Multimedia

Four Apps to Turn Your IPhone Into a Photo Assistant
(News) The app store is overflowing with great tools that can turn a photographer's iPhone or iPod touch into a photo assistant (though it falls short in the heavy...

Explaining IPhoto Library Size Discrepancy
(News) Reader Will Carter seeks insight into a suspicious iPhoto Library storage discrepancy. He writes:

Viewfinder Aids Flickr Searchers
(News) Photo-sharing site Flickr is great for uploading and exchanging photos, but sometimes it's tricky to find exactly what you're looking for. Connected Flow's...

Corel Digital Studio 2010
(Reviews) Corel Digital Studio 2010

TechSmith Camtasia Studio 6 Video Editing Software
(Reviews) TechSmith Camtasia Studio 6 Video Editing Software

Adobe Fixes More Bugs in Shockwave Player
(News) Adobe Systems has issued an update for five vulnerabilities in its Shockwave Player, which is installed on some 450 million PCs.

Manage All Your Media in Windows 7
(How To) Manage All Your Media in Windows 7

Cartoon You: Quick Avatars With Photoshop
(News) Used as an avatar for forums and social media, a photograph helps people associate a face with your posts, status updates, and conversations. Of course, like...

Adobe's Photoshop.com Mobile Comes to the iPhone
(News) Adobe's Photoshop.com Mobile Comes to the iPhone

Gain More Control Over QuickTime X Playback Speeds
(News) In OS X 10.5's QuickTime Player, it was easy to control how quickly you could fast-forward or rewind a playing movie. There were, in fact, two ways to do so...

Pinnacle Studio HD 14 Video Editing Software
(Reviews) Pinnacle Studio HD 14 Video Editing Software

CameraBag App Jumps From IPhone to Mac
(News) Many software companies have been scrambling to make an iPhone app version of their desktop programs. Nevercenter, the makers of the extremely popular iPhone...

First Look at Photoshop Elements 8
(Reviews) Mac users could be forgiven for doubting the future of Photoshop Elements for Mac, Adobe's low-cost image editor. In the two years since Elements 6 ( Macworld...

Adobe Premiere Elements 8 Video Editing Software
(Reviews) Adobe Premiere Elements 8 Video Editing Software

Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 Photo Editing Software
(Reviews) Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 Photo Editing Software

Play Music Off an External Drive
(How To) Play Music Off an External Drive

Adobe Story Public Preview Released
(News) Adobe Systems has announced the public preview of Adobe Story, the company's new collaborative script development software, at the 2009 IBC (International...

Fun, Free Photo Editing Tools
(How To) Fun, Free Photo Editing Tools

Cyberlink PowerDirector 8 Ultra Video-Editing Software
(Reviews) Cyberlink PowerDirector 8 Ultra Video-Editing Software

Subscription iTunes TV? Great, But It'll Never Happen
(News) Subscription iTunes TV? Great, But It'll Never Happen

Use a Tilt-Shift Image Editor to Simulate Miniatures
(How To) Use a Tilt-Shift Image Editor to Simulate Miniatures

Aperture 2.1.4 Released
(News) Apple on Thursday released Aperture 2.1.4, a maintenance update to the company's pro photo editing and organization software. The update is free and is available...

Roxio Creator 2010 Disc-Burning Suite
(Reviews) Roxio Creator 2010 Disc-Burning Suite

Windows Live Movie Maker: Awesome Slideshows Made Simple
(News) Windows Live Movie Maker: Awesome Slideshows Made Simple

MP3 DJ
(How To) MP3 DJ

Apple Releases IPhoto 8.1 Update
(News) Apple has released the iPhoto 8.1 software update. The newest version of iPhoto '09 primarily adds new project templates, including a larger hard-cover book that...

Gorilla 4.5.5
(Reviews) If you've ever been intimately involved in a professional film or video shoot, you know how ridiculously complicated the logistics can get. Figuring out who is...

Snap Web-Ready Screenshots with ScreenDash
(How To) Snap Web-Ready Screenshots with ScreenDash

RealDVD Ruling: Should You Care?
(News) RealDVD Ruling: Should You Care?

Adobe Bids Farewell to PowerPC Users
(News) Adobe today put PowerPC users on notice: in a newly published FAQ, the company confirms that future versions of the Creative Suite will run only on Intel-based...

iTunes 9 to Add Social Music App?
(News) iTunes 9 to Add Social Music App?

Apple Releases GarageBand 5.1 Update
(News) Late on Monday afternoon, Apple released a hefty update to its GarageBand 5 ( Macworld rated 4.5 out of 5 mice ) software, which is part of the iLife '09 suite...

