Brother PDQ Design T-shirt Layout Application

Brother USA hired Art & Logic to develop a T-shirt design and layout application for use with their GT-541 digital garment printer. A key piece of the project was an extensive library of licensed images assembled by Brother. Art & Logic implemented a digital rights management system for the project to ensure the image licensors that each garment printed with a licensed image could be accounted for, and would result in payment to the licensor. more...

Brother USA hired Art & Logic to develop a T-shirt design and layout application for use with their GT-541 digital garment printer. A key piece of the project was an extensive library of licensed images assembled by Brother. Art & Logic implemented a digital rights management system for the project to ensure the image licensors that each garment printed with a licensed image could be accounted for, and would result in payment to the licensor. The application also permits the use of user-supplied images and text with a large variety of graphical effects applied.

TAGS:  Windows  C++  Visual C++  SOAP  PACE  GoAhead WebServer  GDI+  Printing  Fashion

The "Beat Thang" Groovebox Software

Beat Kangz Electronics hired Art & Logic to create the firmware for the Beat Thang, a new groovebox aimed at the hip hop market. The project also includes a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) plugin for Mac OS X and Windows called the Beat Thang Virtual. It is available at Sam Ash, Guitar Center, and online.

TAGS:  Mac OS X  Windows  Audio  Xcode  XML  Embedded  C++  USB  Desktop  Visual C++  Plug-in  Cross-platform  Core Audio  Linux  PACE  Installer  ASIO  VST  JUCE  Music

Social Resistance Training Game

Art & Logic worked with York Zimmerman to design and implement People Power, a cross-platform game that is intended to teach the principles of non-violent resistance to participants in social movements. Based on principles and a mathematical model that were derived from the Serbian overthrow of Slobodan Milosevic, as well as study of other similar historical struggles, a graphically appealing game was designed that supports the modeling of conflict and resolution. more...

Art & Logic worked with York Zimmerman to design and implement People Power, a cross-platform game that is intended to teach the principles of non-violent resistance to participants in social movements. Based on principles and a mathematical model that were derived from the Serbian overthrow of Slobodan Milosevic, as well as study of other similar historical struggles, a graphically appealing game was designed that supports the modeling of conflict and resolution. Art & Logic also built a Scenario Design tool. This component allows designers to build arbitrarily complex social models and resistance programs, for use within the game.

TAGS:  Mac OS X  Windows  Flash  Flex  ActionScript  AIR  Media  Education  Games  Film

Bring DPS Acoustics to your PC

Bongiovi Acoustics hired Art & Logic to port their software-based active signal processing technology from Mac to Windows. Digital Power Station for Windows is a system-wide utility that enriches the audio quality of any music or movie being played on your computer. The software won the CES 2012 Innovations Honorees award in the Software and Mobile Apps category.

TAGS:  Windows  Desktop  Plug-in  Entertainment  Music  Lifestyle  Audio

RNA Gene Sequencing Tool

ExonHit Therapeutics, Inc., a world-leading company in the field of alternative RNA splicing, hired Art & Logic to extend the capabilities of their in-house gene profiling tool. Originally developed as an Excel spreadsheet, the tool had reached the performance and data limits of the technology. Art & Logic developed a VB.NET application, using an MSDE backend, to replace and enhance the functionality of ExonHit's tool. It was ExonHit's desire to continue long term maintenance of the new tool, so Art & Logic included extensive commenting and documentation to provide ExonHit's in-house developers with the information needed to maintain and enhance the application without further assistance from Art & Logic. more...

ExonHit Therapeutics, Inc., a world-leading company in the field of alternative RNA splicing, hired Art & Logic to extend the capabilities of their in-house gene profiling tool. Originally developed as an Excel spreadsheet, the tool had reached the performance and data limits of the technology. Art & Logic developed a VB.NET application, using an MSDE backend, to replace and enhance the functionality of ExonHit's tool. It was ExonHit's desire to continue long term maintenance of the new tool, so Art & Logic included extensive commenting and documentation to provide ExonHit's in-house developers with the information needed to maintain and enhance the application without further assistance from Art & Logic. ExonHit uses the gene profiling tool to create gene splice variants that may assist in the fields of drug discovery, diagnostics and biochips.

