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- ASDG ANNOUNCES MAJOR NEW RELEASE OF ADPRO
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- ASDG announces version 2.0 of its award winning Art Department
- Professional. JPEG compression, 24 bit-plane printing through Preferences,
- support of new display boards, better color technology and faster
- performance highlight the new release.
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- Oakland, CA, October 4, 1991 ----- ASDG Incorporated , a leading developer
- of advanced color image processing software and hardware, announced version
- 2.0 of its award winning Art Department Professional (ADPro). The new
- release is said to contain a number of firsts for the Commodore Amiga.
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- For example, ADPro 2 offers the first Amiga implementation of the JPEG
- image compression technology which dramatically decreases the space
- consumed by 24 bit-plane images. JPEG support makes it possible to store
- large numbers of high resolution images in true color by compressing such
- images to as little as 1/80 of their original size.
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- Also a first, is the ability to use any printer supported by the Amiga
- operating system to create color prints with 24 bit-plane accuracy or gray
- scale prints with 8 bit-plane accuracy. Previously, Amiga owners were
- limited to color prints with 12 bit-planes of accuracy and gray scale
- prints accurate to only 4 bit-planes. ADPro's new printer support allows
- 24 bit-plane color posters to be made with no size limitation imposed by
- the software. Now, even the most inexpensive color printer becomes a high
- resolution proofing device.
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- The new release also adds a number of new file formats (including MicroSoft
- Windows BMP files), display boards (Digital Creation's DCTV, GVP's IV24,
- the ACS Harlequin, and others), and operators (including a WYSIWYG
- anti-aliased text operator which utilizes the scalable font technology in
- Kickstart 2.0).
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- ADPro's color technology, already considered to be among the best on any
- computer, has been significantly enhanced to include greater precision and
- higher speed. The new release even supports 8 bit-plane HAM to make full
- use of BBS's HAM-E and other similarly capable display systems.
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- Other new features include a Universal loader which automatically detects
- and decodes most image file formats, more WYSIWYG operators, and user
- interface enhancements which make use of Kickstart 2.0 if present.
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- ADPro has become the standard tool for format conversion and image
- processing. Being particularly indispensable for large projects, ADPro was
- recently recognized by Commodore Business Machines for its contribution to
- the development of CDTV.
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- The new release of ADPro carries a suggested list price of $299 and starts
- shipping November 1991. ASDG is mailing upgrade notices to its installed
- base of existing ADPro owners offering the new release for $75 including
- shipping in the United States (international customers may upgrade for $90
- including shipping).
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- Users who purchased (or upgraded to) ADPro on or after September 1st, 1991
- can upgrade to version 2 for $30 including shipping in the United States,
- or $45 if outside the U.S.
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- To learn more about ASDG's family of color imaging solutions, contact Gina
- Cerniglia at ASDG Incorporated, 925 Stewart Street, Madison, WI 53713 or
- call (608) 273 - 6585.
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