Farewell, Shake
(News) Alas, one more high-end video production tool quietly succumbed to neglect and the rampant industry "end of life syndrome" (EOL)--after long being ignored by its...

Apple Releases New Final Cut Studio
(News) Apple Releases New Final Cut Studio

Tips for Using Faces in IPhoto '09
(News) Thanks to its face-recognition tool, iPhoto '09 () can now put names to the faces in your photographs, letting you quickly sift through your library based on...

Create a High-Key Photo
(How To) Create a High-Key Photo

Microsoft Shows Silverlight 3
(News) Microsoft Shows Silverlight 3

Make a Time-lapse Video
(News) In this week's video, I discuss time lapse video, those fast-moving videos that convert hours and days of activity into minutes and seconds of video. I explain...

Topaz Photoshop Plug-ins Work With Aperture via Free Plug-in
(News) Topaz Labs on Wednesday announced the release of Fusion Express for Apple Aperture. It's a free plug-in that lets Aperture users work with their Topaz plug-ins...

Brushing up With Brush Pilot
(News) If you use Adobe Photoshop for design work, you've no doubt used a custom brush at one time or another. Experienced designers probably have a handful of custom...

Fix the iTunes 'Session Timeout' Error
(How To) If iTunes is constantly telling you your session has 'timed out,' you can fix it by syncing your system clock. Yes, your system clock.

Microsoft Shifts Expression Media's Focus
(News) Microsoft Shifts Expression Media's Focus

Arcsoft PhotoStudio Darkroom 2 Image Editing Software
(Reviews) Arcsoft PhotoStudio Darkroom 2 Image Editing Software

Why Amazon Opened up Kindle
(News) Why Amazon Opened up Kindle

Using Adjustment Layers to Tweak Your Photos
(How To) Using Adjustment Layers to Tweak Your Photos

Layers 101: Improve Your Photos by Editing With Layers
(How To) Layers 101: Improve Your Photos by Editing With Layers

Adobe Tool Renders Site Designs in Different Browsers
(News) Adobe will release on Wednesday a hosted tool that lets designers easily check how their sites look in different browsers.

RealPlayer for Mobile Coming to Linux Netbooks
(News) Saying it will improve the netbook user experience on Linux, RealNetworks Inc. is licensing its RealPlayer for Mobile for the popular Ubuntu Linux distro...

Digitize All of Your Old Media
(How To) Digitize All of Your Old Media

News 'Flash': Adobe Gets More Open-Source Friendly
(News) News 'Flash': Adobe Gets More Open-Source Friendly

Turn Photos Into Wall-Size Posters
(How To) You'll never see it on home-improvement shows, but Rasterbator is arguably the world's cheapest way to cover a wall with cool-looking art.

Speed up IPhoto '09 Operations on Some Macs
(News) If you're trying to use iPhoto '09 on older pre-Intel hardware and/or if you have a very large photo library, you may have noticed that many face-related...

Scratch Day 2009 - Computer Programming for Kids
(How To) On May 16, 2009, learn more about Scratch, the free programming tool for kids.

Sharpener Pro Plug-in Adds Lightroom Support
(News) Nik Software on Wednesday announced that its Sharpener Pro 3.0 plug-in software is now compatible with Adobe Lightroom 2.0. A free update for registered users...

Corel Painter 11 Painting and Drawing Software
(Reviews) Corel Painter 11 Painting and Drawing Software

RealNetworks CEO Defends RealDVD to Court
(News) RealNetworks CEO Defends RealDVD to Court

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Use QuickTime Player to 'watch' Text Files
(News) Although there are about a billion different apps--OK, maybe somewhat less than that--that can open and view text files...

Create a Photo Collage in Any Shape
(How To) Create a Photo Collage in Any Shape

Hidden Features in Apple's Updated IPhoto
(News) Hidden Features in Apple's Updated IPhoto

The Importance of Color Management
(News) Color management used to be a task only the most exclusive publishing houses, service bureaus and print shops dealt with. As...

ImageBuddy 4 Adds Raw File Format Support
(News) Kepmad Systems has announced the release of ImageBuddy 4.0, a new version of its photo printing software for Mac OS X. It cost...

Tools for Your Virtual Office From Hassle-Free PC
(How To) Tools for Your Virtual Office From Hassle-Free PC

Best Free Ways to Manage Photos and Video
(Reviews) Best Free Ways to Manage Photos and Video

Thomson Pumps up Volume With Tools for MP3HD Lossless Codec
(News) The co-creator of the MP3 format says the bulkier MP3HD files will remain compatible with existing MP3 players

Create a 'Yellow Highlighter' Effect in Your Screenshots
(How To) A freeware image editor and a few clicks are all you need to "highlight" any image with a white background.

