Pixelmator

Pixelmator is an easy-to-use, fast and powerful image editing program that has everything you need to enhance, edit and retouch your photos. Pixelmator's powerful toolset includes selection, painting, color correction and retouching tools that easily transform and enhance your photos and images. Layer-based image editing, filters and special effects help you quickly achieve impressive imagery.

Add text to your pictures, analyze colors, crop, transform, rotate or move anything in your pictures. Made for the Mac, Pixelmator takes advantage of built-in iPhoto® support and one-click access to iSight®. This user-friendly image editor has everything you need to achieve professional results.

• 130+ Filters and Special Effects - See results in real time choose from standard filters such as blur, sharpen and distort, as well as many unique filters like comic-style halftones, tile, kaleidoscope and thermal camera.

• Layer-Based Image Editing - Stack portions of your image on top of one another and quickly create layers from photos, selections and more. You can also blend layers, change layer opacity and add layer masks to hide portions of layers. Add images as layers via drag-and-drop.
  

• Color Correction Tools - 16+ color correction tools help you make automatic corrections with Auto Levels, Auto Color and Auto Contrast. Adjust hue, saturation, exposure, brightness, contrast and more.
  

• Add Text to Your Images - Create editable text layers and use the type tool to create your own invitations and logos.
  

• Select, Paint and Retouch Tools - 20+ tools, including crop, select, paint and erase help you enhance your images. You can also import and customize Adobe® Photoshop® Brushes, and graphics tablet support enables you to draw by hand.
  

• Made Exclusively for the Mac - One-click iSight® support takes your picture and adds it as a layer in Pixelmator. Access your iPhoto® Library, events, albums, Smart Albums and Pictures folder with the built-in Photo Browser. Supports Spotlight™, ColorSync®, Quick Look and many other Mac-only technologies, and takes advantage of Core Image and OpenGL®. Built-in Automator actions let you quickly enhance, resize and transform images with batch processing.
  

• Supports Popular File Formats - Export to 100+ file formats including PSD, JPEG, TIFF, PNG, GIF, PICT, BMP and PDF. Also supports Adobe Photoshop files with layers.

KEY FEATURES:

• 130+ filters and special effects


• 20+ tools, including crop, select and paint


• 16+ color correction tools


• See results in real time


• Layer-based image editing


• Create editable text layers


• Import Adobe® Photoshop® Brushes


• Graphics tablet support enables you to draw by hand


• Supports Adobe Photoshop files with layers


• Photo Browser offers quick access to iPhoto® Library, events, albums, Smart Albums and Pictures folder


• Use iSight® camera to add pictures to compositions


• Includes Automator actions for converting, resizing, enhancing, adding special effects and transforming


• Export to 100+ file formats


• Save images as PSD, JPEG, TIFF, PNG, GIF, PICT, BMP, EPS, PDF and more.

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StuffIt Deluxe 2009 Mac by Smith Micro - The ultimate in compression and archive management

Compress files by up to 98% of their original size. StuffIt's advanced MP3, PDF and Image compression enhancements that saves more space than ever before.

• Compress and expand archives
• Super-strong encryption security and password protection
• Self-healing archive creation protects againt data corruption
• Send and transfer via email or FTP
• Complete data backup management
• Integrated workflow features

StuffIt Deluxe 2009 Mac by Smith Micro archives, protects and secures your stuff better than ever before.

Not only can you use StuffIt to open compressed files or create your own space- and time-saving archives, you can use StuffIt Deluxe 2009 to manage, protect, backup and secure your data!

Safely Store Your Files.

You may be protected from viruses and spyware but are you ready if your hard drive crashes? What if you lose your computer to fire, water damage or theft? These scenarios could happen to anyone and can be devasting especially since most people do not make regular backups of their files. StuffIt Deluxe can help by making it easy for you to back up your important data on CD/DVD, portable storage devices or FTP location.

Enhanced Security.

Not only does StuffIt Deluxe make it easy for you to archive your files, it offers the added security layer of encryption. That means that you can back up important data on your hard drive to CD/DVD or portable storage device knowing that only you have access via a password of your choosing.

Makes Backing Up Data Easy.


StuffIt Deluxe offers features that makes data back up easier than ever:

• Automate repetitive tasks like data storage,compression, and sending/transfer.
• Archive directly to CDs and DVDs — large files will automatically span multiple disks.
• Find what you need quickly thanks to our Spotlight and Quick Look plugins.

Better than ever compression and expansion for data on the move.

StuffIt can compress your files by up to 98% of their original size. Save hard disk space, store more on portable devices and beat email size limitations. Guarantee easy access for the receiver of your archives by creating self-extracting archives with SEA Maker. Your .sea files automatically open for anyone on any computer. Easy!

Smith Micro's patented, exclusive technology compresses and encrypts outgoing email attachments in one simple step to help you:

• Email your information and attachments faster.
• Protect sensitive data.
• Conserve disk space.
• Maximize mailbox and storage capacity.

COMPRESS AND EXPAND

• NEW! Duplicate Folding = smaller archives
• NEW! Expand 7-Zip archives
• NEW! Expand segmented Zip archives
• Patented 24-bit image compression
• TIFF, PNG, GIF and BMP compressors
• Optimized compressors for PDF, MP3
• Re-compress Zips and MS Office 2008 docs
• Compress JPEG photos up to 30%
• Create StuffIt, Zip and TAR archives
• Fully compatible with Windows archives
• Browse archives without expanding
• Preview thumbnails of archived images
• Add, delete, and change files in archives
• Save searches with StuffIt Collections
• Expand encrypted Zip archives
• Expand 30 compression formats!

SEND

• Built in FTP, email and MobileMe file transfers
• Split files apart to fit email size limits

BACKUP

• NEW! Preview archives within TimeMachine
• Backup directly to FTP, your MobileMe iDisk, or to multiple CDs and DVDs
• Restore files to original locations
• Email backup activity logs
• Backup with admin privileges

PROTECT

• Strong 512-bit and AES 256-bit encryption
• Built-in protection against data corruption
• Encrypt StuffIt and Zip files

INTEGRATION

• NEW! Peer in archives with Quick Look plugin
• NEW! Browse archives in the Finder like disks
• Multi-processor and multi-core enable

Amapi Pro 7.5 English Full Version - Product Design Made Easy

Amapi Pro 7.5 helps creative designers achieve successful results by delivering a comprehensive modeling feature set and advanced capabilities within a natural, elegant and efficient 3D working environment.

Amapi Pro 7.5 provides product designers and 3D modelers a NURBS-based environment for conception and creation of highly refined 3D models. Amapi Pro is flexible and fast, and offers all the advanced design tools to accurately construct, model and assemble complex 3D models in the 3D space.

• Modeling Using NURBS: Amapi Pro's NURBS (non-uniform rational B-splines) modeling allows designers to create and edit complex surfaces and volumes in a unique user interface widely recognized in the industry.

• Explore Design Alternatives: The Dynamic Geometry palette allows you to navigate inside complex objects made up of several levels, or earlier design stages can be revisited for design alternatives.

• Full CAD Compatibility: Amapi Pro handles IGES, SAT, STL and DWG file formats which communicate seamlessly with 2D CAD systems for integration into the manufacturing process. Amapi Pro provides the link between the designer's initial idea and the reality of the final project.

• Perfect Prototypes the First Time Around: Amapi generates watertight STL files, so you can quickly create plastic models of your design for rapid prototyping, facilitating the tooling process. Once your design is complete, you can build your prototype!

Key Features:

Creative 3D Environment

• Flexible interface with natural workflow.
• Intuitive, quick access to tools and options.
• Instant rich 3D visualization and manipulation.
• Modeling with NURBS surfacing, polyhedral box modeling, and solid modeling.
• Dynamic Geometry, fully editable construction history.
  

Advanced 3D Design Tools

• Full NURBS and Polyhedral modeling engines

• Comprehensive curve and surface construction toolset:

- Advanced 2D drawing toolbox

- Generalized extrusions, lofting, hulls

- Volumes defined by surface boundaries

- Connecting surfaces

• Hi-end modeling tools:

- Trimmed Surfaces and Boolean Operators,

- Variable Filleting, Surface Offset, Thickness

- Advanced Deformers

• Complete Assembly Toolbox:

- Copy and Mirror Copy, Repeat Tool

- Instances and Clones,

- Groups, Layers

Open and Versatile

• Measurements, advanced drawing assistants, printing module.
• Import / Export using EPS, OBJ, 3DS, DXF.
• Hi-end Import-Export using IGES, SAT, STEP, DWG, STL.
• Microscribe® digitizer integrated support.
  

