APEX MEDIA - FINAL SPECIFICATION

SYSTEM REQUIREMENT Atari Falcon030  4MB RAM VGA or  RGB monitor A hard  disk
drive is  not required  but becomes  essential when  dealing with  animation
sequences.

COMPATIBILITY  APEX  MEDIA  is  fully  compatible  with  the  Exposé   Video
Digitiser, NVDI, MultiTOS,  accelerators and  screen enhancers.  ACCessories
and CPX  modules are  available  at any  time.  JPEG conversion  and  Memory
management CPX utilities are also included.

SYSTEM SPECIFICATION  Selectable resolutions,  256 or  true colour  320x200,
320x400 640x200*, 640x400* * RGB monitor only

Actual screen resolution 240 or 480 lines, including colour zone

Virtual canvas Configurable up to 2048x1024

APEX MEDIA A true colour  animation & graphic program designed  specifically
for the  Atari  Falcon030  using  68030  and  56001  DSP  machine  code  for
unparalleled performance.

Originally produced to support the Exposé digitiser, APEX MEDIA has now been
expanded to  include some  of the  most amazing  features ever  seen in  any
single graphics program. APEX MEDIA represents sheer power for all forms  of
graphic applications -  a performance  which has  only been  seen before  on
workstations.mance which has only been seen before on workstations.

For Animation & Morphing, APEX MEDIA excels. The Morphing option provides  a
proportional re-scale, stretch,  skew and  mirror across X  & Y  axes -  new
images can even be imported from disk and pasted above or below the existing
picture. superb means to smoothly transform from one image to another  while
the powerful block functions allow complex animations to be produced quickly
anded on  a  4MB  Falcon.  easily -  rotation  to  any  angle,  proportional
re-scale, stretch, skew and mirror across X  & Y axes - new images can  even
be imported from disk and pasted above or below the existing picture.

Post-Processing of  animations  can  be  performed  using  noise  reduction,
dejagging or  motion  blur  to enable  smooth  transitions  between  frames.
Advanced  Delta  compression  of  the  sequence  reduces  memory  and   disk
overheads, allowing large sequences to be  produced on a 4MB Falcon.ed  area
being painted or filled to the required colour. Analog Transforms and  Masks
can be  used in  conjunction with  an extensive  range of  brushes -  simply
select the function and paint.

The digitising  tool allows  single or  multiple frame  capture from  moving
smoothly around the  canvas under  zoom mode  provides the  user with  pixel
accuracy. video in real-time up to 512x320 resolution in 16-bit true colour.
Rostrum camera  work stretches  the  system further  by providing  a  24-bit
captureto any number of  colours. facility. e  imported into smaller  canvas
sizes  with  the  use  of  fine  scaling  and  the  virtual  canvas  can  be
reconfigured up  to  2048x1024, coupled  with  smooth scrolling  around  the
image. Special features  such as  graduated circles,  lines, rectangles  and
interpolative polygons, all  drawn in  real-time, puts APEX  MEDIA head  and
shoulders above the competition.

For incredible realism, APEX  MEDIA supports a  true airbrush. This  doesn't
just place random dots on the screen, but processes the background image  to
transform the colour being used to produce a graduated spray effect.

Image Processing can be  used in real-time for  the Post-Production of  true
colour images to achieve a more  natural (or bizarre) effect. Transforms  or
Masking of certain areas permits hue, saturation and brightness settings  to
be defined  prior  to the  selected  area being  painted  or filled  to  the
required colour. Analog Transforms and Masks can be used in conjunction with
an extensive range of brushes - simply select the function and paint.

The Real-time zoom is available at all times and can even be used during the
replay of animations. Every  single tool is,  naturally, fully usable  under
zoom conditions, including the realistic airbrush and Image transforms.  The
ability to draw  while moving  smoothly around  the canvas  under zoom  mode
provides the user with pixel accuracy.

File formats are supported  to cover virtually every  file type - TGA,  GIF,
MTV, SPU, JPEG, SEQ, ANM, FLC, DAC,  FWR. Existing Atari ST artwork is  even
supported with the inclusion of PC1 format.  Images of any type can also  be
imported with colour reduction to any number of colours.

Full support is given  to VGA and  RGB monitors. True  colour images can  be
‘supersampled’ when using 256 video modes and even 256 colour images can  be
enhanced within  true  colour  video  modes by  the  use  of  dithering  and
supersampling. Large images can even  be imported into smaller canvas  sizes
with the use of fine scaling and  the virtual canvas can be reconfigured  up
to 2048x1024, coupled with smooth scrolling around the image.

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