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Equinox Image 1.10.1
Equinox Image is equipped with functions to control Santa Barbara Instrument Group (SBIG) CCD cameras (grey scale and color) and Optec, RoboFocus, JMI and Motor Focus focusers. more>>
Equinox Image 1.10.1 is equipped with functions to control Santa Barbara Instrument Group (SBIG) CCD cameras (grey scale and color) and Optec, RoboFocus, JMI and Motor Focus focusers.
This program also controls SBIG filter wheels, AO devices and remote guide heads. Auto focus, FWHM, Photometry, Astrometry, RMS error, color enhancement and format conversion functions are available. Tools exist to dark subtract, align and stack images, composite color, drift scan (TDI) and program up to ten image sequences.
Enhancements:
- Added differential deflection control.
- Added support for longer FITS headers.
- Fixed a photometry file processing bug.
- Added a 3D star profile panel.
- Guide calibration hot pixel detection (shift key).
- Camera angle in guide window (grid).
- Compiles with Xcode 3.2.
- Added more exposure number options.
- Tested under Snow Leopard.
ARRIRAW Toolkit for Final Cut Studio 1.0.5
ARRIRAW Toolkit for Final Cut Studio is a perfect solution for users who want to import and work with files created by the ARRIFLEX D-21 Digital Cinema Camera. more>>
ARRIRAW Toolkit for Final Cut Studio 1.0.5 is a perfect solution for users who want to import and work with files created by the ARRIFLEX D-21 Digital Cinema Camera. The software will perform all of the importing, playback, debayer, Exposure Index/ASA and White Point color correction functions.Any QuickTime enabled application is instantly compatible with the ARRIRAW files.
Applications including Final Cut Pro, Compressor and others, can import and play these files without any sort of conversion or preprocessing steps. For the ease of portability with other users, you can quickly and easily convert an ARRIRAW image sequence to any other QuickTime movie format. STwoARRIConvert is a tool that is included, to convert S-Two DPX based ARRIRAW frames in to ARRI RAW files. (.ari files). It is designed to batch convert a large number of frames, preseving directory structures, image data, and associated metadata.
Enhancements:
- Matrix math has been fixed, so that saturation is kept in check.
- Direct Kona 3 10-bit RGB is now available for FCP7 Users.
- UTI descriptions updated/fixed for Snow Leopard.
- Fixed crash when importing shots into FCP.
- Performance improvement with Data Handler.
- Minor Memory Leak fixes.
Requirements:
- MacOSX 10.5 and higher
- QuickTime 7.6.2 and higher
The software will perform all of the importing, playback, debayer, Exposure Index/ASA andLicense:update/patch
iGlasses 2.1.3
iGlasses provides you with the ultimate solution to help you get total control over your cameras video settings from within iChat, Skype, iMovie, QuickTime Pro Player and dozens of other programs. more>>
iGlasses 2.1.3 provides you with the ultimate solution to help you get total control over your camera's video settings from within iChat, Skype, iMovie, QuickTime Pro Player and dozens of other programs. Choose from easy built-in preset settings or fine tune settings manually.
Major Features:
- Enhance your picture! Cool night vision setting! Flip your image upside down or use a mirror image.
- Using the Digital Zoom feature, virtually change your camera angle in order to center yourself in the video frame.
- iGlasses gives you total control over your built-in iSight. Lock the auto-exposure of your iSight to get manual control over brightness and color balance.
- Now fully compatible with the Logitech QuickCam, Macally IceCam, iMage USB Webcam, or any camera that uses macam as a driver.
Enhancements:
- Support for using iGlasses in iChat, Photo Booth, QuickTime Player X and Safari on Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard).
- Support for Bruji apps (BookPedia, DVDPedia, etc.)
Photomatix Pro 3.2.6
Photomatix Pro is described as an unique and handy tool that can enable you to recover highlights and shadows details of a high-contrast scene. more>>
Photomatix Pro 3.2.6 is described as an unique and handy tool that can enable you to recover highlights and shadows details of a high-contrast scene.
Using advanced algorithms, Photomatix Pro combines differently exposed shots into one image with increased dynamic range.
