MediaLab News
May 16, 2012, 3:13 pm
May 16, 2012 14:58 ET
Media Lab Introduces a Free Set of Work-Saving Photoshop Scripts
LOGAN, UT--(Marketwire - May 16, 2012) - Media Lab Inc., premier provider of Photoshop plug-in website creation technologies, announces the free release of its SiteGrinder Script Pack for Photoshop. The free combo of scripted functions for Photoshop provides tools for managing layers and layer comps that help any Photoshop user save time and eliminate tedious work.
The SiteGrinder Script Pack includes two separate features. The first is the Smart Group Duplicator that, in one step, duplicates layer groups and modifies both the layer contents and layer names of the new groups as it creates them. This is ideal for taking a complex element, like a web button made up of grouped layers containing image and text layers, and creating the many custom copies that will make up a button bar or menu. The Smart Group Duplicator includes a settings window to determine the ways in which newly created groups are modified.
The second script is called, "Add Selected Layers to Selected Comps." It allows users to select any number of layers in the layers palette and add them to any number of layer comps in one quick step. Without this script the process of adding new layers to a number of layer comps is repetitive, time consuming, and error-prone.
In addition to the scripts, Media Lab has released free videos demonstrating their installation and use, including a thorough video introduction to how layer comps work.
Links to these freely downloadable scripts can be found at Media Lab's homepage at www.medialab.com.
Requirements
Photoshop 7 or later under Windows or MacOS.
May 16, 2012, 3:12 pm
December 15, 2011, 2:28 pm
December 15, 2011 15:28 ET
For Immediate Release
Media Lab Releases SiteGrinder 3.5
Media Lab Adds Power to Its Popular Website Development Plug-In for Photoshop
LOGAN, UT--(Marketwire - Dec 15, 2011) - Media Lab Inc., premier provider of Photoshop plug-in website creation technologies, announces the release of its new SiteGrinder 3.5 website development plug-in for Photoshop. SiteGrinder 3.5 now writes HTML5 and CSS3 code allowing designers to take advantage of features in the latest browsers and Apple iOS devices like the iPad and iPhone.
The Media Lab SiteGrinder 3 platform is a collection of powerful website development tools that automatically convert Photoshop PSD files into standards-compliant web pages. SiteGrinder 3.5 creates elements such as customized CSS text, web-optimized images, interactive buttons and menus, drop shadows, rounded corners, transparency, CSS animation, image galleries and much more.
In addition to SiteGrinder 3's 60+ hints and already long list of capabilities, Media Lab has added many new features to SiteGrinder 3.5. The new features include:
Support for HTML5.
CSS3 gallery effects.
Pin elements like social media toolbars to browser edges.
Simplified Headers and Footers.
Specify your own CSS classes on layers.
Google Font support for custom CSS typefaces on pages.
Accordions for displaying a lot of information in a small space.
Improved uploading to web hosts.
Image buttons in forms.
New hover and click behaviors.
Smooth scrolling.
Requirements
SiteGinder 3.5
On the PC, SiteGrinder 3.5 is compatible with Windows XP and later, including Windows 7. It requires Photoshop 7 or later including the latest Photoshop CS5, or Photoshop Elements 6, 7, 8 and 9. On the Mac, SiteGrinder 3.5 is compatible with Mac OS X 10.1 or greater, Photoshop CS3 CS4 or CS5 (Mac OS X 10.4 or later for the Intel-based Mac), or Photoshop Elements 6, 7, 8 and 9. Visit www.medialab.com for complete details and to download your copy of SiteGrinder 3.5.
About Media Lab, Inc.
For over a decade, Logan, Utah-based Media Lab, Inc. has specialized in creating interactive Photoshop tools that make it easy to bring amazing web designs to life. In addition to its flagship product SiteGrinder 3.5, SiteGrinder 3 and SiteGrinder 2, have enjoyed an array of favorable reviews and accolades since it debuted in April 2000 under the the name of Photowebber. Prior to the release of Photowebber, Media Lab's innovative multimedia design tools, PhotoCaster, PSD2FLA, and AlphaMania, were used to create pioneering special effects seen at Disney World's EPCOT Center in Florida, as well as in numerous popular music videos and motion pictures, such as "X-Men 2," "Spiderman 2," "Air Force One," and "Armageddon." For complete information on Media Lab, Inc. and its current products, visit www.medialab.com.
September 15, 2011, 11:47 am
For Immediate Release
Media Lab's releases MacOS Lion version of SiteGrinder 3
SiteGrinder 3 users can now take advantage of Photoshop's new 64bit Flash Player support
Logan, Utah - June 15, 2011 -– Media Lab Inc., premier provider of Photoshop plug-ins that convert PSD files to HTML websites, announces that SiteGrinder 3 for MacOS Lion is now compatible with Photoshop running in 64bit mode. With Adobe's recent beta download release of 64bit Flash player support for Photoshop, SiteGrinder users can now convert Photoshop Website designs to full functioning websites taking full advantage of the enhanced speed and enlarged memory access that 64 bit Photoshop provides. Previous versions of SiteGrinder 3 required users to run Photoshop in 32 bit mode even with 64bit versions of MacOS. The 64bit and 32bit versions are now available from the Media Lab website as a single download of SiteGrinder 3.2.4 or later.
"Since our very first product we have been MacOS developers, so we are overjoyed that Adobe's Flash Player now allows us to fully support Mac users running under 64bit mode,"
said Media Lab President Tom Summerall. "For maximum convenience we made the single installer smart enough to install SiteGrinder for 64bit, for 32bit, or for both, depending on the user's MacOS and Photoshop installations."
The Media Lab SiteGrinder 3 platform is a collection of powerful website development tools that automatically convert Photoshop PSD files into standards compliant web pages. SiteGrinder 3 creates elements such as customized CSS text, web-optimized images, interactive buttons and menus, drop shadows, rounded corners, transparency, CSS animation, image galleries and more. View our PSD to HTML conversion tutorials to learn more about SiteGrinder 3.
Requirements
SiteGrinder 3
On the PC, SiteGrinder 3 is compatible with Windows XP and later, including Windows 7. It requires Photoshop 7 or later including the latest Photoshop CS5, or Photoshop Elements 6, 7, 8 and 9. On the Mac, SiteGrinder 3 is compatible with Mac OS X 10.1 or greater, Photoshop CS3 CS4 or CS5 (Mac OS X 10.4 or later for the Intel-based Mac), or Photoshop Elements 6, 7, 8 and 9. SiteGrinder 3 is available in 32bit and 64bit versions for both MacOS and Windows. Visit www.medialab.com for complete details and to download your copy of SiteGrinder 3.
About Media Lab, Inc.
For over a decade, Logan, Utah - Based Media Lab, Inc. has specialized in creating interactive Photoshop tools that make it easy to bring amazing web designs to life. In addition to its flagship product SiteGrinder 3 and it predecessor, SiteGrinder 2, have enjoyed an array of favorable reviews and accolades since it debuted in April 2000 under the the name of Photowebber. Prior to the release of Photowebber, Media Lab's innovative multimedia design tools, PhotoCaster, PSD2FLA, and AlphaMania, were used to create pioneering special effects seen at Disney World's EPCOT Center in Florida, as well as in numerous popular music videos and motion pictures, such as "X-Men 2", "Spiderman 2", "Air Force One", and "Armageddon". For complete information on Media Lab, Inc. and its current products, visit www.medialab.com.