Feature Highlights:

• Supports Keynote Version: 5.0
• Features the Baskerville font juxtaposed with Helvetica Neue Light
• Supports 800, 1024, 1280, 1680 & 1920 Theme Sizes
• Text Layouts: 12
• Photo Layouts: 58
• Total Layouts: 70

“The Classic theme harkens back to a different time to borrow gravitas but it is still as contemporary as the Contemporary theme with which it is paired” said Phillip Gore, founder of Divine Fiat.

Classic provides a number of different customizable scrollwork objects along with our standard selection of customizable icon objects to change up the look and feel of your presentations. Texture and color swatches along with six suggested alternate picture frames completes the package and allows you to create presentations that stand out from the crowd.

Minimum Requirements:

• Mac OS X Version 10.4 Tiger or later (Leopard and Snow Leopard Compatible)
• Keynote Version: 5.0 or later
• 27.8 MB Hard Drive space
• Baskerville and Helvetica Neue Light fonts Required

Pricing and Availability:
Classic is available immediately for $26.00 (USD). The Contemporary and Classic Theme Set, which includes Classic along with the Contemporary theme, may be purchased for $46.80, a 10% savings over buying individually.

Divine Fiat
Classic Theme
Contemporary and Classic Theme Set

Features include:

• Advanced presentation skills techniques with eye-catching supporting graphics, audio, and video clips.
• A “tip shaker” for accessing hundreds of quick presentation tips. Shake the device while viewing any of the sections for a quick tip.
• A checklist feature, which enables you to store and e-mail any topic paragraph(s) you want to refer to later.
• A Notes feature for writing (and e-mailing) comments and notes. Exercises to practice your skills and knowledge check quizzes to help you remember the information.

Requirements:

• Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch
• Requires iPhone OS 2.2.1 or later.

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CorkBoard standard version theme comes in 2 sizes (800×600 & 1024×768) and is available for $16 at Keynote Zone site. CorkBoard HD version theme comes in 5 sizes (800×600, 1024×768, 1280×720, 1680×1050, 1920×1080) and is available for $22.

Requirements:

• Mac OS X version 10.4.10 or later* iWork ‘08 (Keynote 4) or iWork ‘09 (Keynote 5)

Pricing and Availability: The Keynote themes are available for download at Keynote Zone site and are priced starting from $16 (USD) for standard version and starting from $20 for HD version.

Keynote Zone
CorkBoard

What’s unclear at this point is wether or not you can use the iPad to present to something larger than its built in screen. The iPad tech specs page DOES list a new VGA adapter (Support for 1024 x 768 with Dock Connector to VGA adapter; 576p and 480p with Apple Component A/V Cable, 576i and 480i with Apple Composite Cable) so it’s likely that you’ll at least be able to present (downscaled of course) to 640×480 (not sure how we completely ignored the 1024×768 output spec right there in the description).

We’re wondering if this is why Apple hasn’t given the iPhone or iPod touch the ability to read and honor the timing sprite track in movies exported from the Mac version of Keynote (we may never know).

One great thing though, is that with the 1024×768 screen and a native copy of Keynote running on the iPad, elevator or other one on one pitches are in a whole new realm. Thankfully, pretty much every theme out there is currently available in a 1024×768 format, so we won’t have to reinvent the wheel when it comes to 3rd party themes (though no instruction has been give on how to install them).

We’ll keep you posted as details emerge regarding these apps running on the iPad. For now, here’s a link to Apple’s details on the Apple site.

ProfCast is perfect for professionals and educators alike who need to provide a more flexible, richer media to supplement traditional pedagogical tools such as books, course packs, or notes. ProfCast is an ideal compliment to Apple’s iLife Suite. With its integrated workflow, ProfCast provides a low cost solution for recording and distributing lectures, special events, and presentations as enhanced podcasts.