Manga Studio Debut Full Version by Smith Micro

Manga Studio Debut Full Version - Anyone Can Create Manga and Comic Art! Whether you're a newcomer to manga or a professional comic artist, whether you create art for work or for pleasure, Manga Studio will help you create top quality color and black and white manga and comics.

Manga Studio Debut allows aspiring artists and hobbyists to create professional looking color and black and white manga and comic art.

Debut combines all of the essential tools and features you need to create manga and comics from start to finish.

• Complete artistic control. Sketch original art with a mouse or tablet, scan in existing art, or import artwork or graphics to get started. It's easy with Manga Studio Debut!

• Design with attention to detail. Choose from over 2,300 professional-grade screen tones to add dimension, depth and character to your art.

• Invigorate your drawings. Easily color and fill your Manga or Comic using the integrated color set, advanced shading tools, and pattern brushes.

• Bring your Characters to Life. Pre-designed word balloons allow you to quickly add dialog to your creations.

• Apply special effects. Add focus and speed line effects in seconds to express motion or moods.

• Publish your work. Output professional quality manga for print or web in various file formats.

• Get fast results. Perform complicated tasks with a single mouse click. Double your productivity by reusing design elements in a flash!

New and Updated Features:

Manga Studio Debut provides a fun straightforward way for you to start creating your own comics today.

• NEW! Beginner’s Assistant and dynamic help. With Manga Studio’s built-in Beginner’s Assistant interface commonly used tool palettes and dynamic help are grouped together. Getting started has never been easier.

• NEW! Color Palette. Color your artwork using the integrated color tool set. Choose from preset colors or create your own and add custom effects to your artwork.

• NEW! Built-in Word balloons. Add word balloons with ease by dragging and dropping any of almost one hundred preset editable word balloons. Freely adjust the font, size, style and spacing of the text and add a curved or straight tail.

• NEW! Advanced Text Input. Manga Studio Debut now allows you to enter text directly on your page using a standard text tool. You can also quickly add special characters and with support for many characters such as Katakana and Hiragana, Manga Studio Debut is better than ever!

• UPDATED! More Screen Tones and Patterns. Choose from over 2,300 screen tones, a variety of special effects and comprehensive pen and brush tools, including over 80 customizable pattern brushes. Create and customize virtually unlimited combinations of patterns to create unique effects.

• UPDATED! Additional preset page templates. Choose from over 160 built-in page templates for your page or story, or add your own customized pages and save them as templates.

Whether you're a newcomer to manga or a professional comic artist, whether you create art for work or for pleasure, Manga Studio will help you create top quality color and black and white manga and comics.

Manga Studio for Dummies Book from Wiley Publishing

Use the newest features of Manga studio to bring your ideas to life! Discover how to use Manga Studio to begin creating comic and manga art with this essential guide from Wiley Publishing. Written by digital artist Doug Hills, Manga Studio For Dummies covers both Manga Studio Debut and EX versions.

You'll learn how to master all the essential features of Manga Studio:

• Build and use page templates.
• Rough in your comic with penciling techniques.
• Work 100% digital, or use a combination of digital and traditional tools if you prefer.
• Work with layers, rulers, and panels.
• Add speech bubbles and sound effects text.
• Ink your work and add tones.
• Prepare your creations for print or Web.
  

The bonus CD that accompanies this book includes a 30-Day free trial of Manga studio EX, a library of images you can use to create your own manga, all the examples and art used in the book and bonus chapters!

About the Author

Doug Hills: Doug Hills is a digital artist and Web developer. His online comics include Place Name Here and Chibi Cheerleaders from Outer Space. He currently resides in Logan, UT.

Character Collection for Anime Studio 5 and Studio 5 Pro

If you're not a professional artist, take advantage of pre-built 2D characters to get a jump start on creating your own animations.

The Character Collection for Anime Studio comes complete with 15 pre-rigged characters, including: Cute Girl, Smiling Girl, Pig, Zoon, Xiao, Qiqi, Lei, Qib, Qim, Baicoapo, Kenami, Liji, Kexi, WanLu and YaLiShi.

All these 2D characters come pre-rigged, so you can start animating right away in both versions of Anime Studio. Simply add the character to your scene and you are ready to go!

Anime Studio: The Official Guide Book

Discover all of the unique capabilities of Anime Studio with this official guide book from Course Technology.

Anime Studio: The Official Guide Book, by Kelly Murdock, shows first-time animators, hobbyists, and digital enthusiasts how to create, render, and animate characters and even entire scenes that can be exported to various video, TV, and web formats for viewing and sharing.

Using clear examples and step-by-step tutorials to help you conquer each feature and new skill, the book includes instruction on:

• Managing and configuring the workspace
• Working with layers
• Using drawing tools
• Editing curves
• Working with bones
• Adding sound
• Rendering and exporting a final scene
• Importing and integrating 3D models and textures, video, and Photoshop files
• Adding special effects

About the Author

Kelly Murdock: Kelly has over 15 years experience in the computer graphics arena, especially in the area of 3D graphics. Included in the experience is a variety of tasks from high-end CAD product design and architectural pre-visualization to virtual reality and games. Kelly is best known for his international best-selling books on graphics including the 3ds max Bible, Illustrator Bible and Naked Maya. He also is the author to Poser 6 and 7 as well as Edgeloop Character Modeling for 3D Professionals. Kelly currently works as a freelance designer for Logical Paradox Design, a company that he founded with his brother.

Anime Studio 5 Pro English Full Version - Complete 2D Animation for Digital Artists and Professionals

Anime Studio Pro 5 is perfect for professionals looking for a more efficient alternative to tedious frame-by-frame detailing when creating quality animations. With an intuitive interface and loaded with pre-rigged characters and additional content, Anime Studio Pro delivers advanced animation tools and effects to speed up your workflow.

• Create professional animations. Anime Studio combines cutting-edge features with powerful technology to deliver the most unique animation program for digital artists.

• Bone-Based Animation Technology - Using Anime Studio’s bone rigging system, you can add a skeleton to any image by simple point and click, then bring it to life!

• Ready to Use Content - Choose from pre-made Anime style characters or create your own using Anime Studio’s drawing and coloring tools.

• Import Your Own Artwork - Draw your own or import 2D imagery, 3D imagery or video files.

• Vector Graphics - Resize your images with no loss in quality using Anime Studio’s vector-based layer system.

• Intuitive Timeline - Anime Studio interpolates through your Timeline so you avoid the tedium of frame-by-frame drawing and save time.

• Audio Support - Add audio soundtracks to your animations. Anime Studio supports WAV and AIFF formats.

• Adobe Photoshop Integration - Import layered PSD files using a Photoshop plug-in that converts files to Anime Studio format, included free with Anime Studio Pro.

• Pen Tablet Support - Draw naturally with a pen tablet and recreate the sensation of drawing on paper.

• Publish for Multiple Media - Output your animations to video, TV, and web formats.

Anime Studio Pro adds power and more control over your work. Specifically designed for professionals, Anime Studio Pro provides additional content, tools and capabilities to give you more control and flexibility in creating your animations.

• Additional Professionally-Designed Content - Anime Studio Pro includes 22 3D objects, 24 2D characters, 33 2D props, and 24 sample animation files.

• 3D Capabilities - Turn your canvas into a 3D stage with X, Y and Z coordinates. You can import 3D files (OBJ) from Poser, Shade, Amapi and other 3D applications to use in your animations.

• Advanced Timeline Control - Fine tune your animations with powerful timeline controls, including onion skins, tweening, and graph mode.

• Professional Special Effects - Use built-in special effects tools on your animations, or add your own effects with Anime Studio’s powerful scripting capabilities.

• Additional Import/Export Capabilities - Import movie formats including AVI and QuickTime. Easily render stills of your animations and export as common 2D image formats or as layered Photoshop files.

• No Size Restrictions - Anime Studio Pro lets you create animations of unlimited length and file size.

• Audio Support - Add audio soundtracks to your animations. Anime Studio supports WAV and AIFF formats.

Save valuable time and effort. Anime Studio will speed up your workflow so your animation projects get completed faster than ever before.

• Get Started Quickly - Tutorials direct you how to use Anime Studio’s powerful features.

