FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: BlueSky Software 2014 Verdugo Blvd, Suite A Glendale CA, 91208 Email: gsl@netcom.com Fax: (818) 541-1984 OpenSource, Inc. 1776 Lincoln Street, Suite 1012 Denver, CO 80203 Toll Free: 1-800-TRY-OPEN Phone: 1-303-681-4411 Fax: 1-303-681-2393 E-mail: info@opensource.com BlueSky Software Announces Release Of IconMaker 2.0, Availability Through OpenSource, Inc.. Glendale, CA October 20 1994. -- BlueSky Software announced today that it is shipping IconMaker 2.0, the premier NEXTSTEP application for creating and manipulating icons. They also announced a partnership with OpenSource Inc. to become the worldwide reseller for IconMaker. "With its extensive feature list and incredible pixel specific capabilities, we feel IconMaker 2.0 is exactly what many people have been dreaming about in an icon manipulation tool" Said Wes Carrington, VP of Sales and Marketing for OpenSource, Inc.. "IconMaker is a really cool product.", said Greg Lindholm, President, of BlueSky Software. "In a graphic environment like NEXTSTEP you need an easy way to create high quality icons. IconMaker gives you this and it's a lot of fun to use." "We are thrilled that OpenSource has emerged as the leading source for NEXTSTEP software and hardware. They make it possible for third-party developers like ourselves to bring you great software like IconMaker." PRODUCT OVERVIEW ======================= The IconMaker application gives you all the tools you need to create and install your own icons. Personalize your home folders with fun informative icons. Use IconMaker to create quality professional icons for custom applications. NeXTWORLD Magazine gave IconMaker a "Four Cube Rating" stating: "...BlueSky has provided tools that are specifically designed for quickly gaining access to, and editing icons. "...[with additions] IconMaker could be the icon editor NEXTSTEP has needed since its inception. " All of the suggestions and more have incorporated into IconMaker to bring to you a program that's sturdy, fast, friendly and complete. FEATURES ======================= Full set of drawing tools - Pencil, line, circle, square, button (eight styles), text, eraser, stamper, fill, selection. Extensible Stamper tool - Stamp common images onto your icons. Extend it with your own images. Icon Importer - Create an icon from an existing image. Scale the image down to icon size or crop out an icon sized piece from the original or scaled image. Gradation tool - Select two colors and it will fill an area with a gradation between the two colors. There are 6 different styles of gradations from which to choose. Image Combiner - Combine images together using the full power of the Composite and Dissolve operators. Effects Tools - Nudge, Flip, Scale, Rotate, and Gradation. Icon Browser - Display all the icons in a folder at one time. Works even with "hidden" folders and application wrappers. Multiple Image tool - Create and manipulate icons that contain multiple representations of an image. Large highly magnified drawing window - Gives you the precision and detail needed for creating quality icons. Grid and background control - Place the grid over the image, under the image or turn it off. Switch the background from normal gray to highlighted white. Icon Viewer - View the icons in there normal unmagnified size. Tool Inspector - See what mark the tool will make before you use it. Multiple undo levels - Undo up to the last ten changes you made. Superior Text tool - Easily and exactly, add text to your icons. Folder Icon Installer - The simplest way to install an icon as a Folder or Open Folder icon. Image Filtering Services - IconMaker uses user-installed image filter services for converting unsupported image file types. (Works with ImageViewer, McFilter etc. for importing GIF, JPEG, etc.) Grab Service enabled - Import an image using Grab from the Services menu. DEMONSTRATION ======================= A demonstration version of IconMaker Version 2 is available from ftp.cs.orst.edu. This demo is full featured and allows you to save once before it terminates. It is compiled MAB for Intel and Motorola. ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/NeXT/demos/graphics/IconMaker.app.compressed ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu//software/NeXT/demos/graphics/IconMaker.app.README PURCHASE INFORMATION ======================= IconMaker is compiled MAB for Intel and Motorola under NEXTSTEP 3.2. A Single User License of IconMaker is $120.00 U.S. IconMaker is available directly from BlueSky Software or from OpenSource, Inc. BlueSky Software 2014 Verdugo Blvd, Suite A Glendale CA, 91208 Email: gsl@netcom.com Fax: (818) 541-1984 OpenSource Inc. 1776 Lincoln Street, Suite 1012 Denver, CO 80203, USA toll free: 1 800 TRY OPEN (879 6736) voice : 1 303 861 4411 fax : 1 303 861 2393 e-mail: info@opensource.com Bulk discounts and Multi-User Network Licenses are available, contact us for more information. BlueSky Software ---------------- BlueSky Software is a software company based in Glendale, developing cool and useful software for NEXTSTEP. OpenSource, Inc. ---------------- OpenSource is a single-source reseller of third-party applications and pre-configured hardware for the NEXTSTEP operating system. Dedicated to prompt service and quality support, OpenSource offers the most extensive line of NEXTSTEP related products in the industry. OpenSource is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.