This VTC quickly shows how to make fav icons (or favorite icons), which often appear before the URL when you connect a site with an Internet browser. We use Adobe Photoshop and a donationware plugin by telegraphics that is available for Macs and Windows. Continue reading
D-Vision is a Mac-only freeware title that is created by
Objectif Mac. The current version (as of August 2) of 3.22, which was published in April 29, 2006, is in Universal Binary. Note that D-Vision only produces AVI-formatted video files. Its sister freeware title called D-Volution, on the other hand, produces MOV-formatted video files only.
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D-Subtitler is a Mac-only freeware title that is created by Objectif Mac. As of August 2, 2006, it has NOT been in Universal Binary. The current version is 1.0. Continue reading
0SEx (or OSEx) is a relatively old DVD-rip freeware title by afaversa. It’s almost four years old with no upgrades. But that doesn’t mean that this freeware title should be replaced by MacTheRipper or Handbrake. In fact, there are still many Mac users who use this freeware to rip DVDs. While the future of 0SEx is uncertain, its functions are adequate, so Power PC users should use it to rip DVDs. Continue reading
There are many freeware and shareware titles for editing graphics. And t here are several well-known commercial applications for editing graphics like Canvas by ACD Systems, Corel Painter by Corel Corporation and Photoshop by Adobe Systems. Adobe Fireworks is just one of them, which I personally started using when I was a graduate student and purchased the academic version of Macromedia Suite 3 some seven years ago. The main problem with these commercial graphics editing applications is that they have so many complicated functions that beginners don’t know where to start. Continue reading