• Speed Up Your Production - Draw once and reuse your digital design elements as needed in other scenes.

• Customize Your Workflow - Organize multi-step operations into one-click commands for instant results.

Anime Studio 5 English Full Version - Powerful 2d Animation Solution

Anime Studio 5 includes everything aspiring artists and hobbyists need to create quality animations from start to finish. Anime Studio simplifies the animation process, empowering artists to create their projects faster and easier than ever before.

• Get started quickly - Anime Studio is packed with ready-to-use anime style characters so you can start creating your own animations right away. Tutorials and sample files show you how to maximize Anime Studio’s powerful features giving you the jump needed from your first project onwards.

• Your art, your way - To get started, sketch your original art, scan in or import graphics, or if you use a pen tablet you can recreate the sensation of drawing on paper.

• Vector graphics provide power and flexibility - Use multiple layering and resize your images with no loss in quality.

• Animate your characters using bones - Using Anime Studio’s bone rigging system, you can add a skeleton to any image by point-and-click to bring it to life. With Anime Studio, there’s no need to create new art for each individual frame as you animate. Just adjust the bones to your desired position and the program will generate the movement for you. It’s that easy!

• Direct your action with an intuitive timeline - Setting your movements to a timeline makes animation easy to understand. Anime Studio will create animations up to two minutes long.

• Add audio soundtracks to your animations - Add emotion and style to your animations by adding sound. Anime Studio supports WAV and AIFF formats.

• Integrate with Adobe Photoshop - Import layered PSD files using a Photoshop plug-in that converts files to Anime Studio format, included free with Anime Studio.

• Publish for multiple media - Output your animations to video, TV, and web formats.

Whether you're a digital enthusiast, a newcomer to animation, or if you want to create art for work or fun, Anime Studio provides what you need to create your own animations faster than anything else available!

RapidWeaver for Macintosh - Website creation for everyone!

RapidWeaver is an easy-to-use, powerful website builder that allows anyone to create and publish professional-looking websites in minutes. No knowledge of complex HTML is required, RapidWeaver takes care of all that for you. Many power features are available for professionals and high-end users!

Easy Website Creation

RapidWeaver makes it incredibly easy to create and publish beautiful, personalized websites in minutes. Create blogs, photo albums, movie pages, styled text and more with the click of a button.

Professionally-Designed Themes

Start with one of the dozens of professionally designed themes, customize colors and layout, and simply drag and drop in your content.

Awesome Slideshows

RapidWeaver produces stunning Flash-based slideshows from your photos. With iPhoto integration, just select your photos and RapidWeaver will do the rest.

Power Blogging

Make a sharp-looking blog and take it to the next level with podcasting, inline comments, RSS feeds, custom permalink tag support, search engine code optimization and more.

...and Pro Features!

RapidWeaver includes features for high-end users, such as live PHP rendering, Smart Publishing, XHTML and CSS based site output, editable source code, built-in error checking and much more!

RapidWeaver gives you the tools to easily create great-looking webpages, blogs, photo albums and more! Everything you need to get started today:

• Drag and Drop Site Creation
• Photo and Movie Albums
• iPhoto Integration
• .Mac, FTP and SFTP Publishing
• Built-In Image Editing
• Blogging with RSS and Podcasting
• Smart Publishing
• Fully-Editable Code
• Generates XHTML Valid Sites
• Powerful Plug-in Architecture
• Live PHP Rendering
• And much, much more!

Professional Features:

Smart publishing, customizable page and folder names, breadcrumbs, meta tags, favicon support, page assets, hidden pages, built-in error checking, live updates when editing themes, and much, much more...

You have full access to the RapidWeaver SDKs allowing you to create totally new plugins. Web designers can also use the Theme development kit to create new themes.

World-class code as standard - RapidWeaver has been built with web standards in mind. All templates are XHTML and CSS based. All the code RapidWeaver generates is valid so you can be sure the sites it produces are XHTML strict.

Live PHP Rendering - Tired of having to upload your php code just to see if it works? RapidWeaver can put an end to this time-consuming problem with it's built-in PHP rendering capabilities. Write your code in RapidWeaver's edit mode, switch to preview and see it rendered instantly.

Customizable Code - If you’re a power user and want to throw in some HTML code or modify a template, no problem. RapidWeaver gives you the power to switch seamlessly from using styled text and images to raw HTML code. This allows you to effortlessly insert custom code such as Google™ ads or hit counters.

Publish Anywhere - Publishing your site to the Internet couldn’t be easier with RapidWeaver’s one click publishing. You can publish to .Mac, FTP, SFTP and even locally to your desktop. RapidWeaver’s Smart Publishing keeps track of the changes you make to your site and only uploads modified pages, saving you time.

Add Themes, Features, Even Shopping Carts - An active community of users and developers are constantly building creative new themes, code snippets, and plug-ins for RapidWeaver for nearly every imaginable type of site.

• G4, G5 or Intel Processor
• Mac OS X 10.4.3 or higher

An Introduction to Poser DVD

Learn Poser With Your Own Personal DVD Tutor!

All Regions
80 Minutes

Master the powerful features of Poser the fast and easy way... just watch and learn!

Take a guided tour of Poser's interface and discover time saving tips and techniques to work with speed and efficiency.

Navigate library menus to load models, clothing, hair and props.

Modify facial characteristics and skin tone.

Position and adjust lighting and cameras to set the scene.

Bring your creations to life with powerful tools that make it easy to place, position, move and animate in 3D.

Topics covered on the DVD include:

• Interface Tour
• Lighting Controls
• Camera Views
• Posing Tools
• Keyframe Animation
• Clothing and Hair
• Walk Animation
• Facial Expressions
• Strand Hair Attributes

Learn the easy way with your own personal DVD tutor, ready for you anytime and anywhere. This DVD Video can be played right from your computer or standard DVD player with menus included to find any topic quickly and easily.

Bonus Poser Content Included FREE - a $59 Value!

• Koji 1.0 for Poser 6 Base Figure Pack, including the Koji 1.0 base character, 29 face morphs, 6 hair styles and 7 pieces of clothing.
• Swamp Creature Collection, including Alligator, Rattlesnake and Spider figures.

About Arena Reed:
Arena has been using Poser and working with the development team since version 2. Her latest work using Poser is a series of illustrations showcasing new features. She enjoys teaching Poser and other graphics software. She has worked on various software teams including Painter, Expression, Flash, Fireworks and Dreamweaver. Arena currently works as a designer in San Francisco where she enjoys bicycling and working on a bicycle route sharing website called veloMap.

Spring Cleaning 10.0 Mac by Smith Micro (Allume Systems Division)

Keep your Mac happy, healthy and fast with Spring Cleaning 10!

Think of all the things piling up on your Mac's hard drive: old programs, duplicate and corrupt files, dozens of language files installed by the OS. Who needs them? Spring Cleaning searches through the clutter, then helps you take the action you want. Search, organize and delete clutter so your Mac can operate trouble-free!

Mac users worldwide trust Spring Cleaning and its user-friendly tools to keep their machines operating at peak performance. Reclaim disk space, maximize performance and protect your private information with over 45 easy-to-use tools and actions.

• Boost speed and performance: Find and eliminate unnecessary applications and duplicate files easily.
• Regain wasted disk space: Safely delete unwanted documents, preferences and files; completely uninstall programs with MacUninstaller.
• Automatic, hassle-free cleaning: Schedule convenient cleanings, no need to remember what cleaning you did last and when.
• Data protection: Protect private information from being retrieved with guaranteed deletion.
  

New and improved features:

Spring Cleaning will improve the everyday life of your Mac by keeping you operating at peak performance with new and improved features.

• NEW! Photo A.K.A.™ - Easily rename or resize large collections of photos, which can then be placed in a Stuffed archive, a disk image or uploaded directly to Flickr™ or Picasa™.

• NEW! File Sorter - Quickly sort files into folders according to settings you specify. Organize cluttered folders in just one click!

• Schedule™ - Automate tasks to run when you want, saving you time and hassles. Set it and forget it!

• IMPROVED! QuickCompare™ - Quickly compare files side-by-side then save the one you want.

Poser 7 English Full Version - Discover the Art of 3D Figure Design

Poser 7 provides the easiest way to design with the human form in 3D. Using the rich collection of content included and powerful rendering to produce any style art, creative professionals, graphic artists and hobbyists can create stunning art, fine illustration and breathtaking animation for applications that integrate the diversity and spirit of human imagery.

