Splasm Software: Thoughtful Apps Given Form

Splasm Software Press Kit
1/21/2010
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Facts

Who Is Splasm Software?

Splasm Software began in 1999 as a partnership between Keith Gugliotto and Randy Knoble. They planned to develop entertaining titles for the Macintosh but shifted gears in 2002 to focus on productivity software. The partnership incorporated in 2005.

What Does Splasm Software Do?

Splasm Software crafts simple, powerful applications that provide instant value and stay out of the way so users can just get on with it. We develop our products and ourselves organically - constantly growing and improving. Our ears are open to user feedback, our minds are tightly focused on quality and our hearts are committed to supporting our family of users at any cost.

Current titles include:

CheckBook, destined to free folks from medieval personal finance management
Audiobook Builder, the easy way to create iPod-friendly Audiobooks
ViddyUp!, the iPod & Apple TV video wrangler with some sweet extras
Brightness Control, a screen dimmer
Dasher, a utility to activate Dashboard when the Mac is idle

Where is Splasm Software Located?

Splasm is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.

Where is Splasm Software Going?

Splasm intends to enhance its three core products: CheckBook, Audiobook Builder and ViddyUp!, while exploring new opportunities on both the Mac OS X and iPhone OS platforms.

Why the name “Splasm”?

Software is so full of potential. It's a blast to let it grow, organically, above and so far beyond the original vision of its creators. We threw around words like adaptive, organic, primitive, protoplasm - and many more - until splasm popped into mind. It sounded fun and just felt right. It's gooey, primordial, without form - but it's full of infinite, mind-blowing possibilities. Now it's on the move and it won't stop until it's reached your wildest expectations multiplied by maximum potential. And that's us.

How to Contact Splasm Software

Primary Contact:
Terra Knoble
terra@splasm.com

Mail:
Splasm Software
1827 1st Ave N Suite 505
Birmingham, AL 35203

Phone:
US (Lower 48): 800-721-5492
International: 213-254-0112

Website:
http://www.splasm.com

Customer Service:
customerservice@splasm.com

Technical Support:
support@splasm.com

Feedback:
feedback@splasm.com

Products

CheckBook

The next generation of powerfully simple personal finance

Description

CheckBook is a friendly personal finance tool that gets the basics just right and keeps things simple.

Features

Friendly, single-window interface keeps you focused with all major features just a click or two away instead of hiding in menus where you can’t find them.
QuickFilter, an advanced search field that turns “those other search fields” on their ear.
Account Summaries, customized reports to help you visualize where your money came from and where it’s going.
Categories, giving you the power to group your transactions as you see fit for more accurate reporting.
Splits, with support for categories in each line item.
Transfers between accounts.
Printing that works, so you can print all the transactions in a given account, the current filter results or the selected Account Summary.
OFX, QIF and CSV/Text import, so you can easily import bank statements or migrate from Quicken and many other personal finance apps.
Multiple currency support, including support for transfers between accounts with different currencies
And more!

Pricing

Single-user: US $14.95

Family Pack: US $24.95

Requirements

Minimum: Mac OS X 10.3.9, 800x600 display
Recommended: Mac OS X 10.4 or later, 1024x768 display
CheckBook is a Universal Binary

CheckBook Pro

When you need more than CheckBook, go Pro

Description

CheckBook Pro adds advanced functionality to CheckBook.

Features

In addition to CheckBook's feature set:

Smart Folders - search your data using any combination of criteria.
Folders - group or archive your Entries any way you want.
Global Account Summaries - reports on all your Accounts.
Global Scheduled Entries Reminder - manage all your pending Scheduled Entries at once.
Multiple Entry Change - quickly change the details for all items in the current selection.

Pricing

Single-user: US $24.95

Family Pack: US $39.95

Requirements

Minimum: Mac OS X 10.3.9, 800x600 display
Recommended: Mac OS X 10.4 or later, 1024x768 display
CheckBook Pro is a Universal Binary

Audiobook Builder

Easy Listening

Description

Audiobook Builder is the easy way to convert your Audiobook collection into iTunes and iPod-friendly Audiobooks.

Features

Audio File Joining: If you've already ripped your CDs there's no need to suffer through it again. Audiobook Builder can usually bring your files together without a loss in quality.
Enhanced Chapter Stops: By default, every CD you import becomes its own "chapter" in your Audiobook project. When you play the final output in iTunes or on your iPod, you'll notice special controls for quickly moving between these chapters instead of fast-forwarding or rewinding. And, you can accessorize each chapter with its own artwork - which makes listening on your iPod a bit more interesting.
Adjustable Quality Settings: Audiobook Builder comes with a few presets to get you started, but you're welcome to customize your audio settings to suit your personal taste.
iTunes Integration: Audiobook Builder can easily add the current selection in iTunes to your projects, and it also automatically sends its output directly to a special playlist in iTunes.
Quite a Memory: Each Audiobook Builder project is self-contained in its own document, so you are free to start a project now, move on to another application or an evening in the Real World, then come back and finish your project later. You can even move projects between Macs, if necessary.

Pricing

Single-user: US $9.95

Family Pack: US $14.95

Requirements

Mac OS X 10.4 or later
Audiobook Builder is a Universal Binary

ViddyUp!

The iPod & Apple TV Video Wrangler

Description

ViddyUp! makes short work of converting video clips into iPod and Apple TV-friendly formats.

Features

Works with all QuickTime-compatible files, and then some, but doesn’t require QuickTime Pro.
Creates MPEG-4 and H.264 files for iPod and Apple TV.
Batch processing.
MPEG muxed audio support.
Automatic and manual cropping.
Variable quality settings: high-quality for iPod, low-quality for Podcasts.
H.264 singlepass and multipass, with better multipass performance than other QuickTime- based products.
iTunes integration: sends each file to a special ViddyUp! playlist in iTunes.

Pricing

Single-user: US $9.95

Requirements

Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later
ViddyUp! is a Universal Binary

Brightness Control

Simple, screen-dimming fun!

Description

Brightness Control allows users to dim their displays, even without official video or display drivers.

Pricing

Free

Requirements

Mac OS X 10.1 or later
Brightness Control is a Universal Binary

Dasher

Get your Dash'on!

Description

Dasher activates the Mac's Dashboard after a specified idle period.

Pricing

Free

Requirements

Mac OS X 10.4 or later
Dasher is a Universal Binary

Media

Usage

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Logos, Icons and Screenshots

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