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EZlect Masking Plug-in for Photoshop Now Available for Mac OSX

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June 4, 2010 – PRESS SUMMARY – Phreakware has released a Mac OS X version of the EZlect masking plug-in for Adobe Photoshop. Now available for both Windows and Mac OS X, EZlect makes it easy to quickly create beautifully anti-aliased selections, just by clicking on the object and background areas in an image.

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Creating selections is a basic image manipulation task, allowing you to isolate objects in an image so they can be edited independently or be placed on a different background. However, Photoshop’s built-in tools are inadequate for all but the simplest images. Some third-party selection plug-ins give better results, but typically require tediously tracing all edges of the area to select, which takes a lot of time. Read More→

Peachpit Announces New Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Books

Sep 1, 2009

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Four New Peachpit Books Ship on Same Day as Software

Berkeley, CA—August 31, 2009—For the first time ever, Peachpit announced four books that will be shipping on the same day as Apple’s new Snow Leopard operating system, the fastest and most reliable version of the Mac OS X ever.

Snow Leopard introduces and upgrades many new features and technologies, with hidden power that new and experienced users can learn to take advantage of to maximize their use. The following Peachpit books are designed to help any user unlock the power of Mac OS X Snow Leopard:

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: Peachpit Learning SeriesMac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: Peachpit Learning Series is the latest update of Robin Williams’ bestselling guide that will have readers working miracles in no time with Snow Leopard. With this book, readers can learn in their own way, whether it’s working through the lessons from start to finish, jumping straight to step-by-step exercises about new features, or looking up just what they need at that moment.

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide, the latest update of Maria Langer’s bestselling Visual QuickStart Guide will take readers through all of Mac OS X’s groundbreaking capabilities and new features. With plenty of screenshots to clearly illustrate techniques, this reasonably priced guide is a great reference to the essentials of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. Read More→