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- OFFICIAL LEXICOR SOFTWARE PRESS RELEASE
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- LEXICOR SOFTWARE is proud to announce the release of the long
- awaited PRISM PAINT II (ARTIS ANIMATOR).
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- Check out the *.GIF files which are screen shot's of some of
- Prism Paint II new features.
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- Date of availability: 03/09/93
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- Premiere Release by Lexicor Software Corporation in the U.S.A.
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- In conjunction with Artis Software Austria we combine the powerful
- functionality of Artis into an animation package which is available
- at an upgrade path from people with Prism Paint 1.1 or 1.5B.
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- Price: Recommended Retail is 189 U$D. Now 30 Day special offer for
- 149 U$D. Upgrade path is possible. Please call (510) 848-7621 for
- more details on that.
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- So how much does Prism Paint II vary from Prism Paint I (and a half).
- Everything! Prism Paint is a complete re-write! It has nothing to do
- with the original Prism Paint (except the name, the PNT file compat.
- and that was about it!).
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- Special New Features.
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- Over 113 Functions
- User Programmable Functions
- RUN time file builder (ideal for Phoenix user's to build their animations)
- Modular Design (external programmable port)
- Supports every VDI friendly Graphics Board (e.g. NOVA, CRDOTS, MATRIX)
- in any color's from 2, 16, 256, 32k, 64k upto 24bit.
- Also run's and support's the Falcon in every resolution and color.
- Built in Virtual Screen Manager
- Special 24bit (NOVA STELLUM SPECIAL) air brushes
- Geometrical features
- Pixel Oriented Painting Options
- Very thorough, intuitive and user-friendly interface
- Can read GIF, TGA, IMG, XIMG, DOO, DEGAS, NEOCHROME, PIC, PNT and can
- do much more because of the modular port which allows easy external
- adaptations of new file format's.
- Can write GIF, TGA, IMG and PNT same Modular features.
- Color Printout Capabilities within Prism Paint II. Has a modular port
- to expand it's print out driver capabilities. Very useful is the
- HP Deskjet 550C driver, ideal for low-end color printout.
- Memory Management, you can allocate Prism Paint II a certain amount of
- your System Memory (eg. 80% of RAM).
- Automatic Support of TTRAM.
- Intuitive Magnifying Glass.
- HSV, YMC, and RGB Palette Options
- Extended Fill Patterns
- Extensive Cut and Paste Options
- Complete built in Help File
- Support's Font GDOS, Speedo as well as SIGNUM Font's.
- Complete Modular Port
- Special NOVA TC brush effects
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- Plus much, much more and everything you expect from a normal Painting
- Program with extended Animation features.
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- The new Film File Format is called AFF. It is a resolution independent
- film file format which will run perfectly in 2, 16, 256, 32K, 64k or
- even 24bit and make full use of it. As of now, th AFF film file format
- has the option of Palette-Per-Frame, but it is not supported in Prism
- Paint II because of the speed.
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- You have the option to select a number of frames and delete them eg.
- I can select frames 5-29 from 100 frames and delete only those selected.
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- Prism Paint II is a single frame editor, with the ability to not only
- build animations but also to play them. However on the way are AFF Specific
- Players that support the Hardware directly and are therefore much faster.
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- E.g. in 24bit a true color animation on the NOVA VME can only get a speed
- of 4-8 frames per second in 640x480. Hardly a decent speed. However with the
- specific player this can be boosted up to at least twice the speed, if not
- more. Writing to the Hardware was always a lot faster.
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- The Modular External Port allow the user or any interested person to write
- his own drivers for a color or b/w printer or to be able to read or write
- new file format's. It is very easy and clearly documented so that this is no
- problem at all, for anyone with any knowledge in C.
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- The programmable drawing tools are set up in such a way that you can use the
- program tools to make your own new one. Eg. you can echo, or make the image
- move circular etc. with the programmable drawing tools.
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- Prism Paint II is the next step in our animation. It is the final and
- last addition. Once you have relativity and phoenix, and now prism paint II
- to load and build animations you are basically complete. Prism Paint II
- is the final building block. However, as you can see, Prism Paint II is
- far, far more than just the regular paint or animation program. In it's
- wealth of functions and ease of use, you will see that this is most
- likely one of the most powerful painting and animation tools around for
- this price.
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- For more information contact Lexicor Software Corporation
- 1726 Franzisko Street, CA 94703, Berkeley
- (510) 848-7621
- (510) 848-7613
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