Last Chance on May Specials!

Last Chance on May Specials!

SpaceClaim 2007 – MCAD Online Review

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Space Claim Pro SEThose that follow the MCAD industry will know that there’s a new kid on the block – SpaceClaim – but for those that don’t have the time or inclination to follow the ins and outs of how these systems are developed, let’s look at its heritage and see where the application has come from first. SpaceClaim has been the most talked about new product in this sector for quite some time – ever since the word started to spread that Mike Payne was starting a new company, there has been much talk about this new system. Mike Payne, for those unaware of his history, was one of the founders of PTC and architect of Pro/Engineer as well as being a founder of SolidWorks – quite the track record, I’m sure you’ll agree. Along with Mr. Payne, SpaceClaim’s team is filled with luminaries and investors that have been behind many of the products that we now consider to be industry standard within Product Development circles.

SpaceClaim Pro Student Edition WIN 1-year license is available at an academic discount price of $49.

Create a Spectacular Grass Text Effect in Photoshop

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earthgrassEver wanted to make text out of grass? Well with Photoshop you can. In this tutorial well create a rather cool looking grass-text effect using a photo of grass, the pen tool and a bit of patience.

Photoshop CS3 Extended is available at an academic discount price of $295.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Learning Technology – Buy 3, Get 1 Free!

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Learning Technology

Buy 3, Get 1 Free! When you buy 3 qualifying titles, you get 1 title of equal or lesser value FREE! Offer good through June 20, 2008

This promotion can be applied to School Edition, Lab Packs, Flex License & Network Version purchases of the following titles:

– The Amazing Writing Machine
– New Baileyís Book House (Content Only)
– New Baileyís Book House w/LMS
– BBC Science Simulations 1
– BBC Science Simulations 2
– BBC Science Simulations 3
– Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools
– Liberty Kids
– Living Book Library
– Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Deluxe 16 for Schools
– Mighty Math Calculating Crew
– Mighty Math Carnival Countdown
– Mighty Math Number Heroes
– Mighty Math Zoo Zillions
– Mighty Math Cosmic Geometry
– Mighty Math Astro Algebra
– New Millie’s Math House (Content Only)
– Millie’s Math House w/LMS
– NETS-S (Student Technology Training)
– NETS-T (Teacher Technology Training)
– The Oregon Trail 5th Edition
– The Print Shop Deluxe 15 for Schools
– The Print Shop for Mac
– Reader Rabbit I can Read
– Reader Rabbit Learn to Read with Phonics
– Reader Rabbit Reading Builder
– New Sammyís Science House (Content Only)
– New Sammyís Science House w/LMS
– Storybook Weaver Deluxe 2004
– Thinkin’ Things 1
– Thinkin’ Things 2
– Thinkin’ Things 3
– New Trudyís Time & Place House (Content Only)
– New Trudyís Time & Place w/LMS
– Where in the USA is Carmen SanDiego?
– Where in the World is Carmen SanDiego?

Rules and Restrictions:
1. Offer valid until June 20, 2008.
2. Title of equal or lesser value is free.
3. School Editions (SE) and/or Lab Packs (LP) can be ordered for stock, so stock up and save!
4. SE and LP can be purchased in either groups of 4 or mixed and matched.
Example:
– Purchase 3 Lab Packs of Print Shop 15 and get 4th Print Shop 15 for FREE
– Purchase 3 Lab Packs of Kid Pix 4 and get LP of Storybook Weaver FREE
5. Networks and Flex Licenses must be 4 different titles of the same license type and shipped to end-users ONLY.

Example: Purchase networks of Sammyís Science House with LMS, Thinkiní Things Collection 1 & Thinkiní Things Collection 2 and get a network of Thinkiní Things Collection 3 shipped to your customer for FREE.

BUT NOT
Buy 3 Networks of Sammyís Science House and get a Site License of Thinkiní Things Collection 1 for FREE.

Viveza in Apple Aperture 2.1

VivezaAll registered customers of Viveza are eligible for a free download of Viveza for Apple® Aperture™ 2.1. To obtain the free upgrade please log in to your Nik Software registration account, and then select Viveza from your registered products list, and download the Aperture version. Both Adobe® Photoshop® and Apple® Aperture™ 2.1 versions of Viveza use the same product key. Alternatively you can download the 15 day free trial with the new Aperture compatibility and activate with the same Product Key you obtained when you purchased Viveza.

Nik has placed two new videos on their web site that cover using Viveza in Apple Aperture 2.1. Please go to the following link for lessons: Click here Viveza lessons.

Viveza is available at an academic discount price of $135.

Sorenson Squeeze 5 Review

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Sorenson Squeeze 5In the three years since Sorenson’s last point-0 release of video-compression software Squeeze, video compression has grown from a niche activity to a routine task. As ever more video content is uploaded to the Web, the number of compression applications has exploded. With so many budget alternatives, is Squeeze still worthy of consideration?


Sorenson Squeeze 5 is available at an academic discount price of $379
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Flip Video Ultra Digital Camcorder $15 Mail-in rebate

Special offer for teachers and schools: $15 Mail-in rebate on each Flip Video or Flip Ultra Camcorder (minimum purchase of three units). Offer good from through 5/31/2008.

Flip Video Ultra

The world’s simplest camcorder. It lets you capture the everyday moments that happen anywhere and share them with friends and family everywhere. That’s the idea behind Flip Video Ultra. It’s simple, portable, and amazingly affordable.

Flip Video Ultra Digital Camcorder is available at a price of $140.

Luxology.TV

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modoSpring Ahead with modo Training Materials. This is your source for modo training videos. We’re adding new training videos on modo 302 every week. Learning 3D and modo has never been more convenient.

modo 302 is available at an academic discount price of $149.

CGSociety – Fear of the Dark

CGSociety – Fear of the Dark

My intention was to create a weird character, with a different theme to what I had done before. This guy’s style was based on four animals: a tiger; a deer; a lobster and a larva. The goal of this picture was to create a dark mood; then something strange and funny at the same time. I created this character with 3ds Max, Photoshop, Mental ray, Mudbox and Hair FX. I actually started this character without first doing a 2D sketch.

VMware Fusion 2.0 Public Beta 1 Now Available

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VMware FusionThe VMware Fusion team is proud to announce VMware Fusion 2.0 Beta 1.

This public beta, a free download, boasts a handful of industry firsts for Mac virtualization, including true multi-display support for virtual machines and experimental DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 2 3D acceleration.

The team is also extremely happy to announce that VMware Fusion 2.0, when released, will be a free downloadable upgrade for all VMware Fusion 1.x customers, as a sincere thank you to our early supporters.

Now, on to the features!

VMware Fusion is available at an academic discount price of $37.