Reader Mail & Rumor Report-January 18, 2006:

In today's reader mail & rumor report, we look at Babya Discoverer RSS's ability to view photocasts, and also news about Babya Firestorm. Rumors include-a new version of Babya bCal, and more Babya software to include PDF creation.


Babya Discoverer RSS-Photocasts:
Babya Discoverer RSS's bView can be used to display photocasts-that can be created on a Mac with Apple iPhoto 6 (part of Apple iLife '06).

As an example of how bView displays a photocast, below is a screenshot showing a sample photocast:























Babya Firestorm:
A new Babya application will be released soon-Babya Firestorm. It's a amazing pyrotechnics/firestorm image generator.

A description:

First select a palette so you can see what's going on...Fire is the most realistic palette while SeaBlue is more otherworldlyand Infrared is like looking through Infra-Red goggles.

Then play around with the particle controls until you're happy...this may take awhile and don't forget to look at some of the presets.

Turn on Bitmapped-Origin for more specialised flames, clear the origin then click anddrag the mouse around in the main view to draw with fire. If the fire thins out while drawing,increase the Particle Density.

When you're happy, click the Save button to render the fire as a series of bitmaps.In the Save Fire dialog box, you can select how many frames to render and where to placethe bitmaps. There is also an option to restart the fire particles before saving.


Babya bCal:
A updated version of Babya bCal is expected to be released early next month.

More Babya software with PDF support?:
There's some indication that throughout the year, more Babya applications will gain PDF support-most likely Babya bCal.

That's it for today's reader mail & rumor report.