- Blend exposures hassle-free
- Generate an HDR image from multiple exposures
- Reveal details in highlights and shadows in HDR image
Designed for professional photographers and advanced amateurs, Photomatix Pro is a standalone application offering two methods of tone mapping, six methods of exposure blending, an alignment tool for out-of-register images, 16-bit support, and batch processing.
Enhancements:
- Made the ratio and preview magnification settings remembered separately depending on whether the image is in landscape or portrait mode.
- Made the text boxes of the Tone Mapping and Exposure Fusion settings in batch mode editable.
- Bug fixed: Position of the Tone Mapping Preview dialog was not correctly remembered.
methods of tone mapping, six methods of exposure blending, an alignment tool for out-of-register images, 16-bit support, and batch processingLicense:update/patch
ArKaos MediaMaster 1.1
ArKaos MediaMaster 1.1 is a helpful software that gives you control to 8 layers of high definition video to the lighting design industry. more>>
ArKaos MediaMaster 1.1 is a helpful software that gives you control to 8 layers of high definition video to the lighting design industry. With its state-of-the-art video mixing engine, support for high resolution output, LED panel integration and full DMX support, it proves you don't need to ruin yourself to integrate video performances to your light show.
Since MediaMaster's extensive fixture is supported by most console manufacturer, you're directly in control!
Major Features:
- 8 independent video layers
- Advanced Graphic engine: Fully hardware accelerated and Multi-threaded on multi-core CPUs
- Optimized for HD movies, HD output support
- Internal MPEG2-MPEG4 codec for enhanced reliability
- Intuitive user interface
- 60+ effects
- 50+ text animations
- Audio Visualization Generators
- Media library of 255 folders and 255 visuals
- Multiple video inputs (PCI card, FireWire DV / HDV, USB, etc.)
- Total control of your media: 3D position/ rotation, movie speed, color levels etc.
- Master brightness-contrast, keystone
- Multi-Screen and Wide-Screen with soft-edge
- MSEX Compatible: thumbnails preview and live output on your MSEX compatible lighting desk
- Windows XP, Vista and Mac OSX compatible
- 3 available fixtures: micro, tiny and full
- Support of all common media formats (AVI, MPEG, QuickTime MOV, Flash, WMV, picture files etc)
Enhancements:
- Software Genlocking to the output monitors for perfect playback up to 60fps without dropping frame
- Frame blending for smooth playback even at very slow speed
- Improved soft-edging algorithm
- Support for movies with alpha channels
- Build-in support for grandma MA-Net
- Native support of H.264 through FFMPEG 0.5
- New Cropping effect
Requirements:
- OS: Mac OS X 10.4 (and up).
- Processor: Any Intel Mac, G4/1Ghz (and up).
- RAM: 512MB, 1GB recommended.
- Media Component: QuickTimeTM 6.5.x (and up), Adobe FlashPlayerTM 9.0 (and up).
ChocoFlop 0.908
ChocoFlop is such a powerful tool which provides users an image manipulation program based entirely on Apples new CoreImage technology which takes advantages of the processing power in your GPU (graphics card). more>>
ChocoFlop 0.908 is such a powerful tool which provides users an image manipulation program based entirely on Apple's new CoreImage technology which takes advantages of the processing power in your GPU (graphics card).
This is a preview release of the upcoming ChocoFlop, a graphics manipulation program. As a preview it is entirely free but still unstable and not feature complete.
Main Benefits:
- Small, Launches in a pair of seconds
- Real Time non-destructive filters
- Rich Text Layers
- Load and opens many image formats
- Supports layers, layer masks, selections
- Paint tools with table pressure support
- HDR (128 bits per pixel)
- Universal Binary
- Easy to use for photoshop users
- Can import many additional RAW formats with dcraw
Major features:
- Non-destructive image editing
- Chain multiple filters without applying them: modify them or remove them when you want
- Rotate and scale your layers without applying the transformation on the pixels: zero loss of quality.
- Unlimited layers and sub-folders
- Layer masks, even for dynamic filters
- Built-in HDR support (High Dynamic Range).
- Filters and tools designed to take advantage of your graphics card's power
- Dozens of filters included, more with standard CoreImage plugins.
- Mix your layers with all industry standard blending modes and more.
