Inspired by a movie Achim made last year and Mischl's season greetings movie, I took a timelapse of setting up our christmas tree last Wednesday. Click here to watch...

FotoMagico 1.5 enters its public beta phase. You can download it and use it with your regular license key. If you want to try it out, you can also use the regular demo license with it.

What's new in FotoMagico 1.5b8?

One word: transitions. We added a number high quality, beautiful transitions. When you see then, you'll understand why it took some time to implement. Give them a spin and see if you can figure out where we got the inspiration for them.

Another new thing is the support for a second screen. If you use a computer with two displays connected, you can now choose on which one the slideshow will run.

Also much requested the capability to make a set of slides match the duration of a song.

Great new stuff. We want you to really pound this version, see if you can break it. Our plan is to have a stable version ready for the Macworld.

How to download FotoMagico 1.5b8...

Use your existing license key, or get a demo license key here, or buy a license.

This week marks the first step in further expanding distribution. Application Systems Heidelberg is shipping the first iStopMotion Boxes to dealers and customers in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Presented here by our marketeer Vera, the box contains a CD and a short "Getting Started" manual. Thanks to Florian, Achim, Vera, Michael, Marc, Matthieu, Hervé, Eric, Jak and Steffen who contributed substantially to getting this thing done.

Scott Sheppard (Inside Mac TV) and Brad Wright (DVDxDV) discover the power of iVeZeen on this episode of Inside Mac TV. Watch them use the focus controls, white balance, hue and saturation with their iSight. They had as much fun as Hermann.

iGlasses is a cool software by ecamm network that allows you to fiddle with the iSight parameters like you can with iVeZeen but in many applications, most notably in iChat. Version 1.2 is now compatible with iStopMotion and iVeZeen.

Last Tuesday, the Boinx Team gathered for our annual Xmas dinner at the "Colonial" restaurant. Of course, we had to make a short slideshow with FotoMagico. Watch it now...

Josh Burker purchased a copy of iStopMotion for use with his Technology Club at the Lakeridge Elementary school. He made brickfilm "Attack on the Lander" to familiarize himself with the software. I like the way the fire that comes out of the engines when the lander lifts of is created. Edited in iMovie. Also check out the QTVRs which are quite nice. The Lakeridge Elementary Tech Club also has its own homepage.

Boinx Software customers (or those who want to be) can request a complimentary ticket by filling out this form. After review, you will receive a PDF containing the ticket voucher that you can print out and redeem for your ticket at the Moscone Center Macworld Ticket Booths. See you at booth 413.