summate Default Folder X to the tilt of apps that offer supporting for Apple ’s upcoming Mac OS ten 10.6 update . St. Clair Software on Monday rolled out Default Folder X 4.3 , which adds full backing for Snow Leopard to the file dialog enhancement utility .
Default Folder Xlets you assign default folders for each app program . The utility also induce recently used and preferent file and folders easily accessible , and it lets the heart-to-heart and Save duologue boxes think back the last folder and file you worked with in each coating .
In add-on to backup for Snow Leopard ’s 64 - mo architecture , Default Folder X 4.3 also fixes a problem that could cause the service program ’s hierarchic menus to crash under OS X 10.6 .
The 4.3 update also work with OS X 10.4 and 10.5 . It reduces processor usage when displaying preview and jam several compatibility trouble . Default Folder X 4.3 also provides expert options to resize all Open and Save dialogs to a substance abuser - specified minimum sizing .
The update is detached for users of version 4 . Default Folder X be $ 35 , with updates available for $ 15 for users who bought the public-service corporation before June 1 , 2007.—Philip Michaels
Alien Skin Software bundles Photoshop plug-ins
Alien Skin Software has released the Photo Bundle rooms , a collection of five ballyhoo - atomic number 49 for Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements .
The $ 595 collection includes Blow Up 2 , for enlarging digital images;Exposure 2 , which apply picture metric grain to your range of a function to replicate the look of Kodachrome , Polaroids , and more ; Brokeh , for selectively blurring your icon to make interesting focus effects ; Snap Art 2 , which turns digital photos into paintings or sketches ; and Image Doctor 2 , which offer advanced icon - restoration pecker .
The plug - Immigration and Naturalization Service support Photoshop CS3 and CS4 as well as Photoshop Elements 4.0.1 and later . If you already own one of the hack - Immigration and Naturalization Service admit in the suite , you could buy the Photo Bundle for $ 450.—Kelly Turner
Tape 2 PC converts audio cassettes to MP3
Ion Audio has releasedTape 2 PC , a $ 135 dual - cassette instrumentalist and registrar with a USB 2.0 connection . It ’s Mac- and personal computer - compatible , and include EZ Audio Converter software system that helps converts audio on the cassettes to MP3 .
The peripheral stopple into your home entertainment system using RCA cable system , and permit you dub copy of audio cassette . The software includes GraceNote MusicID engineering , which psychoanalyse your recordings and adds album , creative person , and song information automatically.—Peter Cohen
Akvis Sketch 9.0 conversion tool released
Akvis on Monday announced a unexampled version of itsAkvis Sketchsoftware for convince photos into pencil and watercolor drawings that sport an improved algorithm for picture - to - sketch conversion . In summation , Akvis Sketch 9.0 sum a new parameter field of operations for edge definition and lets users manipulate the chroma of color pencil drawings .
Other accession to interlingual rendition 9.0 let in seven presets : B&W , Sketch , WaterColor , Charcoal Low , Charcoal High , Color Pencil Low , Color Pencil High , and Pastel . drug user can now import and export a list of presets .
record users can advance to Akvis Sketch 9.0 for $ 39 . The package cost $ 72 and runs on OS X 10.4 and later.—PM
