by
David Nagel
Executive
Producer
dnagel@digitalmedianet.com
Human Software,
a developer of graphics applications and plugins for a number
of image editing programs, has released version 1.0 of MagicTrack
for Macintosh and Windows 95/98/2000/NT. MagicTrack is a plugin
for Photoshop 3 or higher (and compatible applications) that provides
a set of drawing and text manipulation tools, including text flow
and text or path warping. Special effects can be applied to paths
to create tubular 3D simulations and all kinds of realistic effects,
according to Human Software. MagicTrack 1 is available now for
$99.
The company
has also started offering discounts of 20 percent or more on a
number of its products.
All ofd the company's plugins for Photoshop, PhotoPaint, Illustrator
and Freehand are on sale, as well as some standalone applications.
We won't list them all here, but here are some examples of reduced
pricing.
- Design
Collection (Squizz/Textissimo/OttoPaths) for Photoshop, Illustrator
and Freehand is selling for $185. Squizz provides distortion
effects; Textissimo is used to create effects on text; and OttoPaths
allows for outline text manipulation with the ability to flow
text along a path.
- The Gold
Design Collection, which includes all of the above, plus AutoMask,
is selling for $215. AutoMask is a utility for creating masks.
- The Stamina
Collection includes Squizz, Textissimo and PhotoSpray for Photoshop,
Illustrator and Freehand. It's on sale for $185. PhotoSpray
lets you paint with images for Photorealistic effects.
- The Stamina
Gold Collection is selling for $215. It includes all of the
above, plus OttoPaths.
All of the
plugin collections are available for Mac and Windows.
The standalone
application PhotoSpa is also on sale, currently going for $79.
PhotoSpa is a Mac application designed for creating effects on
headlines for the Web.
Human Software's
sale is running through Jan. 5. For more information, visit http://www.humansoftware.com.
