@image demo software is now available! @image is a unique presentation graphics package that enhances your ability to produce professional-looking documents and deliver outstanding briefings. @image combines quick-to-grasp drawing features and specialized presentation tools that can be used by professionals, not just artists or programmers. Its most impressive feature, unique only to @image, utilizes the power of distributed objects and allows the speaker to personally deliver a presentation over a network to other NEXTSTEP workstations. The audience can be around the corner or around the world and receive the same live presentation. @image is a high-quality, multimedia presentation graphics package for only $399! Educational and government discounts are available. Highlights: o Standard text editors and formating o Drawing and color tools (including rotate and skew) o Speaker's notes attachment o Master page templates o Per-page sounds, hot links and copy/paste of RTF, RIB, EPS and TIFF o Engaging slide transitions o Gradient background fill patterns o Network presentation facility The internet archive location for the @image demo is: ftp.cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/demos/productivity Look for these 5 files: @image.README @imageDescription.rtfd.tar.Z @imageInstall.rtfd.tar.Z @imageSamples.pkg.tar @image_1.0b.pkg.tar This demo release of @image is a MAB supporting both Intel and Motorola hardware and requires NS3.x. To obtain a disk version of the @image demo, please email your request to: info@rdr.com or contact us at 800/523-2874 or 703/591-9517. ---------------------------------------------------------------- From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: BLaCKSMITH INC. SHIPS CHaRTSMITH 1.1 Date: 3 Jun 1994 23:25:35 -0400 Approved: sanguish@digifix.com Reply-To: info@blacksmith.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Angela Smith BLaCKSMITH, Inc. 800.619.6147 703.250.1741 703.250.1744 Fax info@blacksmith.com BLaCKSMITH INC. SHIPS CHaRTSMITH 1.1 with API - CHARTING AND GRAPHING SOLUTION FOR NEXTSTEP WASHINGTON, D.C. --- June 1, 1994 --- BLaCKSMITH, Inc. today announced the release of CHaRTSMITH 1.1, the presentation-quality charting and graphing application for NEXTSTEP. This latest release of CHaRTSMITH comes complete with a simple and intuitive user interface and a Distributed Objects API. Now users and application developers have easy access to the CHaRTSMITH charting engine. The release of CHaRTSMITH 1.1 marks its transition from a charting application to an enterprise-wide, charting solution. For integrating charts and graphs into presentations and reports, CHaRTSMITH offers professional graphics and a simple and intuitive user interface. When charting is a requirement of Mission Critical Custom Applications, CHaRTSMITH provides a robust API through which charts are easily produced. With its ability to solve charting problems from anywhere in the NEXTSTEP environment, CHaRTSMITH is now more than an application, it's a solution. "When we talked to customers about their requirements for charting and graphing, the message was loud and clear. They wanted a charting solution that would provide charts to both Mission Critical Custom Applications and users," said Tony Rennier, President of BLaCKSMITH. "By providing both an intuitive user interface and a Distributed Objects API to the CHaRTSMITH charting engine, we have given customers a charting and graphing solution that works for everyone in their organization, users and developers alike." Simple and Intuitive - CHaRTSMITH allows users to easily create charts from any application by selecting data and choosing the desired chart type from the CHaRTSMITH Services Menu. Users can drag-and-drop colors, images, and annotations to instantly enhance the impact of charts. Modify chart features with the CHaRTSMITH Inspector panel - just click the feature and the Inspector displays the relevant set of controls. Export charts from CHaRTSMITH by dragging them directly to any application that accepts images. "CHaRTSMITH has taken the best of all worlds in charting and combined them into one great program," said Chris Ralph of BJK&E, Inc., Chicago. "Some of the features of CHaRTSMITH that have made it #1 in our Chicago office are the self explanatory inspector panels, chart templates, easy data manipulation, and the variety of charts types available." Distributed Objects API - CHaRTSMITH provides Mission Critical Custom Applications direct access to its powerful charting engine. Through CHaRTSMITH's Distributed Objects API custom applications can create sophisticated, full-featured charts without user