mithomas@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Michael Thomas Niehaus) (07/20/89)
"TRUE" COLOR PIXELPAINT PROFESSIONAL ANNOUNCED
SAN FRANCISCO, July 10, 1989 -- SuperMac* Technology today announced PixelPaint
Professional*, a true color paint program that allows Macintosh( II and SE/30
system users to import, create, manipulate and export photographic-quality
images -- tasks previously possible only on dedicated image processing systems
or with help of an outside service bureau.
PixelPaint Professional:
* supports Apple Computer's 8, 16, 24, and 32-bit color display standards.
* costs $699, available third quarter 1989.
* allowse users to work on screen with nearly 16.8 million colors at once
* PixelPaint 2.0 remains in the product line for users whose requirements
are limited to 256 colors.
* incorporates all the basic features of PixelPaint 2.0:
PANTONE color picker, dithering, color separations, etc.
* includes advanced features: smoothing and blending tools, flexible masking,
anti-aliasing, transparency control
* reads from and writes MacPaint, PICT, PICT2, Encapsulated PostScript (EPSF),
and TIFF files
* program supports both QuickDraw and Postscript compatible printers and other
output devices such as digital typesetting and color separation equipment.
* provides sophisticated half-tone control for printing monochromatic images.
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The actual press release was about three times as long, but this covers the
high points.
-Michael
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