Storm Technology Ships Accelerated Adobe(tm) Photoshop(tm) for Windows
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA--November 30, 1993--Storm Technology(R) ships the PhotoDSP family of products one day early with the first product delivered to John C. Dvorak. PhotoDSP is the industry's first accelerator for Adobe Photoshop for Windows, and promises the fastest Adobe Photoshop performance available to graphics professionals.
PhotoDSP 800 and PhotoDSP 400, priced at $899 and $399 respectively, accelerate many commonly used Adobe Photoshop functions up to 10 times through the use of dual AT&T Digital-Signal Processors (DSPs) and accelerated software for performing many time-consuming Adobe Photoshop functions, including Gaussian Blur, Unsharp Mask, Resize, Rotate, Blur More, Motion Blur, Sharpen Edges, Sharpen More, Feather and Despeckle. This acceleration transparently provides a major productivity improvement to performance-conscious Adobe Photoshop users. PhotoDSP 800 includes a full version Adobe Photoshop 2.5 software for Windows.
"Storm Technology's new PhotoDSP accelerator will make Adobe Photoshop for Windows users more productive," said Bryan Lamkin, Senior Product Manager at Adobe Systems. "Many of Photoshop's advanced functions, such as filtering, are very processor-intensive. By implementing this functionality in hardware, PhotoDSP will dramatically enhance the productivity of our PC-based Photoshop users. This increase in performance adds even more momentum to our successful entrance in the PC market."
"Initial demand has exceeded our expectations," said Bill Krause, president and chief executive officer of Storm Technology. "We are excited to be the first company to offer the benefits of specialized DSP hardware acceleration for Adobe Photoshop for Windows."
Customers can purchase the new products directly from Storm Technology through a toll-free telephone number (1-800-275-5734) and from selected resellers such as DSP Direct, Publisher's Toolbox and PrePRESS DIRECT.
Storm Technology Inc., the co-developer of the Apple PhotoFlash(tm) photo publishing companion, the creator of PicturePress(tm) image compression software, and the partner in SuperMac's ThunderStorm(tm) imaging accelerator board and Adobe Photoshop acceleration software, is a leader in developing imaging technology and application software that enables computer users to handle images and enhance communication with photos. The company's applications and technology products bring fast and easy-to-use solutions to graphic design, desktop publishing, and photography markets.
Storm Technology and the Storm Technology logo are trademarks of Storm Technology, Inc., which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. PhotoDSP is a trademark of Storm Technology, Inc. Apple PhotoFlash is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. Adobe Photoshop and the Adobe Charged logo are trademarks of Adobe Systems Inc., which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