- All the tools you can need to either retouch or create.
- File Formats and save for web
- Load and save to dozens of formats.
- Import RAW images, including rare formats thanks to dcraw.
- Export to Jpeg, PNG, or GIF and obtain the smallest possible sizes.
- Fine tune exportation with a real time preview (quality, colors, strip information)
- Rich Text Layers and PDF/AI layers
- Rich Text with all imaginable attributes : change fonts, colors, alignment, spacing... basically anything TextEdit can do.
- Stored as simple RTF files for easy import/export.
- Text can be affected by non-destructive filters, just like any other layer. You can for example apply a Perspective filter on a text and then edit this text and see the perspective update in real-time.
- Import PDF and Adobe Illustrator (.ai) files as layers
- A good mac citizen
- ChocoFlop is a native mac application: this means there's no slow compatibility or portability code around. It's made for mac only. The application download file is only about two megabytes.
- ChocoFlop can generate both preview and thumbnail images for in QuickLook (requires OSX 10.5 Leopard).
- Spotlight plugin to efficiently tag and search your images (currently in development)
- Advanced yet familiar GUI
- Full Screen mode.
- Real Time Preview for all filters and transformations.
- Type simple math expression in the inspector
- Industry standard shortcuts and user interface.
- Easy transition from much more expensive packages.
- Mac Intel or PowerPC G4.
- Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
Hydra 2.1.3
Hydra is created as an effective editor tool using a number of regular photographs (up to four) with different exposures (darker and lighter) to create a superior one which is much closer to what ones eye can see more>>
Hydra 2.1.3 is created as an effective editor tool using a number of regular photographs (up to four) with different exposures (darker and lighter) to create a superior one which is much closer to what one's eye can see. This is because a single photograph cannot represent the full gamut of light because of physical limitations in the sensor. This process is also known as a high dynamic range, or HDR, imaging. See the screencast tutorials for more information on how to acquire such images with your camera.
The output produced by Hydra is much closer to what your eye actually sees. You don't have to choose whether to have a beautiful sky or buildings, take 2 photos (or more) with perfect parameters for each of them, then combine them with Hydra.
The images that Hydra uses are not required to be taken with a tripod, as it is usually the case with HDR software. Hydra uses the same warping algorithm as Morph Age, which permits the alignment of images with offsets above a few pixels. This is a unique feature that means you can take photos anywhere without a tripod to later blend them in Hydra. This will change your way of making HDRs.
Major Features:
- Input Images
- Images (TIFF, JPEG, PNG, PSD, PDF, RAW, DNG, PEF and most other file formats)
- Exposure Value Calculator
- Input filters (contrast, sharpness, color temperature)
- Output Formats
- Hydra Documents (.hydra)
- JPEG Images (8-bit)
- TIFF (8-bit and 16-bit)
- OpenEXR (32-bit) only available in the stand-alone version
- Aperture Support
- Import from Aperture Library
- Export to Aperture Projects
- Plug-In (processing within Aperture with the same interface as in the stand-alone version)
- Application Support
- Real-Time Preview
- Document Saving (choice of the file name and directory)
- Alignment
- Advanced Automatic Image Matching Techniques (free form and homography)
- Multi-core acceleration
- Manual Matching with Visual Feedback
- Non-linear Warping based on Morph Age Technology (CeedMorph)
- Real-time Previewing
- Special image border handling (crop or mirror)
- Merging
- Ultra-fast GPU accelerated HDR image merging
- Real-time Previewing
- Individual Image Influence Parameterization
- Output filters (saturation, sharpness, brightness, contrast)
- Smoothness Tuning
- Blending Tuning
- Navigation through exposure
- Loupe Tool with real time 1:1 preview
- Tone Mapping
- Perceptive
- Highlights Compression
- Local Adaptation
- User Experience
- Elegant and Intuitive Interface (the same in the stand-alone version as in the Aperture Plug-in)
- Zoom and Navigation for Images
- Switch Regular and HDR Viewing
- Fullscreen Mode with HUD
- Connection to iLife, input from and export to iPhoto library
- Saving/loading HDR Presets, for user-defined effects
Enhancements:
- Fixed Automatic Alignment Crash in Snow Leopard
- Fixed Fullscreen Mode in Snow Leopard
Requirements:
- Mac OS X 10.5.4 Leopard or later
- Any Intel Mac or a PowerMac G5 with at least 64MB of VRAM (GPU) required.