Downloads for Managing Your Media
(Reviews) Downloads for Managing Your Media

Make Photos Jump Off the Page With Drop Shadows
(How To) Make Photos Jump Off the Page With Drop Shadows

Aperture Plug-in Boosts Performance, Adds Dual Histograms
(News) Creaceed has updated Hydra, its Aperture plug-in (and standalone application) for creating High Dynamic Range (HDR) images...

Hidden iTunes Tweaks From Hassle-Free PC
(How To) Hidden iTunes Tweaks From Hassle-Free PC

Hidden iTunes: Use Folders to Organize Playlists
(How To) Has your list of playlists spun out of control? Put everything in order with that old standby: folders.

Hidden iTunes: Make Text Bigger
(How To) If you're using a big, high-resolution monitor, you might find iTunes a little hard on the eyes. Here's how to make it easier.

Hidden iTunes: Enable 'Browser View' for Easier Library Browsing
(How To) A little tinkering under the iTunes hood reveals some handy features you probably haven't discovered. Here's one of them.

Videoconferencing Apps Get Better With Age
(Reviews) Videoconferencing Apps Get Better With Age

Adobe Patches Flash Vulnerabilities for Three Platforms
(News) Adobe has updated its Flash multimedia software to eliminate five flaws affecting Windows, OS X and Linux systems.

Watch MKV Video Files in Windows Media Center
(How To) Watch MKV Video Files in Windows Media Center

Adobe to Show off New Flash for Smartphones
(News) Adobe will show off its progress with Flash 10 for smartphones at the Mobile World Congress Monday, although it is still not...

Downloads for Better Digital Photos
(Reviews) Use these no-cost and free-trial tools to edit your photos, sort them into albums and slide shows, and share them.

IMovie '09
(Reviews) Let's get this out of the way up front: iMovie '09 is the version Apple should have shipped when it decided a year and a half...

Macalope Weekly: Myths, Fantasies & Other Statistics
(News) Look, it's no business of the Macalope's what you have to tell yourself to get through the dark of night. But, please, don't...

Funtastic Photos 1.0.3
(Reviews) Image editors can be scary applications, thanks to difficult learning curves and overly complex menus, toolbars, and palettes...

Face-time With IPhoto '09's Faces Feature
(News) iLife '09 hit retail shelves this past week, bringing with it perhaps one of the most anticipated additions to the suite of...

Flickr Apps for IPhone
(Reviews) Yahoo's Flickr is one of the most popular photo-sharing Web sites around, and not just because of its strangely intriguing...

IPhoto Knows Fluffy's Face Too
(News) You probably think of your cat as a person. He has his own personality and quirks, even if you don't understand them. It...

QuickTime Broadcaster Update Improves Synchronization
(News) Apple on Tuesday released an update for QuickTime Broadcaster, the company's live encoding software.

Apple Yanks IMovie 6 Download
(News) Back in 2007, Apple announced iMovie '08 would be totally new from the ground up, due to the amazing work of one of the...

Apple Releases IDVD 7.0.3
(News) Apple on Monday updated its consumer level DVD creation application, iDVD.

Apple Updates ILife Media Browser
(News) Apple on Monday released an update for its iLife Media Browser. The media browser is the portion of iLife that allows users to...

Mozilla Grant will help Wikipedia Support Video
(News) Wikipedia got a grant to help prepare the site for the likely onslaught of multimedia content.

Inauguration: Help Capture the Moment
(News) CNN and Microsoft tap Photosynth technology to create a participatory commemorative image of Obama's oath of office.

Inauguration Attendees Invited to Create Digital Report
(News) Microsoft and CNN are teaming to make historians out of inaugural attendees, who'll contribute to a 3D portrait.

Use iTunes to Find and Remove Duplicate Songs
(How To) You may have more duplicates in your music library than you realize. Two quick clicks in iTunes is all it takes to ferret them out.

Three Ways to Make iTunes Run Faster
(How To) Let's face it: The Windows version is a slowpoke. Here's how to give it a little speed boost.

Learn the Drums, Properly
(News) Roland's HD-1 Drum Tutor software promises to teach you to play drums the way pros do.

App Upgrade Makes Geocoding Your Snapshots a Snap
(News) Houdah Software has upgraded HoudahGeo, its Mac photo geocoding application. Available immediately, HoudahGeo 2.0 made its...