TAGS:  Windows  .NET  Medical  Science

Auto-Tune 3 DirectX

Antares Audio Technologies hired Art & Logic to bring their world standard Auto-Tune 3 professional intonation correcting plugin onto the Microsoft Windows platform. Art & Logic enhanced the original codebase by adding DirectX envelope automation, improving the user interface, and updating the architecture to exploit the audio capabilities unique to Microsoft Windows. Art & Logic worked closely with PACE to ensure that InterLok copy protection was integrated into the final product. As the development neared completion, Art & Logic created and managed a beta program to ensure that Auto-Tune 3 would be ready to ship immediately upon acceptance. more...

Antares Audio Technologies hired Art & Logic to bring their world standard Auto-Tune 3 professional intonation correcting plugin onto the Microsoft Windows platform. Art & Logic enhanced the original codebase by adding DirectX envelope automation, improving the user interface, and updating the architecture to exploit the audio capabilities unique to Microsoft Windows. Art & Logic worked closely with PACE to ensure that InterLok copy protection was integrated into the final product. As the development neared completion, Art & Logic created and managed a beta program to ensure that Auto-Tune 3 would be ready to ship immediately upon acceptance. Antares' web store enjoyed its largest volume in history following the release of Auto-Tune 3 DirectX. Auto-Tune 3 won the prestigious 2001 TEC (Technical Excellence and Creativity) Award in the category of Outstanding Technical Achievement in Signal Processing Software. Art & Logic continued to work with Antares to maintain, enhance, and package a variety of their products for years after this release.

TAGS:  Windows  Audio  PACE  Installer  DirectX  Music  Pro Audio  Software

Automated Data Acquisiton and Analysis Spec

Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF), a joint venture of GE, Hitachi and Toshiba, designs and manufactures fuel for commercial nuclear power plants. In an effort to maintain and improve the quality and design of its product, GNF periodically inspects fuel bundles after they have been in service. The data collected from these inspections is analyzed and used to make improvements to their manufacturing processes. Art & Logic was hired because of its extensive background developing automated industrial data collection, storage and processing systems. more...

Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF), a joint venture of GE, Hitachi and Toshiba, designs and manufactures fuel for commercial nuclear power plants. In an effort to maintain and improve the quality and design of its product, GNF periodically inspects fuel bundles after they have been in service. The data collected from these inspections is analyzed and used to make improvements to their manufacturing processes. Art & Logic was hired because of its extensive background developing automated industrial data collection, storage and processing systems. Art & Logic defined and specified a software application that would automate 90% of GNF's existing analog and digital data handling system, resulting in the ability to more thoroughly analyze greater amounts of data in a shorter period of time.

TAGS:  Windows  Win32  ODBC  NDT  Energy

Media Manager for Photo Shoots

Lightbox Network, Inc. hired Art & Logic to develop a Windows version of its media manager application. The software allows photographers to do "live" shoots with a tethered camera, such that images and movies can be processed and uploaded to the Lightbox server as the shoot is happening. Editors can then see virtually real-time progress of the shoot online and interact by requesting larger versions of the captured media and beginning work on the post process. Images and video can also be manually uploaded, and all uploads are managed via an upload manager.

TAGS:  Windows  .NET  Image Processing  C#  QuickTime  Media  Photography

Image Distressing Photoshop Plug-in

Font Diner had a set of scripts for Adobe Photoshop to apply image distressing affects to an image. They wanted a faster, more powerful way to do these affects while protecting their original images and maintaining cross-platform support. Art & Logic delivered the plug-in on Windows XP, Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X (PowerPC and Intel), and updates when, new at the time, Photoshop CS3 was released. The plug-in was faster and more powerful than the original scripts, had a unique interface, and kept the client's proprietary data secure.

