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It works well, and I've been impressed with the ease of use of control points in Capture NX. But the price - they must be joking! Here in the UK we get to buy it for the equivalent of $385, around a 54% markup over the US price (and the US price is ludicrously high as it is). So we have a GBP197 plug-in for a program costing GBP129... Have Nik become part of Adobe (the past masters of price gouging for those of us outside the USA)? |
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I've been very impressed with VectorDesigner - especially the fact that it can do some level of conversion of raster images to vector ones. This is the one feature that I've missed from Illustrator and haven't seen elsewhere. And while it can't match the tracing capabilities of Illustrator, it makes a very good job of simpler images. I did notice problems with image fill of shapes (quickly fixed in v1.0.1), but otherwise the program is stable and performs well. The interface is sleek and integration with Flickr and iSight cameras is well done. The program help is a little basic at the moment, but most of the interface is very intuitive anyway. I was impressed enough to register a copy. This is one of the best reasonably priced vector programs for the Mac and I hope that TweakerSoft continue to evolve and improve it. |
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I've tried most of the Mac finance packages in the search for something similar to Microsoft Money. MoneyWell isn't that, but what I discovered was that I had been looking for the wrong thing. MoneyWell has a different philosophy - and is aimed at helping you budget each month and track where you are spending your money. Instead of getting to the end of the month and discovering that I had overspent, it is now evident before it even happens. This change of emphasis is really refreshing and I've found it a much better way of tracking my finances. Having said that, MoneyWell offers many of the features of something such as Money - including a very nice reconciliation feature. It still lacks a few bells and whistles such as scheduled transactions, but development is constant and (most important) building on a stable base. Highly recommended. |
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I've not really had many problems with the Logitech Control Centre until v2.1.4 - it now seems to drop communication with my MX Revolution mouse intermittently and proves very difficult to get working again (the only reliable fix has been re-installing). It would also sometimes drop out of the Free Spin mode for no apparent reason. As a result I've switched to SteerMouse which works perfectly and supports the MX Revolution's feature set. I'm now enjoying my mouse again! |
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I found Ascent by chance, and thought initially that with Garmin’s Training Center software now available for the Mac that this wouldn’t offer much. How wrong can you be? Ascent gives you pretty much the same as an online service such as Motion Based, but on your own Mac. It can show you the full GPS output from your ride, you can get spot values or you can play back the ride on a graph or map and view the figures. It has some nice summary reports as well. All in all, it is hard to ask for much more. Support covers Garmin’s Edge and Forerunner GPS units at the moment and can read data from them directly. It may work with other Garmin units, but that isn’t guaranteed. If you have an Edge or Forerunner unit you should really check it out! |
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This is a very neat little application, which I ended up buying soon after trying. I love the ability to link e-mails and files to a program - particularly since (like LicenseKeeper itself) some programs are licensed through files rather than numbers. It has a great ability to suck serial numbers out of e-mails. It doesn’t password protect its database, but as a home user that isn’t an issue. Storing other security items separately would be justified for me as I would want them password protected. |
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If you want to build a tutorial or help for an application, then ScreenSteps is well worth a look. The application allows you to capture screenshots - either using the built-in screenshot utility or your favourite. You can then annotate them and output the resulting instructions as PDF or HTML. The format is very attractive, and it is possible to tailor it too. I'm very impressed with the ease of use of ScreenSteps - it turns what is normally a chore into a quick and easy task. Very much recommended. |
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I've used Toast since I got a Mac, and this new version is the best yet. The best features for me are: * The progress dialog when burning * The tidier interface when choosing the disc type * The ability to fade from one song into the next (from Jam) - I just wish Apple would licence FairPlay to let Roxio do this with iTunes Music Store purchases * The disc catalog add-on I had looked at Disco, but it is a triumph of glitzy graphics over everything else. Toast is still the best. My only criticism would be the Roxio web site, where it wasn't at all clear that I could get a lower price for upgrading from Toast with Jam - so I ended up paying more than I needed to. It is a shame that the same clarity used in the Toast front-end wasn't used on the Roxio web site. |
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I used to like the .Mac ability to send electronic postcards, but was frustrated that I couldn't make up my own ones without remaining a member (and it just wasn't worth it for the features). So I was very pleased to find Posterino and see the flexibility it offered. Of course, it does life posters and photo frames too. The supplied designs are very nice indeed, but you can design your own or change the shipped versions. The scaling and moving of photos works very well too. The program integrates with Aperture as well as iPhoto and Entourage (or other e-mail programs) as well as Apple Mail. |
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I've used a number of other clipboard utilities, and generally after some period of initial novelty I find that I'm just not using them because they make it awkward to find the clips I want. Often they try to make up for this with flashy graphics, but the truth is that the cost is usability. So I was very pleased to find PTHPasteboard. I've actually kept using it and found it an excellent program that keeps out of the way until I want to access it and then is really easy to pull up. It may not have the graphics "flash" of some, but it works very well indeed. I went for the Pro version partly because I wanted to reward the developer for his efforts - and also because the filter functionality is very good. |
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I had looked at one of the earlier versions of Yep (it had a different name then) and hadn't really taken to it. However, I do store a lot of important documents as PDFs for reference and trying Yep again now I found that it was actually a great way of storing and retrieving documents - especially if they are image files and can't easily be indexed from the content. The program has a lot of great features, but also has some very nice effects that complement the functionality and make it good to use. While there were a few lingering problems, the developers have been quick to respond and helpful and fixes have appeared very quickly indeed. For what it does, I consider it very good value. |
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This is a great little piece of software - easy to use, attractive and with some really unique features with a really responsive developer too. I highly recommend it. |
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This is really nice - it keeps out of the way until you need it, gives two alternative ways to view your clips and works very well. It is slick and avoids feature bloat and seems pretty lightweight on system resources. |
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I'm very impressed with Inform. I've used Adobe Illustrator, but every time I use it I have to consult the manual - especially if I'm doing anything complex. However, with Inform I was pleasantly surprised by how easy it was to create quite complex graphic effects. It really is easy to use. Inform also has the advantage of being Intel native. While it may not have all the effects of Illustrator (I love Illustrator's tracing options), for many tasks Inform is a far better program and far cheaper to boot. The first release was very impressive, and version 1.0.1 has already appeared to tidy up some of the few small bugs that have been found. |
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I would rather you tried the program before reviewing it! Version 2 adds a new graphical appearance along with a lot of extra functionality. Please give the demo a try - you may well find that you like it. |
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