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{subhead} FXPaint{def}
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PRESSRELEASE, 7.7.1999{p}
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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WHAT IS FXPAINT ?
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fxPAINT is a new, revolutional image processiong software for the
AMIGA, that will make use of the latest hard- and software existing
for the AMIGA. It`s planned to release a first, full release on CD
within this year (1999).
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MAIN FEATURES
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fxPAINT is a strongly extended image processing software for the
AMIGA. It contains the usual painting tools, but also offers a lot
more. E.g. it`s possible to mark whole areas by a simple mouseclick.
Gradients can be added by a simple dragging, too. fxPAINT allows you
the usage of several, natural pens like chalk, pencil, the so called
"Artist Pen" or simply with pens, that were cut from another picture
before. As you might already have thought, when reading fxPAINT`s
name, fxPAINT is not limit to painting with colors or cutted pens, but
offers you a great palette of high-quality effects. This includes, but
isn`t limited to: Standards-effects like changing of brightness,
contrast or gamma. Special-effects like light-sources or bumpmapped
surfaces, glow- and shadow-effects, waves, explosive supernovas,
distortions, etc. You`ll also find professional tools like
Gradtion-curves or matrix operations. This opens up a great number of
posibilities to create and design pictures. Another special feature is
fxPAINT`s realtime-mode, that shows changes to the effect-settings
immediately after they were made. E.g. Light-sources can be dragged
over the pictures - in realtime and full quality!! fxPAINT basically
is similiar to a layer-based image processing package, but it isn`t
directly equal to it. You can paint with effects while the
Alpha-Channel (that can have full 24bitdepth) is fully used, if
active. Painting-mistakes can be fixed easily by the undo and
redo-function. Of course fxPAINT is not only very usable for changing
and manipulating images but also for creating them. E.g. fire,
fractals, screenshots, videodigitizes, etc. can be made directly from
within fxPAINT by some simple clicks.
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EXTERNAL DEVICES AND MODULES
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The support of scanners and videodigitizers and an open, documented
Plugin-API will make you feel, that other programs aren`t needed any
more. To guarantee brilliant printings, optimized routines for the
printer.device and TurboPrint are available within fxPAINT. fxPAINT
keeps the internal multitasking. You can work even while scanning!
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INTERNAL MODULES
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Maybe you are one of those (like me, too), that don`t make great
efforts to sort the graphics on HD in order to keep an overview over
them. That`s why you might like the inbuilt picture database called
fxALBUM. Editing a picture is very easy then, as you only have to
click on the image and on another button in order to have the picture
loaded in fxPAINT. If you want to, you can print overviews over your
pictures as well. For fast conversions between the file formats, the
module fxCONV is available. It allows you automated conversion of
several directories and/or files full of pictures into another format
easily. If you want to create graphics for the WWW and want to make
use of so called HTML-Imagemaps, fxIMAGEMAP might be your tool,
allowing you easy creation of ImageMaps within minutes!
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THE GUI-SYTEM
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fxPAINT has internal BOOPSI-classes of its own, that ideally adapt to
the used hardware. No matter what hardware is used, the fxPAINT-GUI is
full of images, what makes fxPAINT more usable and effective. Of
course, a bubble-help-system is available describing the most
important buttons, so you needn`t guess, what this or that button
might be for. On truecolor-screens, fxPAINT`s GUI is most impressing,
because it then uses 24bit-gradients, that give it an even more modern
and unique look. fxPAINT offers you the ability to adapt to your
already existing knowledge by offering three modes for novices,
average users and experts.
