October 16, 2007
Periscope 1.5 Released - From Webcam to Security Cam
New York -- October 16, 2007 -- Freeverse today announced the immediate availability of Periscope 1.5, the next generation of Web cam software for Mac OS X that lets you use your iSight or other webcam to capture activity in front of your Mac's camera, and then save or share that image easily and automatically.
Within minutes, you'll be able to configure Periscope to monitor a room and email a picture when it detects motion or sound. Or have Periscope take a photo every half-hour and upload it to a DotMac Web page, or FTP site. Create a time-lapse or stop-motion movie, post to Flickr, or catch that squirrel that's been raiding the bird-feeder!
The uses are legion, the tool is the same: Periscope.
What's New:
- Just about everything!
- Ready for OS X 10.5, Leopard.
- Improved interface, resizable main window.
- Supports tens of thousands of images.
- Launch times significantly faster.
- Memory usage significantly decreased.
- Video renders smoother.
- Help has been greatly expanded.
- Many other minor bug fixes.
Periscope is a Universal application and requires Mac OS X 10.4.10 or later (including the upcoming Mac OS X 10.5). Priced at only $39.95, Periscope is an affordable and welcome enhancement to the power of Apple's iSight camera. More informationå and a free trial version are available at:
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.
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July 11, 2007
Free guitar tuner OS X App and Widget Released - Sound Studio Updated to 3.5.3
New York -- Wednesday July 11, 2007 -- Freeverse and Felt Tip Software today announced "Tuna Pitch" a free app and widget to help you tune your guitar or other instrument. With five built-in presets including the standard EADGBE tuning, reference tones, and the option to set all six strings to any note, Tuna Pitch has everything you need to stay in-tune! The Tuna Pitch app features a high-contrast, expandable window so it's easy to read, while the widget version is small and wont clutter your Dashboard. Both the app and widget are 100% free and are available for download from Freeverse's new website at: http://www.freeverse.com/soundstudio - in the "Goodies" section.
Also released today was Sound Studio 3.5.3 the latest update to the popular audio recording and editing program for Mac OS X. This update features a customizable toolbar with new buttons including rewind and fast-forward, a new document window layout with Leopard style gradient edges, new Automator actions, faster window redrawing and more. This update is free to all registered owners of Sound Studio 3.
Once you've tuned your guitar, you can record and edit yourself with Sound Studio 3. Sound Studio is perfect for recording and editing music, lectures and podcasts. It's great for digitizing vinyl and cassette collections, recording voiceovers and creating sound effects too. With a highly intuitive interface and priced at just $79.95, Sound Studio is the ideal choice for professionals and amateurs alike.
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.
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June 14, 2007
Sound Studio Updated to 3.5.2 - iTunes Plus Support
New York -- June 14th, 2007 -- Freeverse today announced the Sound Studio 3.5.2 update to the long time favorite sound recording and editing tool. Sound Studio's simplified interface makes it an excellent choice for both hobbyists and professionals with advanced features like audio units at a bargain price.
What's new in 3.5.2?
- iTunes Plus files can be opened.
- Localizations updated.
- Audio playback of a file stops when closing its window.
- Pitch and Tempo filter's duration field more accurate.
- Saving over an existing preset no longer closes filter dialog box.
- Auto Start/Stop Recording now stops playback/recording before showing dialog box.
Creating your own multi-track mixes, tweaking levels and EQ, applying digital effects and saving in all major file formats. Digitizing tapes and vinyl records, recording live performances, lectures... Sound Studio is a complete solution for Mac OS X audio.
Sound Studio 3.5.2 is priced at just $79.95 and is available at the better Mac retailers and on the web at Freeverse.com.
More information and a free demo may be found at:
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.
May 17, 2007
Freeverse to Freehand customers - Migrate to Lineform!
New York -- May 17, 2007 -- Freeverse is inviting all FreeHand MX Mac users to evaluate Lineform, the new Apple Design Award-winning vector drawing program. Fast, lean and Universal, Lineform offers powerful tools in an uncluttered interface that's designed to help you get work done. Created with the belief that serious tools shouldn't put a serious strain on your credit rating, Lineform's suggested retail price is only $79.95.
