Thanks to Peter and Florian, a new FotoMagico 1.6 beta has hit the streets just in time for the holidays. You should really check out the cool new transitions of our cool slideshow app. And, of course, the quality of the exported movies... More Information...

FotoMagico moves forward nicely. Try the new FotoMagico 1.6 beta. It features two brand new transitions, ColorSync support and the biggest news: faster, better and easier export. Let us know what you think.

FotoMagico 1.5.1 adds support for new album types (including photocasts) in iPhoto 6 and fixes a number of issues which you can read about in the Version History. Download here.

Rob Galbraith benchmarks the MacBook Pro for his Digital Photography Insights and mentions FotoMagico: "The only other app of significance we unearthed in Universal Binary format is Boinx FotoMagico 1.5. And while it's a way-cool slide show maker, it doesn't lend itself to A-B performance comparisons."

An assessment which is probably correct. We tried to compare FotoMagico running on an Intel iMac to FotoMagico running on an last generation iMac G5, but other than rendering movies, we did not find a function that could be easily timed. And rendering movies is done by QuickTime and not by FotoMagico.

Rick Curran reviews FotoMagico 1.5 for MacNN: "Over all, this is a great program, once you figure out its many features. [...] If you need a slideshow to dazzle a client or to use in a presentation, FotoMagico may be able to do everything you need." Unfortunately, there is nothing we can do about the iTunes music issue he criticizes. He has some other minor points which are duly noted and worked on.

FotoMagico 1.5.1b1 is now available. Introduces support for iLife '06 and fixes some issues recently discovered in FotoMagico 1.5. More Information...

"I thought you might like to see a movie I put together with FotoMagico 1.5. Great product! Keep up the good work." - Rob Babcock.

macHOME February 2006 issue declares FotoMagico 1.5 "App of the Month" and has a tutorial to prove that it "is an easy-to-learn slideshow app that can help even the most un-cinematic Mac user create a fun video of stills worthy of a red carpet premiere."