Feature highlights include:

• Records Live Presentations
• Supports Multiple File Formats
• ID3 Tags for iTunes U
• Integrated Podcast Manager
• Export to GarageBand
• Share to iWeb
• URL Linking
• Audio Playthrough Support

ProfCast sports live presentation recording, synchronization of slides with audio, Keynote and PowerPoint support, RSS generation and publishing support. All elements of a presentation, including slide timings, bullet point builds and voice narration are seamlessly recorded. ProfCast allows users to record their presentation as they give it, and also helps publish recorded presentations as enhanced podcasts, complete with RSS.

In celebration of the Macintosh Computer’s 26th birthday (officially January 24th) and in honor of Apple’s continued commitment to insanely great computing, ProfCast is pleased to announce that ProfCast will be sold at 25% of the retail ($59.95) price January 24th 2010 through January 29th, 2010.

ProfCast shares Apple’s continued devotion to innovation and it’s goal of empowering individuals to be inspired, work and exceed their potential. Happy Birthday Mac! Thanks for continuing to give us great shoulders to stand on!

Pricing and Availability:
ProfCast is priced at $59.95 (USD) for a single-user license ($14.99 (US) through January 29th, 2010). A full-featured, 15-day demo is available and a recommended update for all customers. Educational discounts are available.

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Download ProfCast
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Each theme consists of different high quality animated backgrounds and features up to 22 different layout schemes. Keynote Motion Themes can stand alone to unify a presentation or can be mixed together with other non-motion themes to provide breakpoints. Keynote Motion Themes offer a variety of presentation styles with coordinated fonts, colors, great backgrounds, unique bullets and picture frames.

In addition iPresentee offers updated Keynote Show. Keynote Show package is most likely the best offer of add-ons for Apple’s Keynote which includes 60 Keynote Themes, 52 Keynote Motion Themes, 115 Keynote Animations and 181 Keynote 3D Stuff objects for only $70.

Minimum Requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.4.3 Tiger and later
• iWork 08 or iWork 09
• 1 GB Hard Drive space

Pricing and Availability:
Each individual Keynote Motion Theme is priced at $10 (USD). The package of 52 themes is available for $40! Samples and more information about Keynote Motion Themes are available immediately at the iPresentee website.

iPresentee
Keynote Motion Themes 9.0
Keynote Show
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PDF2Office for iWork converts PDF documents into editable Keynote and Pages ‘08/’09 files; allowing for an efficient and transparent process in recovering and reusing PDF content with in iWork. PDF2Office for iWork creates paragraphs, reconstructs tables and regroups independent graphics elements: at the same time it achieves an extremely accurate layout restoration; ensuing in an effortless PDF document data recovery and re-use within Keynote and Pages ‘08/’09.

Key New Features

• Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard savvy - PDF2Office for iWork operates and supports Mac OS X v10.4 10.6; it has been designed to run under Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard seamlessly.
• Convert PDF files directly to the Keynote ‘08/’09 file type re-sourcing PDF content with in Keynote.
• Convert PDF files directly to the Pages ‘08/’09 file type maintaining layout fidelity.
• Preset and pre-configure the default conversion options and Font mappings fine-tuning the conversion process to suit your needs.

PDF2Office for iWork is available immediately in the following configurations from Recosoft’s online store:

PDF2Office for iWork (Single User license) - US$59.00
PDF2Office for iWork (Family Pack 5-user license) - US$79.00
PDF2Office for iWork (SOHO 5-user license) - US$99.00

http://www.recosoft.com
PDF2Office

Keynote Animations 3.0 includes high quality, easy to used, effective, funny and attractive animations to expand your Apple’s Keynote features. Furthermore iPresentee offers to download full quality samples of Keynote Animations for free. Select the right animation, drag it to the chosen slide, press play and enjoy the way presentation comes to life.

The background of all animations for Keynote is transparent and can be used on any colored background. Within Apple’s Keynote these animations can be changed in size, rotated, increased or decreased in opacity or even overlapped with each other to create extra effects.