With Poser, you can design using the human form for art, illustration, comics, pre-viz/storyboarding, medical visualization, animation, architecture and education - essentially everywhere your creative mind may take you as you design for print, video, film, or web!

All Poser 7 orders include a FREE six month Passport membership to Content Paradise, Smith Micro's content marketplace (US$49.99 Value), plus a FREE US$10 coupon good for any Smith Micro content on Content Paradise.

Features:

Complete 3D Figure Design - Create any figure imaginable using Poser's powerful 3D toolset. Scale and manipulate individual body parts, modify facial expressions, customize ethnicity, add clothing and props, and pose your figures down to the finest detail.

Powerful Rendering Capabilities – Poser’s powerful FireFly render engine delivers high-quality artistic effects for creating extraordinary, professional renders with natural lighting, shadows, reflections and refractions. Customize your final output in many styles, including photorealism, sketch, cartoon, silhouette and more.

Animation Controls – Poser’s animation tools are designed to help you create stunning, realistic animations without much of the repetitive work involved in animating figures. Poser includes automatic keyframe creation, non-linear animation, lip-syncing and a walk simulator to simplify the animation process.

Dynamic Hair and Cloth - Dynamic props move with your figure and add realism to your animations. Clothing drapes and deforms just as it should in real-life over a human figure, while hair can be grown, styled and controlled dynamically as if blown by the wind.

Loaded With 3D Content - Poser includes high resolution male and female figures, children, animals, cartoons, robots, and more – over 80 fully textured figure models in all. Hundreds of poses, facial expressions, full body morphs, hair, clothing, light sets and props are also included so you can get started fast. Plus, sound and motion files included add life to your figures and scenes.

New in Poser 7:

New Content – Poser 7 comes with over 1GB of high resolution 3D content. Leading the way are Simon and Sydney, the new male and female figures, plus loads of exclusive third party content, new wildlife, new motion capture data, light sets, poses, materials, and lots more.

Lip Syncing - Using the new Talk Designer in Poser 7, even beginning animators can easily make figures talk with facial movements that match real human behavior! Talk Designer will work with Sydney and Simon, as well as James, Jessi, and the Generation 2 Koji and Kelvin figures.

Multiple Undo and Redo - Return to earlier poses and designs, and step back and forth through up to 100 recent changes within your scene! Poser 7’s Multiple Undo and Redo is an incredible timesaver that can be applied on a wide range of your document changes, including all actions from the Poser library, applying poses, or deleting figures and props from your scenes.

Multi-Threaded Rendering and HDRI Support - Render up to four times faster with Multi-threaded Rendering (up to four threads) on machines with multiple CPUs. Poser 7 creates even more realistic images with High Dynamic Range Image (HDRI) support for Image Based Lighting and textures.

Non-Linear Animation - Use Poser 7’s new Animation Layers to separate the various parts of an animation into independent pieces that can be individually moved, edited, hidden, or even phased gradually in and out.

Brush-like Morphing Tools – Poser 7’s new Create tab on the Morphing Tool palette provides powerful interactive controls for creating your own custom morph targets. Easily create custom morphs on your figures just like you would with any brush tool.

Universal Poses - Now you can apply any pose to any biped figure within Poser 7, regardless of that figure's joints or rigging, and see consistent, high quality results!

Poser 7 English Full Version - Discover the Art of 3D Figure Design Click Here

Poser 7 Francais - Mise a jour depuis Poser 4 ou plus recente - Decouvrez l'art de la creation de personnages 3D Click Here

Shade 8 Standard by Smith Micro: 900+ included 3D models speed up the design and modeling process

Shade's intuitive, easy-to-use interface and 900+ included 3D models such as furniture, building and transportation items speed up the design and modeling process to improve workflow. Modeling is aided by comprehensive mesh editing tools.

Shade 8 Standard imports and exports popular CAD formats, and incorporates raytracing and radiosity to produce superior renderings of imported projects. Rendering times can be dramatically reduced via distributed rendering over two machines at once.

Product Design and Visualization. Development of award-wining product design is made easy using Shade. Boolean or Bezier modeling and mesh editing creates the exact shapes, with animation to preview functioning products "in motion"!

Character Modeling and Rendering With Poser. Link directly to Poser to easily import/export figures and poses. Poser 7 or earlier users can use Shade to modify models, create props or render images up to 4000x4000 pixels in size.

Architectural and Interior Design. Architects and interior designers can build and render projects with stunning speed and realism. Additional content is also available from the huge library of architectural objects online and from popular CAD programs.

• New version 8.5 includes additional bonus content! Shade Content Collection Volume 3: Cars and Transport, with over 690 3D models, including cars, trucks, motorcycles, and more (a $49.99 value), now included with Shade standard.
  
• Maximize processing power on the latest systems. With version 8.5, Shade also offers Intel Core Mac compatibility and 64-bit Windows support.
• Create rotatable, zoomable 3D panoramas with QuickTime VR capability.
• Add life to your animations with support for 3D sound.
• Use Bezier tools, Boolean and Polygon mesh modeling, plus auto-smoothing of curves to detail your designs.
• Global Illumination renderer includes Photon Mapping, Path Tracing, Raytracing and Radiosity-with-physics for photorealistic imagery. Callisto, the rendering plugin with global illumination and detailed settings, has been upgraded. A translucent shader and metallic shader have been added, and aberration is now supported.
• Network rendering and render queue will support a second node using Shade standard. Shade will also automatically search all available ShadeGrid servers running on the same local area network and display the IP addresses in the preference dialog.
• Support for pixel depth in 32-bits, 64-bits and 128-bits for all rendering image output.
• Improved import of OBJ, IGES 5.3, DXF, 2D Illustrator formats.
• Implementation of PoserFusion™ enables hosting and playback of Poser 7 or earlier scenes within Shade.
• OBJ, IGES5.3, DXF format support for integration into a CAD-based environment.
• 100 levels of Undo and Redo.
• ShadeExplorer U.I. improved with instant file preview and added keyboard control.
• Integrates with ArchiCAD, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and Poser as well as other popular 2D, 3D and CAD applications.

VMware Fusion 2.0 Mac by Smith Micro (Allume Systems Division)

Seamlessly run Windows applications and devices on your Mac.

Who says you can’t have it all?

• Get the best of both worlds and seamlessly run your favorite Windows applications on the Mac with VMware Fusion 2.0. Instantly launch Windows applications from any Mac file, the Dock, and more. Run Windows side-by-side with Mac OS X without rebooting, and quickly switch between Windows and Mac applications with Exposé. Use Windows-only USB devices on your Mac including GPS receivers, cell phones, PDAs, and iSight® cameras. Run 3D games, design software and graphics-intensive apps with support for DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 2 3D. You can even bring your entire PC along, virtually, using VMware Converter. Windows really is better on the Mac.

Unite Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X.

• With the powerful Unity feature, VMware Fusion™ seamlessly integrates your Windows applications with your Mac. Instantly launch Windows applications from any Mac file, the Dock, and more. Minimize Windows applications to the Dock and even quickly switch between Windows and Mac applications with Exposé.

Graduate from Boot Camp.

• VMware Fusion is the perfect complement to Apple’s Boot Camp. No more choosing between Mac or Windows on boot; run Windows side-byside with Mac OS X from your existing partition. And when you’re ready, import your Boot Camp partition to reclaim extra space and enjoy great features such as Snapshots, AutoProtect, and Suspend and Resume.

The switcher’s best friend.

• VMware Fusion makes switching from PC to the Mac a snap. Bringing all your favorite Windows applications and peripherals to your new Mac provides the perfect safety blanket for your switch. You can even bring your entire PC along, virtually, using VMware Converter.

Proven technology & award-winning performance.

• The winner of more than a dozen industry awards, VMware Fusion is backed by more than a decade of proven, high-performance virtualization technology. The undisputed virtualization market leader, VMware is trusted by millions of users worldwide.

Keep the bugs away.

• To keep Windows XP and Windows Vista on your Mac as safe as possible, VMware Fusion includes a complimentary 12-month subscription

Morpheus Photo Animation Suite from Allume

Let your imagination run wild!

Morpheus Photo Animation Suite contains three awesome software products, to morph, warp, and mix all of your photos.

Photo Morpher™ - Transform one person or object into another right before your eyes.

Photo Warper™ - Bend and exaggerate portions of photos, such as body parts.

