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HTML Tricks 2.11
Extreme Macs HTML Tricks is a stand alone document that will teach anyone to learn and enhance their html skills to build sharper web pages more>> Extreme Macs HTML Tricks is a stand alone document that will teach anyone to learn and enhance their html skills to build sharper web pages. The Chapters discuss: Starting Off, Text and Background, Text Highlights, Text Alignment, Dividers, Links, Image, More Image Tips, Tables, Misc Extras, Frames, Client Pull, Forms, Transparent Gifs, Gif Animation, Quick Reference, and Free Web Utilities! It covers the entire basis for learning html the easy way. Includes follow along lessons, and graphically enhanced images to make your learning fast and fun. Its in a DOC Maker format so you can read and learn offline, not wasting time or money.
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Image Tricks Pro 2.4
Image Tricks Pro is a high-speed and powerful program which is capable of editing and generating images. It uses Mac OS X Core Image filters that transform photos and pictures to unimaginable extent. more>>
Image Tricks Pro 2.4 is a high-speed and powerful program which is capable of editing and generating images. It uses Mac OS X Core Image filters that transform photos and pictures to unimaginable extent.
Various mathematical algorithms let you generate unique images. Created artwork can be used as a background, web-design illustration, for print materials and more.
Try the Freeware version and if you like it you can purchase a license code to activate Pro version filters and generators for just $8.95.
Major Features:- Easy to use and friendly Interface.
- 54 Core Image Effects and Filters (48 in Free version).
- 19 image generators (12 in Free version).
- Import over 20 image formats (TIFF, JPEG, GIF, PDF, EPS among them).
- Export to TIFF, JPEG, PDF, PNG and GIF formats.
- OpenGL acceleration supported.
- iPhoto integration.
- Universal Binary version allows to run natively on both PowerPC and Intel-based Macintosh computers.
Enhancements:
- 4 filters for both Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5:
- Transform;
- Bi-Color (Pro version), False Color (Color category);
- Square Tile (Tile category, Pro version);
- 13 Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) only filters:
- Comic Effect (Color category);
- Box Blur, Disc Blur (Focus category, in Blur group);
- Bump Distortion Linear (Distortion category);
- Line Overlay (Style category);
- Fourfold Rotated, Fourfold Translated, Glide Reflected (Tile category, Tiled Textures group);
- Eightfold Reflected, Fourfold Reflected, Sixfold Reflected, Sixfold Rotated (Tile category, Reflected Textures group);
- Bars Swipe Transition (Overlap category, Pro version).
- Improvements:
- Export and Save changes, option to use OpenGL acceleration affects image preview only, final result is created with a higher quality rendering.
- Applying filters to your photos will not affect EXIF data. EXIF data is kept after applying effects to photos.
- Kaleidoscope filter improved (Tile category).
- Option to adjust second color added for Gaussian Blur (Focus category); Stripes, Checkerboard Generator (Overlap category) filters.
- Improved compatibility with Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5).
- Fixes:
- Problem with losing mouse cursor and zoom parameters when applying masks solved.
- Parameters behaviour on Leopard system fixed for Rectangular Splash (Distortion category), Shaded Materials (Style category), Net Distortion (Distortion category).
- Random Generator filter (Style category) fixed.
- Problem with showing black instead of transparent background in plug-in solved.
- Background transparency when saving to TIFF format is fixed (plug-in).
- Save dialog on Leopard system (Mac OS X 10.5) fixed.
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
Big Box of Tricks 1.0
Big Box of Tricks includes the existing filters from the discontinued Nattress Set 1 and Set 2, as well as several new filters more>>
The package consists of eight groups of filters, one group of generators and one group of transitions:
Blurs: These filters give you several different ways to blur your image, or parts of your image. Includes: G Cool Blur, G Directional Blur, G Horizontal and Vertical Blur, G H and V Blur Glow, and G Radial Blur.
