2009-06-24T16:08:40Z 69428 0 The best PDF reader available. The note taking/markup extensions are brilliant. 3752684 2007-05-11T05:48:54Z 12131 2009-11-28T19:06:35Z Skim 469 2009-10-28T17:00:07Z http://skim-app.sourceforge.net http://wakoopa.com/software/skim http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/004/830/normal.png?1238522117 http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/004/830/thumb.png?1238522117 20531 Michael McCracken http://wakoopa.com/developers/michael-mccracken 38 Document Viewers http://wakoopa.com/categories/office/document-viewers mac linux Skim is a PDF reader and note-taker for OS X. It is designed to help you read and annotate scientific papers in PDF, but is also great for viewing any PDF file. 2009-06-24T16:04:59Z 69426 0 Very simple vector graphics package. If all you need is some basic vector drawing capabilities then Lineform will suffice. Does have some quirky interface elements. Would benefit immensely from some attention to detail. 60469 2007-05-18T20:24:52Z 20325 2009-11-27T10:48:03Z Lineform 63 2009-07-09T04:39:57Z http://freeverse.com/apps/app/?id=6020 http://wakoopa.com/software/lineform http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/005/943/normal.png?1238525170 http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/005/943/thumb.png?1238525170 3933 Freeverse http://wakoopa.com/developers/freeverse 28 Vector http://wakoopa.com/categories/design/vector mac Vector drawing software for Mac. 2009-06-24T16:02:41Z 69425 0 Outstanding motion graphics package. Even amateurs such as myself can produce good quality motion graphics in 3D. Manipulating motion graphics on screen is a breeze. Complex animations, particle effects, text manipulation are all simple and can all operate in a 3D environment. Combining multiple animated parameter settings provides all the flexibility one could hope for. The motion tracking is also impressive and works very well if good reference points are selected. In addition to pure motion graphics Motion also provides stabilisation and slow motion processing, two processes essential to producing professional video. Motion's optical flow technology produces slow motion inter-framing that is nothing short of astonishing. Comparing Motion to After Effects is wrong. This is like comparing Illustrator to photoshop, they're designed to do completely different jobs. Motion is a motion graphics tool, not an effects tool. For this you need to compare Apple's Shake (their effects and compositing tool) to After Effects. 2374495 2007-05-12T10:42:48Z 13963 2009-11-28T15:30:04Z Motion 252 2009-10-22T16:46:24Z http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/motion http://wakoopa.com/software/motion http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/157/859/normal.png?1256229982 http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/157/859/thumb.png?1256229982 14397 Apple Inc. http://wakoopa.com/developers/apple-inc Watching or listening to your favorite stuff 3 Audio & Video http://wakoopa.com/categories/audio-video mac Motion 3 takes the complexity out of 3D by extending the 2D tools you already use. With its intuitive interface and rich toolset, the only limit is your imagination. Send particles exploding through space. Swing cameras around an object with breathtaking ease. Squiggle a vector-based paint stroke in 3D through the cosmos. Motion 3 lets you create 3D motion graphics with drag-and-drop ease, startling performance, and unprecedented color fidelity. 2009-06-23T08:44:07Z 69083 0 Originally got this for a quick way to convert flash videos to/from Quicktime. Great little application. (I recently went to whole hog and now use the CRAM 1.0 library for Compressor to do this job, but considering the prices of these two solutions, for everyday use VisualHub was a clear winner.) Very sorry to see it's gone. 4016545 2007-05-11T10:57:01Z 12579 2009-11-28T10:05:05Z VisualHub 1044 2009-11-10T01:19:11Z http://www.techspansion.com http://wakoopa.com/software/visualhub http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/004/937/normal.png?1238522391 http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/004/937/thumb.png?1238522391 4152 Techspansion http://wakoopa.com/developers/techspansion Audio & Video rippers 27 Rippers http://wakoopa.com/categories/audio-video/rippers mac VisualHub was an app used to transcode digital video from one format to a different format. The company making it has closed for personal reasons, so the app will not be improved anymore. Support is still available. 