Welcome to Power Photos, the premiere imaging series on CD-ROM from MetaTools, Inc. and PhotoSpin for use in compositing, Web pages, ad layouts, brochures and multimedia presentations. This index CD-ROM contains a catalog of previews for each set of Power Photos. Power Photos contains built-in alpha channels and clipping paths for easy compositing. Each series of Power Photos contains 375 - 500 color corrected, high-resolution, 17 - 24 Mb RGB TIFF images for one low price. Each package contains five volumes with unique themes such as:
Power Photos I contains:
Volume 1 - Natural Backgrounds and Textures: skies, sand, rock, trees, leaves, wood, grass, stone and more.
Volume 2 - Food Basics: Fruit & Vegetable arrangements, wine, coffee, peanuts, breads, cookies, etc.
Volume 3 - Urban Textures and Backgrounds: graffiti walls, highways, streets signs, skyscrapers, city objects and scenes.
Volume 4 - Sky, Water & Landscapes: clouds, sunsets, night scenes, deserts, canyons and more.
Volume 5 - Sports & Recreation: golf shoes, balls and clubs, billiards, soccer balls, footballs and helmets, ski poles and fencing, etc.
Power Photos II contains:
Volume 6 - Kids Toys & Backgrounds: A virtual menagerie of playful stuff. Rattles, trains, wagons, scooters, fire trucks, dolls, guns, sand toys, bikes, pool toys, toy soldiers, plastic cowboys and Indians, toy boxes.
Volume 7 - Hot Rods: Exclusive shots in and out of the studio by premier car photographer Randy Lorentzen, Street machines, roadsters, interiors, engines, rims.
Volume 8 - Bugs & Butterflies: Straight from a Hollywood prop master's collection. Exotic creepy things, close-ups of butterfly wings and bug textures, beautiful illustrations of insects and butterflies.
Volume 9 - Nostalgia: A fun blast from the past. Cool stuff from the '20s, '30s, '40s and '50s such as telephones, fans, typewriters, tarnished silver, slot machines, radios, cat's eye glasses.
Volume 10 - Fall & Winter Holidays: Everything for every occasion. Halloween pumpkins and witches, Thanksgiving cornucopia, Christmas lights, gifts, Hanukah specialties, prayer book, New Year's champagne, balloons, flowers.
Power Photos III contains:
Volume 11 - Retro Toys: Turn-of-the-century motorcycles, cars, tin toys, futuristic guns, push cars, plush stuffed animals and riding toys.
Volume 12 - Tropical Paradise: Island shots from the South Pacific, tropical flowers, trees, islands, sunsets, water, surf, sand, masks, folk art and reed textures.
Volume 13 - Junkyards: Textures from junkyards, broken glass, rusted steel, old cars and rusted parts, trash, trash cans, signs and even some junkyard dogs.
Volume 14 - Frames: Frames of all types, eye glasses, 35 mm slide holder, polaroid back, film, gold guided frames, contemporary frames, port holes, window frames, door frames.
Volume 15 - Spring and Summer Holidays: Objects and backgrounds for every occasion, flags, fireworks, Valentine's Day, Easter, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Fourth of July, graduation, Labor Day, and President's Day.
Power Photos IV contains:
Volume 16 - Africa: African landscapes, channeled masks and artifacts, close-up textures of animal skins. Such as rhino and zebra skins; giraffes; African fabrics, warriors shields and spears.
Volume 17 - Paper Textures: Beautiful handmade papers photographed as backgrounds, papers with pressed flowers and leaves, crumpled paper, paper frames, marbled paper, standard yellow pad. Plus six cool paper edges.
Volume 18 - Flowers: Tightly cropped shots of flowers as backgrounds including a variety of common domestic flowers and tropical flowers; orchids, roses, calla lily, anthurium, plus a nice selection of channeled flowers: daisy, mums, roses. Also included are page layouts of floral arrangements.
Volume 19 - Business Elements: Everything found in today's office: monitors, peripherals, staplers, pencils and pens, yellow pads, computers, etc.
Volume 20 - Fall Foliage: Fall scenics, including landscapes illustrating the change seasons, close-ups of fragile dried leaves, fall skies, fall reflections, channeled leaves.
System Requirements
Macintosh: Mac II or greater, 4MB of RAM, Storage 1.5MB, Free Drive Space 30 MB (for full resolution preview), System 6.07 or greater, 24-bit color recommended and a CD-ROM drive.
Windows: 386 IBM PC or Compatible, 4MB of RAM, Storage 1.5MB, Swapfile Space 30 MB (for full resolution preview), System DOS 3.3 or greater, Windows 3.1 or greater; VGA or above display, 24-bit recommended and a CD-ROM drive.
Ordering Information
To order other Photo collections or any other MetaTools products, please call (800) 972-4025 or (805) 566-6220.
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