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Dear Mac Reader,
I flew back from Orlando last night, chasing the sunset as we flew west
back home. I was visiting the South to attend the PMA show (Photo
Marketing Association). The event itself was solid, and I've covered some
highlights in my blogs on macdevcenter.com and thedigitalstory.com. But I
want to talk specifically about Adobe here.
Last Sunday at PMA, Adobe hosted an invitation-only event to announce
Elements 4 for the Mac and to discuss Lightroom (which is in beta 2, Mac
only). I spent quite a bit of time talking to Adobe engineers and business
staff, and one thing that was clear to me was their commitment to the Mac
platform.
When Elements 4 came out for Windows only, there was a lot of grumbling
about Adobe's Mac attitude. Yes, they are good business people and
understand the value of their Windows customers. But the Mac is part of
Adobe's heritage, and when you spend time with the people who work there,
you can feel that.
Elements 4 for the Mac is a terrific-looking application. I'm confident
we're going to see plenty more good Mac stuff from Adobe in the future.
Until next time,
-Derrick
Derrick Story
O'Reilly Network Editorial Director
derrick@oreilly.com
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*** Featured Articles ***
Extending the Dashboard Virtual Earth Widget
After our first attempt at building a Dashboard Virtual Earth Widget, we
revisit our code to improve its appearance. In this follow-up tutorial
you'll learn how to redesign the look and feel of the widget to
accommodate resizing, include a preference pane with some basic text, and
change the CSS code to render the widget appropriately.
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What's New in iWork '06?
iWork's tandem offering of Pages and Keynote provides a useful collection
of tools for presentations, word processing, and layout. But how much has
changed since last year's debut? Giles Turnbull walks you through Pages 2
and Keynote 3 to help decide if this upgrade is for you.
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Digitizing VHS Tapes with EyeTV
By digitizing your old VHS tapes, you can move them from taking up
precious shelf space to more readily available disk space. In this
article, Joe McMahon shows you a hack that lets you archive full-quality
digital recordings from EyeTV to offline media, but still play them back
easily in EyeTV.
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*** Mac Devcenter Top Five Articles Last Week ***
1. Top Ten Digital Photography Tips
You have a digital camera and have taken the typical shots of family and
friends. Now what? Here are ten tips to make your next batch of digital
images so impressive that people will ask: "Hey, what type of camera do
you have?" Guess what? It's not the camera.
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2. iPod shuffle Tips and Tricks
The iPod shuffle is the easiest-to-use iPod to date. But that doesn't mean
you can't customize how you listen and upload music. Scott Knaster shows
you some very handy tips and tricks for the shuffle and iTunes 4.7.1.
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3. Screenshot Hacks for Mac OS X
You can use a variety of built-in tools in Mac OS X to grab images from
your screen and save them to your hard drive. But what if you want to
capture drop shadows, or include the cursor, or even capture full-motion
DVD video with sound? This article shows you how, using some nifty tools.
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4. Getting the Video out of Your New iPod--for Cheap!
Yes, you can spend extra dollars for Apple's sleek white video cable for
TV connectivity, or you can hack your own together for cheap. Erica Sadun
shows you how.
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5. Connecting Mac OS X to Windows PCs
A hands-on look at how you can share files between your Mac and your
Windows machines, then explore how Windows applications can be run on your
Mac
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