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FxFactory 2.1.1 (Mac)

A revolutionary visual effects package for Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Express and Adobe After Effects, powering hundreds of GPU-accelerated plug-ins. FxFactory is based on FxPlug, Apple's new plug-in architecture which guarantees the best integration with Final Cut Pro, Motion and Final Cut Express. FxFactory uses the graphics card in...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Plug-in, Noise Industries, FxFactory

Software downloads 2009-10-15

Factory Tools 2.0.3 (Mac)

Start with 120 real-time AVX plug-ins included with the package. Reactor lends powerful compositing features to every effect: blend modes, apply to title, high-resolution external graphic files and built-in geometry controls. Discover how to modify existing effects or create new ones using Factory Floor.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Noise Industries, Reactor, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-02-05

Additional Resources

Designers build portfolios, maybe land jobs at 99 Designs

Culture of cheap cr@p...at least one designer landed a few bucks for his work and 3) other designers have another design for the portfolio.It's exploitation as far as I'm concerned. Graphic design ... at least good graphic design ... is not a hobby some kid does when he runs out...

Tags: Desktop publishing, Branding, job

Discussion threads 2009-08-17

Is Web image theft a problem? Solution providers say yes

Screw it!Let's just pull the friggin' plug.I'm so tired of this crap. Really, I am.I kinda feel the same way.By the time the lawyers, big corporations, and the politicians get down with the Internet, it won't be worth the powder to blow it to Hell. It was originally designed...

Tags: Channel management, INTERNET, Web

Discussion threads 2009-08-07

Apple/AT&T/iPhone - Everything that's wrong with the cellphone industry wrapped up in a single package

Apple/AT&T/iPhone - Everything that's wrong with the cellphone industry wrapped up in a single packageWhy Adrian...apparently you aren't a glassy-eyed Apple fanboi Anytime you post anything even mildly critical of Windows, Bing, or anything MS the usual suspects come out in force and try to paint you as a rapid...

Tags: Cellular phones, Smart phones, cellphone industry, Apple iPhone, cell phone, handset, single package

Discussion threads 2009-07-28

IBM, HP update workflow and forms software with an eye to cutting paper waste

I love it when competing vendors do something semi-related within days of each other, because it makes these posts so much more relevant. So, here's the deal: Both IBM and Hewlett-Packard are making some noise right now about the impact of enterprise document management technology on green technology agendas. I...

Tags: U.S. Army, Hewlett-Packard Co., Workflow, IBM Corp., Document Management, Tools & Techniques, Content Management, Managerial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-11-28

Agresso's answer to ERP addiction

Earlier today I took a briefing from Agresso. Up front I'll say that I have something of a soft spot for this company. Some years back I did some very early formative work on what is now their BLINC Businesses Living In Change schtik and was...

Tags: ERP Vendor, Oracle Corp., ERP, Agresso, Aggresso, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-10-01

Noise Industries Units 1.1.6 (Mac)

A large set of filters and generators that are compatible with any Core Image-enabled application on Mac OS X (e.g. Quartz Composer). Noise Industries Units are the same powerful image filters that power FxFactory, the most advanced visual effects package for Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Express and Adobe After...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Noise Industries Units, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-09-12

Katie Moussouris on HOPE 2008: HOPE Springs Eternal

Guest Editorial by Katie Moussouris of Microsoft If cyberspace is a mass, consensual hallucination, as William Gibson characterized it, then HOPE was a dream manifested in meatspace that would not die. While Hackers On Planet Earth has been running every other year since 1994, it was...

Tags: Symantec Corp., IP, Tool, Con, Katie Moussouris, Last HOPE, Wiki, Internet, Productivity, Security, Network Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-28

What is a company blogger good for?

I often hear from companies that want to "be social" or "hire a blogger." Usually, there hasn't been any effort put into the question of what they'd like to accomplish from the effort, so I send out the following. Now, you can call me to talk when you have an...

