Add 3D graphics quickly and easily to your Photoshop documents. Vertigo 3D Dizzy lets you import models, change their position and size, add lights, adjust your camera view, choose from a number of rendering styles, and then add your models to Photoshop - all with a few simple clicks. Requires a PPC, Mac OS 7.5.1 or later, 16 MB RAM, QuickDraw 3D 1.5.1, and Adobe Photoshop 3.0.5 or later.
3D Lparser 0.8.9 - Beta
David H. Goeb, peagreen@intergate.bc.ca, http://www.xs4all.nl/~ljlapre/
Attention all of you math and biology students and teachers, or computer artists and animators - here’s a program that will help you create complex mega-polygon models and animations of plants and organic forms. The program works by reading Lsystem descriptions (a rule that describes parts of a 3D form and its assembly) and processes it into a 3D form. So plant a tree and watch it grow... Not for the easily intimidated. Requires a PPC, Mac OS 7.6.1 or later, QuickTime 2.5 or later, QuickDraw3D 1.5 or later, and at least 32 MB RAM.
This professional 3D program is ideal for creating and enhancing graphics, modeling, virtual reality, presentations, CAD, animations, and any other visual projects. It features tools for 3D text, animation, lighting, textures, sound support, drag and drop support, and the ability to play movies on your object creations. It also features a Photoshop plug-in and 3D paint. Requires a PPC, Mac OS 7.1.2 or later, QuickDraw 3D 1.0.2 or later, 16 MB RAM.
Quark Designers - want to create 3D type right in QuarkXPress? The solution is contained here. This Xtension for Quark will allow you to create custom 3D typographic effects within your documents without the use of other programs. It also allows you to rotate, color, light, fill, or kern your 3D type in your pages. Requires QuarkXPress 4.02 or later and Adobe Type Manager 3.5.
Acrobat Reader 3.0.2 - Freeware
Adobe Systems Inc., Voice 408-536-6000, Fax 408-537-6000, http://www.adobe.com/
This free reader allows you to view, navigate, and print PDF files across all platforms and is a companion to Adobe Acrobat. You will need this to view various PDF documents contained within some of the included software programs.
Adobe ImageReady 1.0 - 30-day Tryout
Adobe Systems Inc., Voice 408-536-6000, Fax 408-537-6000, http://www.adobe.com/
If you’re working in the Web graphics medium, the folks at Adobe have developed a comprehensive tool to make graphics preparation a lot easier. Used in conjunction with Photoshop and Illustrator, it provides the tools necessary to streamline your graphics and make them Web ready in no time. This tryout will expire 30 days after installation and requires a PPC.
Here’s a handy tool for working with graphics for the Web. This program will batch-compress GIF animations without introducing any visible changes. Contains both 68k and PPC versions.
This all-purpose image editing program can open and save images in just about any graphics format. It also features high-end editing tools for graphic manipulation, as well as support for Photoshop plug-ins.
Push your Photoshop designs over the edge by creating 3D text along customizable 3D paths with this Photoshop plug-in. It allows you to create eye-popping typography, add textures, position lighting, and use a virtual camera to snap the right shot. One more click, and presto - your new creation is integrated into your Photoshop document. Requires Adobe Photoshop 3.0.5 and QuickDraw3D 1.5.1.
Icon Tools 1.5 - Shareware
Alberto Ricci, support@riccisoft.com, http://www.riccisoft.com/
If you’re addicted to icons as much as I am, you’re gonna love this program. Using your System’s contextual menus, Icon Tools allows you to copy and paste icons, add embelishments to your icons from a huge assortment of graphical stamps, frame them with an assortment of borders, manipulate them in a variety of ways, and more. An icon hacker’s dream! This new version takes advantage of the new 32-bit icons under Mac OS 8.5. Requires a PPC running Mac OS 8 or later.
IconDropper 3.2 - Shareware
IconFactory, http://www.iconfactory.com
Here’s an application that makes it fun and easy to change icons on your Mac. Customize the appearance of your files and folders using contextual menus or drag-and-drop. This program also contains hundreds of icons made from the folks at the IconFactory. It also supports Mac OS 8.5’s new 32-bit icon format. Requires Mac OS 8 or later.
