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Get Detailed iPhoto information on your photos

Matt — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:10:03 +0000

For our summer vacation my parents bought a new camera and we wanted to test it against 2 other cameras. So we headed to the beach with the 3 cameras and took the same shoots. Long story short I came back to the beach house and uploaded all the shots to iPhoto. I then wanted to see all the information about each shot so I knew which camera too the best shoots. I kept hitting “Command+I” but all I got was a gray window with a map. No camera data. Then I found out to get the detailed information,or Extended Photo Info, you have to use the option key modifier. So to get to the detailed information of a photo in iPhoto just use the keyboard shortcut “Option+Command+I”. You can also get the detailed information or, as apple calls it the “Extended Photo Info”, you can go to the Photos menu in iPhoto and it is the first item in the drop down.

By the way the Cannon PowerShot SX200 IS is a really nice camera. My sony DSC-H9 now looks so out of date. When the iphone 4 gets here tomorrow we are planning on taking the same comparison to see how it holds up to the cannon SX200 IS.

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Jumsoft Releases All-in-One Packs for Business

Matt — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:57:00 +0000

Vilnius, Lithuania – Finally, Jumsoft announces the release of its All-in-One packs, high-quality and professionally designed various types of templates for personal or small business usage. There are three themed packs to choose from – Craft, Elite, and Rich. All-in-One theme packs provide the templates for all the applications customers are likely to need in their business – iWeb, Keynote, Pages, and even Apple Mail.

With the great experience of developing various templates, Jumsoft has finally created amazing All-in-One template packs for your personal or small business. For the first time, there are three themed packs to choose from – Craft, Elite, and Rich.

Our intuition has whispered us to provide the templates for all the applications you are likely to need in your business – iWeb, Keynote, Pages, and even Apple Mail. It is the possibility to be noticed among the rival firms and to demonstrate modern attitude towards business image.

Each high-quality Business theme pack includes all the basic templates as follows:

* iWeb theme (“Welcome,” “About Me,” “Photos,” “My Albums,” “Movie,” “Podcast,” “Blog,” and “Blank.”);

* 6 Pages’ templates (3 or 2 types of brochures, envelope, letterhead, business card, memo, and invoice);

* Keynote theme (16 layout masters);

* 2 mail stationery templates.

Craft

The Craft Business theme has a grey background and fosters a neutral atmosphere. The main emphasis is put on highlighting the news of your company on a red or blue background. The neutral image is always appreciated by customers; that is why this theme is recommended for all types of small and serious businesses.

Elite

The combination of a black background and white text associates you with very serious business in the Elite Business theme. This color scheme is always acceptable when you need to demonstrate your serious intentions to your partners. If you wish to project a businesslike image, this theme is perfect for you.

Rich

The Rich Business theme is full of bright colors and appears rich with possibility. All your inserted information will be displayed in the most convenient way to be noticed without any interrupting your visitors’ ability to view the main content of the page. Soft colors are always pleasant to the viewers’ eyes. Use this theme to calm your partners’ doubts about your promises.

The All-in-One theme pack requires the following:

* Mac OS X Version 10.5 Leopard or later

* iWeb 2.0 or later

* Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Mail

* Apple iWork 2008

Pricing and Availability

The All-in-One theme pack may be purchased for only $69.00 (USD).

Jumsoft
All-in-One
Samples

Based in scenic Vilnius, Lithuania, Jumsoft is a privately funded company founded in 2002. Committed to providing the highest quality software, Jumsoft is a dedicated group of Apple Macintosh experts whose goal is creating and marketing exciting, easy-to-use and powerful applications for the Mac Platform. Jumsoft most recently focused its attention on maximizing the potential of Apple’s iWork, quickly becoming the leading provider of Keynote themes and objects. Copyright 2002-2008 Jumsoft. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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Control iTunes From The Dock

Matt — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:34:48 +0000

Have you ever been using an application when a song came on in iTunes you would rather not hear? Or re-play the last song just one more time? I found a little trick the last time I right click on the iTunes icon in the doc. A complete menu pops up looking like the one below. You can use this to control iTunes in any way you need. It even tells about the current song playing.

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Jumsoft announces the release of Education iWeb Themes

Matt — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:11:00 +0000

Jumsoft announces the release of Education iWeb Themes with high-quality and exceptional design options – Primary, Cool Class, Teens, College, or University.

Choose the theme that you prefer and create a cozy net space for your affinity group. For Knowledge Day, Jumsoft is offering a great opportunity to purchase one Education iWeb theme and get five other variations for only $2.00 USD each. In other words, when a customer buys one particular Education iWeb theme, he or she can get five different color variations to use with it. This allows everyone to find a style that fits.

