquafadas Software (www.aquafadas.com) launches today version 1.2 of iDive, its digital video management application. With new features and extensive improvements, iDive v1.2 succeeds in combining innovative indexing and visualisation of digital video tapes with powerful annotation and search capabilities.
The new features in iDive v1.2 include :
- new support for the capture of DV footage from the camera
- new compression capabilities for the captured footage using any of
the installed Quicktime codecs.
- new clip splitting functionality, both on sampled clips or clips with
associated footage.
- support for the display of footage/samples/thumbnails with 16:9
aspect ratio.
- seamless integration with iMovie, Final Cut Express/Pro through the ability to drag and drop clips from the catalog into the editing application itself.
- ability to edit clip dates and aspect ratio
- many UI enhancements, in particular when navigating, changing views,
changing sort orders,....
- ...and a new icon by Bryan Bell (www.bryanbell.com)
For more information, please contact
Product contact : idive@aquafadas.com
Pricing and Availability
The iDive 1.2 release is available immediately for download from the Aquafadas web site, www.aquafadas.com, or by following the link : http://www.idivepro.com/software/iDive.dmg. The iDive documentation can be found at http://www.aquafadas.com/documentation.html
A single user license key sells for US$69.95, with academic prices being offered at US$49.95. Volume discounts are also available.
About iDive
iDive offers amateur and semi-professional users a robust on-screen digital video shoebox to store clips and still images. The application includes truly innovative tools that make navigation both easy and fast, regardless of the number of clips being stored. Power previewing, customizable views, "drag & drop" attribute tagging and a timeline display turn any assortment of disorganised tapes into an instantly accessible catalog of digital video that can be enjoyed at any time. Designed to sit alongside DV editing applications, iDive promises to eliminate the frustration and time-wasting in locating and viewing clips hidden amongst hours of footage, by simplifying visualisation, tagging, storage, organisation and retrieval of digital video clips and photos.
iDive is the runner-up winner of the O’Reilly Mac Innovation Award 2004, International Category (press.oreilly.com/pub/pr/1245)
About aquafadas software
Founded in 2004, aquafadas was formed to develop and promote high quality software solutions for the digital video community. Aquafadas is based in the south of France.
Visit their web site at http://www.aquafadas.com
Speakers and Sponsors Join SCALE 3x
Many new speakers have been added to the SCALE 3x lineup:
Norm McEntire - Servin Corporation
Paul Von Stamwitz- AMCC
Daryll Strauss - Digital Ordnance
Cecil Watson
Ted Gould - Inkscape
John Ousterhout - Electric Cloud, Inc.
Gideon Romm - Symbio Technologies
Kim Brand - Computer Experts, Inc.
David Uhlmann - Uversa Inc
Sumitra Srinivasan - Georgia State University
Dennis Rex
Ted Gould - Inkscape
These sponsors are newly signed with the Linux Expo:
Yosemite Technologies - registration sponsor
TOLIS Group - basic sponsor
LinuxQuestions.org - media sponsor
FedoraNews.org -- media sponsor
Star Communications - media sponsor
The following LUGs or non-profit groups have signed up to man a booth at SCALE 3X:
Debian, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Free Software Foundation, Gentoo, GNOME, KDE, KnoppMyth, LAMPSIG, Linux Astronomy, Linux Terminal Server Project, LinuxChix of LA, Santa Barbara Linux Users Group, Socal Wireless Users Group, and WikiPedia Foundation.
If your LUG, or other non-profit Open Source organization would like to be represented at SCALE 3X, please contact gareth@socallinuxexpo.org for a booth. Don't delay; booths are being assigned to LUGs and other ORGs steadily.
SCALE 3X will be held February 12th and 13th, 2005, at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
The Linux Expo of Southern California was established in 2001. Our mission is to evangelize the advantages of Open Source software.
For more information, see http://socallinuxexpo.com, or email info@socallinuxexpo.com.
PR: CS ODESSA RELEASES CONCEPTDRAW CREATIVE MANAGER BUNDLE
Odessa, Ukraine, December 16, 2004 - CS Odessa releases ConceptDraw Creative Manager - the bundle of ConceptDraw V and ConceptDraw MINDMAP, diagramming and brainstorming products. The bundle offers 20% savings on both products and costs $399.
ConceptDraw Creative Manager enables project managers, consultants, sales people and other professionals to effectively brainstorm and develop ideas with their teams, create pro-quality business and technical diagrams, make convincing proposals, reports and presentations both on-screen and on-line.
