Mac version announce

That's so cool!! Mind I don't have a Mac pc but I do know some people that do.

Dilla for one I think?

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Beliria wrote: Mind I don't have a Mac pc but I do know some people that do. Dilla for one I think?

Nope.

time to change your sig Dilla

Sounds like the crew has been busy..
Great news for sure.

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Crapadilla wrote: I'm going to have to change my sig soon then! Big grin

How about one for Vold...Damn you, stupid linux version..

This is a most beautiful thing! The screenshots are gorgeous. No more staring at the Windows GUI... FF looks so much happier now .

I was already planning to feature Filter Forge again in my next ezine (issue #13) as one of the hottest plug-ins currently available. Maybe the beta will be ready to play with in time.

Great job all!

Did I mention I alpha test as well!

Hey FF team, my congratulations to you all about the Mac version. I wish you guys a lot of Mac customers and 'zillions' of sells. I hope you guys keep growing and growing and growing with both versions and other new softwares/plug-ins in the future.

Are you guys going to create a new library in theFF site for the Mac version or the the same ffxml file fits for both versions? So, who creates in Mac version will share with PC and vice-versa.

All the best,
Lucato.

Lucato, filters remain the same. In fact, almost everything remains the same — only it will work under Mac

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Lucato wrote: if we are MAC/PC user

He-he... this can be a a nice reason for "standard" PC/MAC holywars

I've been waiting for this everyday since I started using FF. Is there a way to sign up or apply for testing the beta?

-Nathaniel

That wouldn't happen to include V2 for both PC and Mac, would it???

Yes, cross-platform upgrades will be available. There also will be an option to change platforms for free (you can give back your license for the Windows Pro edition and receive a license for the Mac Pro edition, etc).

I wouldn't think there is any risk, Craig. It's a policy many companies have done; most recently Pixologic with their Mac release of ZB3. You can still basically run the program on your PC, but there is no support for it and dies with the next upgrade. That is if you only want to run on Mac as your primary. I do more and more cross-platform so am always interested in keeping programs that I can on both. Adobe, for instance, offers you no deals...you buy a whole new, expensive second seat if you want it on both platforms...sigh...now there's a company that knows they have you by the short hairs.

Thanks on cross-platform offers...I am grateful.

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Vladimir Golovin wrote: We'll announce the beta later this year. The beta will be public so everyone will be able to signup.

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StevieJ wrote: That wouldn't happen to include V2 for both PC and Mac, would it???

Do you have an estimated time frame for the release of V2.....or is that on hold until things settle with the Mac version???

I think you should keep the pressure on them until we actually see V2.....

I must have left my invisability shield on.....no response to my repeated V2 ETA inquiries..... .....

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StevieJ wrote: I must have left my invisability shield on.....no response to my repeated V2 ETA inquiries...

It's just that your body is not where your head thinks it is, having been lopped off and all...

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Sjeiti wrote: time to change your sig Dilla

Done!

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Crapadilla wrote: Crapadilla says: "Where's V2.0!"

jffe

@Chris: Yes, there will be discounts on the Mac version for existing PC users.

However, we've just launched a holiday discount program, under which you can preorder the Mac version at rock-bottom prices (http://www.filterforge.com/buy/). General discounts for PC users will be significantly lower -- I would recommend that you preorder now.

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Vladimir Golovin wrote: We have no V2 ETA yet. I do, however, have some ideas on how we're going to proceed with its development. We're all sick of 5-year-long projects, so most likely we will be developing V2.0 as a 'rolling beta', with gradual rollout of new features, which will be immediately available to all beta users.

That reads wonderful!

I'm guessing that this would require some infrastructural changes though, right? For example, we'd need a perpetual beta forum area and a perpetual beta filter library.

What I love about the idea of a 'rolling beta' is that you can introduce new components and features in a slow and controlled fashion, and the beta community can test one feature at a time. Also, this keeps us long-term forum grinners happy, since we'd have regularly have something new to obsess about! Excellent!

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We have no V2 ETA yet. I do, however, have some ideas on how we're going to proceed with its development. We're all sick of 5-year-long projects, so most likely we will be developing V2.0 as a 'rolling beta', with gradual rollout of new features, which will be immediately available to all beta users.

whoa! radical! i like it i wish to hell microsoft would have done this before releasing vista! this is a very interesting concept, vlad. you might also consider the whole idea of 'subscriptions' into this as well. this is where you would 'subscribe' to v2 and be available for all updates for a certain period of time. that would be separate from the beta test, of course.