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Name | Price | Rating | Comment | Win 95 | Win 3.1 | From | Tel no | Issue | Page | Additional comments, notes | |
Graphics/Drawing | |||||||||||
ABC Graphics Suite | £249 | llllmm | Considerable power, strongly technical, not suitable for beginners. | Y | N | Micrografx | 0800 626009 | 18 | 163 | ||
Add Depth | £131 | llllmm | Useful if expensive tool for creating classy 3D style artwork. | Y | Softlline | 0181 401 1234 | 6 | 142 | |||
ASAP | £95 | llllmm | Basic presentation graphics tool, excellent pre built templates. | Y | Y | Software Catalogue | 0800 136932 | 14 | 169 | ||
Coreldraw! 6 | £495 | lllllm | A worthwhile upgrade if you have high spec hardware. | Y | Y | Corel | 01703 814142 | 13 | 132 | ||
Coreldraw! 6 | £495 | lllllm | The defining standard to which other packages aspire. | Y | N | Corel | 01703 814142 | 18 | 157 | recommended | |
Corel Xara | £199 | lllllm | A natural illustration package - output realism comparable to paint software. | Y | Y | Corel | 01703 814142 | 18 | 158 | ||
Elastic Reality | £399 | lllllm | Outstandingly powerful morphing and special effects package. | Y | Softline | 0181 401 1234 | 4 | 162 | recommended | ||
Flying fonts | £199 | lllllm | Powerful package for creating flying logos for presentations. | Y | Y | LTS | 01386 792617 | 13 | 150 | recommended | |
Freehand 5 | £450 | lllmmm | Aimed at the graphics professional, but will not beat Corel. | Y | Y | Computers Unlimited | 0181 200 8282 | 12 | 126 | ||
Freehand 5 | £450 | llllmm | Mixed high and low spots. Bitmapping is embarrasing. | Y | Y | Computers Unlimited | 0181 200 8282 | 18 | 159 | ||
Freehand 4 | £450 | llllmm | Puts practicality first. A few errors and omissions mar its appeal. | Y | Aldus | 0131 451 6888 | 1 | 116 | |||
Key Presenter | £40 | lllmmm | Good presentation graphics on a budget. | Y | Softkey | 0181 789 2000 | 9 | 129 | |||
KPT Convolver | £129 | llllmm | Undoubtedly the most exciting way to manipulate images. | Y | Principal | 01706 832000 | 10 | 150 | |||
Leadview 3 | £99 | llllmm | Cheap and quick storage and manipulation facilities. | Y | Equations Technology | 01935 74144 | 1 | 153 | |||
Media Paint | £449 | llllmm | Superb set of special effects tools, but a challenging learning process. | Y | N | Principal | 01706 832000 | 23 | 172 | ||
MicroGrafx Designer 4.1 TE | £375 | llllmm | Falls between CAD and presentation, takes time to use. | Y | Micrografx | 0800 626009 | 2 | 150 | |||
MicroGrafx Draw 4 | £33 | lllllm | Drawing with unexceptional functionality but exceptional value for money. | Y | N | Micrografx | 0191 510 0203 | 16 | 133 | recommended | |
Paint Shop Pro 4 | £50 | llllmm | Showing its age, but if your demands are few well worth a look. | Y | N | Digital Workshop | 01295 258335 | 25 | 204 | ||
Painter 4 | £399 | lllllm | Top of its class with vectors, internet and Mosaic capabilities. | Y | Y | Computers Unlimited | 0181 200 8282 | 18 | 122 | recommended | |
PhotoImpact 3 | £135 | llllll | The ideal solution for general photo editing. | Y | Y | BIT UK | 01420 83811 | 25 | 208 | excellence | |
Photoshop 3 | £725 | lllllm | Not perfect, but does justify its huge price tag. | Y | Principal | 01706 832000 | 4 | 140 | recommended | ||
Picture Publisher 5 | £375 | lllllm | Sold at a mid range price, yet boasting high end features. | Y | Micrografx | 01483 747526 | 3 | 163 | |||
Serif DrawPlus 2 | £99 | llllmm | Powerful and easy to use for the new or occasional user. | Y | Serif | 0800 924925 | 8 | 148 | |||
Simply 3D | £69 | lllmmm | Introduction to the world of 3D rendering. | Y | Visual Software | 0151 933 8772 | 8 | 145 | |||
Smartsketch 95 | £47 | llllmm | Works like a painting package. Idiosyncratic. | Y | Y | CGS ComputerBild | 0181 679 7307 | 15 | 122 | ||
Smartsketch 95 | £47 | llllmm | Powerful in some areas, underpowered in others. | Y | Y | CGS ComputerBild | 0181 679 7307 | 18 | 160 | ||
Virtus Walkthrough Pro 2 | £295 | llllmm | Well designed and easy to use, can produce 3D virtual walkthroughs. | Y | Roderick Manhattan | 0181 8754400 | 7 | 136 | |||
Visio 4 | £169 | lllllm | Excellent for creating schematic diagrams of all kinds. | Y | Visio International | 0800 834859 | 12 | 138 | recommended | ||
Visio 3 | £99 | llllmm | An excellent product for people who need to draw but can't. | Y | Shapeware | 0800 834859 | 3 | 169 | |||
Windows Draw 4 | £39 | lllllm | Extremely easy to use, but very poor text handling. | Y | N | Micrografx | 01483 747526 | 18 | 163 | ||
Xara Studio | £199 | lllllm | Ground breaking, bridging the gap between drawing and painting. | Y | Y | Corel | 01703 814142 | 12 | 132 | recommended | |
Xres 2 | £549 | llllmm | Capable photo editing software. | Y | Y | Computers Unlimited | 0181 358 5857 | 23 | 170 | ||
Graphics Management | |||||||||||
Hijaak 95 | £50 | llllmm | A handy screen capture and manipulation utility. | Y | N | Quarterdeck | 01245 496699 | 20 | 152 | ||
Imageaxs | £149 | llllmm | Efficient, though unexciting. Does not handle video or sound files. | Y | New Media Solutions | 0171 229 1708 | 13 | 158 |
Last Update: 15/10/96
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