Zevrix Solutions (http://www.zevrix.com) has released PDF Checkpoint 1.2, an update of the PDF workflow automation solution. The new version lets users preserve transparency when exporting PDF to TIFF and PNG.

Yazsoft (http://www.yazsoft.com) has released Speed Download 5.2.11, the latest version of its Mac OS X download manager that combines four products: a download manager with auto-resuming downloads, a secure FTP client, a file sharing utility with full encryption, and .Mac/iDisk/WEBDAV connectivity. The upgrade offers new Growl integration and squishes some bugs.

Tension Software has updated NoteList (http://pomola.com/products_notelist/notelist.html), a Mac OS X app that allows to store notes in a free form using text and images with full word processing capabilities, to version 2.8. The upgrade improves the search result display, enhances the split area handling and offers better memory management.

The PandaWare Company (http://www.pandaware.com) has updated Simple Help Editor, its cross-platform help authoring application, to version 4.0.1. Mac and Windows users can use Simple Help Editor to create software help systems that display in Apple Help Viewer, Windows' HTML Help viewer, a Web browser, or in a proprietary help window (for applications created with Real Software's REALbasic). The new version offers: more options for reusing content for different purposes; more ways to incorporate custom styling to page design; and more default snippets for customizing Help content.

Lightworks (http://www.lightworksdesign.com) has released Lightworks Author 8.2 which includes enhanced rendering functionality for customers.