Reprinted from TidBITS by permission; reuse governed by Creative Commons license BY-NC-ND 3.0. TidBITS has offered years of thoughtful commentary on Apple and Internet topics. For free email subscriptions and access to the entire TidBITS archive, visit http://www.tidbits.com/ Art Text 3.0 Agen G. N. Schmitz BeLight Software has released [1]Art Text 3.0, a major new release for the graphic design app that helps you create textual graphics, headings, logos, icons, mockups, badges, and more. The latest version adds a 3D rendering engine for creating 3D text and logo, plus the capability to convert 2D text or shapes to 3D. The update also includes more than 70 pre-designed templates to help you quickly create word art, logos, and buttons, over 750 hand drawn shapes, paint stains, watercolor blobs, and spots for 2D art, a variety of masks for adding textures and other effects, and more than 140 3D materials. Art Text 3.0 also adds a layer content preview in the Layers tree, introduces a Colorize feature for changing 3D material color while preserving texture pattern, and brings glow controls for adjusting the luminosity of 3D materials. Upgrading from any previous version of Art Text costs $29.99 (including purchases from the Mac App Store). ($49.99 new, free update, 611 MB, [2]release notes, 10.10+) References 1. http://www.belightsoft.com/ 2. http://www.belightsoft.com/art-text/versions/versions