Photo Mixer™ - Blend up faces and mix body parts between two photos.

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  Create Hollywood style photo effects, fun slideshows, weird distortions, and crazy animations to entertain all of your friends and family!
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  Transform into your favorite rock star, movie star, or celebrity!
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  Warp your body into any shape
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  Mix animal and human characteristics! Morph, warp, and mix everything!

Morpheus Photo Animation Suite gives you the power to create your own photo morphs, warps, and mixes like you have seen in the movies. With easy-to-use tools and professional results everyone in your family will enjoy using Photo Animation Suite. Best of all you can quickly share your creations with everyone you know! Email your animations to friends, and post them on MySpace®, YouTube™, Flickr™, and all your other favorite sites. Unleash your creativity!

Manga Studio EX Full Version - The Professional Solution for Creating Manga and Comics

Manga Studio EX, the #1 manga software worldwide, is the all-in-one solution for creating and publishing manga and comics.

Add power and flexibility to your design process. Specifically designed for professionals, Manga Studio EX delivers cutting-edge features that comic artists need.

• Choose from over 3,000 screen tones or create your own, making possibilities endless.
• Resize with no loss in quality by converting your bitmap drawings to resolution-independent vector images.
• Draw naturally with a pen tablet and recreate the sensation of drawing on paper.
• Simplify your layout and design process with easy to use features such as rulers, 80+ page templates, and word balloons.
• Create new artistic expressions with dozens of pen and brush tools, special effects, and 2D and 3D image transformation.

Save valuable time and effort. Work faster! With Manga Studio’s powerful feature set and intuitive, standard interface, you will quickly create your comic projects faster than ever before.

• Easily apply screen tones to your artwork with one mouse click.
• Reuse your design elements as needed in other scenes.
• Turn multiple steps into one-click commands for instant results.
• Customize your favorite tools and commands for easy access.

Create professional level art from start to finish. Designed specifically for illustrating manga and comic art, Manga Studio provides a complete solution for creating standard black and white manga and comics.

• Sketch original art, scan in existing art, or import artwork or 2D or 3D graphics to get started.
• Ink your drawings with precision using hundreds of layers per page.
• Choose from over 3,000 print-ready screen tones or create your own, making possibilities endless.
• Paint and erase patterns with ease using advanced shading tools.
• Create concentration and speed line effects in seconds.
• Automatically add dialog to your characters with built-in word balloons, or design your own.
• Publish and export professional quality manga for print or web.

Morpheus Photo Morpher

Morpheus Photo Morpher™ is fun and easy-to -use. Transform your old photos into cool new animations that your friends and family will enjoy. With Morpher the possibilities are endless and the fun never stops!

Recreate the Hollywood-style photo effect of transformation. Transform yourself into your favorite rock star, movie star, or celebrity. Share your morphs with friends and family over the web or via email!

• Morph your children growing through the years!
• Transform your grandfather back to his younger years!
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  Change that old hunk-a-junk into a sweet new ride!
• Surprise a wedding couple by morphing their baby photos into their current photos, and sharing it at the wedding!
• Morph your pets into wilder animals!
• Transform yourself into your favorite movie star or musical artist!

Morpheus Photo Morpher gives you the power to create your own photo morphs like you have seen in the movies. With easy-to-use tools and professional results everyone in your family will enjoy using Morpheus Photo Morpher!

• Animate photos of friends, family, politicians, celebrities, household appliances, and anything else you can think of!
• No technical skills required –anyone can create Hollywood style photo effects!
• Control the details, such as speed, dot size, dot shape, and much more!
• Spice up your slide shows with morphs of your family through the years!
• Decorate your webpages, blogs, and other social sites with great animations!
• Save your morphs as Flash SWF, animated GIF, JPEG, TIFF, and PNG!

Morpheus Photo Morpher

SpamCatcher 4.0 by Smith Micro - STOP SPAM AND BLOCK PHISHING SCAMS!

TAKE CONTROL

Tired of scammers “phishing” for your personal information? Tired of wasting time with offensive and unwanted email? Take control of your inbox with SpamCatcher!

The Easiest Way to Block SPAM

We see 5 to 10 million spam messages a day so you won’t see any. Stop wasting time with unwanted emails that should have never be in your inbox in the first place. Free yourself from junk email once and for all!

The Easiest Way to Block SCAMS

Are you worried about accidentally responding to an email that looks legitimate but isn’t? Are you sure that financial notice is really from your bank? Protect yourself from the latest phishing scams!

Stop Them All With SPAMCATCHER

Take control of your inbox and make spam and scams go away forever! SpamCatcher blocks 99% of your unwanted emails, making sure you get only the email you want.

Join the millions of members of the SpamCatcher Network, and help stop spam and block email scams! When you fetch your email, SpamCatcher creates a fingerprint ID of each message and checks it against the Network database to see if it is spam or an email scam.Each time you approve or block an email, SpamCatcher instantly updates the Network. Your actions help stop spam and protect everyone from email scams, and you benefit from other members’ real-time anti-spam votes too! No spammer matches the power of SPAMCATCHER’s 1,000,000+ network members!

Spammers Can’t Fool SpamCatcher

Six Powerful Anti-Spam Tools Keep Your Email Inbox Clean:

• ScamDefense - Checks every email against a network of millions to keep scams out of your inbox.
• SpamTricks - Checks to see if the email has been specially formatted or designed to avoid or bypass anti-spam rules.
• SpamReject - Looks at the source of the email and recognizes known spam broadcasters.
• SpamContent - Determines if the email contains promotional, questionable, or otherwise offensive content.
• SpamBulk - Checks to see how the email was sent; whether it was part of a mass mailing or was sent on its own.
• SpamFingerprint - Every email is fingerprinted, identified, and checked to see if it has already been convicted as spam.

One-Year of Spam Filter Updates:

You can’t defeat spam if you don’t keep up with ever-changing spam tactics. SpamCatcher includes one year of filter updates, FREE.

StuffIt Deluxe 12 Macintosh from Allume Systems

StuffIt Deluxe 12 Macintosh provides a suite of tools that help you access, compress, manage, protect, send, and backup all your important files and images!

Compress everything - even PHOTOS!

Compress JPEG Photos and Images by up to 30%!

With its revolutionary new Image compression technology, StuffIt archives what no other compression product has been able to do – reduce the size of JPEG photos and images up to 30% with absolutely no loss in image quality!

Where existing archive technologies such as Zip are unable to further compress JPEG pictures, StuffIt’s patent-pending technology enables users to fit more onto CDs, DVDs, and other storage and backup media. This provides significant bandwidth saving for professionals, businesses, hobbyists or anyone looking to share images over the Internet or on the network!

NEW! Archive Manager - Fast and easy access to all your archives!

Immediately display all the StuffIt, Zip, TAR, and RAR archives on your Mac. Whether you’re looking for archives that you’ve downloaded from the Web, received via email, copied from CDs and DVDs, or created yourself, Archive Manager makes it easier than ever to find your archived photos and files!

NEW! StuffIt Collections - Automatically group related files with a single click!

StuffIt lets you to group files together into special collections. Once created, these collections can be recalled with a single click: your weekly photos, latest documents, or current project. You set the rules and StuffIt will automatically collect your files from that point on!

NEW! Powerful Search Tools

StuffIt Deluxe makes it easy to find files in your archives and backups! StuffIt + Spotlight™ lets you search for files even when the archives they’re stored in are located on CDs, DVDs, networks, external hard drives or other “offline” locations!

NEW! Improved OS X Integration

Take advantage of Apple's latest search and scripting tools.

Access the power of StuffIt compression with scriptable Automator™ workflows. Search for individual files inside StuffIt, Zip, TAR, and RAR archives with Spotlight™!

NEW! Strong Encrypted Zip Support

StuffIt now allows you to open Zip files encrypted using the 256bit AES method!

Improved Preview Image Thumbnails

Preview archived JPEG images within archives without having to decompress the data. Even better, StuffIt's multi-threading abilities won't interrupt your work while it renders tens, hundreds, or even thousands of compressed images!

Improved Performance

StuffIt is now Universal Binary and takes full advantage of multiple PPC processors and Intel cores. Speed improvements have been made across the board! StuffIt's "Better" compression algorithm compress up to 20% faster with the same compression results.

Spotlight Importer

StuffIt Deluxe extends the reach of Apple’s Spotlight search technology to include files stored in StuffIt, Zip, and Tar archives.

