Pixel!FX

The Industry's Premier Solution for Image Scanning & Editing

Pixel!FX includes image editing and scanning functionality.  Pixel!FX interfaces with more than 20 scanners and offers the ability to read and write virtually any image file format desired anywhere in your network.  From black-and-white and grayscale to 8-bit, 24-bit or 48-bit color images, and even up to 16-bit grayscale and 32/64 bit CMYK, Pixel!FX provides a full complement of tools to give you the power to move mountains - all within your Sun workstation and network environment.

The Pixel!FX product includes three powerful applications:  Pixel!SCAN, Pixel!EDIT and Pixel!VIEW.  The Pixel!DB, Pixel!OCR and Pixel!PRINT options can be added to extend the capabilities of Pixel!FX.  Or, you can purchase the entire family of Mentalix products in the Pixel!FX Deluxe product for unrivaled functionality and integration in an end-to-end imaging solution.  Additionally, Mentalix offers a Plug-In product that adds integrated scanning capabilities to Adobe Photoshop.

Intuitive Interface
Pixel!FX offers an icon-based user interface that includes complete point-and-click functionality.  The use of tear-off menus and icon toolbars allows you to customize your display.  Extensive drag-and-drop support gives you intuitive control of powerful image manipulation operations.

Application Compatibility
To round out the capabilities of niche products, Pixel!FX offers built-in integration with other popular third-party programs.  For example, Pixel!FX can be launched directly from within FrameMaker or Interleaf, and supports image file formats for WordPerfect, ERMapper, Adobe Postscript programs, as well as other applications.  You can also drag and drop Image Album icons to or from other Motif-compliant applications, making importing and exporting a snap.

Compression and Decompression
Pixel!FX supports state-of-the-art compression and decompression:  JPEG or LZW (LZW support enabled with Pixel!LZW option) for color and grayscale, as well as CCITT Group 3 and Group 4 for line art.  Progressive JPEG and interlaced GIF are supported to facilitate World Wide Web home page authoring.

Speed
Pixel!FX provides unprecedented speed and performance in the most demanding image processing environments.  The result is increased user productivity with less time spent waiting for display refreshes and file saves.

For a detailed feature list, contact Mentalix or visit our Web site at http://www.mentalix.com.