- Mac with Intel processor and at least 128 MB VRAM highly recommended.
- 32-bit and 64-bit architectures supported
exposures (darker and lighter) to create a superior one which is much closer to what ones eye can ... Blending Tuning. Navigation through exposure. Loupe Tool with real time 1:1 preview. ToneLicense:update/patch
Topaz Fusion Express
Powerful Topaz functions integrated to Aperture workflow. more>>
Topaz Fusion Express gives Aperture users the means to harness the power and versatility of Topaz Photoshop plug-ins without even opening up Photoshop. Topaz Fusion Express eliminates a cumbersome extra step and allows you to access the entire workflow within Aperture.
Aperture users don't even need Photoshop! Topaz Fusion Express and its associated plug-ins are completely self-contained with Aperture itself.
Major Features:
- Easily Improve Image Quality:
- The Topaz suite of plug-ins greatly extends the functionality of existing Aperture adjustments. (Roll over images for Before version.)
- Topaz DeNoise offers a complete noise reduction solution that removes far more noise and preserves far more detail than other solutions.
- Topaz Adjust optimizes image exposure, color, and detail strength for stunning image results.
- Topaz Simplify provides creative simplification, art effects, and line accentuation for easy one-of-a-kind art.
- Topaz Clean integrates unique smoothing capabilities with stylized detail manipulation to add refreshing flair to photos.
- Topaz DeJPEG drastically improves the quality of web images and other compressed photos.
- With Topaz Fusion Express, these powerful filters are all available at the click of a button right in Apertures interface. The addition of these highly effective yet intuitive plug-ins to Aperture puts greatly enhanced editing power at the fingertips of any photographer.
- (Note that Topaz Fusion Express only makes these plug-ins compatible with Aperture each actual product requires separate purchase for full functionality beyond 30 days.)
- Easy and Effective Retouching:
- Access all the post-processing tools you need right inside of Aperture.
- DeNoise
- Noise reduction, an integral part of low light / high ISO photography, is often unsatisfactory with native Aperture noise reduction tools.
- Topaz DeNoises state-of-the-art noise reduction abilities make formerly noisy photos clean, clear, and crisp.
- Quality exposure adjustment in Aperture and Photoshop is cumbersome and sometimes frustrating.
- Topaz Adjust makes this process simple, fun, and highly rewarding.
- Regular Aperture users must export their photos to Photoshop to create any sort of artistic effect.
- Fusion Express users can use Topaz Simplify right from Aperture as a stunning finishing touch to their photos.
- Topaz Clean offers something Photoshop and Aperture have no equivalent for: full control of detail and edge manipulation and stylization right within Aperture itself.
- Aperture includes no JPEG fixer and Photoshop includes a fast but low-quality one.
- Topaz DeJPEG make sure that any compressed image looks like best it can possibly be.
Requirements:
- Intel-based Mac OS 10.4 or 10.5.
- PowerPC processors like G4 or G5 are not supported.
- 1 GB RAM
- Apple Aperture 2.
RAW Developer 1.8.4
powerful RAW image processing and conversion application designed and optimized specifically for Mac OS X. more>>
RAW Developer 1.8.4 is a very tractable and powerful RAW image conversion application designed and optimized specifically for Mac OS X.
RAW Developer gives advanced photographers total control over every aspect of their digital camera's output, yet still provides easy drag and drop batch conversion and access to basic adjustments for the casual user. Thanks in large part to Dave Coffin's work on the open source RAW decoding program dcraw, RAW developer is able to support files from over 150 digital camera models.
Note that in spite of using portions of dcraw for decoding RAW image files, essentially the entire image processing pipeline is completely unique to RAW Developer this includes the demosaicing algorithms used for all cameras based on RGB color filters (which is nearly all of them), all color management operations, all other processing adjustments, sharpening, noise reduction and final file format conversion.
Major Features:
- Completely non-destructive image processing.