Automator Support

Use Mac OS X 10.4’s Automator feature to create automated solutions that include the ability to compress and expand StuffIt, Zip, and Tar archives.

Package Files for Distribution

StuffIt SEA Maker allows users to create self-extracting archives that open automatically on Mac OS 10.3 and 10.4. Users can specify the directory to which files in the archive will be expanded, and can also choose to generate and display a splash screen and text dialog during installation.

.Mac Support

StuffIt now allows users to create dropboxes that can send and retrieve files from a .Mac iDisk.

Backup Data Fast

Now StuffIt is the easiest way to protect your data, or your whole hard disk. Schedule backups to run automatically while you sleep, and StuffIt will even send you a confirmation message to assure you your data is safe.

ArchiveSearch™

Use ArchiveSearch when you need to find a file that you know is stored in an archive, but you're not sure which archive it's in? ArchiveSearch works exactly like the Mac OS Find File feature!

Automatic Backups for Specific Files

Schedule a backup time for any folder, image, or document on any network or local drive! Choose to have only recently changed files backed up!

Strong Encryption

Users now have to enter a password to view the contents of an encrypted StuffIt X archive, but unlike previous “whole archive encryption” implementations, once a password has been entered, the contents of encrypted StuffIt X archives can be changed.

Integrated CD & DVD Burning

StuffIt tells you where the archive is being created and puts the ability to burn CDs, DVDs, or any removable media of your choice at your fingertips!

Segment Files Across Disks

StuffIt will automatically split your archives across multiple disks.

Protect Your Secrets

Super-strong 512-bit encryption and password protection ensures your data's privacy. Now a password is required to browse the contents of an archive.

Automate FTP & Email

Point and click your way to instant automation. Eliminate routine tasks and simplify your life.

Safe & Secure

StuffIt self-repairs archived data, keeping it safe from transmission and media errors.

Poser Pro: Professional 3D Figure Design

Poser Pro, the 3D character animation and content solution for professional artists and production environments, offers integration of fully rigged, textured and animated Poser characters into 3ds Max, Maya and CINEMA 4D.

With COLLADA import/export, create Poser content to use in production pipelines and graphics tools. Poser Pro offers 64 bit support and a Network Rendering Queue, to save design time and production resources. By providing access to a market of hundreds of ready to use, studio quality, pre-rigged and textured figures plus thousands of diverse props, Poser Pro is a critical tool for adding character content to any production project.

Feature Descriptions:

Network Render Queue

Save time and cut production costs by using networked computers to render complex scenes and lengthy animations. The Network Render Queue allows you to set-up a rendering network, distribute rendering jobs across that network, and manage those rendering jobs to suit your schedule.

With the Queue Manager, distributed renderings can be paused and resumed, or fully rendered on slave machines so you can keep working in Poser Pro on your master machine. The Network Render Queue distributes rendering jobs across as many networked machines as permitted by your license.

Background Rendering

Increase personal productivity with background rendering in Poser Pro. Work on Poser scenes in the foreground, while rendering time consuming still frame images with the Firefly render engine in the background.

When rendering in the background, Poser Pro allows you to open and close other scene files, save your project, and continue working to fully utilize your production time.

64-bit Render Engine

Poser Pro lets you take advantage of high performance 64-Bit Operating Systems and hardware with the new 64-Bit Firefly Render Engine. The 64-Bit render engine efficiently uses all available system memory to render even the most complex scene files in the shortest possible time. Distribute 64-bit rendering jobs via the Network Render Queue for even greater time savings at render time.

High Dynamic Range Image (HDRI) Export

Create vivid, life-like images with HDRI output. HDRI images accurately represent a full range of intensity levels as found in real world scenes, ranging from the brightest sunlight to deepest shadows.

Poser Pro rendered images can be exported in Radiance (.hdr) or OpenEXR (.exr) format giving you greater control over the luminosity, opacity and reflectance range of your work. With HDRI optimized output, you can take advantage of the extra precision, flexibility and physically correct image operations in post production that standard image formats don’t support.

PoserFusion Hosting Plug-ins

Use Poser Pro as a character animation solution in 3ds Max, Maya and Cinema 4D. Poser Pro includes robust plug-ins, allowing you to open and host Poser scene files and 3D content within production environment applications. Integrate static or animated Poser Pro scenes with these powerful 3D tools for increased productivity and instant access to the vast libraries and marketplace of pre-built, pre-rigged, and textured Poser character content.

COLLADA Import/Export

Poser Pro offers Data Exchange with the industry-standard COLLADA format. Gain maximum flexibility by transporting Poser content to a large list of applications that support COLLADA such as Softimage XSI, NVIDIA FXComposer or Adobe Photoshop CS Extended. Experience the added benefit of creating and exporting animated character content with Poser Pro’s pre-rigged characters. Save 3D objects created in modeler programs as COLLADA files and import them into Poser Pro, for props or as the basis for creating new figures.

Import:

Geometry, Textures, Cameras, and Lights

Export:

Geometry, Textures, Cameras, Lights, Morph Targets, Bones, Animation Data

Gamma Correction/Linear Rendering

With Poser Pro Gamma Correction you can specify gamma and apply the values to textures, as well as specifying the gamma values that will be applied to exported images. This allows you to perform linear rendering for increased luminance accuracy. Poser Pro Gamma Correction gives you the confidence that what you see is what you’ll get because input and output data will comply with your selected gamma values.

Poser Pro Gamma Correction on the Texture Manager allows you to specify gamma values per texture, giving you the ability to exclude certain textures from scene-wide gamma correction for maximum flexibility when dealing with displacement or normal maps.

Normal Mapping

Poser Pro’s Normal Mapping is a resource-efficient technique to add the appearance of complexity and surface detail to 3D objects. It can transform object surfaces, making them appear more intricate than they actually are, without the added overhead of polygonal detail. This saves designers valuable time and offers increased creative flexibility by allowing faster and more light-weight computation of rendered results.

Vue 6 Easel by Smith Micro - Create Your Own 3D Worlds and Scenery

Vue 6 Easel allows digital artists and hobbyists to easily create breathtaking landscapes, terrains and exhilarating 3D art. Vue is rich in features, easy to use, and delivers the best suite of included content and special effects for anyone interested in creating their own 3D art.
Vue Easel is perfect for anyone who wants to produce their own high quality 3D landscape art, scenery or animation. Plus it's easy to learn and fun to use, without the long learning curve and high cost of technical 3D programs.
Use Vue to quickly create any kind of 3D landscape by carving terrains, growing vegetation, then adding water and clouds. You canapply natural lighting, forest effects or crowd scenes, change camera angles, even make your own animated fly-throughs. Vue delivers instant photorealistic results too, so you will get professional 3D art in minutes!

New in Vue 6 Easel:

• Spectral Atmospheres and Volumetric Clouds offer the ultimate realism in atmosphere and clouds.
• Re-pose Poser figures directly inside Easel.
• Parallax Bump Mapping creates a more three-dimensional look.
• Render Poser characters using the Poser Shader Tree to generate textures exactly as they would render in Poser.
• Ambient Occlusion generates realistic lighting effects even faster than before.
• Image Based Lighting and HDRI Support enable you to blend real photos with virtual 3D worlds seamlessly.
• Use New Terrain Preset, Erosion Effects and Brushes for generating terrains.
• Add Post-Processing Effects to your final renders in Easel, including lens glare, natural film response, auto exposture and color and gamma correction.
• Easel provides full support for the new Layered Material System introduced in Vue 6 Infinite.
• Easel uses new Memory Optimization technologies from Vue 6 Infinite for smoother program response and faster rendering.

Practical Poser 7 Book by SmithMicro (Allume Systems)

Practical Poser 7 Book - Practical Poser 7 is an updated edition of this best-selling reference for intermediate to advanced Poser users.

Author: Denise Tyler

Paperback: 540 Pages

Bonus: Companion CD

Practical Poser 7 is an updated edition of this best-selling reference for intermediate to advanced Poser users. It teaches the tasks you want and need to know to get the most out of Poser 7 for achieving professional, commercial-quality work. This edition covers new Poser features, including new animation functionality, morphing tools, and more. Learn texturing and material techniques from a master texture artist, and explore the work of Poser pros in the beautiful color section!

