gX News http://www.gxo.com/index.php News from the computer graphics and new media industries. en-us Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:10:57 GMT Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:10:57 GMT gX News http://www.gxo.com/index.php Plug-in adds control to image contrast http://www.gxo.com//index.php?id=P1059 <img src=http://www.thepluginsite.com/products/photowiz/contrastmaster/cmlogo.jpg> The Plugin Site has released a new plug-in for Windows that lets users apply local or global contrast enhancement to any image. Swim and shoot with new digital camera mask http://www.gxo.com//index.php?id=P1058 <img src=http://www.liquidimageco.com/home/goggles-top.jpg> A Sacramento-based company has introduced an underwater mask that features a built-in digital camera. QuarkXPress 8 released http://www.gxo.com//index.php?id=P1057 Quark has announced that QuarkXPress 8 is now available. Free Photoshop plug-in adjusts white balance and recovers highlights http://www.gxo.com//index.php?id=P1056 Toronto's Colormancer has released a free Photoshop plug-in that allows users to quickly set white balance and recover highlight detail. Mac font catalogue software release http://www.gxo.com//index.php?id=P1055 Veenix Software has announced the release of TypeBook Creator 1.0, professional font cataloging and specimen sheet printing software for Macintosh. Quark snaps up XML developer http://www.gxo.com//index.php?id=P1054 Quark has announced that it has acquired In.vision Research Corporation, a Florida-based software company that develops the add-in to Microsoft Word for XML authoring. Adobe Labs offers new Pixer Bender toolkit http://www.gxo.com//index.php?id=P1053 Adobe has released a new developer kit for graphics technologies to be used with video processing. Daz 3D beefs up Victoria with new morphs and textures http://www.gxo.com//index.php?id=P1051 3D software developer Daz 3D has released a new series of add-on morphs and textures for Victoria, its female figure used by digital artists. Updated pdfToolbox now available http://www.gxo.com//index.php?id=P1049 callas software has announced a new version of pdfToolbox 4, its all-in-one print production tool set. Font Bureau unveils new sans serif typeface http://www.gxo.com//index.php?id=P1048 Font Bureau has released Scout, a new typeface family first designed for U.S. magazine Entertainment Weekly. Canadian book publishing revenue slides in 2006 http://www.gxo.com//index.php?id=P1047 According to a Statistics Canada report, 2006 operating revenue for the book publishing industry in Canada dropped to $2.1 billion, down 1.2% from 2005. Website matches writers with publishers http://www.gxo.com//index.php?id=P1052 Creative Byline, a website dedicated to connecting writers and publishers, has added two more publishing houses to its list. New Nik plug-in produces multitude of black and white images http://www.gxo.com//index.php?id=P1050 Nik Software has announced the new Silver Efex Pro photographic plug-in for creating black-and-white images from scanned or digital color photographs. Free PDF magazine aims at higher consciousness http://www.gxo.com//index.php?id=P1046 The debut issue of Elevated Existence, a brand new digital magazine, is now available for download. Software lets users save Flash videos and MP3s http://www.gxo.com//index.php?id=P1040 A German software developer has released a new web application that lets Windows users download and save videos or MP3s.