Education iWeb themes are recommended for those who belong to an educational community from primary-school to the university. They are also great for companies that provide goods for student customers. Exceptional designs with sweet details will help you display the essential information in the best possible way. As always, each theme contains numerous page layouts a designer is likely to need, such as “Welcome,” “About Me,” “Photos,” “My Albums,” “Movie,” “Podcast” “Blog,” and “Blank.”

Four simple steps get you started: buy, download, install the theme, and insert the required information, pictures, movies, or other information you want on the Web site. Education iWeb themes come with their own installer application, so you don’t have to worry about moving them to iWeb.

Primary
The Primary Education iWeb theme is recommended for pages aimed at primary school kids, but it is also great for those who need to express the child-like atmosphere. With vivid colors, detailed pencils, funny headingsyou’ll find everything you need to attract minors’ attention as well as keep the playful mood. There are five different color schemes to choose from – Gold Foil, Bright Blue, Bright Olive, Parrot Blue, and Tan.

Cool Class
The Cool Class Education iWeb theme is especially good for students in the higher grades. It also perfectly fits a school preferring to present a serious as well as friendly atmosphere. There are five different backgrounds to choose from – Mixed Brown, Sand, Flame, Wood, and Wood-au-lait.

Teens
The Teens Education iWeb theme reveals a fashionable attitude that is especially attractive to teenagers. This theme also provides a crazy and cheerful mood. You may think the Teens Education iWeb theme is too messy, but teens like information displayed in this way. There are five different color schemes you can choose – Orange, Scarab Green, Parrot Blue, Pink, and Lilac.

College
The College Education iWeb theme is especially good to hold the attention of the scholarly and serious viewer. It perfectly fits the needs of students as well as tutors. There are many options to help a designer display all types of information. The College Education theme variants allows you to highlight your news in several ways – loud, very bright, bright, noticeable, or neutral.

University
The University Education iWeb theme maintains a solid and scientific ambience. The visitors to this type of Web site require order, so important information is emphasized by placing it against background colors, not by using the cute details. There are five different backgrounds to choose from – Black, Blue, Green, Grey, and Flame.

Creating a Web site with all themes is a snap:
* Every single Education iWeb theme comes with installer, so you don’t have to worry about moving theme to iWeb. Each of ten themes conveniently will be displayed in iWeb’s templates menu.

The Web site themes require:
* iWeb 2.0 or later.

Pricing and Availability:
Buy one Education iWeb theme and get five color variations. The Education iWeb theme may be purchased for only $10.00 USD, which means that each variant in a particular theme is only $2.00 USD.

Jumsoft
iWeb Education Themes
Samples

A dedicated group of Apple Macintosh experts launched Jumsoft in 2002 with the goal of creating and marketing exciting, easy-to-use and powerful applications for Mac OS X. Jumsoft most recently focused its attention on maximizing the potential of Apple’s iWork, quickly becoming the leading provider of Keynote themes and objects. Copyright 2002-2008 Jumsoft. All Rights Reserved. Apple, iWeb, and the Apple logo are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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iWebTemplate adds 5 New iWeb Themes

Matt — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:04:00 +0000

iWebTemplate has added 5 new additional iWeb templates to its increasing collection. iWebTemplate has collaborated with Jumsoft, iPresentee and 11Mystics to bring you one of the internets largest iweb template/theme collections. These templates are available to use in creating websites, blogs, and podcasts complete with photos, movies, and music.

The 5 new additional themescan be easily customized so iWeb users don’t have to worry about the design. Each iWeb theme incorporates a number of different graphic elements which can be easily removed, moved and changed in size, opacity or color. iWeb themes contain several different page layouts to accommodate various information. iWeb Themes 2.0 includes an installer to make sure the themes end up in the right place. To get started just download, install the themes, choose the perfect theme, and create a website that is uniquely yours.

As well as iWeb templates, iWebTemplate is proud to offer their lifetime membership, providing pre-designed HTML website templates and website tools for you to use in your very own web development. Whether you are building a new website or just redoing an old design. These will spruce up your site and give you the “fresh” look you’re looking for.

iWebTemplate
New iWeb Themes
Member Area

iWebTemplate offers iWeb Templates and standard website templates, flash templates and other products that can be used as a basis for fast and high-quality website. Website templates, flash templates and all other products are completely customizable and ready for immediate download. Copyright 2008 iWebTemplate. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, and iWeb are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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2hadow Theme for RapidWeaver is now Free

Matt — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:29:00 +0000

2hadow for RapidWeaver 4, a RapidWeaver theme with considerable history is now offered by seyDoggy as an open source product. It was a variant of 2hadow that, in 2005, launched the theme design career of now renowned 3rd party developer, seyDoggy. Originally developed for RapidWeaver 3.1, the then dubbed “Shadow” was continually upgraded through each version of RapidWeaver that followed.

