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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
contact: Steve Weintz
EthnoGraphics
707 E. Main St.
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 328-4803
indy@jg.cso.uiuc.edu (ASCII mail)
indy@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu (NeXTMail)
ETHNOGRAPHICS, A NEW NEXTSTEP-BASED GRAPHICS/MULTIMEDIA FIRM,
WILL EXHIBIT AT MAJOR ARCHAEOLOGY CONFERENCE
Urbana, Illinois, April 8, 1994 - EthnoGraphics will exhibit its
services and demonstrate NEXTSTEP technology at the 59th Annual
Meeting of the Society of American Archaeology, to be held this
year at the Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim, California, April 20-24.
Over 1800 archaeologists will attend this conference, the largest
such gathering in North America. The SAA Annual Meeting will host
symposia on all aspects of current research and theory regarding
the archaeology of the Americas, as well as sessions on public
archaeology and education and cultural resource management.
EthnoGraphics personnel will use shrinkwrapped applications in live
demonstrations of image processing, illustration and cartography,
document construction, and multimedia presentation; company plans
for services based on integrated systems of commercial and custom
NEXTSTEP software will be discussed.
Among the demonstrations planned are:
- new techniques of artifact and monument reconstruction using
RenderMan and intuitiv'3d(TM)
- photograph enhancement and data extraction using WetPaint(TM) and a
beta version of TIFFany II(TM)
- illustration using Diagram2(TM) and Adobe Illustrator(TM)
- document construction using PasteUp(TM)
- multimedia creation and presentation with Concurrence(TM),
MediaStation(TM) and NEXTSTEP digital video and audio tools
In addition, EthnoGraphics will outline experimental concepts, with a view to
future implementation:
- integrating remote sensing into archaeological projects via
Rendezvous(TM) and Emerald Image Tool(TM)
- visualizing time-space relationships and managing archaeological
data via custom apps built with 3DKit and DBKit
"We identified a real need for high-quality graphics and presentations
within the anthropological community", says Steven Weintz, Chief
Designer and CEO of EthnoGraphics. "Anthropology and its sub-disciplines
have tremendous quality of content but little public exposure, and
even professional communciations often fail to do justice to their
material. With the growth of multimedia channels of information
dispersal, we feel it is time for the disciplines to convey their
subject matter and research findings in ways that convey the richness
of human history and behavior."
EthnoGraphics has chosen NEXTSTEP as its platform because of its
excellent graphics support, ease of use, and power. "We could have
gone with Macintoshs or even low-end SGI's, but found in NeXT
products the easiest, most powerful, most cost-effective solution,"
says Weintz. "The integration and multitasking of the environment,
the superb GUI and good price/performance ratio of NEXTSTEP software
allow our small firm to deliver superior output at minimum cost,
and in a timely fashion."
About EthnoGraphics
Founded in 1994 by Steven Weintz, a former Ph.D. student of South
American archaeology, EthnoGraphics is a privately-held graphics
and multimedia production company targeted primarily, though not
exclusively, at the anthropological profession. Inquiries regarding
custom graphics work outside of anthropology, including logos,
icons and documents, are welcomed.
EthnoGraphics is a trademark of EthnoGraphics. Other trademarks
mentioned belong to their respective owners. NeXT and NEXTSTEP are
registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc.
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