Adobe Systems Inc., Voice 408-536-6000, http://www.adobe.com/
Add pizazz to film, video, multimedia, and the Web with this powerful motion graphics and visual effects package. This industry favorite will allow you to create complex special effects, sophisticated graphic animations, and more. You can animate Photoshop layers and Illustrator art in 3D space. Requires a PPC running Mac OS 9.0.4 or higher.
Adobe Photoshop 6.0 Tryout
Adobe Systems Inc., Voice 408-536-6000, http://www.adobe.com/
Welcome to the Adobe Photoshop 6.0 Tryout. This version of Photoshop is intended to give you a preview of the features of Adobe Photoshop 6.0 and Adobe ImageReady 3.0. It includes nearly all of the core features found in the full retail version, except that it will not allow you to save, print, export, copy files to other applications via the clipboard or use drag and drop to copy images to other files. Furthermore, to minimize its size, this tryout version includes only a small sampling of the plug-in filters effects, sample files, and preset libraries that are available with the full version. Requires PPC, MacOS 8.5, 8.6, 9.0., 64 MB of RAM (128 or more recommended).
Art Directors Toolkit 1.1 Shareware
Code Line Communications, info@code-line.com, http://www.code-line.com/software/index.html
This stand-alone application is packed with features--From viewing every possible character in a font, to finding the point size of an 1/8" Helvetica "M" to capturing the actual color of a pixel on your screen to converting pt.'s to pica's to converting fractions to decimal and much more! Requires PPC, Mac OS 8 or higher.
BodyPaint 3D is the ultimate tool for creating high-quality detailed textures - catapulting surface editing and painting tools into the third dimension. BodyPaint 3D eliminates the arduous task of placing textures by guesswork and bringing various material channels into harmony with each other. Now, just as in real life, artists can paint and draw directly onto 3D objects and see the results immediately. Requires Power Mac with System 7.6 or higher, 64 MB RAM.
BTV Pro 5.0.1 Shareware
Ben Software, benbird@kagi.com, http://www.bensoftware.com
BTV Pro is an application for the Macintosh that allows you to view, capture and edit video, create stop-motion animations, and also has advanced capture features such as frame averaging, time lapse and motion detection. It works with any Macintosh compatible video input source such as video input cards, TV cards, built-in video, USB, and FireWire video sources. Requires PPC, mac OS 8 or higher, QuickTime 3 or higher, 8 MB RAM.
This powerful, multi-platform, 3D production program from Maxon Computer is packed full of workstation-quality modeling, animation, and rendering tools. It’s feature-rich and easy to use. Plus, its fast renderer will make your projects up and running in no time. This full functioning demo is save disabled and renders with a watermark. Requires a PPC, Mac OS 7.6.1 or higher
CINEMA 4D ART empowers design professionals to add new dimension to their illustrations - the third dimension. Based on the Cinema 4D engine, the “Art” version is targeted to designers rather than animators. Requires PPC, System 7.6 and higher.
Freehand 10 Trial
Macromedia, http://www.macromedia.com/
This graphics package will provide you with the tools to create and produce illustrations and layouts for print and the web. From commercial line art and newspaper infographics to mixed media pieces and animation, this program allows you limitless creation. Needs PowerPC, 32MB RAM, Mac OS 8.6 or higher, Mac OS X or higher
Make dull topics fun with a customized, TV-style game show. Designed for trainers and presenters who need to entertain as they inform, Game Show Presenter lets you turn a multiple-choice quiz into a game show complete with animated host and supermodel, music, flashy sets, automatic scoring and comic relief. Customize the quiz content, show appearance, duration of show and quiz timer, credits and more. Questions can be presented Millionaire-style from easy to hard. Presentation quality graphics and sound. Requires G3 PPC, Mac OS 8.1 or higher, 800x600 monitor resolution, 64 MB RAM.
This all-purpose image editing program can open and save images in just about any graphics format. It also features high-end editing tools for graphic manipulation, as well as support for Photoshop plugins. It also offers batch-conversion capabilities, a slide show window, can import a truckload of file formats, and export a bunch too. This is the latest version. Carbonized for Mac OS X.
iView MediaPro is the easiest and fastest way to view, organize and present the growing number of photos, images, movies, sounds, fonts and other media files on your disks. iView MediaPro will simplify your task by giving fast access to media files on your disks or those archived on CDROM or any other storage device. In brief iView MediaPro allows you to create media catalogs containing thumbnails and annotations that can be viewed even when the original files are no longer on a mounted drive. Requires PPC, Mac OS 8.6 or higher, CarbonLib. QuickTime 4 or higher.
MediaLab PhotoWebber 2.0 Demo
Media Lab, Inc., xtra-sales@medialab.com, http://www.medialab.com
PhotoWebber produces robust, interactive web pages complete with links, buttons and rollovers. The software automatically converts layered Photoshop files into a folder of graphics files in .gif, .jpg or .png format along with the HTML code to display them. PhotoWebber maintains the integrity of the original Photoshop design with no loss of information. Requires PPC, Mac OS 8.1 or higher.
Painting 2.0.2 Shareware
Sarwat Khan, sarwat@kagi.com, http://sarwat.net/painting/
This simple and easy-to-use program allows you to create and edit pixel based graphics. It features standard editing and paint tools, color palettes, anti-alias supporting text tool, QuickTime 3 effects capabilties, graphics tablet support, customizable hot keys for quick access to tools, drag and drop colors, and more. Requires a PPC.
Panoweaver is the most easy-to-use panorama software. With the Panoweaver, you can create a full 360 immersive image within a minute. Requires MRJ 2.2 or higher, which can be downloaded from Apple’s site.
QUICKbatch 1.1 is a true batch image processor for the Mac. Simple and easy-to-use, this software will help you resample and convert various images into web-ready images of a single format using industry standard settings. Requires Mac OS 8.5 or higher, QuickTime, 8 MB RAM.
QUICKpic is a simple image browser for the Mac that allows the user to quickly and easily flip through various image types in a folder as if it were a digital photo album! Requires Mac OS 8.5 or higher, QuickTime 3, 5 MB RAM
Automatically add more natural-looking motion blur to a sequence using ReelSmart Motion Blur. Our tracking technology is at the heart of ReelSmart Motion Blur, so there is no handwork involved. Of course you can add as little or as much blurring as you need and even remove motion blur! Finally, you can create very interesting effects by blurring one sequence by using the motion from another. Requires Host video editing application such as After Effects, Premiere 6, Final Cut Pro 1.2.5 or later, Commotion, Combustion.
ReelSmart Twixtor enables you to speed up, slow down or frame rate convert your image sequences with visually stunning results. In order to achieve its unparalleled image quality, Twixtor synthesizes unique new frames by warping and interpolating frames of the original sequence... employing RE:Vision's proprietary tracking technology that calculates motion for each individual pixel. Requires host application that utilizes After Effects plugins, such as After Effects, Premiere 6, and Final Cut Pro 1.2.5 or later.
This useful multimedia tool allows you to create special effects, detect movement, and perform a variety of complex image-processing tasks utilizing QuickTime 3.0 and simple commands. It lets you analyze video and images in real time. You can even set up you own surveilance camera at home and have the program email you time-stamped images from the camera. Requires PPC, Mac OS 8.6 or higher.