2009-06-23T08:39:07Z 69081 0 I'm not a professional, but even I appreciate the power and easy of use of this tool. I use this with the Studio Pro suite of applications and although I occasionally get myself in a knot switching between the various applications (passing multi-track projects too and fro between Final Cut) I usually see the problem and fix them quickly. The documentation is fantastic, the power amazing and all in all even someone as unversed in sound engineering as me can quickly produce very acceptable results. Does seem to lag a little at times, which is surprising. Nothing too tragic though. As with all comprehensive tools, there is a steep learning curve to overcome, but it's well worth the effort. 1310029 2007-05-12T01:33:26Z 13570 2009-11-28T16:37:49Z Soundtrack Pro 271 2009-10-22T16:42:41Z http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/soundtrackpro http://wakoopa.com/software/soundtrack-pro http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/157/854/normal.png?1256229758 http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/157/854/thumb.png?1256229758 14397 Apple Inc. http://wakoopa.com/developers/apple-inc 24 Editors http://wakoopa.com/categories/audio-video/editors mac Soundtrack Pro is a music composing and audio editing application made by Apple Inc., which includes a collection of just over 5000 royalty free professional instrument loops and sound effects. 2009-06-23T08:34:05Z 69079 0 Outstanding NLE. I use this as part of the Apple Studio Pro and it is blindingly good. Even a non-professional like me can use this editor and get great results relatively easily. As with any comprehensive tool, you need to climb a steep learning curve (learn the keyboard shortcuts! These will save you many hours work) but once you clear this you will find it easy to produce some amazing results. 19930956 2007-05-10T18:59:09Z 11233 2009-11-28T18:07:54Z Final Cut Pro 677 2009-11-09T16:46:00Z http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/finalcutpro/ http://wakoopa.com/software/final-cut-pro http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/004/623/normal.png?1238521561 http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/004/623/thumb.png?1238521561 14397 Apple Inc. http://wakoopa.com/developers/apple-inc 24 Editors http://wakoopa.com/categories/audio-video/editors mac Professional non-linear editing software available only for Mac OS X. 2009-06-23T08:30:08Z 69078 0 The best way to encode and recode video, bar none. With side-by-side preview so you can see how your compression settings will effect the output, batch control, the ability to tweak every setting, schedule multiple encoding of a single video, and the facility to set up a render farm to spread the load, what more could you want? 569780 2007-05-12T10:42:48Z 13959 2009-11-28T17:37:49Z Compressor 389 2009-06-23T08:30:08Z http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/compressor/ http://wakoopa.com/software/compressor http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/005/231/normal.png?1238523316 http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/005/231/thumb.png?1238523316 14397 Apple Inc. http://wakoopa.com/developers/apple-inc Manage your audio and video 26 Management http://wakoopa.com/categories/audio-video/management mac Compressor is a video and audio media compression and encoding application for use with Final Cut Studio and Logic Studio on Mac OS X. It can be used with Qmaster for clustering. 2009-06-23T08:26:44Z 69077 0 I use Firefox for working on line (e,g, updating blogs and websites) because if offers the best all around support and some brilliant plugins to help with these tasks. (I use Safari for research because it integrates better with my OS X desktop tool set.) I ALWAYS use Firefox when working on Windows machines. The plugins win the day every time. Without the additional power offered by the extensive plugin library I would probably use other browsers more often. 