Extra Touches: In this group you find filters that add a little something to your video. Includes: G Beauty, G Bug Eye, G Earthquaker, G FBM Noise, G Lens Flare, G Reverberator, G Split Screen, G Star, G Theartrical and G Tone Enhancer.
FixIT: Each of these filters addresses a specific problem, and fixes it. Includes G Alpha Expander, G Chroma Smoother, G Copy Channel, G Deflash, G Deflicker, G Field, and G Reinterlacer.
Image F/X: This group of filters modifies the look of your video and includes G Diffuse, G False Colour, G Monochrome, G Posterise, G Saturator, G Saturator Balanced, G Sharpen, G Surreal, G Threshold, and G Tint.
Levels And Curves: These filters are designed to give you precise control over the tones in your video, operating in either RGB or YCbCr space for creative control. Although Final Cut Pro has some in-built plugins for Levels and Contrast, they can be tricky to use and do not provide the creative control that these plugins offer. Includes G Contrast, G Detail Contrast, G Detail Levels, G Hyper Contrast, G Levels, G Simple Contrast, G Simple Curves, G Simple Levels, and G Super Levels.
Noise Reduction: Some useful filters to reduce/eliminate static and buzz. Includes: G Chroma Noise Reduction, G Spatial Noise Reduction, and G Temporal Noise Reduction.
Time Tools: These filters play with time and/or fields and frames. Includes G 50 Percent, and G Timelapse.
TV Effects: When you need to create the look of television, with all its quirks and faults, these filters give you the tools you need. Includes G Analogue, G Chroma Shift, G Digital, G Head Clog, G Resolution, G RGB TV, G Roll, G Scratch, G Shift, and G TV Lines.
Transitions: Here you will find several innovative ways to get from shot A to shot B! Includes G Burn, G Directional Blur Dissolve, G Dissolve, G Glow Dissolve, G Horizontal and Vertical Blur Dissolve, G Lens Flare Transition, G Long Dissolve, G Sharp Dissolve, and G Spring.
Generators: Look here for plug-ins to create animated lines for your next Indianna Jones style epic, animated video strips, countdowns, bar graphs or random symbols for alien manuscripts. Includes G Bars, G Countdown, G FBM Noise Generator, G Fields and Frames, G Laser, G Lines, G Long Lines, G Random, and G Video Strip.
yFlicks 3.0.2
A movie player based on Mac OS X’s QuickTime Framework. more>>
A movie player based on the Mac OS X QuickTime Framework. The most important aspect is that you can watch your movies just like you used to do with QuickTime Player. But in additon to that, yFlicks offers the ability to play videos in fullscreen mode, organize your videos in groups, search them, rate them, and browse them in preview mode.
- Available Language: English. Please do not localize yFlicks just yet, as its resources are bound to change some more.
Furthermore you can easily download YouTube/Google videos, view them as Flash videos (requires the free Perian codec), and export them to other movie formats e.g., for viewing them on your iPod.
You will be able to lauch yFlicks a total of 10 times without any limitations. Afterwards, yFlicks will remind you of its shareware characteristics in a not-so-subtle way.
Tetroku 1.1
Tetroku is a Sudoku / Tetris hybrid game more>>
Special blocks include:
- Wild block. These bocks can make things easier as they can be placed anywhere.
- Random block. These blocks reveal a random number and may or may not be helpful.
A special mention needs to be made of the slice bonus. This will cause the blocks involved to turn into wild blocks. Trust me, this can be very helpful.
Version restrictions:
- Can only complete level 1 in Demo mode.
Enhancements:
- added a "Level" column in the high scores table;
- added system "Sound" adjustment to preferences;
- added "Background pictures" preference option so you can play to pretty scenery backdrop.