“It’s just time to let this theme go. It’s from another era in our history and it’s time it had some new life and new meaning.”, says 2hadows designer, Adam Merrifield.

2hadows release to the open source vault comes in the form of an update. Now at version 7 (r7), 2hadow is said to work better with recent YourHead plugins such as Carrousel, Kwix and the shiny new Collage 2.

“Isaiah and I were back and forth with a few variants of r7 to make sure that 2hadow and YourHead plugins would play nice together under normal use,” states Adam, “this version should do the trick making 2hadow stable enough to be let loose in the open source pool.”

The newly open sourced 2hadow is covered under creative commons license, Attribution-Share Alike 3.0. seyDoggy encourages users to download and experiment with 2hadow r7 but also urges users to share their mods back with the seyDoggy and the community.

seyDesign is a division of seyDoggy Web and Graphic design and has been in operation developing and distributing cutting edge RapidWeaver themes since 2005. Known for developing the first commercially available theme with split navigation, seyDesign is responsible for continually pushing the limits of RapidWeaver.

Pricing and Availability:
2hadow Free to download and share at our online RapidWeaver theme store.

seyDesign Website
2hadow r7
Other Open Source Themes
Developer:
YourHead Plugins

We are a small, yet internationally renowned web and graphic design outfit based in Kitchener, Ontario. Having worked with clients across the UK, Los Angeles, New York, Japan … it’s safe to say that seyDoggy’s work has touched every corner of the globe with an internet connection. We excel in web design, graphic arts, web themes, template design, photography and digital imagery. Through our daughter site, seyDesign, we design and sell thousands of RapidWeaver theme designs for the global market. We also offer consulting services for other companies looking to enter the web design industry or who don’t want to hire full time staff to manage their own internet or intranet web systems.

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Axamblis Releases Imprint Studio 1.0

Matt — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:22:00 +0000

Axamblis proudly announces the release of Imprint Studio 1.0 for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Imprint Studio is a tool that allows you to print posters using a standard format printer by splitting up an image into several smaller tiles, which can then be printed and assembled to form the final poster. Imprint Studio offers an easy-to-use interface and addresses hobby photographers as well as professionals of the metier.

Imprint Studio uses Mac OS X Leopard’s new cutting edge technology CoreAnimation to create an appealing and easy-to-use user interface. Printing a poster is as easy as choosing the image and the posters size and hitting print. But as the application is targeted to a wide range of users, many options are available to further customize the result.

Imprint Studio Features:

* Easy-to-use, nice-looking interface

* Wide range of input formats (PNG, JPG, TIFF, etc. as well as vector formats such as PDF and PostScript)

* Watermarks and logos in every corner of the poster

* Printing of indicators and marks to help you cut and assemble to tiles

Concept:

Imprint Studio takes an image as input, lets you add text and images in each of the corners and choose the size of the final poster. The print engine splits up the poster into tiles which can be printed using your standard format printer.

Minimum Requirements:

* Mac OS X Version 10.5 Leopard or higher

* Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel

* 6.0 MB Hard Drive space

* Runs on any Mac supported by Leopard

Pricing and Availability:

Imprint Studio 1.0 is priced at 15 Euros and is available now. Discounts for companies and educational institutions are available. The unregistered version limits the dimensions of the poster to 60cm width and height, but is fully functional in every other aspect.

Axamblis
Imprint Studio 1.0
Direct Download Link
Purchase Link
App Icon
Press Images

Started in 2003 by then 13 years old Fabian Schuiki, Axamblis focuses on tools offering easy interfaces and providing functionality not yet very often seen on the Mac platform. Axamblis has also provided a few user frontend solutions for public information display systems. Company registration is in progress.

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iWebTemplate Member Area – Hundreds of Templates To Download

Matt — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:06:00 +0000

Suffolk, United Kingdom – iWebTemplate is proud to offer their lifetime membership, providing pre-designed HTML website templates and website tools for you to use in your very own web development. Whether you are building a new website or just redoing an old design. These will spruce up your site and give you the “fresh” look you’re looking for.

As well as iWeb Templates, iWebTemplate sells regular HTML/Flash templates which don’t have those same limitations of iWeb. These regular templates are available from the member section.

