This QuickTime Overview video shows the basic workflow of AKVIS Software’s Coloriage without audio commentary. For more information on Coloriage, you may want to read the software review that we release a little while ago. Continue reading
More than 20 years ago, I enjoyed watching one TV show ever week. I think it was Alfred Hitchcock Presents. The original work was done in Black & White. They said they used computers to reproduce all episodes in color and aired the whole series a few decades later. A few years ago, I wondered if there were any software applications that would allow me to reproduce a color image out of an image in Black & White like that. And I found none. Then I ran into AKVIS Software’s website by accident about 14 hours ago and found Coloriage. Now, the search is over. This software title lets you reproduce a color image out of a Black & White photo. So let’s see how Coloriage works quickly.
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AKVIS Coloriage comes with a standalone application and a Photoshop plug-in. You can use whichever you want. And the final result won’t change. If you are going to use the Photoshop plug-in, choose AKVIS > Coloriage under Filter after opening a Black & White photo image. (See Screenshot 01-2.) If you are going to use the standalone application version, simply drag and drop a graphic file onto the application windows (See Screenshot 03.) Continue reading
As you probably know, taking desktop screenshots is pretty simple under Mac OS X. Actually, you won’t know how simple this OS is designed as far as taking desktop screenshots is concerned unless you use other operating systems. Anyway, if you want to take a full-screen desktop screenshot, you just need to press Command + Shift + #3. And you can take as many desktop screenshot as you need consecutively or not consecutively by using this shortcut combination. Press Command + Shift + #4 to take a desktop screenshot after making a selection. If you want, you can open System Preferences and click on Keyboard & Mouse Preference Pane to customize these shortcut key combinations. (See Screenshot 01.)
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By the way, default system settings are such that screenshots will all appear on the desktop. And the default screenshot format is set to PDF. You can change these default settings, using system utility freeware/shareware like OnyX, which gives you access to hidden Unix commands. For example, after launching OnyX, click on the Parameters button at the top and then the General tab. (See Screenshot 02.) Now, if you want to change screenshot formats, click on the pull-down menu under Screen capture format. Supported formats include BMP, JPEG, PICT, PNG, TIFF and more. (See Screenshot 03.) You can also change the default location for saving screenshots by clicking on the button that says Select under Path.
How does taking desktop screenshots work under Windows OS? What is the short cut key combination for taking desktop screenshots? So let’s see what Boot Camp users have to know about taking screenshots under Windows (Windows XP). Continue reading
We have reviewed several screen-capture software titles for Macs in the past. We have recently got to know a relatively new one from Araelium Group. Visiting their website and reading its description, we were very much interested in Screenflick. They say
Screenflick can now record “captured” displays. Keynote, slideshows, and video games for example will “capture” the screen, which previously would prevent Screenflick from recording. (See Screenshot 01.)
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So Screenflick can capture game play screens, huh!? That’s cool. Let’s try out Screenflick, then. Continue reading
I have played several Age of Empires games on both Mac and Windows OS. I played the very first one on Mac. Then I tried to play Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings and the Conquerors Expansion with Virtual PC 4, which didn’t work. So I purchased a cheap PC for these games. I also played Age of Empires III and Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs on my old iMac last December to January.
There’s one more expansion pack available for the Age of Empires III series. It’s Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties. The PC version was released on October 23, 2007. How about the Mac version? It looks like MacSoft is going to release it soon. If you are a Mac user and are dying to play this expansion, you may want to watch a game play video that we’ve created and keep your expectations high.
Unlike Age of Empires III and its first expansion pack, The Asian Dynasties has nothing to do with the Black family. It includes three new Asian civilizations: Japan, China and India. The first civilization to play is Japan. The year is 1600. It’s the year when Hideyoshi Toyotomi dies and when Yeyasu Tokunaga is eager to conquer the nation and end the 130-year-long dark ages of continuous wars. Continue reading