Trilite 3.0
Trilite is a game similiar to tic-tac-toe, but much more fun and challenging. The object is to get three adjacent squares set to your color. These squares may be horizontal, vertical, or diagonal more>> Trilite is a game similiar to tic-tac-toe, but much more fun and challenging. The object is to get three adjacent squares set to your color. These squares may be horizontal, vertical, or diagonal. On your turn, click on any empty square to fill it with your color. Sound simple enough? Well, heres the trick: you may only have three squares at a time. Once you click on a fourth square, the first one you selected becomes empty again, allowing your opponent to make a surprise move. You may play against another person or a computer player (with two levels of difficulty).
System 7.0 or later.
Trolls 1.3.1
Addictive strategic game where you become a Warrior, Wizard, or Elf. more>>
There are 3 different characters to choose from: Warrior, Wizard, or Elf. Each character has their own special power to trick and destroy the trolls.
Carnival Jackpot 1.0
Carnival Jackpot - Breakout your beads and step up to see how lucky you are! more>>
Dialectic 1.4.1
Highly versatile telephony tool that unites your Mac, data, and phones enabling you to be more productive. more>> Highly versatile telephony tool that unites your Mac, data, and phones enabling you to be more productive.
Dialectic is a highly versatile telephony tool that unites your Mac, data, and phones - mobile, landline, and VoIP - enabling you to be more productive. And its designed exclusively for Macintosh.
Dialing the phone? Fun? How can that be? Simple: Dialectic. See a phone number on a webpage? Two clicks of the mouse and the Bluetooth-enabled phone in your pocket is main window connecting your call - and iTunes is paused and your iChat status is set to "On the phone...".
Have a number entered into your digital address book? Click and talk. Its so much fun youll be calling people just for an excuse to use Dialectic.
While Dialectic is a wiz at dialing, there are many more tricks in its bag. Theres monitoring of incoming calls, a system-wide Address Book menu that allows instant access to all of your contact data, a comprehensive call log, a call timer, and much, much more.
Best of all, its all scriptable which means you can integrate it into your own workflow allowing you to get more done in less time.
Main features:
- Quick & Easy Integration With: Address Book, Marketcircle Daylite, Microsoft Entourage, Now Contact, Palm Desktop, FileMaker Pro & Other Databases, Launchers such as Butler, LaunchBar, & Quicksilver, System-Wide Dialing via Contextual Menu or Services Menu, Voice Activated Dialing, Incoming Call Detection & Auto Redial on Busy, Call Timer, Log, Notepad, & While You Were Out Notes, System-Wide Quick Dial Numbers (Speed Dial)
- Supports Dialing With: Bluetooth mobile phones, Landlines, Asterisk, BroadVoice, CallVantage, Cisco IP Phones, FRITZ!Box, Ovolab Phlink, Parliant PhoneValet, Speakeasy.net, ViaTalk, Vonage.
- VoIP Softphones: CounterPath softphones, Gizmo, iSoftPhone, JackenIAX, LoudHush, ohphoneX, Skype, WengoPhone, & More!
System requirements:
- An External Telephone or a VoIP Account & an Internet Connection.
- Any of the following Contact Management Applications: Address Book, Marketcircle Daylite, Microsoft Entourage, Now Contact, Palm Desktop.
Version restrictions:
- 14 days trial period.
Enhancements
- Added AppleScript commands to pause and restore incoming call detection on all modems to allow better compatibility with other modem-related software
- Fixed a bug that caused an incorrect dialing string to be sent to an iPhone when using a comma pause
- Fixed a bug that prevented multiple status windows from tiling correctly
Enigmatic Movements 2.0.3
Enigmatic Movements - Challenging puzzle game, real brainfood! more>>
row or
column contains the same tile. The challenge is to do this with the least
number of moves possible! The difficulty depends on the board size, which can
be chosen between 4x4 tiles (piece of cake) and 10x10 tiles (very difficult).
In the Challenge Mode, youre challenged to complete a board within the maximum
number of moves allowed. When you succeed, you get points awarded, and a new
challenge. Challenges will keep getting harder, and youll need to gain
insight, and learn the tricks of the game, to complete them all!
