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BatchOutput PDF Now Supports macOS Mojave: PDF Automation Tool

10/04/18 / Jack / Leave a comment / Apple
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Toronto (ON), Canada – Zevrix Solutions announces the release of BatchOutput PDF 2.2.30, a compatibility update to the company’s PDF printing automation solution for Mac. The software allows users to print PDF files from watched hot folders, saving the time and effort of opening and printing each document manually.

The new version introduces support for the recently released macOS 10.14 Mojave and is offered as a free update to licensed users. While BatchOutput PDF is fully compatible with the new Dark Mode, the app currently preserves its original appearance. A dark appearance will be introduced in the future.

“This is one of those apps that you never knew you needed until you spend a day using it,” says Glen Saville of eponymous design firm in Hornchurch, UK. “If you handle a large number of PDFs daily this will save you time, without a doubt.”

With BatchOutput PDF users only need to drop their PDF files into watched hot folders – and the software will print the documents automatically using the hot folder settings. For example, users can create hot folders for color and black-and-white printers, specific paper sizes, duplex modes, various color profiles and other controls.

BatchOutput PDF helps users eliminate countless repetitive tasks of opening PDF files and adjusting print settings manually by bypassing the print dialog. The app offers the following key features:

* Print PDFs automatically from watched hot folders
* Create hot folders for different print settings
* Detailed output history
* Specify password for encrypted PDFs
* Save time and hassle of printing each PDF manually

In addition to the single-user version of the program, Zevrix also offers BatchOutput PDF Server that can serve unlimited users on a network.

Pricing and Availability:
BatchOutput PDF can be purchased from Zevrix website for $24.95 USD (Server version $99.95), as well as from Mac App Store and authorized resellers. The update is free for licensed users of version 2. Trial is also available for download. BatchOutput PDF supports macOS 10.7-10.14.

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Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides automation and productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Cloud and Creative Suite software, PDF workflows, graphic file diagnostics and Microsoft Office output on Mac OS. Zevrix is dedicated to help professionals increase their profits through automating everyday tasks, producing error-free documents, saving disk space and cutting production costs. For more information, visit their website. Copyright (C) 2018 Zevrix Solutions. All Rights Reserved. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.

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Boris FX Releases Mocha Pro 2019

10/03/18 / Jack / Leave a comment / Apple
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Boston, Massachusetts – The Academy Award-winning team behind Mocha planar tracking is once again changing how post-production teams create visual effects with its new release, Mocha Pro 2019. Mocha Pro 2019 from Boris FX, the industry’s leading plug-in developer, builds on its mission to reduce the time-consuming pain points and manual work generally associated with high-end visual effects.

Designed for all levels of users, Mocha Pro 2019 features a new, simplified Mocha Essentials workspace and powerful edge-snapping spline creation tools to improve masking and roto tasks. Object Removal processing now runs on GPU, delivering dramatic improvements in rendering performance, and the user interface crisply supports Retina/High DPI monitor resolutions. Additionally, Mocha Pro 2019 now combines the previous Mocha Pro and Mocha VR features into one product, adding best-in-class tools for stereoscopic 360/VR video. Mocha Pro 2019 is now available with affordable pricing and subscription options: plug-ins for Adobe After Effects(R) CC and Adobe(R) Premiere Pro(R) CC, Avid Media Composer, and OFX hosts including The Foundry Nuke, Blackmagic Design Fusion, Magix VEGAS Pro, and HitFilm (or as a standalone application).

The new release offers VFX artists, editors, and 360 filmmakers even greater time-savings on advanced VFX tasks including screen replacements, removing unwanted objects, image stabilization, rotoscoping, and masking. “For over 10 years, Mocha has been one of the film industry’s go-to tools for difficult motion tracking and effect shots,” states Ross Shain, Chief Product Officer, Boris FX. “The newly designed Mocha Essentials interface makes the software markedly easier for new users to learn and the faster object removal rendering is a game-changer.” Shain continues, “Adding 2019 to the product name signifies big news for our growing user base. Not only have we added new tools and improvements. Mocha also now provides annual updates and point releases to customers on the Boris FX support plan.”