- Fast, High Quality Image Previews
- High Quality Image Processing, 16 bits/channel (48bit RGB) or for some operations 32 bits per/channel high dynamic range floating point
- Easy, flexible batch conversion: High quality image interpolation alogorithms give excellent image detail with minimal demosaicing artifacts. All image processing operations are performed at 16 bits per channel or greater. RAW Developer 1.5 features improved demosaic processing with further refinements to already exceptional image detail and reduced color noise along high contrast edges.
- Advanced Sharpening and Noise Reduction Algorithms: RAW Developer offers four advanced sharpening methods, including unsharp mask, difference of gaussian, "hybrid" sharpen and Richardson-Lucy Deconvolution (Mac OS X 10.4 or later only). All are processed in 32 bits/channel floating point CIELab color space to avoid color artifacts. Powerful hot/dead pixel filters and noise reduction algorithms help eliminate noise, especially from images taken with long exposures or high ISO settings.
- Image File and EXIF Information Window: RAW Developer offers a meta data information window which displays detailed image file and EXIF information.
- Flexible Monochrome (Black And White) Conversion Options: Flexible black and white conversion options including RGB channel mixer, Lab lightness, luma, desaturate, intensity and custom duotones.
- Extensive Image Adjustment Options: You're in total control of every step of the conversion process, multiple fully user editable tone curves, customizable color correction matrix, flexible ICC color matching options, exposure compensation, white balance, contrast, saturation and more.
- ICC Color Management Support through ColorSync: Ability to specify camera or image specific input profiles, working space profiles for image adjustments and final image output profiles. At this time only RGB color spaces are supported.
- Unlimited batch processing: You can continue making image adjustments while other images are converted in the background. Supports, easy drag and drop image conversion with flexible file naming options and support for multiple file formats including JPEG, TIFF, PNG, JPEG2000 and more.
- What You See Is What You Get: RAW developer allows you to view and make all image adjustments while viewing a full resolution, fully color managed, 16 bit per channel preview.
- Support for EXIF Meta Data: EXIF meta data is supported when exporting to JPEG or TIFF image formats. Supported fields depend on camera model, but generally include shutter speed, aperture, ISO speed, focal length, exposure mode, metering mode, flash information, camera make/model and date digitized.
- Flexible Histogram View: Supports 256, 512 or an extra wide 1024 levels of detail. Viewing modes include RGB, individual R, G, B channels, all three colors at once, CIE Lightness, CIE Luminance, CIE Chroma (ab), luminosity, hue and saturation.
- Multithreaded and Velocity Engine (AltiVec) (or SSE) optimized: Takes full advantage of multi-core and multi processor systems and the advanced capibilities of the PowerPC G4 and G5 and Intel processors. All image processing is handled by secondary threads so your work is never blocked waiting for processing to complete.
- "Processing Disabled" Output Mode: Ability to bypass all image adjustments and all color matching operations for fast, high quality export of linear files intended for further processing with other image processing programs or RAW workflows. Also useful for creating non-color matched output for use in generating custom camera or scene profiles with ICC camera profiling software.
Enhancements:
- New Features:
- Support added for Canon Rebel T1i/500D/Kiss X3.
- Support added for Nikon D5000.
- Support added for Pentax K-7.
- Support added for Olympus E-P1 and E-450.
- Support added for Sony DSLR-A230, DSLR-A330 and DSLR-A380.
- Support added for Panasonic DMC-GH1.
- Support added for Phase One P40+ and new EIP format from Capture One.
- Support added for Kodak Z980.
- Support added for DNG format files from non camera or non RAW source images such as scanners and DNG conversions of TIFF, JPEG or PSD images.
- Improvements:
- Greatly improved quality of preview image rendering, especially at small scale sizes.
- Improved handling and default settings for various Sinar IA/STI/DNG format files.
- Much improved interpolation for the Fuji SR type sensor as used in the S5 Pro and S3 Pro models.
- Improved default camera tone curves for the Olympus E-30 and E-620.
- Bug Fixes:
- Fixed issues with loading some Hasselblad FFF format files.