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FEATURES
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Planned (and the major part of the list is already realised) features
are:
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- Support of existing hardware{p}
· Scanner (using RBM`s ScanQuix){p}
· VLab (by MacroSystem) and maybe also other video-digitisers
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- Creation of new pictures and textures as basic function{p}
· Fractals{p}
· Fire{p}
· Screengrabber
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- Full PPC-Support{p}
· PPC-Support was an important issue from the beginning of the development{p}
· Support of WarpUP and PowerUP (ppc.lib){p}
· Open PPC-support allows support for theoretically every (maybe new) PPC-Driver-System
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- Optimized printing routines{p}
· Support for TurboPrint{p}
· Support for printer.device{p}
· Support for the new API in AmigOS 3.5
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- 24 Bit-Alpha-Channel{p}
· Easy usage and choosing{p}
· Full control over transparency effects{p}
· aimed changing of red-, green- and blue-compentents of an image
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- Open and publically documented Plugin-API fxPLUGIN for{p}
· Loader-Modules{p}
· Saver-Modules{p}
· Effect-Modules{p}
· Modules for additional functionality
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- Tons of effects and special effects (ONLY A PART OF THEM IS LISTED HERE!){p}
· Effects are being calculated and displayed in realtime{p}
· Effects are sorted by categories (-> find wanted effect fast){p}
· Mosaic (a picture is replaced by smaller ones){p}
· Bumpmapper with many options (for effects known of 'Candy Factory'){p}
· Lighteffects (lensflares, explosions, supernovas){p}
· Distortions (pagecurl, lightspeed, earthquake, waves){p}
· Rubthrough of pictures{p}
· Drawing on surfaces and textures{p}
· Glow- and shadow-effects{p}
· Great number of functions for retouche of picture{p}
· Great number of functions for optimizing scanned pictures{p}
· Oil-painting, button-border (for 3D-buttons){p}
· Matrix-operations (convolution, emboss){p}
· gradationscurves for optimal color-correction results{p}
· MinMax - convert pictures of bad quality to pictures that are a pleasure to look at!{p}
· Posterize, replace color (gradual, too), RGB-shifts{p}
· colourize, explosion-effect{p}
· collage-effect with mask and glow- and shadoweffects{p}
· Interlace and deinterlace for working with videos{p}
· Invert and logic functions{p}
· Mirroring, pixelise, straw, spread, noise, remove isolated pixels{p}
· Blur, Median, Zooming blur{p}
· Sselective gaussian-blur (for professional rework of digitised pictures){p}
· Anti "red eyes", antique, black&white{p}
· contrast-, brightness-, gamma-, red-, green-, blue-correction{p}
· 14 different dithering- and colorreduction-methods{p}
· ..
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- Extended painting tools{p}
· Magic Stick (Pantograph)-function{p}
· Gradients as basic tool{p}
· Smear- and Blur-Tool{p}
· usual basic-tools
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- integrated picture management with fxALBUM{p}
· Fast catalogisation of pictures on your HD{p}
· directly linked with fxPAINT and therefore has optimal abilities for image manipulation{p}
· Printing of overviews{p}
· Organisation as catalogues
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- integrated mini-converter fxCONV{p}
· conversion of several dirs full of pictures with some clicks{p}
· conversion from any to any format supported by fxPAINT
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- Completly new library of loader- and saver-modules{p}
· highly optimized{p}
· read/write formats like ILBM, PCX, BMP, TARGA, JPEG, YUVN, PCD, LJPG, PNM, RGB8, ...
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- PhotoCD-compatible{p}
· Browse, view and catalogise your PhotoCDs using fxALBUM.{p}
· highly optimised, fast loader
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- own GUI-System{p}
· Realisation as BOOPSI-Objects{p}
· 24Bit GUI-elements and gradients{p}
· GUI contains many pictures{p}
· Bubble-Help for easy usage{p}
· three user-settable knownledge-degrees{p}
· automatic fixation of window-positions{p}
· no hacks, patches, etc.
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- ARexx-support{p}
· connect fxPAINT with all your favourite programs!
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- Systemrequirements{p}
· Minimal{p}
+ AmigaOS 3.x{p}
+ CPU: 68020{p}
+ RAM: 6 MB{p}
+ 10 MB harddisk
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· Recommended{p}
+ AmigaOS 3.x{p}
+ CPU: 68040/060{p}
+ RAM: 16 MB{p}
+ 10 MB harddisk or more
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· Perfect{p}
+ AmigaOS 3.x{p}
+ CPU: 68040/060 and PPC or even PPC-only{p}
+ RAM: 32 MB or more{p}
+ 20 MB harddisk or more
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- Price and distribution{p}
· Price: 70 EURO/93 USD{p}
· Innovative will deliver within Germany.{p}
· Partners for international distribution are being looked for! (send your application to: [e-mail]){p}
· Preorders possible (SAVE MONEY!)
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PREORDERS
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Ordering now saves you a lot of money and gives you a lot of advantages:{p}
- Preorder-price: 66 USD/50 EURO (YOU SAVE 27 USD/20 EURO!!){p}
- including one free update via internet{p}
- You`ll be one of the first people to enjoy full PPC-power while painting{p}
- You motivate us to put even more functions into the final first release.
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FURTHER INFORMATION AND SCREENSHOTS
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.. can be found on our completly redesigned website at{p}
{link http://www.innovative-web.de/}http://www.innovative-web.de/{end}
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Innovative{p}
c/o Felix Schwarz{p}
Am Gründla 3{p}
D-91074 Herzogenaurach{p}
{bold}Germany{nobold}
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EMail: {bold}[e-mail]{nobold}{p}
WWW: {link http://www.innovative-web.de/}http://www.innovative-web.de/{end}{p}
Phone: +(0)049 (0)9132/3400