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- May 1, 1995
- For Immediate Release
- Contact: Jeff Blume
- (970) 484-7321
- jblume@bix.com
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- Stylus announces the Stylus Pro-Pak
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- Ft. Collins, CO. - Stylus, Inc. announces the Stylus Pro-Pak; a
- professional software bundle for graphic artists. The Stylus
- Pro-Pak includes ProVector. 3, a major update of the Stylus
- structured-drawing program; StylusTracer(tm), the eagerly-
- awaited autotracer; PSImport(tm), the acclaimed PostScript.
- import utility for ProVector; and RexxRequest(tm), a powerful
- ARexx command host for designing Intuition(tm) requesters for
- ARexx macros.
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- Even previous ProVector users will be impressed by the power
- and ease of use of ProVector 3. In addition to countless new
- features, ProVector has undergone a thorough interface-lift,
- incorporating advantages of the latest Amiga. technology; as
- well as numerous suggestions from our users.
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- NEW FEATURES IN PROVECTOR 3:
- * Advanced Graphic Architecture(tm) support
- * A complete "interface-lift"
- * Powerful new gradient fill options
- * Many new object effects, including perspective, blending,
- skewing, mirroring, warping, etc.
- * Object masks (clipping paths)
- * Additional file formats supported include HP-GL, and Adobe
- Illustrator.
- * Improved text support, including resident and downloaded
- PostScript Type 1 support, text blocks, text effects,
- imbedded formatting commands
- * Anti-aliased, 24-bit ILBM output
- * PostScript Color Separations w/ Trapping, UCR, etc.
- * Math Coprocessor support
- * Support for Amiga OS 2.1 & 3.0 features, including ARexx;
- context-sensitive, on-line help via AmigaGuide(tm);
- public screen support; standard Amiga file and screen
- mode requesters
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- OTHER EXCLUSIVE FEATURES
- * Multiple Undos
- * True Layers
- * Structured and bitmapped pattern fills
- * Magnetism
- * Multiple Projects
- * Page sizes up to 15x15 miles
- * RELIABILITY
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- PSIMPORT(tm), the acclaimed utility that gave ProVector the
- unprecedented ability to load and edit PostScript files, has
- been updated to compliment the new features of ProVector.
- Support has been added for the following PostScript(R) features:
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- * Text objects
- * Gradient fills
- * Clipping paths (masks)
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- STYLUSTRACER includes a full suite of image-processing and
- touch-up tools to prepare bitmaps for tracing. IFF-ILBM and
- TIFF bitmaps may be traced. Traced drawings may be saved in
- either IFF-DR2D, or Adobe Illustrator(tm) file formats. The
- drawings may then be imported into ProVector. and most other
- Amiga drawing and desktop publishing programs. "StylusTracer is
- the state-of-the-art in autotracing with no apologies to any
- computer platform. StylusTracer has more accurate and efficient
- tracing algorithms, as well as more features than any other
- tracer," said W. Jeffrey Blume, Vice President of Stylus, Inc.
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- Finally, REXXREQUEST is an ARexx command host utility which
- gives ARexx programmers access to the Amiga gadtools.library,
- so they may easily add 2.X style requesters to their ARexx
- macros.
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- The Stylus Pro-Pak is available NOW at a suggested list of
- $299.95 (US). For a limited time, the Stylus Pro-Pack will be
- available directly from Stylus, Inc. at an introductory price
- of $199.95. Registered ProVector 2.1 users who have also
- registered PSImport can upgrade to the Stylus Pro-Pack for
- $99.95. Registered ProVector 2.1 users without PSImport can
- upgrade for $129.95. A Power-Up offer has been established
- which allows owners of earlier versions of ProVector, Art
- Expressions, Professional Draw, DesignWorks, or Aegis Draw, to
- upgrade for $149.95. These special offers will only be
- available through July 31, 1995.
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- Upgrade and power-up requests with a check drawn on a US bank,
- or international bank draft, should be sent to:
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- att. Stylus Pro-Pak Upgrade
- Stylus, Inc.
- P.O. Box 1671
- Ft. Collins, CO 80522
- (303) 484-7321
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- along with registration numbers or proof of purchase as appli-
- cable. Please include $7.00 for domestic shipping of new
- purchases; $10.00 for Canada and Mexico; $20.00 for all other
- international destinations. Include $5.00 for domestic update
- shipping; $10.00 for international update shipping. Colorado
- residents must include sales tax.
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- Official demonstration versions of ProVector 3 and StylusTracer
- will be available on various online services.
-
- This release includes complete online documentation in
- AmigaGuide format. The printed manuals are current to the 2.1
- release of ProVector. All of the new features in the Stylus
- Pro-Pak are documented in the convenient, context-sensitive,
- AmigaGuide on-line help.