- FIxed issue where some Leaf images would be skewed when upscaled on export at 16 bits/channel.
cablemdiag 1.0
cablemdiag is created with the aim to expose some of the more important maintenance variables to the public, allowing their manual exposure. more>>
cablemdiag 1.0 is created with the aim to expose some of the more important maintenance variables to the public, allowing their manual exposure.
In addition, it also display a warning when the values of the cables signals are off the range. (i.e. cable not good). Now it also has context sensitive help explaining the data collected.
- Corrected bugs when displaying some snr, usp and dsp values.
- Fixed modulation tooltips.
- Wrote code to get the time of each event of the log.
- Created a table view to display Date Hour and Event of the Log.
- Allow TAB to change between Connect button and table view.
- Modified the Application Icon to the correct transparency.
- Created a more professional looking DMG package file, with a background picture, icon, and a link allowing the user to drag easily the app to the Applications folder.
- Mac OS X 10.5 or later.
Inkscape 0.47 Pre0 / 0.46.3
Drawing tool with capabilities similar to Illustrator/Freehand/CorelDraw Inkscape is an useful drawing application with capabilities similar to Illustrator, Freehand, and CorelDraw that uses the W3C more>> Drawing tool with capabilities similar to Illustrator/Freehand/CorelDraw
Inkscape is an useful drawing application with capabilities similar to Illustrator, Freehand, and CorelDraw that uses the W3C standard scalable vector graphics format (SVG).
Some supported SVG features include basic shapes, paths, text, markers, clones, alpha blending, transforms, gradients, and grouping.
In addition, Inkscape supports Creative Commons meta-data, node-editing, layers, complex path operations, text-on-path, and SVG XML editing. It also imports several formats like EPS, Postscript, JPEG, PNG, BMP, and TIFF and exports PNG as well as multiple vector-based formats.
Inkscapes main motivation is to provide the Open Source community with a fully W3C compliant XML, SVG, and CSS2 drawing tool.
Inkscape supports the drawing of regular shapes (rectangles, circles, etc.), arbitrary paths, and text. These objects can be given a wide variety of attributes such as color, gradient or patterned fills, alpha blending, and markers. Objects can be transformed, cloned, and grouped. Hyperlinks can be added for use in web browsers. The Inkscape program aims to be fully XML, SVG, and CSS compliant.
Inkscape is available prepackaged for the Windows, Macintosh and Linux operating systems. The program and its source code are freely available.
System requirements:
- Apples X11 windowing environment.
Enhancements
- nkscape 0.46 is a major update that introduces native PDF support. The implementation of PDF support in Inkscape provides an easy, open source solution to editing PDF documents.
- Dialogs now have the ability to be docked to the editing window.
- Gradients can be edited completely on-canvas.
- The new Paint Bucket Tool fills bounded areas with color.
- A new 3D Box tool helps create perspective-correct drawings.
- A new Tweak tool provides an intuitive method for editing paths and painting objects.
- The new Live Path Effects feature can create "brushes" and various organic effects on paths.
- Improvements to color management include support for color spaces other than sRGB.
- Most SVG filters are now implemented, and a new powerful UI is provided for editing filter stacks.
Java Image Editor 2.1.355
Free and simple image editor built using Swing and filter classes more>> Free and simple image editor built using Swing and filter classes
Java Image Editor is a free and simple image editor built using Swing and filter classes.
Java Image Editor was originally written as a test harness for image processing classes, but has now become a fully fledged application.
Main features:
- Multiple image layers
- Brushes: paint, clone, erase etc.
- Blending modes - add, screen, darken etc.
- Transformations: scale, rotate, shear, perspective
- Lots of effects and image-processing operations
- Reads and writes multiple image formats
- Extensible via a plugin mechanism
Mixmeister Studio 7.3.3
Mixmeister Studio 7.3.3 is developed to be a handy software which enables you to easily expand your creativity and produce mixes beyond traditional mixing and blending. more>> Mixmeister Studio 7.3.3 is developed to be a handy software which enables you to easily enhance your creativity and produce mixes beyond traditional mixing and blending. Studio changed the way remixes are created and remains the best DJ studio production software. It includes breakthrough new features like an enhanced timeline, improved time-stretching and support for Mac OS X.
