Freeverse

October 27, 2006

Lineform 1.2.3 Released! - Improved SVG support and more

New York -- Fri, October 27, 2006 -- Freeverse today announced an update to Lineform, the new drawing and illustration program for Mac OS X. Lineform is the recipient of a 2006 Apple Design Award, still launches in under a second, and weighs in at 3.9 MB unlike our significantly more expensive competitors.

What's new in 1.2.3?

• Improved image handling
• Improved automatic scrolling of view
• SVG support for inline images and improved text support
• Added millimeters as measurement unit preference
• Added functionality to transform palette for transforming nodes
• CMYK Preview is now Soft Proof; profile selection available in Preferences
• Improved layer behavior
• Altered style handling to retain a tool’s style
• Improved rasterization of gradients for PDF output
• Rasterizing now performed at higher resolution
• Centering of objects shortcut fixed
• Improved Linkback features
• Faster file saving
• Improved color management on 10.4
• EPS saving with gradient
• Various other fixes

Lineform requires OS X 10.3.9 or later and runs natively on Intel or PPC Macs. Lineform is priced at $79.95 and a demo / update is available at:

http://www.freeverse.com/lineform

About Freeverse:
Freeverse strives to develop and publish seamless software with a particular concentration on the Mac OS. Our developed and published titles have been honored with more Apple Design Awards than any other company. Headquartered in New York City, Freeverse draws upon the talents of artists, programmers, and sound designers from around the globe.

Posted by Ian Lynch Smith at 01:36 PM [Permalink]

October 04, 2006

TotemBall Released for Xbox Live Arcade

New York City -- Oct 4th, 2006

Freeverse and Strange Flavour are proud to announce the release of Totemball, an Xbox Live® Vision Camera Game for Xbox Live Arcade.

For more information on Totemball, visit:

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/news/2006/1003-totemball.htm


Or contact:

Colin SMith
Freeverse Software
447 West 24th Street
New York, NY 10011
(212) 929-3549
colin @ freeverse.com

About Freeverse:
Freeverse develops and publishes seamless interactive entertainment software. Our titles have received numerous awards and our original characters have appeared in TimeDigital, Wired, and Animation World magazines, as well as television commercials for Blockbuster Video. Headquartered in New York City, Freeverse draws upon the talents of artists, programmers and sound designers from around the globe.

About Strange Flavour:
Strange Flavour Ltd. is a small UK based independent games developer run by two brothers, Aaron and Adam Fothergill who have over 30 years of combined experience in the games industry. After taking the Mac world by storm with their award winning games Airburst Extreme and ToySight, Strange Flavour are now adding console games to their lineup.

Xbox 360 and Xbox Live are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/ or other countries.

Posted by Ian Lynch Smith at 01:07 PM [Permalink]

LINEFORM UPDATED TO 1.2.2 - New Transform and Layout Palettes!

New York -- Weds, October 4, 2006 -- Freeverse today announced an update to Lineform, the drawing and illustration program for Mac OS X. A Universal application, Lineform is designed for artists looking for a more manageable and less costly modern alternative to Adobe Illustrator. Lineform is the recipient of a 2006 Apple Design Award.


What's new in 1.2.2?

Major:

• New transform palette
• New Layout palette that allows specific document sizes
• New filters for reflection and drop shadows
• Styles retained in palettes after deselection
• Improved outline view
• 10.3.9 problems fixed

Minor:

• ~ key toggles scaling of shape
• Stroke width in palette changes when dragging
• Threshold for drag curves with bezier pen lower
• Better handling of colors in filters
• Fixed rare crashing with artistic strokes
• Alignment fixed for bezier nodes
• Palette jitter fixed
• Minor drawing glitches fixed
• CoreImage-related fixes


Lineform requires OS X 10.3.9 or later and runs natively on Intel or PPC Macs. Lineform is priced at $79.95 and a demo is available at:

http://www.freeverse.com/lineform/


About Freeverse:
Freeverse strives to develop and publish seamless software with a particular concentration on the Mac OS. Our developed and published titles have been honored with more Apple Design Awards than any other company. Headquartered in New York City, Freeverse draws upon the talents of artists, programmers, and sound designers from around the globe.

Posted by Ian Lynch Smith at 10:51 AM [Permalink]