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iWebTemplate has collaborated with Jumsoft to bring you a growing collection of 32 Apple iWeb templates. These templates are available to use in creating websites, blogs, and podcasts, complete with photos, movies, and music. The themes come with their own installer application, so you don’t have to worry about moving them to iWeb. Also, each theme contains numerous common page layouts, such as “Welcome,” “About Me,” “Photos,” “My Albums,” “Movie,” “Podcast” “Blog,” and “Blank.”

Themes after the break.

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iPresentee, a developer of add-ons for Apple’s iWork and iLife applications, has released free Keynote Objects, a package of images for Apple Keynote, iWeb and Pages. The package continas 100 easy to use Keynote Objects for decoration in iWeb websites, Keynote or PowerPoint presentations and Pages or Word documents.

All Keynote Objects contain background transparency, and can therefore be used on any colored background. Each image can be changed in size, rotated, increased or decreased in opacity, fitted with shadows or even overlapped with one another to create extra effects. 

Keynote Objects requires any Macintosh computer running Mac OS X with any version of Keynote, iWeb or Pages. They are also compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint and Word.

The kicker, of course, is that Keynote Objects is being offered free of charge. Samples and more information about Keynote Objects are available immediately at the iPresentee website

Product [Keynote Objects]

Opening day of WWDC ‘08 appeared to kick off a string of software updates from Apple. Quicktime was updated to Quicktime 7.5 and iMovie has been updated to iMovie 7.1.2. Following close behind was an update to iDVD ‘08, which has been updated to iDVD 7.0.2. The download is 20.27MB.

Logging onto Apple’s support page, you’ll find that the update “fixes general compatibility issues, improves overall stability, and addresses a number of other minor issues.” However, if you are searching for additional information about the update, Apple isn’t talking about it. I’ve found that annoying, and always wished Apple would release more information about its updates.

More after the jump.

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Today, Mac users received an iMovie update. Apple has released iMovie 7.1.2. Apple usually doesn’t reveal too much information about its updates, and the iMovie update isn’t any different. When you log onto the Apple support website, the message states, “This update addresses general compatibility issues, improves overall stability, and addresses a number of other minor issues.” The download is 17.9MB.

iMovie is a fabulous movie application developed by Apple, Inc., which allows users to create their own movies. I purchased my 17” MacBook Pro almost two years ago, and iMovie was an application I used often. I’ve since moved on to Final Cut Express. iMovie was originally released by Apple in 1999 as a Mac OS 8 application.

More after the break.

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iPresentee, a developer of add-ons for Apple’s iWork and iLife applications, has released animations for Apple’s iWeb 2. iWeb Animations includes 40 easy to use animations to help you develop great-looking and dynamic website with iWeb: blinking buttons, hopping envelopes, turning coins and a lot more.

iWeb Animations are designed specially for developing website, and will therefore tstart immediately after launching site. The background of all iWeb Animations is transparent, and can therefore be used on any colored background. Within Apple’s iWeb, animations can be changed in size or overlapped with one another to create extra effects.

iWeb Animations is priced at only $25. Samples and more information about iWeb Animations are available immediately at the iPresentee website.

Product [iWeb Animations]

How can you really show your mom that you love her this Mother’s Day?  With an Apple product, of course!  So if you’re wondering what you can get for the rapidly approaching May 11th, look no more, you can find it all here!

1) Mom’s love photos and memories, so get her an Apple photo book! You know how the saying goes, “A picture is worth 1,000 words.” Gather up all those old memories from this year and put them together in a nice, high quality book that your mother can cherish forever.  Plus, Apple is making it even easier with 20% of photo books just by using the promo code “LoveMom.” Just make sure you order in time so the books makes it for Mother’s Day.

2) Introduce them to the tech world with an iPod Shuffle! Only $49 and coming in five separate colors, an iPod Shuffle is the perfect way to show your mom you love her.  You can load it with all of her favorites songs before you give it to her and really make her smile, too!  Not only that, but they are extremely portable, light weight, and make for good fashion statements.

3) Keep in touch with a new Mac!:  If money isn’t a factor, go ahead and get her a new computer.  With the iSight camera and Leopard, it is easier than ever to have a great time video chatting.  She will thinks it’s awesome and you’ll have fun doing it, what more could you ask for on Mother’s Day?

4) If home made is more your style, use iLife! All Macs come with great pre-installed editing software.  If you want to give your mom something truly from the heart, make her a movie or slideshow with her favorites pictures and clips.  They love to see that you took the time to create something wonderful for them.

5) If your mom already has all the above, give her the gift of Apple with a gift card!:  Whether it be for iTunes or the store, everyone loves have the freedom to spend their money one what they want.  Get your mother a gift card and allow her to choose something for herself.  You can always find something at the Apple Store to spend some money on.

Yea, you read that right. If you happened to buy a Mac recently with iLife ‘06 installed, you might be eligible for a cheap upgrade to iLife ‘08. iLife ‘08 brings improvements across the board to iPhoto, Garageband, iWeb, iDVD and iMovie (although some will dispute the last one).

Your Mac must’ve been purchased on or after 7th August, and has to have iLife ‘06 installed (not much point giving you an upgrade if you’ve already got the latest version). In addition, you’ll need to check out this list for all qualifying machines.

Read [Apple.com]

It seems that Apple was under a tight dateline with the development of iLife ‘08, judging from the number of updates in the past 2 weeks. We’ve already seen patches and updates for iPhoto, iMovie and iWeb. Unfortunately, iPhoto seems to be the buggiest of the lot, because there’s another patch (version 7.0.2) waiting for you.

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Garageband is an intuitive application that lots of podcasters/musicians/movie makers utilize. MacWorld recently took a look at the new features introduced with iLife ‘08 earlier this week and claimed that the application has been very well refined, if not revolutionary.

Some of the most notable new features include Magic Garageband (a way to create a “virtual band"), arrangements (which separate your work into verses/chorus), multiple takes, Visual EQ and musical notation printing. Garageband now supports 24-bit audio, bringing clearer and crisper sound.

iLife ‘08 is available for purchase at an Apple retailer near you. What do you think of Garageband 4.0?

Via [MacWorld]

Apple has been receiving some complaints regarding the new and improved iMovie ‘08. The new version of iMovie comes from what was described as a complete re-write from iMovie HD 6, but it seems that some of the key features from iMovie HD 6 have been left out of the new and improved version. iMovie ‘08 has left off support for plugins, themes, multiple audio tracks and timeline view.

Due to the recent complaints Apple has made iMovie HD 6 version 6.04 available as a free download for iLife ‘08 owners. If you have already installed iLife ‘08 and want to go back you can get the download for free from Apple. Keep in mind that just because you installed iLife ‘08 does not mean that iMovie HD 6 has been removed from your Mac, it just moves it to another location so a quick search will most likely locate it for you. Either way its always nice to see a company step up to complaints and take care of the customer, hopefully we can see these missing features added to iMovie ‘08 in future updates.

Download [Apple] Via [TUAW]