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  • Screencasting from Your Desktop with ScreenFlow

    Jochen Wolters By Jochen Wolters
    Jochen Wolters reviews ScreenFlow, an affordable and easy to use screencasting studio. Screenflow grabs audio and video from the computer and external sources, provides a timeline for editing recordings, and offers a range of effects for creating on-screen software presentations.
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BLOGS
Digital Media Mac Blogs > Mac

OpenOffice 3.0 Beta with Native Mac Aqua Interface (Finally!)

By Todd Ogasawara
May 14, 2008 | Comments: 1
OpenOffice 3.0 for Mac Beta finally lets us run OOo without X11. It has some compatibility issues with Microsoft Office 2008 formats. But, it runs faster than Office 2008. And, the price is right. Read on a for a few more initial impressions of OOo 3.0 Beta for Mac.
    tags:
  • aqua
  • microsoft office 2008
  • openoffice
Digital Media Mac Blogs > Mac

Mac FFOSS (Freeware/Free & Open Source Software)

By Todd Ogasawara
May 14, 2008 | Comments: 0
Here's what I looked at last week: Transmission BitTorrent client, Microsoft Live Search, Yahoo and McAfee partner for web security, NetBeans IDE 6.1.
    tags:
  • freeware
  • open source
  • web services

Digital Media Mac Blogs > Mac

Multi-track video effects with ScreenFlow

By Jochen Wolters
May 13, 2008 | Comments: 0
Commenting on my recent review of ScreenFlow, my esteemed colleague David Battino wondered if this screencast recording software could also serve as a replacement for Apple's iMovie for quickly editing videos. The short answer to that is, no, ScreenFlow can't replace iMovie, but -- it does have some tricks up its sleeve that you can use to create cool effects not found in iMovie.
    tags:
  • tips and tricks
Digital Media Mac Blogs > Mac

Indigo 3 Simplifies Home Automation

By Gordon Meyer
May 12, 2008 | Comments: 0
The new version of Indigo, a Mac home automation program, offers many new features and improvements. But don't overlook some of the more obscure gems, such as the three that I find most interesting.
    tags:
  • smart homes
Digital Media Mac Blogs > Mac

Google Mac Apps You May NOT Know About

By Todd Ogasawara
May 7, 2008
If Google software for the Mac like AppMenuBoy, Statz, MacFUSE, and Visigami don't ring bell, keep reading. I'll show you where to find some of Google's lesser know Mac applications.
    tags:
  • google
Digital Media Mac Blogs > Mac

Mac FFOSS (Freeware/Free and Open Source Software)

By Todd Ogasawara
May 7, 2008 | Comments: 0
Summary: Just NeverBall (game) and Google Docs Offline Spreadsheet and Presentation Viewing summarized week.
    tags:
  • freeware
  • open source
  • web services
FEATURES
Digital Media MacMac > Features
Jochen Wolters

Screencasting from Your Desktop with ScreenFlow

By Jochen Wolters
May 01, 2008
Screencasting from Your Desktop with ScreenFlow

ScreenFlow grabs audio and video from the computer and external sources, provides a timeline for editing these recordings, and offers a range of effects aimed specifically at creating on-screen software presentations. This screencasting studio is easy to use and affordable. And if you have a Mac running Leopard with ScreenFlow loaded up, you're suddenly in the educational movie making business. Jochen Wolters reviews this application and provides plenty of video samples.

tags: audio production, review, screencasting, video production

Digital Media MacMac > Features
Adam Goldstein

Cool Macworld Product: VectorDesigner

By Adam Goldstein
February 21, 2008
Cool Macworld Product: VectorDesigner

Most of the features of VectorDesigner are available in higher-end vector drawing programs, but the $70 cost of VectorDesigner is hard to beat. Moreover, if you've never used a vector drawing program before, the simple features you'd end up using in a higher-end program aren't much different than the standard features in VectorDesigner -- and in VectorDesigner, they're easy to find. Adam Goldstein delves into his discovery from the Macworld Expo floor.

tags: macworld, raster image, software, vector image

Digital Media MacMac > Features
Daniel H. Steinberg

Less is More: Steve Jobs' Macworld 2008 Keynote Address

By Daniel H. Steinberg
January 17, 2008
Less is More: Steve Jobs' Macworld 2008 Keynote Address

Steve Jobs opened the Macworld surprise envelope at the 2008 keynote address and out slid a sleek notebook computer: the Macbook Air. Daniel Steinberg was on hand for the unveiling and files this report about all the new hardware, iPhone updates, and more.

tags: apple, iphone, macworld, steve jobs

Digital Media AudioAudio > Features
Mark Nelson

Review: Sony PCM-D50 Portable WAV Recorder

By Mark Nelson
January 10, 2008
Review: Sony PCM-D50 Portable WAV Recorder

Sony's newest digital audio recorder boasts many of the exotic features of the flagship PCM-D1 for a third of the price. Once again, guitarist Mark Nelson renews his quest for the perfect handheld recorder — and it looks like the sixth time may be the charm.

tags: audio recording, mp3, review, sony

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