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- Inset Systems Inc. [ISI], publishers of the HiJaak family of graphics
- tools, announced their newest product, HiJaak for Windows 1.0.
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- HiJaak for Windows is a graphics utility that lets you view, convert,
- capture, enhance, and print graphics images in the Windows environment
- coupled with conversion, enhancement, and capture capability for DOS
- applications.
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- Use of Object Linking and Embedding [OLE] technology in HiJaak for Windows
- paves the way for graphics users to seamlessly integrate HiJaak for
- Windows' capabilities into their Windows applications, greatly increasing
- ease of use. "By taking advantage of Object Linking and Embedding, HiJaak
- for Windows adds great capabilities to Windows applications, embedding
- virtually any kind of graphics format into their documents," said Viktor
- Grabner, Technical Evangelist from Microsoft Corp.
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- Other "ease of use" features include Common Dialog Boxes, File Manager Drag
- and Drop, and Clipboard support. Use of Windows' common dialog boxes
- increases user recognition and reduces the learning curve for first time
- HiJaak for Windows users. Available to Windows 3.1 users, Drag and Drop
- lets a user click on a file name in the File Manager, "drag" it over to
- the Print Manager icon, and "drop" it into the print queue.
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- HiJaak's longstanding strength in the DOS environment, accurate graphics
- file conversion for more than 60 formats, translates smoothly to the
- Windows environment in HiJaak for Windows: vector-to-vector and
- vector-to-raster conversion support for 15 distinct vector formats,
- including 11 custom "flavors" of CGM; support for 23 distinct raster
- graphics formats, including PICT 1&2, TARGA, and hundreds of flavors of
- TIFF; and support for 24 popular fax card devices.
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- "HiJaak for Windows is the sweet dream to end Windows users' graphics
- compatibility nightmares," said Mark Skiba, President of Inset Systems
- Inc.
-
- Viewing capability in HiJaak for Windows includes Multiple Document
- Interface [MDI] for simultaneous viewing of multiple images. HiJaak for
- Windows' use of fixed and dynamically variable palettes for 256 color
- displays lets the user decide whether to use one palette for all images on
- the screen or to favor the foreground image. Either choice gives multiple
- graphics very high color and gray scale accuracy.
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- Extensive image enhancement options available in HiJaak for Windows
- increase user control of graphics. Image modification options include
- cropping, free rotation in one degree increments, color and gray scale
- remapping, font remapping with full TrueType font support, palette
- optimization, histogram equalization, sophisticated color reduction, and
- adjustments for contrast, brightness, and gamma.
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- The list price of HiJaak for Windows is $249.00. Registered owners of other
- HiJaak 2.X products can take advantage of a $60.00 special price. Register
- owners of versions prior to 2.0 should call 800-828-8088 for special
- pricing. Both single user and network licensing is available. ISI products
- are sold worldwide through a network of distributors, retailers, and
- value-added resellers.
-
- Inset Systems Inc, 71 Commerce Dr, Brookfield, CT 06804
- 203-740-2400
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