ILife '09 Guided Tours
(News) Words can only take you so far, dear readers, and Apple knows this. That's why they have posted two video Guided Tours that...

Skipping Another Serving of Toast
(News) Roxio announced the availability of Toast 10 on Monday. I obsessive-compulsively try to keep my software up to date...

Add Missing Album Artwork to Your iTunes Library
(How To) Lend iTunes a helping hand with artwork it can't find in its own database.

Apple to Give iMovie Big Update: Rumor
(News) According to rumors Apple will announce at Macworld that its video editing software iMovie will receive a big update.

New eBook Reader Undercuts Kindle, Sony Reader Prices
(News) New eBook Reader Undercuts Kindle, Sony Reader Prices

Serif Digital Photo Suite 2009
(Reviews) Easy-to-use imaging software holds appeal for home hobbyists and novice users who want to organize their stash of photos and do some light editing.

Convert Videos for iPod or iPhone Viewing
(How To) Watch downloaded video on your iPod or iPhone with a little help from Videora Converter.

Adobe Pushes Photoshop.com Update Live
(News) Adobe on Thursday pushed the promised update for Photoshop.com live, making it available to users.

Cyberlink DVD Suite 7 Ultra Disc-Burning Software
(Reviews) Cyberlink's burning suite is easier to use and almost as powerful as the competing offerings from Nero and Roxio.

Adobe Illustrator CS4 Graphics Software
(Reviews) Support for multiple-page documents (at last) and lots of improvements make this a worthy upgrade.

Explore Ancient Rome With Google Earth
(News) Google Earth now allows you to travel back in time to ancient Rome where you can get lost in ancient history.

Auto-Tune Pitch Correction Plug-in Gets Updated
(News) Antares updated its vocal and instrument pitch correction plug-in Auto-Tune, adding several new features and settings.

15 Tools to Make Your PC a Multimedia Powerhouse
(Reviews) Enjoy your video and audio collections to the fullest with the help of these free and low-cost downloads.

Adobe Updates Lightroom and Camera Raw
(News) Adobe on Wednesday will release updates for Photoshop Lightroom and its Camera Raw plug-in. The updates bring the most current...

Five Reasons to Try Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
(Reviews) Explore the first photo editor that feels like it was designed by a photographer.

Make Your Portrait's Eyes Come Alive
(How To) Use a photo editor to brighten your subject's eyes--and add some snap to your entire portrait.

Corel VideoStudio Pro X2
(Reviews) This video editor is a great choice for those with underpowered PCs, and a pretty good choice for those with fast systems, too.

Nero 9 Disc-Burning Suite
(Reviews) Though Nero 9 is a full-featured burning suite, it offers no compelling reasons to upgrade from previous versions.

Adobe Premiere Elements 7 Video Editing Software
(Reviews) The newest version of Elements is Webbier than ever--with online backup and syncing, Internet-refreshed tutorials, and downloadable content--but to get a usable amount of storage space, you'll have to pay $50 a year.

Photosynth.net [A Microsoft Site]
(Reviews) Photosynth provides 20GB of free photo storage and makes it easy to create and share amazing 3D walkthroughs of your favorite places.

A Video Enhancement Tool That Will Amaze You
(How To) Take a peek into the future of video editing, and get some practical photo tips you can use right now--plus the usual time wasters.

Frequently Asked Photo Questions for September
(How To) Here's how to make a black-and-white photo with a spot of color, stamp dates on your photos, take action shots at night, and more.

How to Migrate from Picasa to Facebook
(News) Take advantage of Facebook's robust image-sharing system and use your Gmail to make the move.

Quark Upgrades XPress 8 Publishing Line
(News) Updated QuarkCopyDesk, QuarkXPress Server, and Quark Publishing System support XPress 8.

Roxio Creator 2009 Suite
(Reviews) Improved navigation helps you find your way around this full-featured burning suite.

Adobe Unveils Flash Media Encoder
(News) As a preemptive blow against Microsoft rival Silverlight, Adobe is readying a tool to move video content to Adobe's Flash format.

NBC Returns to ITunes, ITunes 8 Released
(News) The new release ties in to new features available through the iTunes store, including HD television programs. iTunes 8 is available as a free download from Apple's Web site.

Sharpener Pro 3.0 Released for Photoshop, Aperture
(News) Nik Software has announced the release of Sharpener Pro 3,0, a new version of their photographic plug-in software designed to...

Review: Hear 1.0
(News) JoeSoft's Hear takes the pure audio flowing through a Mac and alters it in a vairety of ways.

Burn Your Photo's Edges
(How To) Use your image editor to simulate a traditional darkroom effect that emphasizes your subject.