Minimum Requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.4.3 Tiger and later
• any version of Keynote
• 1 GB Hard Drive space

Pricing and Availability:
Keynote Animations 3.0 may be purchased for $25 USD. Samples and more information about Keynote Animations 3.0 are available immediately at the iPresentee website.

iPresentee
Keynote Animations 3.0

Ten of the themes included come from the previous version of the product, while the other five are completely new. The motifs used in Keynote Themes FX 5.0 vary from pastel-shaded glass beads to DNR imagery, allowing its users to target and win over multiple, and diverse, audiences, including clients, business colleagues, participants at a conference, or students.

With this release, Jumsoft has effectively finished refreshing its Keynote Quartet, a product bundle consisting of Keynote Themes, Keynote Backgrounds, Keynote Animations, and Keynote Objects that have all recently been updated. Jumsoft Keynote Themes FX 5.0 can be downloaded directly through the company’s Web site. After the package is downloaded and installed on a computer, the new themes will automatically appear in Theme Chooser for Keynote.

System Requirements:

• Apple Keynote 4.0.3 or later

Pricing:
Keynote Themes FX 5.0 is only $39 (USD).

Jumsoft
Keynote Themes FX 5.0
Keynote Themes FX 5.0 Sample

The Copenhagen theme includes 27 master slides – a mix of narrative and image-driven styles, including breath-taking gallery slides set in the unique Copenhagen signature style. The core layouts frame a range of general-purpose styles. Photo placements throughout are all single-image driven, a mix of the fractal-inspired signature style and the more traditional, picture-frame alternates. Copenhagen HD, available exclusively in the Copenhagen Pro and Pro Mobile Editions, expands the style into HD format with aspect-optimized 16:9 and 16:10 versions of the Copenhagen design.

The Copenhagen EP Edition themes – included in the Copenhagen Pro Mobile Edition built to take the Copenhagen style to the iPhone/iPod Touch or classic-format video-capable iPod in a format optimized for small-screen viewing. Fuse* EP Edition for classic-format video iPods includes 27 complete Master Slides: a wide range of text and photo-oriented designs cross-optimized for iPod and television display. Copenhagen EP Edition for iPhone/iPod Touch includes the complete 27 Master Slide base of the HD themes, optimized for viewing on the iPhone or iPod Touch’s larger, HD-leaning display.

Pricing and Availability:
Copenhagen Standard Edition is available for immediate download for $24.95 (USD) or in a Bundle with 2 other Standard Edition themes for $64.95. Copenhagen Pro Edition contains both standard and HD themes 800×600 & 1024×768(4:3) standard versions, 1920×1080 and 1280×720(16:9) & 1680×1050(16:10) HD Versions), and is available for $34.95, or in a bundle with 2 other Pro Edition themes for $89.85. The Copenhagen Pro Mobile Edition contains both Copenhagen Pro Edition and the new Copenhagen EP Edition (iPod and iPhone/Touch Editions), and is available for $49.90.

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Copenhagen for Keynote ‘09
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Keynote Motion Themes offers a variety of presentation styles with coordinated fonts, colors, great backgrounds, unique bullets and picture frames.

In addition iPresentee offers updated Keynote Show. Keynote Show package is most likely the best offer of add-ons for Apple’s Keynote which includes 60 Keynote Themes, 47 Keynote Motion Themes, 80 Keynote Animations and 115 Keynote 3D Stuff objects for only $60.

Minimum Requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.4.3 Tiger and later
• iWork 08 or iWork 09
• 50 MB Hard Drive space

Pricing and Availability:
Each individual Keynote Motion Theme is priced at $10 (USD). The package of five themes is available for $25. Samples and more information about Keynote Motion Themes are available immediately at the iPresentee website.

iPresentee
Keynote Motion Themes
Keynote Show

Keynote Backgrounds FX 4.0’s subjects vary from futuristic imagery and lab utensils to flashes of lights and splashes of color. All Keynote Backgrounds FX 4.0 movies are prepared for looping to allow infinite playback for all backgrounds. Users need only choose the QuickTime Inspector in Keynote and select Loop under the Repeat pop-up.

Jumsoft Keynote Backgrounds FX 4.0 can be downloaded directly from Jumsoft. Once downloaded, the package can be immediately opened to select and apply backgrounds to presentation slides for an unexpected and impressive result.