Here’s a fun and wacky Crayola paint program for kids, but big kidz, like us, like it too. It features animated traditional tools like watercolor, oil paint, chalk, and markers, and wacky tools like popping popcorn, foaming shaving cream, and animated stickers. You can also import in photos and graphics and save your work in your own gallery or slide show. Requires Mac OS 7.5 or later and 16 MB RAM.
These expert-level tools for Adobe Photoshop dramatically reduce the time necessary for masking and selecting complex objects. It features Color Matching Technology, edge blending, and intelligent edge detection and color selection. Requires a PPC, Mac OS 7.5.5 or later, 32 MB RAM, and Photoshop 4.0 or later.
Painting 1.5.3 - Shareware
Sarwat Khan, sarwat@kagi.com, http://www.interlog.com/~sarwat/
This simple and easy to use program allows you to create and edit pixel based graphics. It features standard editing tools, color palettes, text tool, customizable hot keys for quick access to tools, drag and drop colors, and more. 68k and PPC compatible running Mac OS 7.5 or later.
What you see is not always what you get. Take for instance the colors displayed on your monitor versus how it appears in your output. ColorReady helps you and your Mac output the best possible reproduction of PANTONE colors or any other color. It utilizes Apple’s ColorSync to manage your color and gives you previews of how your work will print. No more wasted proofs and manual color tweaking. Requires a PPC, Mac OS 7.6.1 or later, ColorSync 2.5, a color monitor, 32 MB RAM.
Design your Web pages using PANTONE Matching System colors. This program provides web authors with guides for “internet-safe” colors along with their RGB, CMYK, HTML, and Hexachrome color values. It will also choose the closest non-dithering color automatically from any chosen PANTONE color. Requires Mac OS 7 or later.
Give your neighborhood Printer a break. If you use PowerPoint , Word, or Excel for your presentations, proposals, business documents, etc., this program may come in handy. It allows you to assign logos, clip art, line art, shadows, and shapes (including 3D) with PANTONE colors. Perfect for those of you who need documents professionally printed often. Requires Mac OS 7.5 or later, Microsoft Office 98, and a 256-color display.
Here’s a tool that will allow you to work quickly and efficiently with large databases of pictures by allowing you to build catalogues of pictures easily. You can attach keywords to pics for accurate searches in your catalogues and allows extended indexing and search capabilities. You can also print from your catalogues. Requires Mac OS 7 or later, QuickTime 2.5 or later, and AppleEvent Manager on.
The Persistence of Vision Ray Tracer (POV-Ray) is a ray tracing , computer graphics rendering program that can create stunning photo-realistic, computer-generated images and animations. It takes information you supply and simulates the way light interacts with the objects you’ve defined, creating 3D pictures. 68k and PPC versions included. Requires Mac OS 7.1 or later.
This powerful 3D modeling, rendering, and animation package was designed with creative professionals in mind. It features an intuitive interface, Boolean modeling, inverse kinematics, deformation, a scan-line renderer, 3D particle effects, Hair, Smoke, and Fire particle systems, powerful renderers (including Phong, Ray Tracing, and Radiosity), motion blur, and a whole lot more. This demo is fully functional, but save disabled. Requires a PPC and at least QuickTime 2.5.
Create 2D type effects along a path, or a circle, arc, trapezoid... with this easy to use XTension for QuarkXPress. Twister lets you create type along a Bezier curve and add drop shadows in your Quark documents that are editable at any time. Requires QuarkXPress 3.31 or later and Adobe Type Manager 3.5 or later.
Voyager PE is the ultimate tool for Web professionals by providing you with the freedom to choose favorite editing tools while providing the foundation of Web development. It integrates Web authoring tools into a unified Web development environment without sacrificing the ability to add new tools as they come to market. Requires a PPC and Mac OS 7.5 or later.
If you design Web pages and want to make sure your public doesn’t become frustrated by your site’s slow load in time, this tool optimizes HTML documents so that they become much smaller and load much quicker in browsers, without changing your web page’s display. This FAT version requires Mac OS 7.1 or later.
WebVise Totality 1.0 - Demo
Auto F/X, custservice@autofx.com, http://www.autofx.com
If you work with graphics for the Web, you may want to check this program out. It contains six powerful web graphics products in one: GIF and JPEG compression engines, a Photoshop animation module, digital watermarking, hybrid Web-safe colors, and an optimized dithering engine for accurate color reproduction. Requires a PPC running at least Mac OS 7.1.