Membership plan includes the following features:
* 100′s of pre-developed Professional Template Downloads
* Ebooks and Tutorials – Learn how to do what the pros do!
* Resources needed to make your site a success
* Free Download of Software
* Free Website Tools
* Unlimited downloads and access to all the available templates in the member area
* Frequently Update, new templates and resources are added frequently
* No per item fees. You pay one time, and you can use all our member templates and resources
* Free Clip Art and free true type fonts
* Link Popularity checker
* Meta Tag Generator
* Search Engine Ranker

Pricing and Availability:
The complete price for membership is currently $39.95 USD. Members have access to Member Area 24 hrs a day, 7 Days a week.

iWebTemplate
Register

iWebTemplate.com offers iWeb Templates and standard website templates, flash templates and other products that can be used as a basis for fast and high-quality website. Website templates, flash templates and all other products are completely customizable and ready for immediate download. Copyright 2008 iWebTemplate. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, and iWeb are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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Reset iPhones Cell Connection

Matt — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:58:37 +0000

A week or 2 ago I went to the At&t Store in Greenville to complain about the lousy coverage I have gotten on my iPhone and my wife’s blackberry. The AT&T rep stated that I should be resetting the phone at least once a week if not every day. I asked why and she went into the dissertation she received via e-mail a few month ago and I lost interest very quickly. The gist of it was so the phone will get the most up to date information and make sure that the phone is using the right tower for its signal. So I agreed and reset my iPhone on the spot. I really did not expect it to make any difference but it did. My only problem is the time it takes to reset the iPhone. Then I had an idea, what if I just put the phone on Airplane mode for a second? That would make it drop and regain its signal. IT WORKED!!!

Getting the iPhone into airplane mode is very simple just go the settings button and move the very top sider to turn “ON” Airplane Mode, wait a second or two and the slide it back to off.

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Use iWeb To Share Your Family Photos

Matt — Thu, 29 May 2008 20:00:56 +0000

If your family is spread out and the best way for you to share your pictures is on the web then this is for you. I love to share my pictures of my family online but don’t like not having the control over them that I may have to give sites like flickr and others like it. In this post I am going to show you how to use iWeb to take total control over how you share your photos online.

The first thing we need to do is set up a simple iweb site so lets open up iWeb and get started.

Once you have iWeb opened lets create a new site for our photos. Start by selecting a theme and in that theme the “My Albums” page type. For my example I am going to use Darkroom.

After you have the new page opened lets make the page our own. First I would double click on the Page title on the left and Rename the page. I made mine “Chandler Family”. Next you should edit the text on the page to make it what you want. I am going to leave it alone for the most part because I don’t want to confuse anyone.

After you have customized it as much as you want it is time to start adding photos. (This is a good time to save the file if you have not yet so you don’t mess up the work you have done to this point). Open the Media Browser by clicking on the “Media” button on the bottom of the preview area. Make sure that the photo tab is selected. If you have your photos organized by events then just drag the event you want to share to the iWeb preview area right on top of the blank album. You will notice that there will be a new page added under the “My Album” page, or what ever you renamed it to. This is what will be displayed when someone clicks on the album page.

If you want to change the lay out of the My albums page just select the first album and a H.U.D. will display titled “Media Index”. In the Media Index you can change:

Number of columns
the animation effect that is used when someone mouses over the album, the skim effect is the same that iphoto has when you mouse over the event.
Whether or not there will be an RSS feed for this page (Allow Subscribe)
Whether or not you want the title of the album and the number of photos to be displayed
You can even choose what the album look like on the page (Index style). This is fun to play with, each template uses different ones as a default.

Now that the page is set up, oh yeah, save again, lets get some more albums in there. To do that open the Media button again and find the event or album you want and just drag it over to the preview area.

Now we need to deal with each of the photo pages that have been generated. Select one of the photo pages and select one of the photos on the page to bring up the “Photo Grid”. In the Photo grid we will be able to customize the page to our liking. There are many of the same options as the Media Index. In the Photo Grid you can:

Select the number of columns
Spacing of the photos
How many of the photos will load on each page
The amount of caption lines you want to display (I set mine to 0 because I don’t rename my photos and the names look funny)
Change how the photo is displayed on the page using the Album Style drop down

You will need to do this for all of the photo pages you have made. For good design try to keep them all the same. For example if you set the captions to 0 lines do it on all the pages.

There are a few other things that we can do to help make the site better for your family. I would love to let them comment on the pictures. To do this we need to allow the comments on the site. This is a very easy thing to do in iWeb. All you will need to do is open the inspector and make sure that you are on the photo tab. Move down to the moments section and check the “Allow Comments” box. If you want to enable or disable any of the other features that go with the comments do so now. After you check the “Allow Comments” box you will be presented with a confirmation window. Make sure you read and agree with it and press the OK button.

There is one other thing you may want to consider, if you want to make sure that you and your family are the only ones who can view and comment your photos and such then you will want to enable passwords.

To enable a password for the site (yes it is the entire site) you will need to open the inspector. Make sure you are on the Site tab (it’s the blue globe on the very left side of the inspector) and click the password button. Putting a check on the “Make my published site private” will enable the password boxes. Just enter a Username and password and you are ready to go. If you have any questions about the password feature the “help” link has a real nice explanation for you. The password feature is not available unless you use .Mac

Now all you have to do is publish this site to your .Mac account or your private domain. I put this one out for you to look at (newmacuser.com/family).

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