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Prevent Theft: Watermark Your Art

Link via PCWorld

Here’s a nightmare scenario for illustrators and photographers: you send your proofs to a prospective client and never hear back: then, a few weeks later, you see your work on the client’s Website or in its advertising. This is the reason so many creative professionals opt to send out proofs with a text watermark. It discourages outright theft of artwork and photos, and helps avoid agonizing (and costly) litigation. Note that text watermarking is only one way to digitally ID your work, but it is a very simple and aesthetically acceptable way to get the job done quickly.

Adding a text watermark to single image is a simple process, but adding it to hundreds of images can be exhaustingly repetitive. I’ll show you how to automate the entire process using Photoshop CS3, CS4, or CS5.

Photoshop CS5 Extended Student & Teacher Edition is available at an educational discount price of $198.

Mindjet Announces MindManager Version 9 for Windows!

MindManager Version 9 for Windows release is planned for August 2010.

Mindjet Technology Guarantee

The Mindjet Technology Guarantee entitles individuals who purchase MindManager 8 (new or upgrade) from July 12, 2010 until the launch of MindManager Version 9 for Windows to receive a free electronic download upgrade to the new version when it becomes available.

How does the Mindjet Technology Guarantee work?

Customers must purchase or upgrade to MindManager 8 for Windows between July 12, 2010 and the launch of MindManager Version 9. Please download the Technology Guarantee PDF for details. It contains important information and conditions, such as how to obtain the free upgrade to MindManager 9.

When MindManager Version 9 for Windows is available, customers can go to http://mindjet.com/support/contact/overview to redeem their free upgrade.

Important: The free upgrade to MindManager Version 9 is available as an electronic download only and must be redeemed by September 30, 2010. Upgrade requests made after the 30^th of September will not be fulfilled.

Who is eligible?

Eligible products: MindManager 8 for Windows, new licenses

MindManager 8 for Windows, upgrades from MindManager 7

MindManager for SharePoint, new licenses

Time period: July 12, 2010 until the launch of MindManager Version 9, planned for August 2010

Region: World Wide

License types: Single-user, education, government and 5Plus license program licenses

MindManager 8 for Windows is available at an educational discount price of $149.

Pixologic unveils ZBrush Version 4.0 (for Win and Mac) at Siggraph 2010!

Pixologic, Inc., makers of the award winning ZBrush is pleased to announce that it will be unveiling the latest software in the Pixologic line – ZBrush Version 4.0 (for Win and Mac) at Siggraph 2010 show Los Angeles Convention Center 27th-29th July 2010.

Pixologic also announced that following the ‘sneak preview’ at Siggraph 2010, ZBrush 4.0 will be available to the public for purchase and download on 8/9/10

ZBrush 4 will be a free upgrade for all registered users of ZBrush on Windows and Mac systems.

Download PDF of ZBrush 4.0 announcement.

Pixologic ZBrush is available at an educational discount price of $390 from Creation Engine.

$50 mail-in rebate for individual onOne Plug-Ins!

Students, Faculty, and Staff, save even more on plug-ins for Photoshop, Photoshop Lightroom and Aperture!

Offer good through 7/31/2010.

PhotoTune 3, PhotoTools 2.5, PhotoFrame 4.5, Genuine Fractals 6, FocalPoint 2 each only $30 after rebate.

PhotoTools 2.5 Pro and PhotoFrame 4.5 Pro only $80 after rebate.

Genuine Fractals 6 Pro only $100 after rebate.

iStopMotion 2.0 Express Multi-user packs Summer Sale!

Remember how you watched, fascinated, when King Kong climb the Empire State building? When Luke Skywalker rode the ice beasts? When Wallace and Gromit hunted down the Were-Rabbit? For centuries now, stop motion animation has made the fantasies of film makers come true.

Now it’s time to tell your story, frame by frame.

iStopMotion 2 Express offers you most of the same professional animation tools that allow the pros to make the most amazing music videos, ads, TV shows and even feature films at a reasonable price. Create animations with resolutions of up to PAL/NTSC.

