rjs@cuuxe.UUCP (Richard J. Straka) (09/17/86)
(line eater) I was recently at the CEPS show in Boston, and saw a pre-release version of SuperPaint from Silicon Beach. It appears to be a powerful package deserving serious consideration as a replacement for MacPaint. It is scheduled for release in mid-October, 1986. Basic features: Full screen editing Multiple open files 2 layers: one for bit mode graphics, one for objects Objects can be converted into bit mode, and vice versa 3 levels of magnification (2x, 4x, 8x) Reduced View mode All drawing tools have auto-scrolling Selectable center point origin mode for circles (the way I like to draw them) and for squares Editable text (just 1 font, style per object for now, like MacDraw) File formats: SuperPaint MacDraw PICT MacPaint Multiple copies can be printed LaserWriter support: LaserBits(TM): 300dpi fatbits (implemented with linked data files) Access to LaserWriter grays (via multiple pallette) Compatible with large screen displays It demo'ed quite well, and as I *understand* is not a real memory hog. It isn't the last word for this kind of program, but it's a good start, and Silicon Beach seems to be hard at work to continue enhancing it. Best news of *all*, it's reasonably inexpensive, with a suggested list of $99. Rich Straka ihnp4!cuuxe!rjs PS: Usual disclaimers apply.
sba@aaec.OZ (Sal Barbagallo) (09/23/86)
In article <189@cuuxe.UUCP>, rjs@cuuxe.UUCP (Richard J. Straka) writes: > (line eater) > > I was recently at the CEPS show in Boston, and saw a pre-release version of > SuperPaint from Silicon Beach. It appears to be a powerful package deserving > serious consideration as a replacement for MacPaint. It is scheduled for > release in mid-October, 1986. sal
ix21@sdcc6.ucsd.EDU (David Whiteman) (10/06/86)
I just saw SuperPaint, a new product soon to be released from Silicon Beach Software, at the Mac users group meeting here, and I wanted to share some impressions. SuperPaint is designed to be a replacement for both MacPaint and MacDraw and be the graphics program for the Mac. I can't compare the program to Fullpaint as I never saw Fullpaint in operation. Basically SuperPaint is two programs in one; it has both a paint mode in which you draw on a bit mapped image, and there is a draw mode in which you draw separate objects which you can move around, group and ungroup, and move front and back. Both the paint screen and the draw screen are superimposed -- the screen which appears frontmost is the mode you are in, and you can switch back and forth between the two modes. You can also print or save in either mode. There are many features that SuperPaint has that MacDraw and MacPaint don't. For example SuperPaint will let you draw objects that center around a point automatically. It also treats text like text unlike in MacPaint when text becomes part of the paint image and hard to edit. SuperPaint also lets you work on the image either a page at a time, or a screen at a time, or either 2, 4, or 8 times magnification; and you can see all these different views at the same time while working on your document. You can also work in a laserwriter mode when you are working on the pixel level of the laser writer. SuperPaint was demonstrated on one of the 3rd party megascreens for the Mac, 1024 x 1024, and it was incredible. I now almost wish I could spend the money on one of those large screens. The megascreen company said that FullPaint cannot function on a megascreen. Unfortunately SuperPaint won't be out for another month. -- David Whiteman, University of California, San Diego The America's Cup, don't leave Perth without it.
tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith) (10/07/86)
In article <2941@sdcc6.ucsd.EDU> ix21@sdcc6.UUCP (David Whiteman) writes: > >could spend the money on one of those large screens. The megascreen company >said that FullPaint cannot function on a megascreen. Unfortunately >SuperPaint won't be out for another month. ComicWorks seems to work fine on the MegaScreen. -- member, all HASA divisions POELOD ECBOMB -------------- ^-- Secret Satanic Message Tim Smith USENET: sdcrdcf!ism780c!tim Compuserve: 72257,3706 Delphi or GEnie: mnementh