Main features:
- Board sizes ranging from 4 by 4 tiles to 10 by 10 tiles.
- 3 sets of colorful tiles.
- Challenge mode: solve a series of challenges for points.
- A user-friendly way of moving the tiles. You can either drag a tile, or click a tile to grab it, move the mouse to move it, and click again to release it.
- Statistics for up to 10 different players.
Enhancements:
- Version 2.0 has been ported to Mac OS X and features an improved graphics.
Version restrictions:
- limited to 4x4 and 5x5 boards.
QuicKeys 4.0 Beta 6 / 3.2.3
Takes the daily tasks and turns them into simple one step shortcuts. more>> Takes the daily tasks and turns them into simple one step shortcuts.
QuicKeys X is the first automation utility specifically designed for Mac OS X. It takes the daily tasks that would normally require you five...six...twenty or more steps and turns them into simple one step shortcuts.
Automate anything from launching programs, mounting servers, selecting menus, and running UNIX commands to typing text or shutting down your Classic environment.
Whatever you do, however many steps, QuicKeys will help you save time and increase your productivity.
Main features:
- Triggers: hot keys, sticky keys, toolbars, timers & quickeys menu
- Use hot keys, which can be virtually any key combination, to trigger your QuicKeys shortcuts.
- With the Sticky Key option, you can also string a series of hot keys together for even more flexibility. For example use F1->I->E to launch Internet Explorer and F1->E->M to launch your e-mail application.
- Create toolbars that contain buttons for any or all of your shortcuts. Like other triggers, toolbars can be for all applications or application specific (the toolbar will only appear when the specified application is open). Toolbar tabs allow you to have one toolbar with multiple tabs - each containing different sets of shortcuts.
- Set timers to activate shortcuts at a specified time on any day of the week. Timed triggers can repeat at an interval which you define.
- Launch shortcuts, open the QuicKeys Editor and control playback of steps from custom menu selections in the QuicKeys Dock menu or QuicKeys System menu.
- Shortcuts can be triggered automatically after a specific application opens, quits, becomes front-most or leaves the front.
- Users can now directly assign shortcuts to buttons on a USB mouse, trackball, joystick, and even special keys like Eject and Mute on a keyboard.
- If a user has a microphone attached to their Mac, they can assign a unique phrase for any QuicKeys shortcut, which when spoken will activate that shortcut.
- QuicKeys Shortcuts can be saved as files and can now be used in any toolbar application - even on the dock. This also allows Shortcuts to be played by other applications like iCal or FileMaker.
- All shortcut triggers can now be tied to a time-range qualifier. When this qualifier is grouped with another trigger users can limit that triggers operation to specified time ranges.
- Recording & Playback: With the recording feature, QuicKeys will watch and record your actions so you can play them back at any time. This feature is great for quickly automating longer, multi-step tasks.
- Designate shortcuts to work only in certain applications or in all applications.
- You have the option of excluding certain applications from the "All Applications" scope.
- In addition to being able to set the scope for each shortcut, users can now assign subscopes for the different parts of the selected application. For example, have the F1 hot key do one thing while editing a document and have it do something else when doing print layout.
- Shortcut Import & Export: Transfer your shortcuts to another computer or user. Great for utilizing the same shortcuts on multiple computers or for sharing your favorite shortcuts with friends or co-workers.
- Public/Shared Shortcuts: A new way to share shortcuts has been added, giving a whole office the ability to be efficient together. Using Public Shortcuts, administrators can now publish shortcuts that users can easily subscribe to. Plus, any changes made to these Public Shortcuts will be updated on each users machine automatically whenever QuicKeys is launched.
System requirements:
- Certain features require an internet connection.
- 128MB total memory(256MB recommended).
- 20MB of free disk space.
Version restrictions:
- 30 days trial period.