5-user pack (special price good through 8/31/2010) Mac $176.00
10-user pack (special price good through 8/31/2010) Mac $313.00
25-user pack (special price good through 8/31/2010) Mac $686.00

Captivate 5 Now Shipping!

Captivate 5 Now Shipping!
$299 Educational Discount Price
Adobe Captivate 5 software lets you rapidly author and maintain professional eLearning experiences including software demonstrations, application simulations, and branching scenarios without programming. Work more productively thanks to an intuitive user interface. Engage and retain learners with multimedia, interactivity, and quizzes. Collaborate more efficiently and track results conveniently by leveraging Acrobat.com. Enable learner collaboration using the Twitter widget from Adobe. Deliver content to the web, desktops, mobile devices, and leading Learning Management Systems.

eLearning Suite 2 Now Shipping!

eLearning Suite 2 Now Shipping!
$599 Educational Discount Price
The complete toolbox for developing professional eLearning content includes Adobe Captivate 5,Adobe Flash Professional CS5, Adobe Dreamweaver CS5, Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended, Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro, Adobe Presenter 7, and Adobe Soundbooth CS5.

Adobe eLearning Suite 2 software is the complete toolbox for efficiently creating professional eLearning content end to end, and easily maintaining it without programming. Accelerate development with the rapid prototyping and smart aggregation capabilities of Adobe Captivate 5. Choose the best tool for the task and roundtrip between authoring and asset creation tools. Add interest and impact using value-added functionalities like domain-specific HTML templates. Leverage Acrobat.com to improve collaboration, and easily track results.

Piranesi 2010 Pro review

Link via PC Pro

PC Pro gives a 5/6 star review for Piranesi 2010 Pro:

In a world of me-too software Piranesi 2010 Pro is a real standout: it does something that no other application does, and does it brilliantly well. What makes it unique is that, whereas other bitmap editors deal with fundamentally flat pictures, Piranesi’s EPix images contain depth information. It’s a simple difference that leads to some extraordinary creative power.

To unlock this power you need to have an EPix image to work with. Informatix has worked hard to ensure that most of the main professional 3D applications – 3ds Max, Lightwave, Cinema 4D, Vue and so on – can directly render to the EPix format.

Piranesi 2010 Pro is available at an education discount price of $119.

Visual Studio 2010 Professional Now Shipping!

Visual Studio 2010 Professional Now Shipping!
$105 Education Discount Price
Visual Studio 2010 is packed with new and enhanced features that simplify the entire development process from design to deployment. Customize your workspace with multiple monitor support. Create rich applications for SharePoint and the Web. Target multiple versions of the .NET Framework with the same tool. Eliminate the dreaded “no repro” problem with IntelliTrace.

Hold your 3D model in your hand with the Shapeways Add-in for SolidWorks

Link via Shapeways.com

Shapeways already offered you the opportunity to create a model with SolidWorks, upload it to shapeways.com, choose the most suitable material and order your own 3D model! 10 working days later hold your own model in your hand!

Now you can also directly upload your 3D designs to your Shapeways account by using the new free Add-in Beta for SolidWorks developed by Design Solutions!

SolidWorks Student Edition 2010-2011 is available at an education discount price of $99.95.

Northern California schools can contact info@creationengine.com for low-cost network license pricing starting at only $1,000 for a 10-user network perpetual license.

Prevent Theft: Watermark Your Art

Mindjet Announces MindManager Version 9 for Windows!

Pixologic unveils ZBrush Version 4.0 (for Win and Mac) at Siggraph 2010!

$50 mail-in rebate for individual onOne Plug-Ins!

iStopMotion 2.0 Express Multi-user packs Summer Sale!

Captivate 5 Now Shipping!

eLearning Suite 2 Now Shipping!

Piranesi 2010 Pro review

Visual Studio 2010 Professional Now Shipping!

Hold your 3D model in your hand with the Shapeways Add-in for SolidWorks

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