Perspector is a unique PowerPoint add-in that allows you to either new 3D images, text and diagrams or modify existing 2D PPT autoshapes into 3D.
The folks at Perspector have recently released version 4.0 and added some great features. Here are a few examples:
Click here to go to the Perspector website.
– Troy @ TLC
Okay, so I just discovered a deal that includes a 1 year subscription to iCLIPART.com, which was yesterday’s post.
With 2 rebates you can purchase the entire ClipArt 3.5 Million image collection from Buy.com for nothing (and shipping is included!). The boxed set includes a 1 year subscription to iClipArt.com, so now you have it all!!
Click here to go to the Buy.com page.
– Troy @ TLC
If you use clip art in presentations, or any design application, then this may be a good deal for you. The venerable ClipArt collection from IMSI (who remembers purchasing the 30+ CDROM sets….) is entirely online – and searchable! Of note this is just the vector clipart, not any of the photos, fonts, sounds, etc. and is at a clip-art only site iCLIPART.com.
Special pricing drops the year subscription from $99 to $29. Although I do not make use of much clip art these days, I do have need of it (in vector format) when developing custom graphics or template backgrounds.
Thought some people could make use of this.
– Troy @ TLC
I have been a long time user of NXPowerlite, a great presentation optimization application. Just recieved notice that they have released version 3.5!
What is great about this version is that it is compatible with Microsofts new Open XML formats (ie. Office 2007’s .pptx, .docx, etc.). It has better Outlook integration, is a free upgrade for v3 users and is even available in Chinese! Read about all the features and download a full function trial from their website here.
– Troy @ TLC
Here is an alternate page on the Microsoft site for info and download of the newly released Office 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1). Click here.
– Troy @ TLC
Service Pack 1 for Office 2007 has been released ahead of schedule!
It should remedy some issues, especially if running Vista and Office 2007, and has a number of performance and stability updates. Microsoft’s info and download page is here (although it is officially released you may have to wait a bit longer as the download page on Microsoft’s website seems to be down for the moment….).
– Troy @ TLC
Many years ago for images in our projects we relied on $300-500 per disk photo CDs and for vector art things like the 20 CD ClickArt 1 Million collection. Well, ClickArt is back – and now online.
Although it features lots of photo images, they are relatively small at 800px wide and 72 dpi. The offering is wide, with many having those same 80/90’s fashions I remember from use years ago. But many are ultra new and even the same images I have pulled from sources like Photos.com (of course much smaller file size here).
And if you need vector art (aka: clip art or line art), having a searchable database and unlimited downloads for a year is worth the price!
As for price, they are currently offering a 1 year, unlimited download for only $40.00!!
Click here to check out all the details.
– Troy @ TLC
When working on multiple computers it is critical to be able to tell which files are new, or old, based on their time stamp. The solution is to run an application that updates the computer clock to an atomic clock through the internet.
I run SYNCIT With Atom on all of my computers, but there are tons of applications available. I have mine set to update/verifty clock accuracy every 45 seconds. And guarantee I know which file is the latest-and-greatest based on the time stamp – no matter what computer I was working on.
Click here to go to info/download page.
– Troy @ TLC
Another free application from Microsoft that ranges from good-to-great depending on your monitor is the CLEARTYPE TUNER. It basically tweaks the way Windows displays text on an LCD monitor.
It does not hinder, or noticably improve, displaying through a projector – and depending on your monitor it may or may not make a noticeable difference (on my 1900×1200 WXGA monitor it made a very noticeable effect, on a 1440×900 monitor it gave no noticeable difference).
Click here to go to download page
– Troy @ TLC
Being a graphic designer I admit that I understand things better when I can see them. One of the great features of the new Vista OS (and on Macs for awhile) is the ability to rollover the taskbar tab and see a thumbnail of the current application content. If you are running XP you can add this type feature to the Alt-Tab method of choosing your application.
With the Free Microsoft ALT-TAB tweak installed instead of seeing just the application/file name as you alt-tab through the active items, you see a thumbnail of the current content.
Click here to go to the download page at Microsoft.
– Troy @ TLC