PhotoGIF¬ 2.1 Chosen As 1996 Editors╒ Choice Award Finalist
Contact:
Travis Anton, travis@boxtopsoft.com
BoxTop Software, Inc.
http://www.boxtopsoft.com
601-324-1800
MacUser Editors Name PhotoGIF¬ 2.1 as Finalist for Industry╒s Most Significant Honor
Starkville, Mississippi, 11/18/96 ╤ MacUser, the leading monthly magazine for buyers of Macintosh computers and products, has selected BoxTop Software, Inc.╒s PhotoGIF¬ 2.1 as a 1996 Editors╒ Choice Award Finalist for Best New Production Tool. The ╥Eddy╙ Award recognizes the best Macintosh hardware and software products released throughout the year. Finalist products were selected based on their technological innovation, quality, performance, user friendliness, and value to Macintosh users.
╥During a year of headline-grabbing news about the Internet, the Macintosh met the challenge with a slew of new Web publishing products while continuing to lead the way in graphics, imaging and DTP,╙ noted MacUser editor in chief, Pamela Pfiffner. ╥On the hardware side, the Macintosh excels in innovation. That's why many familiar names moved their products to the Macintosh platform, proving what insiders have known all along ╨ that the Mac platform is strong and growing.╙
BoxTop Software, Inc.'s PhotoGIF¬ 2.1 is an Adobe Photoshop 3.0 or better file format plug-in for creating GIF images and animations optimized for use in world wide web publishing. PhotoGIF¬ 2.1 incorporates advanced proprietary techniques for color reduction palette usage optimization, compression enhancements that result in superior image quality and smaller file sizes with an efficient, ergonomic user interface that increases productivity making it an indispensable production tool for world wide web publishing.
On January 6th, 1997, MacUser will name the winners of the 1996 Editors╒ Choice Awards. For the first time in the history of the Eddys, the exclusive awards ceremony can be viewed live on the Web. The Eddy Award Webcast will take place during the live Eddy Awards ceremony, Monday, January 6, 1997 from 8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. PST. Online viewers can access the ceremony from the MacUser Eddy Awards Web site at www.eddyawards.com.
The1996 Eddy Awards ceremony will announce winners in 36 product categories. Special awards will honor the Hardware and Software Products of the Year as well as recognize the Breakthrough Technology of the Year. In addition, two personal achievement awards will be presented to individuals who have made significant contributions to the Macintosh industry.
MacUser is dedicated to providing comparative, labs-based product evaluations, reviews and information for enhancing productivity through the use of Macintosh products. The largest Macintosh publication with 100% paid circulation, MacUser reaches nearly 530,000 product buyers each month. Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, MacUser is published by Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. MacUser's Web Page can be found at www.macuser.com.
Ziff-Davis, a Softbank company, is the leading publisher of computer and Internet magazines. In addition to MacUser, the company publishes MacWEEK, PC Magazine, PCWEEK, PC Computing, Computer Shopper, Windows Sources, Computer Life, FamilyPC (with the Walt Disney Company), Computer Gaming World, Electronic Gaming Monthly, EGM2, P.S.X., CyberSports, Intelligent Gamer, ZD Internet Magazine, Inter@ctive Week (published with Inter@ctive Enterprises),Yahoo! Internet Life, and Internet Underground in the U.S. Ziff-Davis also publishes or licenses an additional 60 titles that are distributed in more than 100 countries around the world.
BoxTop Software, Inc. is a software developer and publisher located in Starkville, Mississippi, founded January, 1995 by Travis and Richard Anton to create graphics software tools to meet the specific needs of world wide web publishing. BoxTop Software, Inc. was the first company to address this new market and continues to be the leader in web graphics software tools. The company╒s assets include three proven and very successful products, PhotoGIF¬, ProJPEG¬, and GIFmation¬.