TAGS:  Mac OS X  Windows  Mac OS 9  C++  Visual C++  Plug-in  Cross-platform  PowerPC  Intel  Adobe Photoshop  DSP  Metrowerks

Personal medical documents system on portable USB flash drive

MedID Technologies hired Art & Logic to develop a personal medical documents system that runs on a USB flash drive (kind of like a smart Medicalert bracelet). The user plugs it into a Mac or Windows computer and securely edits a variety of medical data, or shows it to their health care professional.

TAGS:  Mac OS X  Windows  Desktop  Python  Cross-platform  SQLite  SQLAlchemy  wxWindows  wxPython  GTK+  Health

3-D Wedding Cake Design Software

Topplestone, LLC hired Art & Logic to create Wedding Cake Design Pro®, a Windows desktop application that allows users to create custom wedding cake designs. Brides-to-be can choose from hundreds of design elements to create realistic three dimensional designs, print the results, and give the design to their local bake shop for a truly unique and personalized wedding cake.

TAGS:  Windows  Python  3D  wxWidgets  Ogre  Lifestyle  Retail

Non-destructive Ultrasonic Testing Software for Krautkramer Branson

Art & Logic developed a Windows application that interfaces to Krautkramer Branson's proprietary ultrasonic test hardware. The software package provides high speed analog and digital data acquisition, automatic flaw detection and measurement, pass/fail indications, and a sophisticated real-time data display. The package can be configured for a variety of manufacturing applications including aircraft turbine blades, ERW pipe, and diesel pistons.

TAGS:  Windows  Manufacturing

Instant Messaging for Groups and Individuals

A social networking startup hired Art & Logic to develop an instant messaging desktop client application and supporting web services. The desktop client provides a "live chat" experience with rich HTML and easy video sharing. It also fosters the creation of small, themed communities or groups with social links and file sharing.

TAGS:  Windows  JavaScript  MySQL  Desktop  AJAX  .NET  C#  Installer  SSL  YouTube  XMPP  Widgets  SMTP  Jabber  Media  Social Networking

E-MU Audio Sampler and Xboard

E-MU Systems hired Art & Logic to implement two dialogs for their new software sampler. The dialogs went beyond simply picking files and allowed users to manually or automatically create regions, lay out the samples or regions on the keyboard, and preview their work. This project had Art & Logic tightly integrating into E-MU's development environment using a VPN for direct access to their CVS archives while working directly with E-MU engineers on common code. E-MU Systems later hired Art & Logic to write the E-MU Xboard control software, a Mac OS X desktop application that provides total control of the E-MU Xboard USB/MIDI Controller. more...

E-MU Systems hired Art & Logic to implement two dialogs for their new software sampler. The dialogs went beyond simply picking files and allowed users to manually or automatically create regions, lay out the samples or regions on the keyboard, and preview their work. This project had Art & Logic tightly integrating into E-MU's development environment using a VPN for direct access to their CVS archives while working directly with E-MU engineers on common code. E-MU Systems later hired Art & Logic to write the E-MU Xboard control software, a Mac OS X desktop application that provides total control of the E-MU Xboard USB/MIDI Controller. Written using Apple's Cocoa technology, the application allows an Xboard user to edit and store MIDI banks and patches on the Xboard device, as well as save and load banks/patches on disk. Among the challenges in the development of this application, Art & Logic was required to support a complex cross-platform graphical user interface, for which custom controls were developed. All device communication was accomplished using Apple's CoreMIDI technology, providing an efficient, quality experience for the user.

TAGS:  Objective-C  Cocoa  Mac OS X  Windows  Audio  Xcode  USB  MIDI  Music

Medical Information Card

This innovative system allows access to your important medical information at any time or location. The MiCARD system includes a small rechargeable battery powered card with a color viewing screen and web-based software for loading the card with personal health information. The system works in conjunction with Google Health® and other personal health system providers.

