SOFTWARE OF THE DAY - FOTOMAGICO & PIC-A-POD

Hi All, Key Combination of the Day Command-Option-Shift-Delete Pressing -Option-Shift-Delete (Command-Option-Shift-Delete) empties the trash without the usual warning. Be careful with this one! Shareware of the Day: FotoMagico - Your audience will never fall asleep again. "FotoMagico makes the kind of slideshows that make Ken Burns envious."  - Derrick Story, Host of The Digital Story Storytelling for Photographers As soon as you start telling a story your audience will listen. Sometimes it's the small details that call the attention, sometimes it's the big heartstopping effects, but it is always the story that ultimatively will stay in mind. FotoMagico gives you all the tools you need to turn your photos into the most spectacular photo presentation. Or, as Wired Blogger Scott Gilbertson puts it, "slideshows your friends might actually sit through". Let your photos move about, Zoom in. Add a subtle title here and there. Add your favorite music. Let them fit together perfectly with very cool transitions. Let them come alive. Made For Photographers You are a photographer. You shouldn't have to be a computer expert to get things done. That is why it is important that FotoMagico is easy to use. So that you won't have to spend all your valuable time learning how to use it. So that you can spend your time creating that magical presentation. We think that if your customers write on their website that "it is so easy to use it is almost spooky", you got it right. And even Apple agrees and named FotoMagico the "Best Mac OS X User Experience - Runner-up" in the 2006 Apple Design Award competition. Create New Value For Your Customers Sure, your photos are great and your customers love them. But remember the old times? When you got paid for every print they wanted to give out to their friends? Now when you give them the JPEGs they load them up to their website or use iPhoto to order their prints. You are cut out - unless you provide something of additional value. Such as a FotoMagico presentation. Tell their story, burn it on a DVD, or, like the guys at HarvardPhoto, load it up to your Podcast on iTunes for their friends to download to their iPods. They will love it and they will give you extra money for it. Perform a Breathtaking Show FotoMagico is made for the stage. You will not believe how good your photos look if you present them live on an HDTV screen or a high resolution projector. Because FotoMagico renders the show in real time, it can make use of every pixel available in the photo and on the screen, which leaves a lasting impression on your audience even if you just use a VGA projector or create a DVD. Make yourself and your work look better on your website or when visiting a client. Take a look at the HarvardPhoto web site to see how a good presentation makes an impact. Or did you never wish for a small device with a small screen you could take to wherever you go just in case you meet someone you want to show your stuff to? With FotoMagico, you can create a show for the big screen as well as for the small screen of your iPod. What's new in 2.0? The new standalone player and screensaver in FotoMagico 2 let you share your work without loss of quality in a new and innovative way. The new user interface makes it even easier and more fun to create amazing photo shows. Express vs. Pro FotoMagico 2 Express is now even more affordable for the casual photographer using iPhoto to manage the photos. For professional photographers, FotoMagico 2 Pro can use images from Apple Aperture libraries and allows for custom branding of slideshows with a watermark. More info and download link here: <http://boinx.com/fotomagico/overview/> Freeware of the Day: Pic-a-POD - Download pictures of the day. Features: Download the picture of the day from your choice of four sites: National Geographic Astronomy Earth Science Wikipedia Set your desktop picture to one of the downloaded photos. Schedule downloads to update automatically. Change the desktop picture periodically. Download photos of the day for any selected date. Mini view to free up desktop space. Picture Browser & Viewer to scan through all downloads. Themes allow you to select a color scheme or design your own. More info and download link here: <http://www.troz.net/Pic-a-POD/index.html> Regards... Gordon