VFX artists are already praising Mocha Pro 2019. “The new magnetic spline and freehand drawing tools are fantastic!” says Robert Kjettrup, Founding Partner, Troika Films. “Mocha Pro 2019 speeds up my tracking and rotoscoping workflow.

“I’ve used Mocha time and time again to see if seemly impossible tasks are possible…the new 2019 release improves on the core functionality and speed which translates into VFX artists getting home earlier!” remarks Jake Morrison, VFX Supervisor, Thor: Ragnarok and Ant-Man.

New in Mocha Pro 2019:
* Mocha Essentials workspace with a streamlined user interface: Makes planar tracking easier to learn and master than ever before
* GPU-accelerated object removal: Delivers dramatic rendering speed increases on the most challenging object removals and clean plating shots
* Accelerated masking & roto with new spline creation tools: Adds magnetic spline with edge snapping, freehand spline tool, ellipse, and rectangle tools
* Retina/High DPI monitor resolution support
* Mocha Pro and Mocha VR features are now combined into one product
* Mocha Pro is now officially part of the Boris FX U&S (Upgrade & Support) plan and moving to a yearly release cycle

Pricing and Availability:
Mocha Pro 2019 is available as both a standalone application and as a plug-in for Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, and OFX hosts, including Blackmagic Fusion, The Foundry Nuke, Magix VEGAS Pro, HitFilm, and more.

Multi-host option (includes all supported host plug-ins: Adobe, Avid, OFX):
* Single license: $995
* Upgrades start at 3295
* Annual subscription: $395

Individual host option (choose one supported host plug-in: Adobe, Avid, OFX):
* Single license: $695
* Upgrades start at $295
* Annual subscription: $295

Multi-host option – Standalone application:
* Single license: $1495
* Upgrades start at $595
* Annual subscription: $595

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Founded in 1995, Boris FX is the leading developer of integrated graphics and effects technology, delivering 3D compositing and vector graphic products for broadcast, post-production, film, and multimedia. Boris products have grown to serve millions of artists worldwide. The company’s success lies in its ability to integrate and leverage technologies through strong partnerships with industry-leading developers such as Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, Avid, Grass Valley, and Sony. Copyright (C) 2018 Boris FX. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, macOS, and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective owners.

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Mindboo – Fun and Challenging App Boosts Brainpower in a Whole New Way

10/03/18 / Jack / Leave a comment / Apple
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Medina, Saudi Arabia – The only thing better than boosting one’s brainpower, is achieving this invaluable goal while having an immense amount of fun. That’s the winning formula for one of the most remarkable and unique creations in the app universe: Mindboo.

Available for both iOS and Android at no cost, Mindboo 1.2.0 takes users on a quest from the foundation laboratory to the Mars laboratory. While this may sound like a simple task, it is anything but – because to reach their destination users must solve various challenges that put their skills to the test, including concentration, memory processing, math, focus, analytical thinking, spatial reasoning, logic, deduction, inferences, and more.

Each lab along the way poses new and interesting tests. Overall, there are three types of challenges: those that users can try to solve on their own such as puzzles, those that involve physical movements like walking, challenges jumping, running and so on, and those that involve competing in real-time against friends or other users around the world. For head-to-head play, users can team up with friends, chat with other players, and increase or decrease their “brain power” (i.e. their score) based on results.

Other Mindboo special features include:
* Outstanding graphics and sound
* Compete in online events
* Leaderboard integration
* Detailed performance tracking

“Boosting our brainpower is one of the fastest and best ways we can improve our quality of life, whether one is a student trying to earn a scholarship or win a prize, or a professional who wants to increase their earning capacity and career success,” commented Mindboo CEO Mostafa Shawali. “Mindboo is designed to stimulate both right-brain and left-brain problem solving capacity and cognitive ability. Basically the only thing that users can count on as they move through Mindboo is that nothing is quite what it seems!”

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
* Requires iOS 9.0 or later
* 99.5 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Mindboo 1.2.0 is Free (With In-App Purchases) and available worldwide through the App Store in the Education category. There is also an Android version available on Google Play.