MixMeister Studio allows DJs to reconfigure a mix with a workflow similar to a DAW (digital audio workstation). This innovative approach makes it possible for a full-length mix to be constructed and produced on-screen. By automating most beat-mixing tasks, MixMeister Studio DJs can mix up to eight songs simultaneously and take advantage of exciting features like intelligent looping (up to eight measures) and the ability to overlay samples and sound effects. MixMeister Studio records all DJs actions and manipulations and allows them to be tweaked and altered to create the perfect studio mix.
MixMeister Studio also offers expansion via connectivity with a wide range of MIDI hardware controllers, and when your mix is complete it can be exported as an MP3 or burned to a CD using the integrated burning tools.
Requirements:
- Mac OS X 10.4 or later
- PowerPC or Intel Core Duo 1.6 GHz or better
- 1GB RAM
- Second sound card or CoreAudio-compliant
- Multi-channel sound card required for live monitoring
Platypus 4.2
Create application wrappers for shell scripts. more>> Create application wrappers for shell scripts.
Platypus is a Mac OS X program for creating application wrappers around scripts, i.e. creating Mac OS X applications that execute a script they are bundled with.
Scripts are then to run transparently from the graphical window environment, facilitating their execution and blending seamlessly into the user interface.
Platypus is free, open-source software and is distributed under the terms and conditions of the Free Software Foundations GNU General Public License. Platypus is written for the Cocoa application programming interfaces.
Main features:
- Supports shell scripts, Perl, Python, PHP, Ruby, Expect, Tcl, AppleScript
- Supports arbitrary interpreter -- thus support for any script type
- Executing scripts with root privileges via Apples Security Framework
- Drag and drop files, which are passed to the script as arguments
- Graphical feedback of script execution: progress bar or text window with script output
- Can create applications which run in the background
- Sophisticated app bundle configuration for associated file types, identifier, version etc.
- Graphical interface for bundling support files with script
- Built-in script editor, or linking with external editor of choice
- Set own application icon or select from presets
- Command line tool for automating script application bundling.
Enhancements
- Droppable Platypus apps can now execute script again when new files are dropped.
- Text settings now available for Progress Bar output mode.
- Command line tool now supports setting text output properties such as font, color and encoding.
- Command line tool has achieved feature parity with GUI application.
- Command line tool now correctly handles relative paths.
- Change in profile format to make it more transparent and human-readable/editable.
- "Show Shell Command" now shows all parameters for command line app.
- Platypus apps now default to remaining open after execution.
- Secure bundled script option now correctly excludes Development Version save option.
- Fixed bug from 4.1 where text settings failed to be applied.
- Fixed memory leak and bugs in privileged execution mode.
- Fixed bug in path text field autocompletion.
- Updated documentation to reflect recent features.
- Minor interface tweaks and fixes.
environment, facilitating their execution and blending seamlessly into the user interface
Sauerbraten 2009_5_4
Sauerbraten is a kind of game considered the key redesign of the Cube FPS. more>>
Sauerbraten 2009_5_4 is a kind of game considered the key redesign of the Cube FPS. Much like the original Cube, the aim of this game is not necessarily to produce the most features & eye-candy possible, but rather to allow map/geometry editing to be done dynamically in-game, to create fun gameplay and an elegant engine.
The engine supporting the game is entirely original in code & design, and its code is Open Source (ZLIB license, read the docs for more on how you can use the engine).
In addition to the FPS game which is in a very playable state, the engine is being used for an RPG which is in the preproduction phase.
Enhancements:
- new playermodel, IronSnout X10K
- new weapon models
- new sound track
- new splash screen and logo
- 28 new multiplayer maps!
- 1 new singleplayer map
- new "protect" and "insta protect" game modes
- bots that work for both MP and offline play
- ragdoll physics
- texture blending and new flame/smoke particles for map editing
- in-game movie recording and also PNG screenshots
- new engines features like ZIP archive support, better grass, pre-compressed DXT1/3/5 textures for faster loading, fixed-function shadowmaps & dynamic lights, low cost blob shadows, particle culling, faster shader loading, revised post-process effect system, and more
- support for custom server ports, server passwords, public key crypto, and server-init.cfg for easier server configs
Requirements:
- Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later, 32 MB graphics card.
