Symbo 1.1 has been updated.
Actually, nothing serious here, this developer tool simply went freeware.

Big thanks to the friend of mine Vitaly Ovchinnikov, he is co-owner of the app and he did the symbols parser.

Hi all, Lingoo 1.1 is here:

• “Swap languages” button added.
• Cmd + 1,2,3 hotkeys added to change the translator mode.
• “Show translator” hotkeys do hide the translator if pressed while the app is active.
• Few minor issues fixed.

It made life a bit easier, hope your too

Here we go with release candidate. 4.0 is quite complex and I’m pushing it through slowly and carefully..
Comparing to 4.0b I have fixed a lot of bugs, fixed help, changed help screenshots, renewed some icons, preferences pane, main window. Filters browser is again collapsable with a toolbar item.
QuartzComposition were slightly changed, the composition is now embedded with preset when saving.

So, here it is: http://corner-a.com/files/photostyler/PhotoStyler4.0rc1.dmg

Hi,
It’s coming! Closer to the release. We have addressed and fixed lots of minor (and major…) bugs and improved performance surpassingly. QuartzCompositions support was added also, you can download this betta and check how is the progress going:
http://corner-a.com/files/photostyler/PhotoStyler4.0b.dmg

Take care!

We have added QuartzCompositions support for the PhotoStyler, at last. I can’t say this feature is very important, but it brings some new possibilities for photo editing what is always good.
Here is “Blueprint” system Quartz composition applied to a photo with PhotoStyler:

And this is composition preferences pane:

Quartz filter in PhotoStyler 4.0 supports system compositions and user-defined files as well. I don’t recommend to use this filter too often since it’s slower that regular PhotoStyler filters even when they implement the same functionality!

New in version 1.5

• Presets added.
• Presets preview dialog added.
• 43 built-in presets for quick start.
• Performance and memory management improved.
• Slight UI changes, minor bugfixes.

Yep-yep!

Hi all,
Lingoo has been released, there is a page for it. Downloads section was updated as well.

That’s all for now, see ya.

Sometimes I have small problems with translations, it could be some english word I don’t remember (or even don’t know), it could be a text in a languageI don’t speak or even a number of symbols that I can recognize as a language at all. Every time I use an internet-based translation system to deal with the situation, there are few translators I use, but I believe everyone knows “Google Translate” online service. It’s a wonderful system from the Big Brother that makes our life a little bit easier. The only problem for me is that it’s online service.

Imagine the situation: you have new mail, open it and – oops – there is a need to translate something. What will you do? I select the text, cmd+C to copy it, open the Safari browser, cmd+T to get new tab, translate.goo…, down arrow in the drop-down list, enter to select, wait a little, cmd+V to paste the text into the translation text box. Hit “translate”. Voila… It’s too long, don’t you think so?
A lot of people do, that’s why there are lots of desktop translators that integrate into the OS seamlessly, however, they are shareware. And since we have wonderful and absolutely freeware Google.Translate, why don’t we have it in our OS? Well, we do, now we do: “Lingoo”.

Simplest mode with a single translator text field.


Extended translation mode for a bigger amount of text.


Heavy translation mode with both source and destination text fields prepared for multiline text.

This app it intended to be run at login, it has no dock icon and sits quietly in the Menu Bar. There is number of options and two hotkeys: to show the translator and to show the translator with the Clipboard text. “Lingoo” is based on Google.Translate, so everything you can translate with Google can be translated with “Lingoo” as well. Three modes are implemented to satisfy all needs: I prefer the smallest one with no toolbar, but when some big amount of text must be translated – second or third are better.

This app is still in development, need a day or two to complete the task. Some polishing, some icons, you know… But in general it works and I’m sure it will fit my needs. Hope your too. Oh, by the way – it’s freeware.

That’s all, take care!

The link is http://corner-a.com/files/photostyler/PhotoStyler_4.0a2.dmg (14.7 mb)

Few bugs were shot, Presets Preview performance improved.

PhotoStyler is at public alpha version now.
The link is http://corner-a.com/files/photostyler/PhotoStyler_4.0a1.dmg (14.7 mb)

That’s new comparing to 3.X:
- Presets preview dialog with presets thumbnails and “quick look”-like option.
- New basement framework used by the LightFrame project as well. This will result better performance, stability and more features for both projects in the future.
- New in-place editor for the “Tatter” effect, freeform lines are now supported.
- New UI elements with LightFrame-like photo view area, background selector and a zoom control.
- New textures library location and view, user-defined textures are shared with LightFrame.
- Improved performance for various filters. “Levels” filter has been updated with quality fix (fixed the bug with colors overflow with “Levels”, “AutoLevels” or “AutoContrast” applied) and performance improvement as well.
- Filter in-place selector moved to the separate tool window.
- Some other visual changes for better look and feel.

We still have plans for this version and new feature may apply, but stability is the main option for now and I will really appreciate any help. Please, specify your e-mail address when you send the crash report so I can write you back. If PhotoStyler crashes during the photo loading – I need the image file to fix the issue, you can send me it to the support at corner-a.com.

LightFrame will be also update with the Presets and Presets Preview Dialog a little bit later.

That’s all for now.