From now until June 1st, Freeverse is also offering a special cross-upgrade price for all FreeHand users. Simply enter the coupon code "freehand" when purchasing via the Freeverse.com online store, and get Lineform for just $49.95, a nearly 40% savings!
More information on Lineform, including a trial version and sample works can be found here:
Lineform requires OS X 10.3.9 or later and runs natively on Intel or PPC Macs.
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.
May 14, 2007
Sound Studio, Leading Mac Audio Tool Updated to 3.5.1
New York -- May 14th, 2007 -- Freeverse today announced the Sound Studio 3.5.1 update to the long time favorite sound recording and editing tool. Sound Studio's simplified interface makes it an excellent choice for hobbyists, while giving professionals the features they need at a bargain price.
Creating your own multi-track mixes, tweaking levels and EQ, applying digital effects and saving in all major file formats. Digitizing tapes and vinyl records, recording live performances, lectures... Sound Studio is a complete solution for Mac OS X audio.
Changes in 3.5.1
- Fixed a bug in "Split By Markers" where bad AAC (.m4a) files were being written, and fixed Cancel button functionality
- Fixed a bug where the "Podcast" flag was set when saving files.
- Fixed crashing bug that affected the EQ filters
- Fixed bug with marker positions after Crop
- Fixed memory leak when closing documents via AppleScript
Sound Studio 3.5.1 is priced at just $79.95 and is available at the better Mac retailers and on the web at Freeverse.com.
More information and a free demo may be found at:
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.
April 30, 2007
Lineform 1.3.2 Released - Affordable, Apple Award Winning Vector Illustration
New York -- Monday, April 30th, 2007 -- 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:
- SVG Gaussian blur support
- PDF Parsing gradients improvements
- PDF Parsing text improvements
- Fixed document layout issue
- Updated registration system and demo handling
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:
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.
April 23, 2007
Freeverse Releases Periscope - Modern Webcam Software for Mac OS X
New York -- April 23, 2007 -- Freeverse today announced the immediate availability of Periscope, a new webcam application for Mac OS X. Designed for simplicity, Periscope allows the user to easily configure the Mac's built-in iSight to document a day, protect a home, or keep an eye on the kids. It knits together Apple's amazing hardware, software and services such as DotMac, Applescript, the iSight, Mail, iPhoto, and even the Apple Remote, to create a whole new tool for security, a whole new vector for fun.
Within minutes, a user can configure Periscope to monitor a room and email a picture when it detects motion or sound. Or they can configure Periscope to take a photo every half-hour and upload it to a DotMac web page, Flickr account or FTP site. Create a time-lapse movie of the view from a window, or catch that squirrel that's been raiding the bird-feeder!
The uses are legion, the tool is the same... Periscope.
Periscope is a Universal application and requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later. Priced at only $29.95, Periscope is an affordable and welcome enhancement to the power of Apple's iSight. More information and a free trial version are available at:
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.
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March 21, 2007
March Montymail Madness!
The March issue of Freeverse's semi-monthly newsletter is now available to subscribers, or on the web here:
Freeverse.com/MontyMail/issues/vol4_issue4.html
Awesome updates to Lineform and Sound Studio, new great games, invite to an open beta and of course a joke or two.
Happy Spring Everyone!
February 23, 2007
Lineform Updated to v1.3 - Vector Illustration now with PDF Editing
New York -- Friday, February 23rd, 2007 -- 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:
PDF import and editing. (Initial Version)
Parse PDF menu item in Objects menu on 10.4 or later.
Faster & more robust SVG loading
SVGZ loading support
Alt-drag improved
Faster document loading
Faster to outline conversion
Status bar text clarification
Max zoom level 256000%
Non-zero fill rules
Fixed bug with connect points
Fixed bug with opacity and custom effects
Fixed bug with add/remove layer undo
Fixed bug with group clipping and winding rules
Fixed bug with group clipping and filters.
Fixed Text bug
Fixed missing localised "Registered to.." string
Fixed Japanese degree symbols
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:
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.
