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AliveColors is a photo editing program that also has a full set of painting and drawing tools. It provides tools for retouching, drawing, and vector graphics, photo enhancement adjustments, and a gallery of striking filters. AliveColors 4 introduces the new AI neural filters for fast and high-quality image processing. AliveColors 4

This issue includes: “Ten Years Without Steve Jobs” Reviews: AliveColors 4 Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download). November Newsletter

Exposure X7 is a photo editor that was designed for hobbyist and pro photographers who want to create artistic images from their photos. It is a full featured program that has many options and presets that you can use to adjust the look of your photos. Exposure comes as a standalone program and as a Lightroom […]

This issue includes: “How You Can Lose a File Despite Three Layers of Backup (and How To Avoid It)” Reviews: Exposure X7 Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download). October Newsletter

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Continuum FCP 2021 comes with a set of 90 creative effects (HDR compliant) and 1000s of professionally-designed drag and drop presets. These can be used in both Final Cut Pro and Motion. Boris Continuum FCP 2021

Toast can Burn, author, copy, and secure USBs, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs (Toast does not rip, capture, or copy encrypted or copy-protected content). It also comes with creativity software and media management tools. Toast 19 Pro

This issue includes: “Several Bricks Removed from Apple’s Garden Wall” Reviews: Toast 19 Pro Boris Continuum FCP Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download). September Newsletter

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GRFX Studio Pro AI is a non-destructive photo enhancing program that comes with more than 2000 effects that you can apply to your photos. GRFX Studio Pro AI

Inspirit is a program that makes colorful still or animated mandalas and kaleidoscope designs. You can draw them as a static image or watch the design slowly morph into new designs. Inspirit

This issue includes: “Brave Search Public Beta Offers Alternative to Google” Reviews: GRFX Studio Pro AI Inspirit Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download). August Newsletter

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AliveColors is a photo editing program that also has a full set of painting and drawing tools. It provides multiple tools for retouching, drawing, and vector graphics, photo enhancement adjustments, and a gallery of striking filters. AliveColors has been designed to support the needs and user levels from the beginner to the pro user. AliveColors […]

Amberlight is a program that creates computer generated fractal images and animations. These include swirling patterns, glows, and light trails. The resulting images can be used as-is or incorporated into your other digitally created artwork (Figure 3) or videos. Amberlight was made for artists as well as for people without artistic skills who want to […]

This issue includes: “Apple Justifies iOS App Store’s Tight Control in White Paper” Reviews: AliveColors 3 Amberlight 2 Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download). July Newsletter

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Rebelle is a full featured art program that specializes in realistic looking watercolor, acrylic, and oil paintings. Rebelle offers real-time simulations of paint and ink flows, color blending, diffusion, and drying. It reproduces the ways media naturally behave including interactions with the canvas. It lets you paint, smear, re-wet, tilt and blow colors across the […]

This issue includes: “How to Keep Facebook from Snooping on Your Photos’ Locations” Rebelle 4 review Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download). June Newsletter

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This issue includes: “Emulation, Virtualization, and Rosetta 2: A Blend of Old, New, and Yet To Come” Joy of Tech Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download) May Newsletter

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Flame Painter is a paint and particle effects program that you can use to create original artworks, add light effects to existing photos and artwork, or create impressive (or subtle) backgrounds. Flame Painter

Kinemac is a 2D and 3D Real Time Animation Software for the Mac.It is relatively easy to use and there are a variety of uses that you can put it to, such as 3D animated logos or intro animations for your presentations or vacation videos. Kinemac 2

This issue includes: “Mac OS X at 20: The OS That Changed Everything” Flame Painter 4 review Kinemac 2 review Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download) April Newsletter

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Comic Life 3 is a program that can (as its name implies) create comic book pages. But that’s not the only thing that it can create. Comic Life 3 can also be used to make various Certificates, Trading cards, Yearbooks, Travel logs, Newspapers, etc. Comic Life 3

This issue includes: “The Role of Bootable Duplicates in a Modern Backup Strategy” Comic Life 3 Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download) March Newsletter

The Tiffen Dfx Digital Filter Suite is a set of digital optical filters for professional photographers, filmmakers, video editors, and visual effects artists. Tiffen Dfx 4

The Red Giant Universe is a community that has a library of effects and transitions for professional editors, visual effects, and motion graphics designers. These effects and transitions work in applications like Final Cut Pro X, Motion, After Effects, and Premiere Pro. I will be using/testing it with Final Cut Pro X. Red Giant Universe

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Audio Hijack will record audio coming from the System or from any application, including VoIP calls from Skype and web streams from Safari. According to Rogue Amoeba: “If you can hear it, you can record it”. Audio Hijack

Chaotica is a fractal art application that creates digital art from mathematical algorithms. If your eyes are glazing over, know this, Chaotica is fun to use and there are an infinite amount of fractal designs that it can create. They are gorgeous! Chaotica Studio 2

SpriteIlluminator is a Normal Map Editor for dynamic lighting and special effects for Sprites (two-dimensional images that are integrated most often in 2D video games).  SpriteIlluminator

This issue includes: “Turn Your iPhone into a Powerful Webcam with Camo” Reviews: Audio Hijack Chaotica Studio 2 SpriteIlluminator Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download) February Newsletter

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PaintX is a Final Cut Pro X plug-in that lets you paint brush strokes right onto your video. This can be used to remove blemishes on skin, paint out unwanted objects such as power lines or antennas, apply digital makeup, warp and stretch part of the video, or repair scratched video. PaintX

This issue includes: “The iPhone Gets 5G, but What’s It Like in Real-World Use?” Reviews: PaintX Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download January Newsletter

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This issue includes: “Big Sur Is Here, but We Suggest You Say “No Sir” for Now” Home Inventory 3 Lifespan Smart Photo Editor Click the link below to read the Newsletter (Or Option-click on the link to download December Newsletter