2005 became 2006, Apple moves to Intel, and FotoMagico users will update to Boinx FotoMagico 1.5 (free for all current license holders). Impress your audience with 10 new, gorgeous transitions, run it natively the new Intel iMac or MacBook Pro as a Universal Application, use your favorite songs purchased from the iTunes Music Store in live presentations and make your slideshow match the length of your music track.

What's new in 1.5

• Transitions
  Gorgeous transitions in full quality.
• Universal Application
  Runs natively on new iMac and MacBook Pro.
• Present on any screen
  If you have two displays connected, choose on which to run the show on.
• Adjust slides to Audio
  Have a set of slides match the length of a song.
• iTunes Music Store
  Use songs purchased from the iTunes Music Store for live slideshows.

Check out the new version. Available now and as a free update for currently registered users.

Thanks to all our beta testers. There will soon be a page recognising your contribution - after we return from Macworld...

FotoMagico 1.5 is on the finish line. New in b14 is finally support for songs from the iTunes Music Store, albeit due to restrictions in the DRM, only for a live slideshow. A movie contains just silence where the DRM protected song is supposed to be. (And, by the way, the big new feature of 1.5 is Transitions.)

FotoMagico 1.5b14 is a public beta. For news and information on the download, go to the FotoMagico Beta page...

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.

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...

iCreate (german Magazine for creative Mac users) and DIGITAL STOCK present the "youCreate" photo contest. Send in your photos before Feb. 28th, 2006 and win a number of prices, among them a FotoMagico license. Check the terms and conditions (in german).

A happy user called Peter posts a comment at macupdate.com: "I have always been more than proud of using this app. Compare it with Keynote: FotoMagico can't be beat. It's worth every Cent. If you want to impress pros, not your granny, forget Keynote - and buy FotoMagico."

Martin Treanor gives the top secret FotoMagico Beta a work out: "Dance With Jinky" is a tribute to Glasgow Celtic legend Jimmy Johnstone. See if you can spot what will be coming soon to all FotoMagico users...

The new iPod arrived at Boinx Software. First impression: the box is small, real small. Time to load stuff onto it. "Achim Had A Little Lamp" was quickly converted for the iPod using Apple's QuickTime Player Pro.

A nasty surprise awaited us, however: the H.264 based iPod presets for FotoMagico and iVeZeen did not work as specified. It is more tricky than apparent at first sight to create a movie that will play on the new iPod using QuickTime APIs. We updated both FotoMagico and iVeZeen to include fixes. iVeZeen 2.1.1 has a new piece of code which uses a different exporter to create the H.264 file. To incorporate this new code in FotoMagico turns out to be a challenge, so FotoMagico 1.2.6 has a new preset based on the MPEG-4 format until the new code works and has been tested.