Enhancements
- One word to type them all! - Lets start with Abbreviations. Abbreviations let you type a short word (aka an Abbreviation) in a document and automatically replace it with other longer text, run a QuicKeys Shortcut, or even paste in a QuicKeys Clip. Abbreviations are extremely useful for typing text super quickly. Now you can be verbose by being succinct.
- Automation, meet the Web. Web, meet Automation. - Finally, QuicKeys automation has come to the web! Using Web Actions you can automate web pages in Safari. Web Actions give you amazing control of most web sites and the ever growing number of web applications.
- Everything is online... even QuicKeys! - Then there is the new QuicKeys Online ? an online resource center available from right inside the QuicKeys Editor. Here you can find the Shortcut Gallery where you can download pre-made Shortcuts submitted by other users (and you can share your own, too, if you wish), view tutorials, and read regularly updated tips and tricks of how to use QuicKeys (posted via QuicKeys on Twitter).
- A fresh, warm batch of files - Another great new feature is Batch Processor. Batch Processor actions let you repeatedly run a Shortcut that performs actions for all the files in a particular folder.
- Instant Gratification - For those times you just want to quickly automate something and keep right on going weve added the new Instant Shortcut. This special Shortcut lets you make a quick, temporary recording of your actions that can be played back over and over until you record a new Instant Shortcut. You can, of course, save a copy to add to your collection of useful Shortcuts.
- Have a QuicKey anytime, anywhe - Do you have an iPhone/iPod Touch? Get the QuicKeys Anywhere remote control app from the iTunes AppStore. It lets you run your Shortcuts back on your Mac from wherever you and your iPhone/iPod Touch may be (with a WiFi or phone connection of course). Available soon!
- Perfect Harmony - If you need to rock out with QuicKeys, we have new MIDI triggers that let you trigger Shortcuts via MIDI enabled musical instruments or equipment. You can even specify musical chords as triggers to give you an incredible variety of possibilities.
- Like a hot key in a haystack - We have also added the ability to search your Shortcuts based on all kinds of criteria (including hot keys). Plus you can save your searches as Smart Folders. Very useful for you power users with incredible amounts of Shortcuts.
CSSEdit 2.6
CSSEdit makes creating style sheets for anything from blogs to dynamic Web Apps a piece of cake. more>>
With intuitive visual controls and a powerful source environment, aspiring web designers and Pros alike will find their way to Web 2.0 in style. CSSEdit 2 redefines web design by offering real-time styling for any website, even AJAX-powered killer Web Apps.
- Instantly Preview anything, even Web Apps
- Intuitive visual editors let you edit in style
- Create selectors in plain English using the Selector Builder
- Modify source code with intelligent CodeSense
- X-ray pages to reveal their structure
- Milestones let you mess up without worries
- Weed out errors with the slick Validation tool
- Discover CSS right from your browser
- Extract style sheets and learn new tricks
- Organize in folders and filter easily
Personal Lexicon 1.0
Usage context, pronunciation, inflected forms, and spelling each add a level of difficulty when trying to master words, etc. more>>
As students, we must employ all possible tricks to build and maintain memory associations. When faced with learning thousands of vocabulary items and grammar rules, its easy to forget something that was learned a few days ago let alone a few months ago.
Taking notes and reviewing them is essential, but trying to find those same notes after a few weeks have passed can be time consuming. Personal Lexicon has been created to help you solve these problems by providing students an easy-to-use interface to track what theyve learned and to maintain and assess their progress.
Devastro 1.5
Devastro - save the Earth from yet another alien invasion more>>
Mission objective: Kill all enemy. Are you going to carefully train your recruits to make them tough as Rambo or spend them by the dozens? Scout and plan your attack or open fire the first second?
The full version contains 27 missions located in 3 different environments, new enemies, moving vehicles, new tricks & traps and much more.
Available to you imediatly after purchase thanks to electronic activation.