February 06, 2007
Freeverse introduces "Think" for Mac OS X
Rethinks How to Get Things Done
New York, NY—February 6th, 2007—Freeverse today announced the first official release of Think, a new way of working with your Mac when you just need to focus. Think is a cleverly streamlined application to shift your workflow from overwhelming to under-control with just the flick of a mouse.
Think allows users to “illuminate” any Mac OS X application they'd like, blocking distractions from other windows and applications, so that they can focus on the task at hand. Since many work projects require multiple applications, Think also allows guest applications to be temporarily brought forward, and when no longer needed, quickly hides them away.
"Mac users have always been inclined towards being more productive," said Freeverse developer Michael Watson. "Think lets you put all the distractions in the background and just work."
"Think carries on the Freeverse tradition of top-notch OS X software—it's slick, clean, and efficient," added Freeverse President Ian Lynch Smith. "we're happy to make it available, for free, to the entire Mac community"
Think is available as a free Universal Binary for Mac OS X 10.4.3 or later.
More information on Think, as well as links to download the application, may be found at:
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.
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December 22, 2006
WINNERS OF LINEFORM MAC ART CONTEST ANNOUNCED
$1,000 PRIZE AWARDED
New York -- December 22, 2006 -- Freeverse today announced that Paul Davidson of Japan, has won the $1,000 grand prize in the Lineform Art Contest. The contest, to create the best work of art using only the Lineform Mac drawing application was first announced on November 14th.
The grand prize winning entry as well as the runner's up can be viewed here:
www.freeverse.com/lineform/contest/
Lineform is a light, intuitive, and lightning-fast Universal vector drawing program. It is a professional tool that rivals the power of Adobe Illustrator at a fraction of the weight, learning-curve and expense.
More information on Lineform and links to download the trial version may be found at:
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.
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December 05, 2006
MAC ARTISTS! - LAST CHANCE AT $1,000 LINEFORM PRIZE.
New York -- December 5th, 2006 -- Calling all artists! There are only a couple weeks left to claim the $1,000 prize Freeverse is offering for the best original work of art created with Lineform.
Entries will be accepted until 11:59 PM EST on December 14th, 2006.. Any style, any subject, will be considered so long as it is created using Lineform alone.
Entrants are not required to buy the program, Freeverse is accepting submissions created with the free trial version. Entries remain the property of the artist -- we just get the right to use it in promotional material.
Lineform is a light, intuitive, and lightning-fast Universal vector drawing program. It is a professional tool that rivals the power of Adobe Illustrator at a fraction of the weight, learning-curve and expense.
More information on Lineform and links to download the trial version may be found at:
www.freeverse.com/lineform/
Full rules of the contest and submission instructions may be found here:
www.freeverse.com/lineform/contest/
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.
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November 14, 2006
$1000 PRIZE FOR ART MADE WITH LINEFORM - CALLING ALL MAC ARTISTS!
New York -- November 14, 2006 -- Freeverse today announced a contest for the best work of art created with Lineform, the Apple Design Award-winning drawing and illustration app. Offering a grand prize of $1,000 (and two runner-up prizes of $200 each), Freeverse is seeking entries from the wildly creative Mac community.
Lineform is a light, intuitive, and lightning-fast Universal vector drawing program. It's a professional tool that rivals the power of Adobe Illustrator at a fraction of the weight, learning-curve and expense.
The contest begins today and entries will be accepted for one month. Any style, any subject, will be considered so long as it is created using Lineform alone.
Entrants are not required to buy the program, Freeverse is accepting submissions created with the free trial version.
More information on Lineform and links to download the trial version may be found at:
www.freeverse.com/lineform/
Full rules of the contest and submission instructions may be found here:
www.freeverse.com/lineform/contest/
Every day this week Freeverse is making new product announcements as part of it's "Big Week" celebration. Visit Freeverse.com tomorrow for more!
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.
November 09, 2006
Lineform 1.2.4 Released. Japanese, French Localization and more!
New York -- Thursday, November 9, 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, launches in a second, and weighs in at under 5 MB unlike our significantly more expensive competitors.
What's new in 1.2.4?
• Localized into French
• Localized in Japanese
• setLevel Fix
• Drag and drop modern ai(pdf) files (whole image import)
• 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.
October 04, 2006
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.
