If you’ve been amazed by Photoshop’s Smart Erase (they call “Content Aware Fill”) feature that removes unwanted objects or blemishes from photos and magically restores the background around them, then you may want to check out this little app called “Inpaint” that offers the same feature at a fraction of Photoshop’s price.
Inpaint reconstructs the selected image area from the pixel near the area boundary. Delete any unwanted object from your photo, such as extra power-line, people, text, or anything else. The program will automatically “inpaint” the selected area to erase it. If some unexpected object spoils an otherwise good photograph, Inpaint may be used to easily remove it.
via MacUpdate Promo – Inpaint 3.0 for $20.99 – 30% off.
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Just a reminder that tomorrow is the official release date of the new Tron Legacy movie on DVD and BluRay. It’s available in both 2D and 3D formats, and you can even get the original Tron!
Available right now on Amazon, you can even get a great 5-disc pack containing DVD, BluRay, BluRay3D, and the Original movie remastered in High-Def, and only for $65!
See all the options on Amazon.
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Project Messiah is cashing in on the success of websites like Groupon and offering a massive discount on messiahStudio5, if they can hook a certain number of buyers.
We’re doing an unprecedented viral test marketing campaign where your success in sharing this offer will allow you and others to get our amazing award winning animation and rendering software ( messiahStudio5 ) for the unheard of price of just $10 (regularly $499) or choose the Pro version for just $40 (regularly $1195). When this experiment ends, the prices will return to normal.
If you ever wanted to try it out, you won’t find (legal) prices better than this. There’s not many rules: licenses won’t ship until the goal is met, and if it’s not met then you get a refund. Also, limit 4 (total) per customer. At the time of writing this, they’re already about 30% to their goal, so help them put it out on twitter and guarantee some massive discounts.
via pmG Dare To Share $10 CG Software Challenge.
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Ballistic Publishing is in the middle of a 3-day sale, offering their latest “Ballistic Masters” book showcasing the work of Linda Bergkvist at half-off, making it only $19.50.
Ballistic Masters poster books feature art by the world’s best digital artists. Each Ballistic Masters set contains twelve full-color prints. The 11.69 x 16.5 inch prints are produced to our world-leading standard on 190gsm fine quality paper. Each print is individually finished, color-corrected, press- checked and packaged. Ballistic Masters prints are presented in a gold- embossed folio that includes details of the artist and individual works. Featuring some of the most memorable and enthralling images from the best digital artists, Ballistic Masters poster books are perfect for reference or display.
via Ballistic Publishing – Ballistic Masters – Linda Bergkvist.
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Great deal for those of you looking for storage: Amazon has a sale for the next few hours on a Hitachi 1TB 7200RPM SATAII drive for only $59.96, down from the regular $100 or more. Great for use in something like a Drobo (a 4TB Drobo for only $240!) or just in your workstation. Go get it quick!
The deal’s been going for 45 minutes already, and only 3% are claimed. So they must have a MASSIVE inventory of these things. Either way, the sale ends at 10am Pacific.
Amazon.com: Hitachi Deskstar 3.5 Inch 1 TB 7200 RPM SATA II 32 MB Cache Internal Hard Drive 0S02860: Electronics.
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For today only, you can use the code BIGSALE2010 to get 40% off anything in the Red Giant store!
Happy holidays! Here at Red Giant, we want to show our appreciation to all our favorite people and dedicated fans. For today only, December 14, every item in the Red Giant store is 40% OFF. This includes individual plug-in sets, already-discounted suites, and our incredible Guru Preset Packs.
Feel free to share this announcement with your friends and co-workers so they can benefit too. Do it quickly! This secret sale will last TODAY ONLY.
That means Trapcode Particular for $239, the whole Trapcode Suite for $540, and MAgic Bullet for $480. TODAY ONLY!
via Red Giant Software: Save 40% on Everything Today Only!.
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A few more black Friday/Cyber Monday deals hit my inbox today.
Hardware sale
Another big chunk of deals are gearing up at TigerDirect.com. Many of them won’t officially be available until 11/26 at midnight, but some are already underway. You may notice that they’re actually doing a “Pink” Friday, advocating their donation of $100,000 to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation to find a cure for Breast Cancer. Some things to see:
- 55″ 1080p LCD Television for $999.99
- 2TB Seagate Barracuda Drive for $99.99
- Quad-Core AMD Phenom X4 (2.5Ghz CPU) for $89.99
- D-Link 2-Bay SATA Network Attached Storage (no drives) for $59.99
- Lots of other networking equipment, monitors, television, computers, and much more.
TigerDirect.com.
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I know that many of you readers are Gadget Geeks (myself included), so over the next day or two I’m going to include some of the bigger “Black Friday” deals available. For those overseas, “Black Friday” is the day after Thanksgiving (a very American holiday, always on a Thursday), and is typically the biggest shopping day of the year. So here’s a few of what I’ve found so far:
Best Buy
Best Buy is having their annual “doorbusters” sale. A few of the better deals listed:
- Barnes & Noble Nook Wi-Fi e-Reader for $99
- Wii (in Black or White), with Wii Sports Resort & Wii Remote Plus for $169
- Sony VAIO laptop for $399
- Insignia 10 Megapixel camera for $59
- Toshiba BluRay Player for $59
- $25 off Several of the biggest VideoGames for XBox360 & PS3
GameStop
In addition to several sales, they’re offering free shipping for all of November.
Anyone know of any other great deals?
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Adobe Photoshop plugin masters ‘Filter Forge’ have just announced a massive 70% off Holiday Sale that drops the prices to never-before seen lows. The Basic Edition, typically $149 is now only $45, and the Pro Edition is now available for only $119!
“This is the first time in our history that we’re offering such a huge discount,” says Vladimir Golovin, CEO of Filter Forge, Inc. “Holiday discounts always worked great for us, but we haven’t tried anything this radical before. Let’s see how it goes!”
The sale ends Christmas Day, so go ahead and buy it now!
via Filter Forge Announces 70% Holiday Discount | Benzinga.com.
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If you’ve been amazed by Photoshop’s Smart Erase (they call “Content Aware Fill”) feature that removes unwanted objects or blemishes from photos and magically restores the background around them, then you may want to check out this little app called “Inpaint” that offers the same feature at a fraction of Photoshop’s price.
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