Layers Captures Layered Screenshots

Wuomn on Monday announced the release of Layers 1.0, a new screen capture utility for Mac OS X. It costs $19.95 (available now for $15).

Layers captures screenshots in a fully Photoshop-compatible image format, with separate layers for each window, including men and desktop icons, dock and menu bar. You can customize screen captures further, including window selection, image format and other parameters. Other advanced options include the ability to specify framing, shadow, opacity and layer boundaries. Layers is multi-display compatible.

Layers requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later, 5.4 MB hard disk space and Adobe Photoshop 5.0 or later (or another app that can read PSD files).

JBL Introduces New Studio Monitors

JBL Professional introduced the LSR2300, a new line of studio monitors designed for computer-based music production systems.

The LSR2300 Series includes three models: the Bi-Amplified 8-inch Studio Monitor with 160 Watts of amplification; the LSR2325P Bi-Amplified 5-inch Studio Monitor with 85 Watts of amplification; and the LSR2310SP Powered 10-inch Studio Subwoofer with an integrated 180 Watt power amplifier.

Even though the LSR2300 is on the low-end of the company's monitoring systems, JBL says they applied the same high criteria when building the monitors. For example, JBL says that most manufacturers take a single on-axis measurement of the speaker's performance, while they take 70 measurements.

Each model features balanced XLR, 1/4-inch, and unbalanced RCA inputs that allows connection to a wide range of playback sources including computer audio workstations, professional mixing consoles, as well as consumer playback systems.

The monitors will be available in March. Pricing was not announced.