System Requirements:

• Apple Keynote 3.0.2 or later
• Faster Mac is recommended

Pricing and Availability:
Keynote Backgrounds FX 4.0 is only $49 (USD), and version 3.0 users can upgrade for only $19 (USD).

Jumsoft
Keynote Backgrounds FX 4.0
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The subjects in Keynote Objects FX 4.0 range from classic furniture and flowers to gift boxes, and the latest selection includes 50 brand-new objects, including many options for sports enthusiasts and leisure-themed objects. All 150 objects included in the package are rendered in 3D and optimized for presentations with the 1024×768 px dimensions. Moreover, Keynote Objects FX 4.0 is compatible with Apple Pages as well as MS PowerPoint and Word.

Jumsoft Keynote Objects FX 4.0 can be downloaded on the company’s Web site. The package includes a Keynote presentation with the objects and an additional folder that contains all objects in separate files. Once downloaded, the package can be immediately opened so that a person can select and insert objects into documents for creative and fun customizations.

System Requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.4.3 Tiger and later
• Apple iWork ‘06 or later

Pricing:
Keynote Objects FX 4.0 is only $39 (USD), and version 4.0 users can upgrade for only $19 (USD).

Jumsoft
Keynote Objects FX 4.0
Samples

Here’s a bit from their press release:

PDF2Office^® for iWork converts PDF files to the iWork ‘08/’09 document type replicating every page in a PDF file into an equivalent page to the Keynote and Pages formats. PDF2Office^®for iWork has been designed specifically for the iWork user; offering a simple and uncluttered interface to convert PDF documents to the iWork format.

PDF2Office for iWork is set for a November release, and will be available in Single User, Family Pack and Soho license configurations. No pricing was given.

You can read more on the Recosoft website at:

http://www.recosoft.com/company/press/news10152009.htm

Many thanks to Richard Zraick on the Yahoo Keynote Group for pointing this out to us

As with the previous version of Keynote Animations FX, and as with Keynote Quartet FX’09, a compilation of four products for Keynote, Jumsoft aims to equip its clients with a comprehensive set of tools that enable them to create unique and gripping presentations.

Keynote Animations FX 7.0 contains 70 classic pieces drawn from the previous versions plus 30 new animated possibilities for grabbing the audience’s attention. After users download and install the package on their computers, all they need to do is to move the animation of their choice to their presentation and then choose “loop” in Keynote’s QuickTime Inspector for the continuous action. The animations have no backgrounds and therefore can easily be applied to any slide, as well as effortlessly positioned, blended, mixed, overlaid, underlaid, and much more. The fun of creativity unfolds as users resize and rotate the ever-moving images, change the opacity, use shadows, or even combine several animations.

Furthermore, Keynote Animations FX 7.0 is compatible with Pages, which allows users to add jumping, flying, or burning objects to their text documents. In addition, the package can be used with movie editors like Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express, and Motion, or played on PCs as QuickTime files.

System Requirements:

• Apple iWork 08 or later

Pricing and Availability:

• Keynote Animations FX 7.0 is only $45 (USD). On Jumsoft’s Web site, users can view samples of the animations and purchase Keynote Animations FX 7.0, or can opt for the full collection of presentation tools, Keynote Quartet FX’09.

Jumsoft
Keynote Animations 7.0 FX
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Designed with professional photographers in mind, Photogenic features resizable media placeholders in seven photographic ratios (1:1, 5:4, 4:3, 7:5, 3:2, 16:9, 7:1) as well as fully customizable button and icon objects. Among Photogenic’s most distinctive features are its overwhelming number of master slide layouts; just over a 110 in all, including 11 highly polished text layouts and 100 photo layouts available in 800, 1024, 1280, 1680, and 1920 theme sizes.

Feature Highlights:

• Supports Keynote 4.0 – 5.0
• Leverages Helvetica Neue Light for an easy-to-read, yet clean look
• Supports 800, 1024, 1280, 1680 and 1920 Theme Sizes
• 1:1, 5:4, 4:3, 7:5, 3:2, 16:9, 7:1 Photographic Ratios
• 11 Text Layouts
• 100 Photo Layouts

“I love the ‘Apple look’ and Photogenic certainly has the Apple look” said Phillip Gore, founder of Divine Fiat. “Before Keynote went HD, Photogenic was hands down our best seller. I am so excited to finally offer a full HD version.”