2147483647 2007-04-18T13:21:12Z 15 2020-05-01T02:42:26Z Firefox 54160 2009-11-28T18:22:06Z http://www.mozilla.com/firefox http://wakoopa.com/software/firefox http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/133/764/normal.png?1250310044 http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/133/764/thumb.png?1250310044 95 Mozilla http://wakoopa.com/developers/mozilla Check what's happening on the web 1 Browsers http://wakoopa.com/categories/internet/browsers mac win linux Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite, managed by the Mozilla Corporation. Firefox had 24.07% of the recorded usage share of web browsers as of October 2009, making it the second-most popular browser worldwide, after Internet Explorer, which is the factory default browser on all Windows computers. In 5 months, Firefox has gathered steam and now owns more than 25% of usage share of web browsers closing the gap between it and IE. To display web pages, Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine, which implements some current web standards plus a few features which are intended to anticipate likely additions to the standards. Firefox includes tabbed browsing, a spell checker, incremental find, live bookmarking, a download manager, and an integrated search system that uses the user's desired search engine. Functions can be added through add-ons created by third-party developers, the most popular of which include Adblock Plus, Video DownloadHelper, NoScript, Personas, FlashGot, and Greasemonkey, along with many others. Firefox runs on various versions of Microsoft Windows (version 3.5 supports Windows Vista and XP; although not officially supported as of November 2009, Firefox is compatible with Windows 7), Mac OS X (10.4 or later officially supported), most Linux distributions, and many other Unix-like operating systems. Its current stable release branch is version 3.5, first released on June 30th, 2009. Firefox's source code is free software, released under a tri-license of GPL/LGPL/MPL. 2009-06-17T09:41:47Z 67653 0 Straightforward, no nonsense IRC client for Mac OS X. Does what it should, does it competently and reliably. Often left humming away in the background watching IRC channels of interest. 54718456 2007-05-10T12:32:42Z 10974 2009-11-29T00:14:14Z Colloquy 1511 2009-11-24T19:26:28Z http://colloquy.info/ http://wakoopa.com/software/colloquy http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/004/555/normal.png?1238521390 http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/004/555/thumb.png?1238521390 26551 Timothy Hatcher http://wakoopa.com/developers/timothy-hatcher Communicate with others via chat or instant messengers 5 Messengers & Chat http://wakoopa.com/categories/internet/messengers-chat mac Colloquy is an open-source IRC, SILC and ICB client for Mac OS X. It uses its own chat core that is also included as part of the ChatKit project, though in the past it used Irssi as its IRC protocol engine. Its developers' goal is to offer a robust IRC, SILC and ICB experience to users while blending seamlessly with the look and feel of other Mac OS X applications. To this end, Colloquy provides a user interface that is consistent with Apple's Human interface guidelines in addition to traditional IRC command-line controls. Colloquy also has comprehensive support for scripting and can be automated using Applescript. 2009-06-15T09:09:50Z 67221 0 I am trialing Wordpress (wordpress.com) alongside other blog solutions (Blogspot, Tumblr, LiveJournal...) and so far Wordpress is streets ahead. It's interface is clean and intuitive to navigate. It has a clean interface and many for facilities than other blogs. One really simple but useful feature is the ability (on wordpress.com) to assign your own domain name (I have mine set to a subdomain http://blog.principia-it.co.uk ). This makes integration with a website much simpler. Sure, there are still issues (like carrying over user accounts), but for most simple applications it works brilliantly and if I really thought that was an issue I could integrate Wordpress into the main site 'cos it's open source - nice!Definitely my current top choice for blogging. If this continues I shall drop the others shortly. 91502337 2008-10-09T10:03:12Z 150852 2145-12-28T12:35:01Z WordPress 25820 2009-11-28T15:48:11Z http://wordpress.com http://wakoopa.com/software/wordpress http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/127/693/normal.png?1249169549 http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/127/693/thumb.png?1249169549 36380 Automattic, Inc http://wakoopa.com/developers/automattic-inc 23 Social networks http://wakoopa.com/categories/internet/social-networks web WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress has a templating system, which includes widgets that can be rearranged without editing PHP or HTML code, as well as themes that can be installed and switched between. The PHP and HTML code in themes can also be edited for more advanced customizations. WordPress also features integrated link management; a search engine-friendly, clean permalink structure; the ability to assign nested, multiple categories to articles; multiple author capability; and support for tagging of posts and articles.