For more information, trial versions and ordering please visit: http://www.conceptdraw.com
ABOUT CS ODESSA Founded in 1993, Computer Systems Odessa supplies cross-platform productivity tools and graphics technologies to professional and corporate users. With headquarters in Odessa, Ukraine, CS Odessa sells their products internationally from reseller offices in 25 countries.
KeynotePro Announces Barcelona Theme Release
KeynotePro is pleased to announce the release of Barcelona - an exploration of classical design, bringing aged paper and coarse, loosely trapped blockprint color together with crisp type and the timeless icon of world travel - the postcard - into a style that is both raw canvas and a well-worn tome. Custom ink-spot bullets, warmly textured chart fills and traveled, crumple-edged postcards overlay the canvas in a timeless blend of style and metaphor spanning 31 Slide Masters in both 800x600 and 1024x768 sizes.
Along with the basic theme, Barcelona also includes a selection of object-based extras, including Ink and Coffee Stains, as well as free-floating Postcard objects that allow you to create your own photo-based layouts with ease - down to the stamp on the back of the card, which you can customize with your own photo, illustration or company logo.
Barcelona is available for immediate download for $19.95, or in a Bundle with 2 other themes for $48.95 at http://www.KeynotePro.com.
Inside the Mac Revolution
Andy Hertzfeld, one of the original Macintosh engineers, has written a new book, Revolution in the Valley: The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made.
There was a time, not too long ago, when the typewriter and notebook ruled, and the computer as an everyday tool was simply a vision. Revolution in the Valley traces this vision back to its earliest roots: the hallways and backrooms of Apple, where the groundbreaking Macintosh computer was born. The book traces the development of the Macintosh, from its inception as an underground skunkworks project in 1979 to its triumphant introduction in 1984 and beyond.
The stories in Revolution in the Valley come on extremely good authority. That's because author Andy Hertzfeld was a core member of the team that built the Macintosh system software, and a key creator of the Mac's radically new user interface software. One of the chosen few who worked with the mercurial Steve Jobs, you might call him the ultimate insider.
When Revolution in the Valley begins, Hertzfeld is working on Apple's first attempt at a low-cost, consumer-oriented computer: the Apple II. He sees that Steve Jobs is luring some of the company's most brilliant innovators to work on a tiny research effort the Macintosh. Hertzfeld manages to make his way onto the Macintosh research team, and the rest is history.
Through lavish illustrations, period photos (many never before published), and Hertzfeld's vivid first-hand accounts, Revolution in the Valley reveals what it was like to be there at the birth of the personal computer revolution. The story comes to life through the book's portrait of the talented and often eccentric characters who made up the Macintosh team. Now, over 20 years later, millions of people are benefiting from the technical achievements of this determined and brilliant group of people.
Inventive Releases iClip 3.4 Productivity Software for Apple Mac OS X
New Version Features Copy/Paste Via Keyboard, Improved International Text Handling
Inventive, Inc. announces the release of iClip version 3.4, their award winning productivity software for Mac OS X. iClip enables users to quickly store, organize, and access snippets of information without having to save them as entire documents.
Newly available in iClip is a way to copy and paste from clipping bins using only the keyboard. Users can now set Hot Keys that make transparent labels appear over the bins, enabling them to quickly choose one to copy or paste with the simple press of a key. Also available in version 3.4 are improvements to non-Unicode, international text handling, which is beneficial to those who use iClip with some older applications.
"We've had many requests to provide copy/paste using only the keyboard, and I feel that for iClip 3.4, we've developed a very elegant, Mac-like solution for doing so," said John Casasanta, President of Inventive.
iClip is a multiple clipboard/scrapbook application designed to improve user efficiency and productivity for various computing tasks. iClip enables users to store and retrieve various clippings, such as text, pictures, URLs, file aliases, movies, etc. in it's multiple bins. Clippings can be arranged into groups to keep users organized. iClip helps eliminate redundant typing, especially in tasks like filling out online forms. It's widely used to assist general purpose tasks such as word processing, web browsing, and research, while webmasters, graphic designers, and programmers also find iClip to be useful in their more specialized tasks.
Pricing and Availability
iClip 3.4 is available now for Mac OS X 10.2 or later as a "try-before-you-buy" download at http://inventive.us/iClip/ or on CD at select retailers. It can be purchased for $19.95 USD for the trial version or $29.95 USD for the CD version. The version 3.4 upgrade is free to registered users of any previous version.