Mac-Consult

[Tailor-Made Macintosh Consultancy & Support] A Mac guru and a graphic communication design professional with 20+ years experience working in multinational environments in both Hong Kong and the PRC. Thorough understanding in the application of Mac computing in graphic design, DTP, digital imaging, pre-press and printing. Strong in strategic design thinking, problem solving skills and Mac technology in the creative and production process.

21 September 2005

Resurrecting old sound files

I can't be anything happier than tonight when I got this program, SndConverter Pro from Dejal Systems, to convert my already-obsolete SoundEdit files which were produced more than 10 years ago. I've been searching on the net for a program which can convert SoundEdit files to some common format(s) like MP3 or AIFF, and now I got this finally.

SndConverter Pro supports converting files to and from the followings:

  • AIFF and AIFF-C files
  • SoundEdit data files (You can also convert PC sounds via this format)
  • Mac OS sound files
  • Mac OS sound suitcases
  • Sound Mover suitcases - this category includes applications containing sounds and HyperCard stacks: basically, you can extract 'snd ' resources from any file.
What is even better is that Dejal is giving this and almost all their Classic applications away for free, complete with registration numbers! Thanks again Dejal, you saved my day!

02 September 2005

Tips on Apple's Color Picker

Rob Griffiths shows you here how you can keep your often-used colors from OS X's Color Picker. Two Quicktime clips demonstrating how you can get smarter with it are included.