Your images are gorgeous and the container you use to present them should not distract from that. Photogenic is a theme that let’s photographers and presenters display their images their way. It’s perfect for framing your photos and concepts effectively and it’s a wonderful compliment to Apple’s iLife Suite.

Minimum Requirements:

• Mac OS X Version 10.4 Tiger or later (Leopard and Snow Leopard Compatible)
• Keynote Version: 4.0 – 5.0 or later
• 8.7 MB Hard Drive space
• Helvetica Neue Light Font Required

Pricing and Availability:
Photogenic Redux is available immediately for $26.00 (USD). The Creative Theme Set, which includes Take Two Redux along with Photogenic Redux, may be purchased for $46.80, a 10% savings over buying individually.

Divine Fiat
Photogenic Redux Theme
Creative Redux Theme Set

Fuse* truly comes to life in the Fuse* Kinetic themes. Kinetic themes embed Build-In and Build-Out settings for slide-level objects right into the Master Slide – producing a jaw-dropping, motion-graphics inspired feel with little more than a point click. On every Kinetic Master, the Fuse* layouts emerge in choreographed motion, building the principal elements in piece by piece in an arranged, ordered flow. Select a Kinetic Master, add your copy or supporting photography, and press Play to watch it all happen.

The Fuse* themes include 31 master slides – a mix of traditional content and photo-driven styles, along with narrative-oriented additions like the Overlay Caption styles and mirrored Reverse masters for key layouts. The core layouts balance both the bright AC and understated DC palettes against a layer-driven, semiopaque shape architecture and framing elements that naturally push your content to center-stage. Fuse* HD, available exclusively in the Fuse* Pro and Pro Mobile Editions, expands the style into HD format with aspect-optimized 16:9 and 16:10 versions of the Fuse* design.

The Fuse* EP Edition themes – included in the Fuse* Pro Mobile Edition built to take the Fuse* style to the iPhone/iPod Touch or classic-format video-capable iPod in a format optimized for small-screen viewing. Fuse* EP Edition for classic-format video iPods includes 31 complete Master Slides: a wide range of text and photo-oriented designs cross-optimized for iPod and television display. Fuse* EP Edition for iPhone/iPod Touch includes the complete 31 Master Slide base of the HD themes, optimized for viewing on the iPhone or iPod Touch’s larger, HD-leaning display.

Pricing and Availability
Fuse* Standard Edition is available for immediate download for $24.95 (USD) or in a Bundle with 2 other Standard Edition themes for $64.95. Fuse* Pro Edition contains both standard and HD themes 800×600 & 1024×768(4:3) standard versions, 1920×1080 and 1280×720(16:9) & 1680×1050(16:10) HD Versions), and is available for $34.95, or in a bundle with 2 other Pro Edition themes for $89.85. The Fuse* Pro Mobile Edition contains both Fuse* Pro Edition and the new Fuse* EP Edition (iPod and iPhone/Touch Editions), and is available for $49.90, or in a bundle with 2 other Pro Mobile Edition themes for $129.85.

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Fuse* Kinetic Themes
The Walrus Group

Already a crowd favorite, we wholly reconstructed the original Elevation theme for Keynote ‘09, producing a new generation of themes that are even easier to use and customize than the previous releases. Now built entirely with native shape objects and image placeholders, you can change the cool blue background hues to another color, gradient or photo with a simple change on the Appearance Inspector – even change the colored panels, strokes and accents on the master slides to better match your corporate palette, or create your own layout variations thanks to the ease of the new shape object approach. The Elevation ‘09 Master Slide pool has also expanded – up to 34 Master Slides in the Pro/HD version – including new layout options designed to make the theme even more flexible in the new Keynote ‘09 architecture. And all-new HD and Mobile Editions make this the most flexible Elevation release yet.