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Mindboo is a technology company that deals with human brains developments and improvements in order to innovate new technologies that improve brain functionalities. All Material and Software (C) Copyright 2018 Mindboo Limited. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.

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A flexible paywall in the iOS News Apps from PressPad

10/03/18 / Jack / Leave a comment / Apple
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Krakow, Poland – PressPad Sp. z o.o., a digital publishing technology company that works with magazine publishers in App Store since 2011, is launching an upgrade to their news apps platform. With this major upgrade, PressPad will be able to support innovative business models in the news publishing industry with a better paywall implementation to their iOS News apps platform called PressPad News.

The publishing industry is one of the most dynamically increasing and changing fields today. Along with technological development came modern readership models, digital publication trends and needs of brand new, innovative business strategies. At some point, the wide-spread usage of mobile devices and new readers’ expectations forced changes on content publishers. As a result, a growing number of magazines and newspapers are distributing and selling online.

PressPad understands that mobile technology impacts on the publishing industry and, as a result, changing reading habits have made news publishers look for new business models necessary to keep up with the digital revolution and competitors. At stake are more demanding and tech-savvy readers.

PressPad News features:
PressPad News is the news distribution apps platform. The branded news apps take content from the WordPress based website or via the RSS feed. Upon new content arrival, the notification is pushed to the mobile device to let the user know about it happens. The content appears in the app in a legible, mobile-first way. The most important features of the platform are as follows:

* A flexible paywall
* Mobile Ads support
* Custom content analytics
* Google Analytics integration
* Auto-notifications
* Graphical push notifications

Users get a fan-app that keeps updating them about news content and let them read even in the flight mode. Here are the most interesting features to the readers:

* Offline reading
* Keeping up with the latest articles and news
* Saving the most interesting content for the further reading
* Adjusting fonts and contrast
* Text-to-Speech ready
A flexible approach to paywalls in the news app

“We wanted to deliver these paywall features that are the most desired by modern publishers,” confirmed Michael Opydo, CEO of PressPad. “The paywall which supports the most promising use cases. All in the one product. The publisher chooses the option which is in line with their business model or can even juggle amongst them to test which one fits best.”

PressPad has created a flexible solution that has a potential to improve the revenue stream of the news publisher as well as the number of loyal readers and subscribers. It also guarantees that the lives of news publishers will be full of innovation and revelation.

PressPad has concentrated on how publishers can manage this strategy in a more effective way. This approach allowed to offer a differentiated paywall solution for individual publishers’ needs. As a result, they can constantly use ads as a monetization strategy even though they decide to use a paywall. Another option is an opportunity for the implementation of full access to content without any ads after payment.

A paywall available in the iPhone and iPad apps from PressPad covers the four use cases:

1. Hard paywall – 100% of the content is locked behind the wall in the app.

2. Freemium model paywall – A defined number of articles are available to read for free per month, week or day. After subscribing the full content is available with ads being still visible.

3. Ad-free Freemium model paywall – A defined number of articles are available to read for free per month. Full, ad-free content is available after subscribing.

4. Ad-free model paywall – All the content is available for free but readers see ads – full, ad-free content is available after subscribing.

PressPad connects all these into the one, comprehensive tool for the news publisher – a news distribution channel in the form of a branded iOS mobile app. This mobile technology supports mobile ads, a donation-based model and the freemium model. PressPad apps are available on Apple App Store, Google Play and Amazon Appstore for Kindle Fire.

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PressPad is a digital publishing platform for online magazines, the PDF-based magazines, and book authors. It provides an all-in-one solution for mobile publishing of interactive magazines, loyalty building apps for readers engagement, and e-commerce solution for selling access to PDF issues online. Since founding in 2011 the company not only provides easy-to-use mobile tools for publishers but also educate on digital publishing, app marketing, and content marketing via our blog and online courses. All Material and Software (C) Copyright 2013 PressPad Sp. z o.o. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.