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- ProVector 3 and StylusTracer require Amiga/OS version 2.1 or
- later and 2 megabytes of RAM. A hard disk, additional RAM, and
- OS 3.1 are recommended. ProVector is a registered trademark of
- Stylus, Inc. StylusTracer and PSImport are trademarks of
- Stylus, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their
- respective owners.
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- DETAILED PROVECTOR 3 FEATURE LIST
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- Object Creation
- * Intuitive Drawing tool for splines and straight lines
- * Freehand tool unmatched for speed and accuracy
- * Rectangle tool
- * Ellipse tool
- * Regular Polygons of specific number of sides
- * Arcs and Pie shapes
- * Text tool (including Text Blocks)
- * Text-to-Path
- Object Manipulation
- * Move
- * Controlled Move
- * Clone
- * Rotate
- * Controlled Rotate & Clone
- * Scale
- * Controlled Scale & Clone
- * Front
- * Incremental Front
- * Back
- * Incremental Back
- * Magnetism
- * Change Style
- * Get Style
- * Object alignment
- Object Effects
- * Perspective
- * Blending (morphing)
- * Warping
- * Skewing
- * Mirroring
- * Masking
- * Smoothing/UnSmoothing
- * Curve Fitting (for point reduction)
- * Merging/Splitting (sub-polygon or compound objects)
- * Text-to-Object
- Object Attributes
- * Solid color fills (specify by RGB or CMYK)
- * Named colors
- * Trapped colors
- * Gradient fills (Linear, Radial, Conic, and Shape types
- w/ four transitions and unlimited reference colors)
- * Pattern fills (structured or bitmapped)
- * Line colors
- * Line patterns
- * Line weights
- * Line joins
- * Line caps
- Text attributes
- * Typeface (resident and downloaded PostScript Type 1; IFF-OFNT)
- * Type point size
- * All object attributes, including gradient and pattern
- fills
- * Imbedded formatting commands
- Attribute manipulation
- * Change individual attributes
- * Change all object attributes in a single operation
- * Get object attributes to current attributes
- Input
- * IFF-DR2D (Amiga standard structured graphic files)
- * IFF-ILBM
- * PostScript (with the included PSImport module)
- * Adobe Illustrator (with the included PSImport module)
- * HP-GL (with the included HPGLImport module)
- Output
- * IFF-DR2D
- * PostScript, EPS, Color Separations w/ Under Color Removal,
- Black Generation, Trapping, etc.
- * Preferences
- * IFF-ILBM (up to 24-bit, anti-aliased)
- * Adobe Illustrator
- * HP-GL
- Miscellaneous
- * Multiple Undos (up to 255)
- * True Layers (256)
- * Complete ARexx interface with over 150 commands
- * Grid Display/Snap
- * Configurable rulers
- * AmigaGuide context-sensitive on-line help
- * Multiple Projects (limited only by memory)
- * Clipboard support
- * Magnify to 1200X
- * Page sizes up to 15x15 miles
- * Each drawing supports a 65,000 color palette plus 256
- intermediate colors in any gradient pair colors for a
- total of over 16.7 million colors (dithered display).
- * CMYK and RGB color models
- * Advanced Graphics Architecture chip-set support
- * Math Coprocessor support
- * 68020 and greater CPU instructions supported.
- * Public Screen support
- * 2.X look & feel
- * Standard Amiga file and screen mode requesters
- * RELIABILITY
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- DETAILED STYLUSTRACER FEATURE LIST
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- AutoTracing Options
- * Objects
- * Objects with Holes (sub-polygons or compound objects)
- * Center-Lines
- * Thin Lines
- * Trace to 256 colors
- * Preview
- * Numerous tracing-accuracy options
- Touch-Up Tools
- * Paint tool
- * Line tool
- * Rectangle tool
- * Polygon tool
- * Variable Flood fill
- * Crop tool
- * Eye-Dropper (Color-Picker) tool
- * Palette editor
- * Zoom In/Zoom Out
- Image Processing
- * Average Smoothing
- * Median Smoothing
- * Blur (Gaussian) Smoothing
- * Gradient Smoothing
- * Region Smoothing
- * Minimum Smoothing
- * Maximum Smoothing
- * Posterize
- * Remove Isolated pixels
- * Sharpen
- * Edge Detect
- * Thin
- * Scale
- * Invert
- * Strip Bits
- * Brightness
- * Contrast
- * Gamma (Gamma Brightness)
- Input
- * IFF-ILBM (including 24-bit, HAM & HAM-8)
- * TIFF (except LZW compressed...)
- Output
- * IFF-DR2D
- * Adobe Illustrator
- Miscellaneous
- * Undo
- * Separate processing of RGB channels
- * ARexx(TM) interface
- * Batch tracing via ARexx
- * 2.X Look & Feel
- * Standard Amiga file and screen mode requesters
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