“Certified Mac Software” means I like it. Uh huh.
Two utilities to make your Mac become a radio station and you the disc jockey. Good for disco D.J. operation, full automation, multiple players, online streaming.
It features 3 main players and one library player, all with selectable individual audio outputs, detailed time calculations, a lot of fast and smooth iTunes integration, and Nicecast artist and title publishing. It is complemented by a seprate scheduler for full station automation.
9WR - Radiologik DJ: D.J. software simulates radio station queue, segue; automation, mixing.
Stunning views of the earth, our solar system, and thousands of stars. Explore the universe in three dimensions. Visually brilliant. Runs on Mac, Windows, Linux (Alexis’ review on Mac360).
Celestia is a free real-time space simulation that lets you experience our universe in three dimensions. Unlike most planetarium software, Celestia doesn’t confine you to the surface of the Earth. You can travel throughout the solar system, to any of over 100,000 stars, or even beyond the galaxy.
9WR - Celestia: Amazing three dimensional views of earth, solar system, galaxy.
Handy utility which converts Microsoft’s Windows Media Video files (and many others) to more common formats for iTunes, iPod, Macs.
Convert or resize wmv, asf, avi, m4v, mp4, mpg, mpeg, mov, flv, nsv, swf and vob video files so that they can be used with QuickTime Player, Apple TV, iPhone and iPods. EasyWMV has a very simple user interface, supports drag and drop as well as batch processing. EasyWMV can export video to mpeg and mpeg4 formats and can optimize videos for playback on iPod.
9WR - EasyWMV - Convert Windows Media Video for QuickTime, iTunes, iPod, AppleTV.
iTunes controller which displays album artwork. Controls iTunes, adds customizable keyboard shortcuts. Very attractive. Despite the developer’s insistence to the contrary, highly distracting.
CoverSutra gives you a handy and attractive way to control iTunes without having to leave your current application. See what’s currently playing or enjoy your album artwork. Don’t let yourself be distracted from your work.
9WR - CoverSutra: iTunes controller, floating window, shortcuts, displays album cover art.
Winning the Think Different™ award for graphic image editors is Graphic Designer Toolbox (GDT). Drag and drop blocks of effects; stack the blocks, re-arrange the blocks, adjust the parameters for each block, to create stunning visual effects. Simple, elegant, efficient, useful. Think of it as a Leggo set for graphic effects on an image or photo. Read my detailed review.
GDT is about snapping building blocks together, just like those you can buy in the local toy store. Maybe you even have played with something like this when you were a kid. It’s simple to understand and use, yet you can make huge complex buildings. This building block idea is so versatile that it’s used in applications like: modular synthesizers, video editors, planning tools, etc.
9WR - Graphic Designer Toolbox: Building block image editor; stack effects, change effects parameters.
Think of AIR as a container to create and run mini applications in their own private windows, combining Flash, HTML, Javascript, and other so-called Web 2.0 tools. Like Java but without the power. Bascially, Adobe is creating their own private little space on your desktop.
Adobe AIR is a cross-operating system runtime that allows web application developers to use their existing web development skills (HTML, Javascript, Adobe Flash, Adobe Flex, Ajax) to build and deploy rich Internet applications on the desktop.
9WR - Adobe AIR: Multimedia capable, cross-platform desktop environment to develop mini-applications.
Elegant utility captures your Mac’s screen and saves as a movie. Records audio and exports movies at different sizes and quality. Not as feature heavy as my favorite, iShowU, but easier to use than the popular SnapzProX. Nicely done.
For software screencasters and software trainers, Screenflick offers the ability to display keyboard commands, and highlights mouse clicks to better communicate which actions are being performed during screen recording.
9WR - ScreenFlick: Captures action on your Mac’s screen, saves as movie.
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