It’s been a year since Age of Empires III came to Macs. There are currently two expansion packs available for the PC: The WarChiefs and The Asian Dynasties. The latest one, Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties, was released in late October, 2007. The WarChiefs was released one year earlier. And this expansion pack made it to Macs in late June, 2007. Continue reading
TOKYO (MacHouse) – VideoLAN has updated the Mac version of its open-source multimedia player to 0.8.6d. According to the project website, this minor update fixes “a security vulnerability in the ActiveX plugin.” VideoLAN also says that this update improves software’s compatibility with OS 10.5 Leopard.
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The following QuickTime video introduces basic functions of BeLight Software’s Art Text 1.2.4 (Standard edition). This QuickTime overview video comes with no audio commentary. Continue reading
Creating a graphic style can take some time. So it might be better if you just use style-making software. There are many Mac shareware titles for making graphic styles. We have tried several of them in the past. We have reviewed eClick from Kinetic Creations before for our Japanese viewers. We also have reviewed Aquatint from Stick Software. If you have Adobe Photoshop, you probably know that this software comes with many shapes and styles. First, you select Custom Shape Tool from Tools. Then choose a shape. (See Screenshot 01.) Finally, choose a style from Styles and apply it to the shape of your choice. (See Screenshot 02.) That’s also exactly how Art Text from BeLight Software works. The price for the Standard edition of Art Text is US$39.95. And the application is available in Universal Binaries. Continue reading
TOKYO (MacHouse) – Boris FX, the developer of Boris RED and video editor plug-ins for Apple and Adobe products and others says that its 2D/3D graphic effects software Boris RED 4 has been updated to 4.2 with free upgrade. According to the company, the Mac version of Boris RED 4.2 is compatible with the latest OS version, Mac OS X Leopard (10.5). The Windows version of Boris RED 4.2 is compatible with Windows Vista. Furthermore, Boris RED 4. They also say that Boris RED 4.2 adds support for “Adobe CS 3.0 host integration with full validation for the Intel-Mac versions of After Effects and Premiere Pro and After Effects for Windows Vista.”