The Elevation ‘09 theme includes up to 34 master slides – a mix of photo and alternative text layouts – each one an object based slide, made with native keynote objects making customization a snap. Each slide features a slightly different background and content area design specific to the slide. We have also included Blank Stage masters so that you can easily create layouts that meet your specific needs. Elevation’ 09 HD, available exclusively in the Elevation ‘09 Pro and Pro Mobile Editions, expands the style into HD format with aspect-optimized 16:9 and 16:10 versions of the Elevation ‘09 design.

The Elevation ‘09 EP Edition themes – included in the Elevation ‘09 Pro Mobile Edition is built to take the Elevation style to the iPhone/iPod Touch or classic-format video-capable iPod in a format optimized for small-screen viewing. Elevation ‘09 EP Edition for classic-format video iPods includes 31 complete Master Slides: a wide range of text and photo-oriented designs cross-optimized for iPod and television display. Elevation ‘09 EP Edition for iPhone/iPod Touch includes an expanded 33 Master Slide base of the HD themes, optimized for viewing on the iPhone or iPod Touch’s larger, HD-leaning display.

Pricing and Availability
Warp Series: Elevation ‘09 Standard Edition is available for immediate download for $24.95 (USD) or in a Bundle with 2 other Standard Edition themes for $64.95. Elevation ‘09 Pro Edition contains both standard and HD themes (800×600 & 1024×768(4:3) standard versions, 1920×1080 and 1280×720(16:9) & 1680×1050(16:10) HD Versions), and is available for $34.95, or in a bundle with 2 other Pro Edition themes for $89.85. Elevation ‘09 Pro Mobile Edition contains both Elevation ‘09 Pro Edition and the Elevation ‘09EP Edition (iPod and iPhone/Touch Editions), and is available for $49.90, or in a bundle with 2 other Pro Mobile Edition themes for $129.85 (USD).

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Warp Series: Elevation for Keynote ‘09
The Walrus Group

Each theme in the new collection offers a variety of presentation styles with coordinated fonts, colors, backgrounds, unique bullets and picture frames and are available in standard or HD formats. Each theme also contains from seventeen to twenty different master slide layouts. Samples and more information about Keynote Themes 6.0 (and their other products) are available at the iPresentee website.

Ornamental Map is also offered as a free download, along with 6 other iPresentee themes from other collections.

Minimum Requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.4.3 Tiger and later
• iWork 08 or iWork 09
• 300 MB Hard Drive space

Pricing and Availability:
Keynote Themes 6.0 may be purchased for $25 (USD) or you can pick up the massive Keynote Show collection which contains all of their Keynote products for only $60.

iPresentee
Keynote Themes 6.0

I (Brian Peat) run the site in my spare time with the help of Ken Drake. Neither of us have very much free time these days, and mine in particular has just been drastically reduced. As of the beginning of September, my wife Jen and I moved from our comfy (and safe) home near Columbus, Ohio and moved to a tiny town in Pennsylvania (McConnellsburg if you’re interested) to be near some friends of ours, and to attend a ministry school in Mechanicsburg, PA. I closed down my Mac Consulting business of 11 years and we’re selling our house. We’ll be going to school until early 2011, after which we’ll be moving to Brazil to be missionaries (our friends are headed down about this time next year to get things started).

As crazy as it sounds, we’ve been wanting to do something like this for a while. The plan is to open a center in Curitiba, Brazil that will be a safe haven for the prostitutes, homeless, drug addicts, etc. It will be safe and welcoming center, not a place of condemnation. I won’t go into more detail here because I know some of our readers are touchy about religion, but I will say this…our goal will be to share love and to support those who want or need help, not to force some agenda down their throats in a time of need. Love, support and no strings.

Anyway, you won’t see any more posts about this on the site, but I just wanted to share just a bit of my private life with our readers. If you want to find out more about the ministry, check out www.shoresofgrace.com (we’ll be adding more Brazil info to the site soon). You can find info on me and my wife Jen on the staff page for now.

Thanks, and now back to your regular scheduled Keynote news.