Features:

• Provides a much-needed, project-based resource for intermediate users wanting to go beyond the basics
  
• Teaches users how to really get inside Poser and make it work for commercial-quality projects
  
• Explores the major new enhancements through detailed projects
  
• Includes in-depth coverage of the new animation capabilities and teaches users how to put these features to use effectively
  
• Free Companion CD Included!

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: Using and Maintaining Poser Content

Chapter 2: Using Cameras

Chapter 3: Mastering Lights and Shadows

Chapter 4: Creating Materials

Chapter 5: Creating Custom Faces

Chapter 6: Working with Poser Hair

Chapter 7: Working with Poser Clothing

Chapter 8: Creating Custom Morphs

Chapter 9: UV Mapping

Chapter 10: Groups and Materials for Models

Chapter 11: Creating Your Own Textures

Chapter 12: From Modeler to Poser Library

Chapter 13: Basics of Joint Parameters

Chapter 14: Animation Overview

Chapter 15: Walking, Talking, and More

Chapter 16: Rendering

Appendix A: About the CD-ROM

Appendix B: Frequently Asked Questions

About the Author

Denise Tyler: Denise Tyler has been an avid Poser user since version one and is the author of several books relating to computer graphics and Web development. She has been involved with 3D art and texturing since 1992, and creates Poser content for DAZ and Runtime DNA.

Puppet Master: Bundle - Smith Micro Software

Now updated for Poser 7 and Poser Pro, with support for over 500 Poser figures!

Puppet Master accurately and easily transfers poses created for one Poser figure to another.

Get both Puppet Master: Biped and Quadruped in this bundle at a special discounted price. Save time and energy with these easy to use Poser plug-ins!

• Now updated to work with Poser 7 and Poser Pro!
• Biped plug-in now compatible with over 340 Poser figures!
• All Poser 7 and Poser Pro figures including G2 Sydney, G2 Simon, P7 Ben, P7 Kate, and the Poser Pro low-res male and female
• Additional Smith Micro figures, including G2 James, G2 Kelvin, G2 Koji, G2 Jessi, Miki 2.0, NearMe and more
• Many Poser 6 and earlier legacy figures
• Many third party figures from Sixus1, Meshbox Design, Sanctum Art, Netherworks, Little Fox, AONEDOLL, PhilC, The3DZone, DAZ and more
• Quadruped plug-in now compatible with over 160 Poser figures!
• Poser 7 animals, including the cat, dog, wolf, alligator, lion, and bear
• Additional Smith Micro quadrupeds from the Dinosaurs, North American Wildlife, Chinese Zodiac and Extinct Series
• Included tutorials and documentation guide you through the process. No special programming knowledge is required!
• Additional set up tools included for advanced users to rig new figures to work with Puppet Master.

How It Works:

Transferring poses from one Poser figure to another can be a confusing and time-intensive process. Poses that work on one Poser figure often don’t work on another because the zero poses and joint parameters are different, and converting a pose can require a lot of tedious adjustment. Puppet Master eliminates the hassle by taking these differences into account for you when transferring a pose, and generates more accurate conversions than you can get with Poser alone.

To convert a pose, simply run Puppet Master from the Python Scripts window, and load your two desired figures into a blank Poser scene. Select the figure that has the poses you wish to transfer and set that as your Source Figure. Select the other figure and set that as your Target Figure. Then apply the pose you wish to the source figure, and click 'Copy Pose', or if you have a multi-frame animation, 'Copy Pose All Frames'. Your pose will be transferred to the target figure – it’s that easy!

Requirements:

Requires Poser 6, Poser 7 or Poser Pro.

Note: Due to differences in figure construction, some figures will require minor additional adjustment after a pose is transferred.

EMC Retrospect Express HD 2.0 by Smith Micro

When it comes to protecting your home computer, nothing beats EMC® Retrospect® Express HD. Built on award-winning technology that protects more than 10 million PCs worldwide, Retrospect backup and recovery software consistently takes top honors from the experts you trust.

Retrospect Express HD protects your music, photos, videos, e-mail, games, tax returns, schoolwork, computer settings, important documents - everything -by automatically backing up your PC to any available hard drive. Other backup software requires time-consuming full backups every week. Retrospect’s award-winning technology captures just new or changed data - forever.

Start your first backup in minutes with Retrospect Express HD, protecting your Windows PC is easy and quick. A wizard guides you through three simple steps: choose what to protect, select a hard drive to store your backups, and set a schedule. That’s it!

Schedule your backups at a time convenient for you or protect information instantly with a click of the BACKUP button. To guard against loss of a backup drive, use two external drives and rotate them. No matter which drive you use, Retrospect quickly adds new or changed data. Restores remain fast and easy.

Smart Restores™

Retrospect rapidly restores a file, a folder, or your entire hard drive. Unlike other software, Retrospect won’t return unwanted files and folders - just the data you need. If you accidentally delete a file, simply select a previous backup and locate the missing file. If a virus or new software installation wreaks havoc on your PC, don’t panic.

Retrospect returns your entire computer to its exact state at a prior point in time. You don’t need to re-install applications, download updates, and personalize your settings.

Retrospect does it all.

Key Features:

• Installs in minutes
• Protects your Windows PC with unparalleled accuracy
• Simplifies backup and restore with step-by-step wizard
• Stores your backups on a local or networked hard drive
• Backs up everything - files, applications, drivers, and your settings - or just critical files. You decide.
• Schedules automatic backups or protects files immediately with the click of a button
• Avoids long weekly full backups by capturing just new or changed data — forever
• Restores a single file or an entire PC to a prior point in time
• Keeps just the most current version or all past versions of your data
• Backs up files in use, including Microsoft Outlook files
• Removes outdated backups automatically to free disk space
• Compresses backups to maximize storage
• Enables easy backup drive rotation for extra protection

Allume Aquazone Bass Edition - The Ultimate Digital Aquarium

Are you a fan of Bass fishing? Bring the lake to your PC or Mac with Aquazone Bass Edition!

Marvel at the actions of the Bass as they pursue and eat the Baitfish. Enjoy the intricate details of the Bluegill, Rainbow Trout, and Snakehead! Watch them swim through five photo-realistic lake settings or create your own customized tank with your photos of family and friends.

Aquazone lets you have as many fish onscreen as you like – you can create entire schools of Baitfish and more!

Aquazone Bass Edition is so vibrant, so detailed, and so life-like, it will make you want to go fishing!

Aquazone Bass Edition runs as either a screen saver or interactive application!

• Five Amazing Species of Fish - Incredibly detailed and life-like Black Bass, Bluegill, Rainbow Trout, Snakehead and Baitfish are available to stock your virtual lake.

• Beautiful Underwater Environments - Enjoy five photo-realistic and five colorful-abstract environments. Each tank has unique flora and fauna that the fish interact with.

• Customize Your Tank - Aquazone’s scenic beauty is a marvel to behold. Watch the underwater flora and fauna sway in the current.

• Have Schools of Fish Onscreen - Have entire schools of fish onscreen at the same time. Only Aquazone lets you decide how many fish you want.

• Turn on the "Fish Cam" - Zoom in on your selected fish and follow it around while it swims, feeds, or interacts with other fish.

• "Feed" The Baitfish - With each click of the mouse, you'll hear a shaker sound and see flakes of food drifting down from the top of the tank. Sit back see if the Baitfish are hungry!

• Lighting and Sounds - Set gorgeous day and night lighting cycles and relax to the tranquil sound effects.

If you want brilliant environments and an array of the finest fish found in American lakes, then Aquazone Bass Edition is for you!

Aquazone Blue Planet by Smith Micro - Bring the beauty of the sea to your desktop!

Introducing Aquazone Blue Planet - The ultimate aquarium experience for your Mac!

Aquazone Blue Planet delivers a state of- the-art digital aquarium to your Macintosh! Create your own exotic fish tank stocked with an incredible set of forty fish, turtles, sharks, and jellyfish. Enjoy an unlimited amount of fish swimming on your screen!

Aquazone Blue Planet is the ultimate digital aquarium.

• Blacktip Shark
• Sea Turtles
• Ocean Sunfish
• Common Clown
• Angelfish
• Bi-color Dotty Fish
• Koi Fish
• Cambrian Sealife
• Nautilus
• Moon Jelly
• Blue Devil
• and many more!

Aquazone Blue Planet runs as either a screen saver or interactive application.