Tags: Blog, Blogger, Blogging, Industry New, Internet, Management, Marketing, Mitch Ratcliffe, Site, Strategy

Blog posts 2008-06-30

Google's Page pitches for white spaces in DC

Google's Page pitches for white spaces in DCGrand Jury?Google is doing something wrong?huh?what ya talking about?Just another hypocrite/lobbyist[i]For us, that translates into more revenues for us. If you have 10 percent more connectivity in the U.S. that’s 10 percent more revenue for us and that’s a big number. The more...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Federal government, VHF TV channel, white space, digital television, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-05-22

Has Microsoft lost its way on desktop computing?

Has Microsoft lost its way on desktop computing?No, seriouslyStrategies and visions are for those who need to get somewhere. Microsoft doesn't want to go somewhere with the desktop, they are [i]there[/i], now. They own the desktop, just as they own the browser and messaging spaces.The only effort required...

Tags: Desktops, desktop, MSFT, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., operating system

Discussion threads 2008-04-01

The end of software...

...as you know it. Right now I'm falling over startup vendors vying for attention in the so-called 'social software' space. The fact enterprise people hate the term doesn't seem to bother those who are bypassing IT as they sell into the marketing departments of companies at departmental budget prices. But...

Tags: Software, Information Technology, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Strategy, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-03-19

Mini PC cottage industry, is dead at 6

Mini PC cottage industry, is dead at 6What real world usesWhat real world uses are there for mini pcs? 69 dollars is a pretty sweet price.another victim of the wintel cartelThese monopolies are reducing our choice of PCs and ripping us off.Should give mini-pc industry a real boostLooks like a...

Tags: CPU, Mini-ITX PC, mini-PC

Discussion threads 2007-09-21

SAP's challenge to NetSuite, Workday and salesforce.com

This week SAP finally introduced its on demand Business ByDesign suite, aimed at the mid-market (companies with 100 to 500 employees) and starting at $149 per per month per user but with a $54 a month option for a set of five users with limited usage of the software. ...

Tags: Strategy, Salesforce.com Inc., NetSuite Inc., Customer, SAP AG, ERP, Workday, Business ByDesign, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Sales Force Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Sales, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-09-20

Data compression you can see

Data compression you can seepaper can scratch the the heck out of cd'sI tried storing cd's in a similar way to this in a zippered cd case.Sliding the cd's in and out repeatedly scratched the cd's very badly against the paper inserts.I'd suggest instead using a narrow jewel case, since...

Tags: Consumer electronics, data compression, music, FLAC, CD

Discussion threads 2007-09-04

Does open source make business decisions political?

Does open source make business decisions political?ThisFirst off we talking about a 'public' service here. The BBC is funded by public money political and is being accused of not fulfilling its charter for equal access for all political. Whilst the BBC needs to get 'best value' they must service the...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Government, Microsoft Corp., British Broadcasting Corp., incumbent, business decision, incompatibility

Discussion threads 2007-07-16

Hollywood hates pirates, but can it use them?

Hollywood hates pirates, but can it use them?He's pathetic...Why waste your time with him... Obviously they are either not very intelligent... or they are just another broom-closet movie/music industry clown on a crusade to save the world! The clown sits at his computer all day responding to each of...

Tags: clown, movie, piracy

Discussion threads 2007-07-03

Meet Microsoft, the advertising company

Meet Microsoft, the advertising companyNot true...Product quality has nothing to do with making a buck. A product is nothing more than a needed evil to make the buck.Most companies would be thrilled if you just send them a check and they had to do nothing to earn it.Right in...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Dell Computer Corp., advertisement

Discussion threads 2007-05-03

Report: RIM's BlackBerry system down

Report: RIM's BlackBerry system downIt's like the sound......of millions of Blackberry users all crying out in withdrawal agony at once.A lot of people havingwithdrawal symptoms right about now...Oh the Humanity!...What will they do? Talk to each other? ;)But only N.America suffers, Europe is fine!Le NoireBaie is working as normal lol.Stupid...

Tags: Handhelds, RIM BlackBerry, Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry System down, RIM BlackBerry System

Discussion threads 2007-04-18