interaction. Charts created through the CHaRTSMITH API may be viewed in CHaRTSMITH, or displayed directly in Mission Critical Custom Applications. "Using CHaRTSMITH as a Distributed Object server, we quickly added stable graphing functionality to our application," said Guy Roberts, of The SwisKey team, Swiss Bank, London. "Working this way was easier, cheaper and more fun than using equivalent class libraries." Powerful Features - CHaRTSMITH provides features that save time. For example, users can quickly duplicate the look-and-feel of any chart using CHaRTSMITH templates. Color changes can be viewed before they happen by using the CHaRTSMITH color preview feature. And, CHaRTSMITH's object links make data and chart updates a snap. CHaRTSMITH's powerful features make it easy and fun to use. "We evaluated CHaRTSMITH against a number of other leading NEXTSTEP charting packages and CHaRTSMITH came out the clear leader for our MIS charting requirements," said Bob Marshall, Modula Systems, Consultant to Group Finance IT, Barclays Bank PLC. Its impressive API was particularly significant". Professional Graphics - CHaRTSMITH sets the standard for presentation-quality charts and graphs. Users can create spectacular charts with a stunning array of special effects including gradient fills, text shadowing, and sophisticated 3D effects. Full support for transparency allows users to add a polished look to their presentations and reports. CHaRTSMITH's high quality graphics bring the data to life. "In every one of our enterprise customer sites around the globe, CHaRTSMITH is regarded as the premier charting solution," said Dain Ehring, Director of Sales, Lighthouse Design LTD. Availability - CHaRTSMITH 1.1 is available today for all NeXT and Intel computers running NEXTSTEP 3.0 and later. BLaCKSMITH is committed to making CHaRTSMITH available on all future releases of NEXTSTEP and OpenStep. Pricing - CHaRTSMITH 1.1 with API is priced at $495 per user. Volume and academic discounts are available. Registered users of CHaRTSMITH 1.0 will receive a free upgrade to CHaRTSMITH 1.1. About BLaCKSMITH - Founded in 1992, BLaCKSMITH, Inc. is dedicated to providing software solutions to customers who wish to capitalize on the advantages of object-oriented software. BLaCKSMITH develops and markets CHaRTSMITH, the presentation-quality charting and graphing solution for NEXTSTEP. Additionally, BLaCKSMITH provides consulting services for organizations seeking object-oriented development expertise. ### NEXTSTEP is a registered trademark of NeXT Computer, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. CHaRTSMITH is a trademark of BLaCKSMITH, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. ---------------------------------------------------------------- From: Andrew MacRae Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: nxps2ai - convert Postscript to Adobe Illustrator v.3 Date: 5 Jun 1994 00:48:43 -0400 Approved: sanguish@digifix.com Reply-To: macrae@geo.ucalgary.ca nxps2ai - a script to convert Postscript files to Adobe Illustrator v.3.0 files using DPS on NEXTSTEP machines. This script, plus some support files, have been uploaded to: cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/sources/graphics/nxps2ai_README cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/sources/graphics/nxps2ai.tar.Z It is based on "next.sh" by George White , which uses "ps2ai.ps" by Jason Olszewski , which is available at: anonymous ftp: toby.princeton.edu /pub/olszewsk/ps2ai.ps URL ftp://toby.princeton.edu/pub/olszewsk You may want to check there to see if "ps2ai.ps" has been updated. The version used here is 2.13 (April 1994). I really did not add much to George's script, and most of the work is done by Jason's "ps2ai.ps", so they deserve much more credit than I. Thanks guys, for making your work available. You should read the document "ps2ai.doc" to read about the limitations of the "ps2ai.ps" converter. I have tried it with a few files, and it seems to work fine. No warranty expressed or implied (of course). The contributions I have made (nxps2ai in part) can be distributed freely. For any restrictions on the other material, see the respective files. Please let me know if you make any improvements, and consider letting the original authors know as well. In particular, Jason Olszewski maintains contributions from other sources at the site mentioned above. -Andrew macrae@geo.ucalgary.ca All trademarks are the property of their respective owners, but you knew that anyway, right? ---------------------------------------------------------------- --End of Digest-- ================================================================ =END=