Software | DigitalAppleJuice

Dr. Roach’s Guide to Photoshop CS4 For Beginners: Preferences

February 9, 2011 By Dr. Michael N. Roach 9 Comments

There are still a lot of people using Photoshop CS4 even though Photoshop CS5 has been out for some time. In the spirit of sharing, this series of downloadable lecture notes for CS4 is placed online for those who may need some help with the basics of the program. Much of the basics remain unchanged in CS5 and I believe that the original tutorial will prove useful for many of the steps of the revised Photoshop CS5, but there are minor differences sometimes. Originally, these notes were part of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Photoshop, Tutorials Tagged With: cs4, photoshop, tutorial

Enjoy Your HD Media on Your Iphone and Computer with Libox

August 30, 2010 By Wendy Arnold 3 Comments

Ran across a new app for both your computer and iPhone that will allow you to share and experience all high quality media for free! That means: no price tags and no limits on how much HD media users can share with friends and family. I love this, as many of my media sharing apps put limits on how much I can upload and how large my files can be. Freedom is great, especially when it's free! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gadgets, Software, Workflow Tagged With: android, filesharing, HD, ios4, ipad, iPhone, libox, mac

Review: ART TEXT v2.2.2 by Belight Software

July 28, 2010 By Dr. Michael N. Roach 1 Comment

Editor's Note: Wouldn't you know? Just as we released this article, a newer 2.3 version with a vector editor has been released. Dr. Roach will review it at a later date. Back in April, 2009 I last reviewed BeLight's ART TEXT and found it a useful headline and logo designing tool, but time passes and the new 2.2.2 version appeared as a review copy (from BeLightsoft. Com)on my desk with a new, revamped look and a greater ease of usage. … [Read more...]

Pages: 1 2

Filed Under: Reviews, Software, Tutorials, Workflow Tagged With: Adobe, apple, art text, banners, belight, brochures, business cards, buttons, flyers, Graphics, headings, icons, logos, mac, postcards, presentations, Software, text, text editing, text work, type styler, typestyler, website, website decoration, website design

Review: Pixelmator 1.6

July 19, 2010 By Dr. Michael N. Roach 7 Comments

About a year and a half ago (January 7, 2009 to be exact) I wrote a review of Pixelmator as a potential light-weight image-editing software. At that time I found it a very useful and inexpensive image-editing software that was well worth its $59.00 cost. (Download from Pixelmator.com) A new version of Pixelmator (1.6) is available as a free upgrade to current Pixelmator owners, but a word of caution goes along with it. Pixelmator has been rewritten for Snow Leopard 10.6 and the new version … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Graphics, Photoshop, Reviews, Software, Workflow Tagged With: apple, cheap photoshop alternative, composite, Graphics, image editing, mac, photoshop, Pixelmator, Software

A Quick Look at EPS Quicklook

May 10, 2010 By madbadcat 2 Comments

Right now, all I want is to be able to quickly scan my folder of EPS files to find what I need. I know it's in there. I just can't remember the filename. I have Leap. It's a great app- a musthave for anyone who works with images and graphics. (read Wendy's review called Getting Organized: Deep. Yep. and Leap. by Ironic) But right now, I just want to scan some EPS files in this #$@%^& folder! I know the thing I want is in that folder. It is and I don't want to launch another app … [Read more...]

Filed Under: MacOsX, Software Tagged With: eps, folder, images, mac, MacOsX, preview, quicklook, slideshow, thumbnail

Ironman Central by Zumobi

May 6, 2010 By Wendy Arnold 6 Comments

Have a little thing for the “Man in Red”? Wait no longer, die hard Marvel fans, with a little help from Zumobi, there’s an APP for that! Although there are members of my household, dying to get their hands on this bad boy, I have not yet had the pleasure of testing it out. However, I was able to get a little sneak peak into the highly anticipated game and we are definitely looking forward to it’s release. Here’s what Zumobi has to say about it... Marvel Launches Iron Man … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Gadgets, Media, Software Tagged With: app, iPhone, ironman central, marvel, zumobi

Topaz Labs Releases DeNoise v.4

May 6, 2010 By Dr. Michael N. Roach 2 Comments

One of my favorite software companies, Topaz Labs, has just released an upgrade to their DeNoise software, rasing version 3 to version 4. This is a free upgrade to version 3 owners and is a major upgrade. Check it out at here. It's not just that the "look" has changed, but the new layout makes it much easier to navigate and also incorporates a new "IntelliNoise" technology. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Photoshop Tagged With: apple, art, image enhancement, mac, photoshop, plugin, Topaz Labs

Millions Join the Evernote Brigade

May 4, 2010 By Wendy Arnold 1 Comment

Evernote has passed the next million-user milestone – 3 MILLION – since announcing 2 million in December. Since reaching 2 million, Evernote has launched and revamped several new clients and product updates (including Windows desktop and iPad) as well as new integrations (with Lexmark Scanners, Sony VAIO, and Samsung Behold II) and launched Evernote in new languages (Including French,Swedish, Czech, Japanese and Portuguese). You can see that their main focus has been to makeEvernote … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Software Tagged With: evernote

Preview: WordPress 3.0

April 28, 2010 By madbadcat 1 Comment

I was very excited when I read of Wordpress 3.0 multi-site network capabilities, so much that I had to install it to find out how it worked. How could I not? Wordpress 3.0 even has its own meme. Don't blame the kitteh. Wordpress Beta Plugin I first installed the Wordpress Beta Plugin on one of madbadcat.org's test sites and upgraded to the latest build of 3.0. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Wordpress, Workflow Tagged With: apple, beta, beta-testing plugin, magazine theme, wordpress, wordpressMU, wp3.0

Evernote for your iPad

April 15, 2010 By Wendy Arnold Leave a Comment

Okay Mac addicts, if you’re still debating the necessity of Apple’s new iPad, I know how you feel. Heart telling you “GO GET IT”, head asking “DO YOU REALLY NEED THIS?” Well, playing for the heart team, Evernote, has given you just one more reason the iPad can be handy for just about everyone. Here is what the iPad and Evernote, together, can to do keep your life organized on the go... … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Gadgets, Software Tagged With: apple, Apple iPad, evernote, Graphics, ipad, mac, myEN, sms, tweetdeck, Twitpics, twitter

Keeping Up With Google: Speed a Factor in Page Rank

April 13, 2010 By madbadcat 3 Comments

I was reading my morning news website yesterday when I ran across a link to an article entitled "It’s Official: Google Now Counts Site Speed As A Ranking Factor" posted at SearchEngineland.com . It seems that Google has responded to results of numerous studies over the years that concluded that even a half second delay in delivering content will result in shorter. For instance, as part of their own internal experiment, Google slowed down their own search results by 100 to 400 MILLISECONDS, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Resources, SEO, Wordpress, Workflow Tagged With: caching, cpanel, firefox, firefox plugin, google, gzip, page rank, plugin, search engine, SEO, Techpp.com, wibiya, Yslow

First Look At CS5

April 12, 2010 By Alicia Vogel 1 Comment

Creative Suite 5 is out, and it's got bells and whistles. I am hesitant to call it a game changer. Just better bells and whistles. Here are some highlights that immediately jumped out at me: Photoshop, Premiere, and Aftereffects are now 64 bit. Snow Leopard users should see an improvement in performance as a result, especially in video preview and playback. Photoshop junkies...the content awareness capability is actually "all that". I can't wait to try it. Of equal importance is … [Read more...]