September 22, 2006
Lineform Updated to 1.2.1
LINEFORM UPDATED TO 1.2.1
New Core Image Filters. Optimized Image Handling.
New York -- Friday, September 20, 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.
New features and fixes in version 1.2.1 include:
Streamlined User Interface.
New Core Image filters:
Generators
Gradients
Composite Operations
Transitions.
More Artistic Strokes - (and who doesn't need that?)
Rewritten and Optimized Image Handling.
Non-Auto Centered View Preference.
Improved Bezier Curve Creation and Editing.
Improved SVG Support.
Improved Gradient Editing.
Improved Arrow Drawing.
Improved Grid Drawing.
... and numerous small bug 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.
September 11, 2006
FREEVERSE TO PUBLISH LINEFORM
FREE PREVIEW OF APPLE DESIGN AWARD-WINNING ILLUSTRATION PROGRAM NOW AVAILABLE
New York -- September 11, 2006 -- Freeverse today announced that it has published Lineform, a feature-rich vector drawing application for Mac OS X. With a powerful toolset, intuitive user interface, and the speed of a Universal application on Intel and PowerPC Macs, Lineform is the ideal program for creating everything from simple logos to complex designs.
Comparing the features of Lineform with other programs up to five times its price, Lineform's value becomes amazingly clear. Bezier editing, Freeflow text, Gradients, CMYK preview, and a host of other options set it apart from the competition. Anyone looking for a less costly, easier to use, and Intel-native alternative will be thrilled with Lineform.
Freeverse has also announced a special free preview of Lineform. From now until October 7th, images created during the trial period will be watermark-free. Lineform is ready for production level work.
Created by Will Thimbleby, Lineform is a recipient of a 2006 Apple Design Award recognizing technical excellence and outstanding achievement. It represents the creativity and elegance of the very best Mac OS X software.
Ian Lynch Smith, President of Freeverse has said, "We're committed to building an outstanding catalog of Mac applications and Lineform fits right in with the quality level of Comic Life Deluxe, Sound Studio, and BumperCar. These programs serve very different audiences, but each one is the epitome of a great Mac app. Lineform is simply a brilliant piece of work."
Will Thimbleby has said, "I'm thrilled to be working with the great team at Freeverse to expand the audience for Lineform."
Lineform is priced at $79.95, and requires Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later. It is available now at:
http://freeverse.com/lineform/
A retail version will be available in stores later this Fall.
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.
August 03, 2005
Chatalog for iChat Announced by Freeverse
Chatalog is a powerful app for seamlessly storing your iChats directly in your email program -- exactly where all of your other online correspondence is kept, and where it is easy to group and search.
Once in your email you can:
- Apply rules to sort your chats into the right folders
- View your chats in threads
- Forward interesting chats
- Archive off all your instant messaging conveniently
And you don't need another program in your already crowded dock, or learn to use a new interface.
What's more, Chatalog compiles lists of the images and links sent via iChat and builds them into convenient web pages for you to browse. Want to find that image someone sent you last week? It's a click away sorted by who sent it, or chronologically and as easy to browse as Google images. Another page gives you instant access to all the links you've sent and received.
Never again will you have to go hunting for that vital link your client IM'd, or spend precious time vainly searching in your email for a contact number, only to realize it had been iChatted to you. Chatalog will save you time; it may save your butt.
Chatalog Homepage:
http://www.freeverse.com/chatalog/
Chatalog Images:
http://www.freeverse.com/chatalog/img/chatalog_head.jpg
http://www.freeverse.com/chatalog/img/chatalog_features.gif
http://www.freeverse.com/chatalog/img/chatalog_widget.gif
System Requirements:
Mac OS X 10.3 or later
Apple iChat AV
Email account.
?For More Information Contact:?Colin Smith?Colin @ freeverse.com?(212) 929-3549
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Grab the Chatalog Widget! (OS X 10.4 only)
Make Chatalog even better! You'll love using the Chatalog companion Dashboard Widget . The widget allows direct access to the ChatLinks, ChatPics, and Chatgeist pages as well as Chatalog preferences. Even cooler, it diplays and links the last 3 images that have been logged. You can download the FREE widget from the Chatalog home page.