TAGS:  Web  Objective-C  Mac OS X  Windows  JavaScript  Xcode  MySQL  Java  HTML  XML  USB  Desktop  Python  Visual C++  Flash  Web services  TurboGears  SQL  JSON  HTTP  Safari  SSL  MFC  Applet  Apache  Genshi  Verisign  JNI  Google Health  Google  Medical  Emergency Response

Neon Sign Design and Animation Control Software for Fluid Light Technologies

Art & Logic created both Windows and Mac OS versions of "NeonCAD". Users can design arbitrarily complex neon signs using the CAD tools provided, and animate those signs using the client's proprietary neon control technology that allows light to appear to move through a neon tube. The animation patterns may be previewed on the computer. The resulting sign layouts can be printed for sign fabricators, and the animation control data can be saved to the client's neon controller hardware for deployment.

TAGS:  Windows  Mac OS 9  C++  Cross-platform  Entertainment  Manufacturing  Lighting

Motion Animation for Theme Parks

Developed for Gilderfluke & Co. of Burbank, California, PCMACS is a motion animation system used in the creation of movements for motorized live-action figures. Gilderfluke's control electronics, along with Art & Logic's software, have been used to create animated shows that are viewed daily by hundreds of thousands of visitors to major theme parks including Knott's Berry Farm, the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, Bullwinkles Family Fun Center, and Universal Studios.

TAGS:  Windows  C++  Visual C++  MFC  Hardware  Entertainment

Media Player Plugin for SRS Labs' WOW Thing!

Art & Logic developed a unique user interface design based on the client's sketches, including round windows, curved slider controls, and custom graphics.

TAGS:  Windows  Audio  Music

Audio Watermarking Application for Verance

Art & Logic was hired by Verance to port the original Mac OS version of the ConfirMedia application to Windows, and later to a native Cocoa application for Mac OS X, by creating a multi-platform unified code base. Verance also hired Art & Logic to develop a Windows Mobile version of ConfirMedia. ConfirMedia is an innovative audio watermarking solution designed to protect, manage, and monitor audio content, including broadcast monitoring and verification, copy protection, and content management.

TAGS:  Objective-C  Cocoa  Mac OS X  Windows  Audio  Xcode  C++  Desktop  Visual C++  PACE  InstallShield  doxygen  Installer VISE X  Broadcasting

eMusic.com Download Manager

We implemented the Macintosh version of eMusic Download Manager based on Carbon so that it runs natively on both Mac OS X and Mac OS 9. The self-updating download manager is used to download music files from eMusic.com, parse XML metadata, and perform EMP file decryption.

TAGS:  Mac OS X  Windows  Audio  Mac OS 9  Carbon  Music

Windows Service for Monitoring and Arbitrating Printers

Comprehensive Control Systems makes a line of copier control touch screen products for metering, monetizing, and controlling access to copiers. Industries served include law, accounting, financial, and educational institutions. When they decided to expand their products to network printers, they hired Art & Logic to develop a Windows service to intercept and hold incoming print jobs, collect pertinent information about each job, store the gathered information in a database, and then process or cancel the job depending on business logic provided by another service.

TAGS:  Windows  Desktop  .NET  Windows Server  Printer  Computer Hardware  Business

Microcone, a multi-channel microphone for recording and conferencing.

Microcone is an innovative, simple way to capture group conversations. Using Dev-Audio's unique multi-person microphone array technology, Microcone automatically tracks and enhances each voice and applies adaptive background noise reduction. Art & Logic consulted with Dev-Audio's development team to assist in writing Microcone's kernel-level audio device driver for Mac OS X versions 10.7+ and Windows XP through 7. The device is available through Amazon in the US and the Apple Store in the EU.

TAGS:  Mac OS X  Windows  USB  Core Audio  Kernel  Pro Audio