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VideoProc Released: New Era for Full GPU-Accelerated 4K Video Processing

10/02/18 / Jack / Leave a comment / Apple
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Chengdu, China – Digiarty Software, industry-leader of multimedia software developer, today announced with proud the debut of VideoProc 3.0, the most competent product ever with full support for GPU acceleration for all Windows and Mac users. The program blends 4 “the best of its kind” video tools into a unique span-new build, namely an HD/4K video editor, a media converter, an online content downloader, and a desktop & iPhone recorder.

“VideoProc is by far the most powerful software we’ve ever created to edit, convert, compress, record, and adjust videos. We’ve embodied a slew of next-generation technologies in it, including the world’s unique Level-3 Hardware Acceleration tech relied on Intel, Nvidia and AMD, as well as support for 4K/8K resolutions, HEVC and 3D,” said Jack Han, CEO of the company, “It has almost all users’ needs covered related to video processing with fluid experience – it is a future product and the beginning of our following plans. The program (both for Windows and Mac) now goes live from today.”

Edit & process 4K/HD videos, DVDs, and more:
VideoProc, as its name indicates, gives a focus on processing videos. This is not limited to format changing but also touches on virtually every aspect of “entry-level” editing like cutting, merging, cropping, subtitles adding, rotating, watermarks, and effects. With a specialized ToolBox, the program also offers “professional-grade” options to deshake, denoise, make GIF, correct lens distortion, etc. for enthusiasts, creators or anyone trying to make exquisite videos at one go. All features are engineered with a special care on modern video content such as 4K UHD videos, highly-compressed HEVC files, footages @ FHD 60fps, 120fps, Raw recordings from GoPro, DJI, DSLR cameras, iPhone, other popular devices.

The built-in transcoding engine takes care of a mish-mash of media types and formats, freely converting videos, DVDs and audio files among H.265, H.264, MP4, MOV, AVI, MKV, and 420 popular formats. An all-encompassing presets library makes media perfectly fit the latest mobiles, TVs, online sites and social media. Full control over the bit rate, resolution, quality, GOP, encoding mode, etc. is at users’ fingertips for further customization. It’s a one-stop solution for polishing footages shot with drones, making family travel videos, compressing GoPro 4K clips for social media, sharing game walkthroughs, becoming a YouTube star, and more.

Full GPU acceleration makes 4K processing fast and smooth:
Pioneering the unique Level-3 Hardware Acceleration technology, it’s the only software on the market that applies full Intel, Nvidia, and AMD GPU accelerations throughout processing, bringing the speed to 47x real-time faster. Together with advanced technologies like Auto Copy and High-Quality Engine, it runs up to 5x faster than rivals with top quality while keeping the system cool and brimming with power. The program actually covers 98% of daily used features. Other features include:

* Video downloading – Free download videos, playlists, 4K/8K UHD clips, audio, etc. from 1000 online sites. It offers super fast speed and 100% intact quality.

* Recording – Capture screen, webcam, and iPhone with audio. Record picture in picture, add texts or outlines, adjust flexible recording settings, and more.

“We created VideoProc in responding of the deluge of video content and rapid evolution in HD, UHD resolutions that create too much burden to process cost-effectively and swiftly,” added Jack Han, “With the single tool, users gain all the features they require for everyday video tasks. They don’t need to shell out big bucks and go through the intimidating learning curve for presumer tools. Simply start editing right out of the box.”

Pricing and Availability
VideoProc 3.0 is available now worldwide for users on Windows 10/8/7/Vista and macOS Mojave or earlier. Officially priced at $59.90 (USD), a full license is now half off at $29.95, together with various flexible license options offered at steep discounts in celebration of its grand release. Check the details at VideoProc Official Page.

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Digiarty Software, Inc. specializes in multimedia software based on Windows, Mac OS X and iOS, which provides top quality software across Apple, Android, Microsoft, Samsung, HTC, Google, Sony, etc. including DVD Rippers, Video Converters, DVD Author, iPhone Manager, DVD copy software, online video downloader, audio video player, multimedia streaming app, and more. All Material and Software (C) Copyright 2018 Digiarty Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, Mac OS X, iPhone, iPad, iPod and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.

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