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E-CATALOG/NEWSLETTER - REALITY SOFTWARE 05/05/96
***MAJOR UPGRADE TO ANCIENT/MEDIEVAL HISTORY TIMELINE***
***ORIGINS OF MYTHOLOGY FOR WINDOWS 95***
***THE GREAT GODDESS IN INDIA AND TIBET FOR WINDOWS 95***
***VERSION 1.50 OF ALL HISTORIC TRANSPORTATION MEDIA
ALBUM/SCREEN SAVERS IS COMPATIBLE WITH BOTH WIN 3.1+
AND WINDOWS 95***
INTRODUCTION
Reality Software is a small company whose husband and
wife team is devoted to the publication of two product lines.
We publish quality E-Books for DOS and Windows in
ancient/medieval history and the history of religion. These
books represent original, scholarly research and are designed
for thinking adults. They are an attempt at original synthesis
from the literature and some of the writing is at journal level.
They are definitely not school-oriented software nor New Age fluff.
Reality Software also publishes a large series of Windows
image collections/media albums and screen savers that feature a)
historical transportation photography and b) original
computer art whose themes are mythic and visionary.
Each image is royalty free in the registered versions of
this software.
All Windows E-Books come with Replica, an application
independent viewing system that bypasses the need for a word
processor. Full instructions are included and the software is
very user friendly.
For those of you who may be interested in our products
and do not have a high-end Windows system, notice that several
E-Books are available with a superb document viewing interface
for DOS (BigText) that in the latest version (1.3) incorporates
graphics to produce illustrated electronic books. We offer a
money back guarantee: if you do not find a book captivating and
interesting, return your disk(s) for a full-no questions-asked,
refund. Assume all disks are high density.
Ten publications in our series of Windows media
albums and screen savers featuring archival transportation
photography have been released. Three volumes feature images
scanned from our private collection of 19th century steam
locomotives. The other publications feature images of electric
locomotives, tall ships, classic sail boats, classic battleships,
early bicycles and early trolleys. All images are scanned from our
personal collection of rare photographs. The photos are quite rare
and in many cases are single prints made by early photographers
and collectors. With a handful of exceptions, none have ever been
published before in any medium and then only many decades ago
at very low resolution. Each photo has been meticulously restored
to repair negative and print damages while maintaining the historical
integrity of the image. Each graphic image in these publications is
24 bit and royalty free to registered users. Whatever historical
data we can reliably ascertain about each photo is included as a
text file.
Four volumes in our Windows screen saver series of original
visionary art have been released. 1) Fifteen original computer
paintings explore the theme of Mythic Bears. 2) Fifteen original
computer paintings explore the Epiphanies of the Neolithic
Goddess. 3) Fifteen original computer paintings developed with
fractals express images of Cosmic Creation. 4) Fifteen original
computer paintings explore relationships with Sacred Animals.
The shareware versions of each screen saver contain three
images, the registered versions fifteen. There is no duplication
among the collections. Each graphics file in v1.2 of these
publications is 24 bit, 16 million color, and royalty free to
registered users. At a cost of $1 or less per image, such a license
is a bargain. Stock photography agencies typically charge $100 or
more per image for commercial licenses.
Of immediate concern to the graphics design and multimedia
industries, is a major expansion of Now Corbis which is owned by
Microsoft. Now Corbis holds an enormous library of stock photos with
plans to triple its inventory in the near future. Corbis intends to
sell one time licenses for each image and employs five intellectual
property lawyers to write contracts with clients. I quote Mark Daniel,
manager of sales. "We have not been selling an image for less than
$100, and we also have sold an image up to $5,000. Normally, they
[one-time reproduction licenses] are $200 to $400 an image." In October
1995, Now Corbis purchased the Bettman Archive, a well known library
of more than 16 million digitized images in the Fine Arts. Other
agreements have since followed including license to reproduce in
digital media the photographs of Ansel Adams.
Realize, that if you are a graphics designer or multimedia
developer, this is the playing field now and for the foreseeable
future. While Reality Software can only develop image collections
built around specialized themes, if you can use our products, we
offer the most inexpensive license in the industry: $1 per image for
a lifetime royalty free license. And you will not have to talk to a
lawyer. We wish to share our knowledge and creativity with you at
the lowest cost possible.
Reality Software also offers image restoration services:
contact us at one of our many addresses listed below. We can
often produce a nearly invisible repair of the problems caused by
such damages as water or ink stains, and rips or tears in prints or
negatives. We can also restore an appropriate contrast level and
resolution to seriously faded images. If the image does not exist
as computer media, we will scan it for you before beginning
restoration. An example of our restoration work can be seen at
our Web site on the Historic Transportation and Visionary Art
Page.
We also produce electronic catalogs for business, artists
and photographers and offer two templates. You can evaluate either
approach by downloading 1) any of our Media Album/ScreenSavers
and 2) our multimedia catalog: catdemo2.zip from our Web site.
Consider the presentation and the very low cost compared to traditional
paper catalogs with photos that must be mailed. A high quality,
professional presentation of your product and creativity is now very
affordable.
E-BOOK PUBLICATIONS: WINDOWS 3.1+ and WINDOWS 95
1) Explore the Origins of Mythology with hunter/gatherers
in the Upper Paleolithic and Native Americans in the Amazon.
Available as an illustrated version for either WIN 3.1+ (v1.51)
or WIN 95 (v1.52) that utilizes Replica; or for DOS as v1.3. Have
you ever wondered how it all began? Major references include the
work of Alexander Marshak and shamanic practices among peoples
of the Amazon.
2) The White Goddess in Neolithic Old Europe is an
in-depth study of the archeology, artifacts, iconography and
ritual of the Goddess religion of Neolithic Europe. The material
is based extensively on the breakthrough work of Marija Gimbutas.
Several hypotheses are presented about iconography and metaphor
which are drawn from realms as diverse as evolutionary biology
and the marine zoology of megafauna in the dark abyss of the deep
ocean. Version 1.1 available for DOS only as ASCII text files.
3) Early Myth and The Goddess in Ancient China is a
discussion of the feminine in Shang and Chou Dynasty myth and
the central role played by the Myth of the Sacred Mulberry Tree
(Fu Sang). Extensive use is made of the various latest archeology
research and analysis of early texts. There are extensive
discussions of early Chinese and Manchu shamanism and their
possible commonalities with Western metaphor. Available for both
DOS (v1.3) and Replica for Windows (v1.51).
4) Early Myth and Amaterasu in Neolithic and Medieval
Japan is a deep exploration of the earliest Japanese mythology
and ritual with an emphasis upon the origins and life of the
Sun Goddess, Amaterasu. Extensive use is made of the two eighth
century mythological histories: the Kojiki and Nih