Aquazone Blue Planet includes:

• Over 100 species of fresh and salt water fish, turtles, sharks, jellyfish and more
• Supports entire schools of fish onscreen
• Watch the fish interact with the environment and each other
• Feed the fish virtual fish food
• "Tap" on the glass and watch the fish react
• Fish-Cam follows your favorite fish friends
• Soothing sound effects and musical tones
• Choose from dozens of photorealistic tanks
• Add your own photos to tank backgrounds
• Easy to use pop-up interface

Aquazone Blue Planet runs as either a screensaver or interactive application.

• Beautiful Underwater Environments - Enjoy dozens of photorealistic and fantastic environments. Each tank has unique flora and fauna where fish interact.
• Customize Your Tank - Watch underwaterflora and fauna sway in the current. Add yourown background image or photos to theincluded aquariums and environments!
• Have Entire Schools of Fish On Screen - Aquazone supports as many fish as your Maccan handle! Watch predators chase schools oftrout, guppies, salmon and more!
• "Feed" The Fish - With a click you send flakesof fish food drifting down from the top of thescreen. Sit back and see who’s hungry!
• Virtual FishCam - You can zoom in on yourselected fish and follow it around while itswims, feeds or interacts with other fish!
• "Tap" On The Glass - You will hear the soundof a tap on the glass tank and can observehow different types of fish react (or don't) to your tapping!
• Lighting and Sounds - Set gorgeous day and night lighting cycles and relax to the tranquil bubbling sound effects. You can even set musical tones in special tanks that trigger when your fish swim by!

Allume Secure Delete for Mac - The Digital Document Shredder

Secure Delete™ is like a paper shredder for your computer files.

If you have confidential paper documents you need to destroy, a paper shredder is the best tool. But, today's paperless office needs a tool that safely and effectively handles computer files as well.Paper documents you crumple up and throw in the wastebasket can be easily picked out and read by prying eyes. The same is true with digital files. Even after you drag files to the trash and empty it, those files can be recovered and read by people who should not have access to them.

With Secure Delete for Mac you can permanently remove files with confidence and ease. Just drag and drop the files of your choice onto the Secure Delete icon, and they are gone for good.

SECURE DELETE CAN HELP IF YOU:

Use A Laptop. - Theft rates are high and laptops are easily accessed by others.

Share a Workstation. - Be careful of co-workers prying eyes.

Take Your Mac in for Repairs. - Don't let technicians read your private files.

Need More Disk Space. - Why waste space? Get rid of useless files for good.

Operate a Home Business. - Whether your office is inside or outside your home, private documents need protection.

Must Destroy Confidential Files. - Secure Delete can help you comply with the law if you are legally required to destroy confidential files.

WHEN YOU NEED TO BE CERTAIN, USE SECURE DELETE!

StuffIt Standard 2009 Macintosh by Smith Micro (Allume Systems Division)

StuffIt Standard 2009 Macintosh by Smith Micro incorporates the functionality of StuffIt Expander, DropStuff, DropZip, and DropTar into one convenient program so you can create and access email attachments and downloads with ease!

StuffIt Standard 2009 Mac - Compress data, free up disk space, and secure your archives!

Allume Anonymizer Anonymous Surfing Platinum

The Internet has become a fountain of information that most people use on a daily basis for work and education, entertainment and play. With this convenience, also comes with hidden dangers. Online crimes are on the rise and are constantly evolving with new technologies. Anonymous Surfing protects your privacy and secures your identity by staying one step ahead of these online predators.

You Need Anonymous Surfing Platinum's Protection if You:

• Download software
  
• Make online purchases
  
• Access or use a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) network from home
  
• Use a Web browser or email
  
• Use search engines
  
• Give your email address to Web sites
  
• Share your computer with other users
  
• Want improved PC performance
  
• Value your privacy

Surf Privately

Your Internet Protocol address (IP address) can be tracked when you surf the Internet. Anonymizer Anonymous Surfing keeps your IP address hidden, private, secure, and anonymous from online hackers and marketers.

Encrypt Your Private Information

Store any personal and financial info in an encrypted vault. Protected from intruders, it’s there for you to access and use in QuickFill™ form completion.

Prevent Keylogging

With QuickFill Stop keyloggers from recording your typing. QuickFill securely completes web forms and logins. Just enter the first few characters and QuickFill fills the rest.

Safely Use Any Wireless Network

Wi-fi networks are handy but are they safe? Protect your confidential info and Internet activities from undetected monitoring and illegitimate hot-spots.

Take the Guesswork out of Passwords

Password Generator automatically creates uncrackable passwords and stores them in an encrypted vault. A master password allows you to edit and use them to auto-fill your logins.

Eliminate Spyware

Get unsurpassed spyware defense with two distinct spyware engines. IC Spyware™ and Anonymizer Anti-Spyware™ detect and remove spyware, adware, trojan horses, browser hijackers, dialers, tracking cookies, and keyloggers.

Control Unwanted Email

Avoid phishing scams and stop wasting time with offensive and unwanted email. SpamCatcher™ is easy to use and puts the power of over a million networked users to work for you!

Scrub Your PC and Network Clean

Your computer is keeping records of all your activities. With two distinct tools, you can eliminate all traces of this information. Clear your Windows and browser histories, caches, cookies, ActiveX files, and plug-ins.

Protect Your Personal Email Address

Many sites require your email address to access their information. Give them an anonymous, disposable email address and keep your primary one safe.

Block Annoying Ads

Speed up your web surfing with ad and pop-up blocking features! NetBlockade™ puts you in control with on/off switching from your desktop. Customize block and approve lists so you can see your favorite web sites in their entirety.

Digitally Shred File

Even after you erase a file, the file’s information lingers on, hidden away on your hard disk. With one simple click, Secure Delete™ will not just delete files, they’ll be gone without a trace!

TuneRanger by Smith Micro - Link and sync iTunes libraries over any network!

Chances are you keep your iTunes music and video collection on more than one computer, so you already know how hard it is to keep them all the same. Add a spouse and some kids to the mix and the task is virtually impossible. Until now.

TuneRanger connects iTunes-running computers over any network, allowing you to copy music, video and playlists from one iTunes library to another. Music, video and playlists can then be synchronized and merged with the click of a button. Buy a song on any computer, add an album cover or lyrics, and all changes are updated everywhere. Easy!

Synchronize the easy way and protect your files

• Synchronize, copy or merge music and video from iTunes to iTunes via any network.
• Supports music, video, playlists and more.
• Cross-platform network transport can link Mac and Windows versions of iTunes.
• Tools included to optimize iTunes, manage duplicates, remove orphans, and handle disconnected media files.
• Install on up to 4 computers - Mac or Windows.

Now, PCs can copy from Macs or vice versa, plus, you can perform bi-directional iPod synchronization! Using advanced sync settings and filters, TuneRanger compares songs and videos and moves only what is different. And, if a file needs to be removed as part of a sync, you can opt to delete it or have it moved to a safe designated folder.

Whether at home or on the go, TuneRanger keeps your iTunes music and video libraries current and up-to-date!

Allume Personal Photo Manager Deluxe - Your Photos... Your Life!

Take your digital photos and images to the next level! Create calendars, photo albums, web pages, and more! Send automatically optimized images over email or burn and share your treasured memories on CD or DVD. Edit your photos by adding captions, decorative borders, and artistic filters. Convert your photos to all the most popular graphic formats.

Full featured yet easy-to-use, Personal Photo Manager Deluxe is a must-have for anyone that has any images on their PC!

Edit, Enhance and Convert Your Images

Personal Photo Manager Deluxe has the professional-quality tools you need to enhance your photos, including red eye reduction, color adjustments, filters, and cropping. Personal Photo Manager Deluxe can open and save your images in all the most popular graphic formats: BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG, PCT, TIF, and Adobe Photoshop!

Smart Captions™

Add borders, text, and clip art to your images with Photo Manager Deluxe's unique and patented Active Captions™ technology from PhoTags, Inc. Added on a "virtual layer', these personal changes can be easily edited, removed, printed or hidden anytime!

Create Professional-Looking Calendars, Photo Albums, Greeting Cards, and More!

Use Personal PhotoCalendars to take your favorite digital images and create personalized calendars! Create a calendar with a different and personalized photo on every page! Personal PhotoCards makes creating personalized postcards and greeting cards a snap! And Personal PhotoAlbums is a fun, easy to use tool for creating slick, professional-looking photo albums to share with family and friends! Even better, with just a click of the mouse, you can have order everything to be printed professionally directly from Personal Photo Manager Deluxe!