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VENDOR: SPG Releases ColorWorks V1+
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joel Krautheim)
Sun Mar 31 22:38:05 1996
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: 29 Mar 1996 08:44:24 GMT
From: terminator@igc.net (Joel Krautheim)
Reply-To: terminator@igc.net (Joel Krautheim)
Reply-to: terminator@igc.net (Joel Krautheim)
Submitted by: terminator@igc.net (Joel Krautheim)
Source: terminator@igc.net (Joel Krautheim)
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SPG Releases ColorWorks V1+ as its new Entry-Level Product, Provides Free
World-Wide Upgrade to All ColorWorks 1.0 Users
MIAMI, Fl., March, 19 1996 -- SPG announced today it is shipping ColorWorks
V1+ as the new entry level version of their Award Winning 32-Bit
multi-threaded, multi-tasking, and multiple-processor enabled graphics paint
and image processing program. SPG will mail a free ColorWorks V1+ upgrade
CD-ROM to all registered ColorWorks 1.0 users, and upon registration to all
users whom purchase any original Colorworks 1.0 product still in-channel.
ColorWorks V1+ will come "in-the-box" as an free upgrade CD-ROM bundled with
ColorWorks 1.0 for all new product entering the channel.
"We have taken the Photo CD support, the ability for scanner support using the
ColorWorks Acquire plug-in interface, and many interface and usability
enhancements from our new ColorWorks V2 product, rolled them back into our
original ColorWorks 1.0, and created a new ColorWorks V1+ product." said Joel
Krautheim, President of SPG.
Program Enhancements:
The program enhancements in ColorWorks V1+ over the previous 1.0 version
include: Enhanced File Format Support including Kodak Photo CD; New Acquire
Plug-in Interface for image acquisition options like Scanner Support; New
Usability Enhancements including a new Image Menu; New User-Configurable
Brushes Menu; New "One-Time" Free Drawing option; New Save and Float Image
Menu command; Enhanced Channel Mask command; Enhanced Arbitrary Rotate
command; New Set Units of Measure command; Enhanced Adjust Color Maps command;
Enhanced Clone command; Enhanced Canvas Image Display in 8-Bit Video Modes;
Enhanced Saving of 8-Bit Image Files; Added Saving and Reading of Image File
Units of Measure; New Stack Previews option in the Effects Menu dialog boxes;
New "hot key" to quickly switch between Draw Mask and Erase Mask modes; New
"nudge" keys added to move a floated image; Additional method to abort a
drawing operation; New 3D buttons on the Tools Bar; and All internal fixes and
program optimizations from ColorWorks V2.
Like Father -- Like Son:
Similar to ColorWorks V2, ColorWorks V1+ comes fully documented with a huge
18MB+ On-Line MEGA-Manual on the program CD-ROM.
Program Requirements:
ColorWorks V1+ requires an IBM PC or compatible, OS/2 Warp, 8Mb of hard disk
space, a mouse, and a CD ROM to install the program.
Program Demo:
A "demo" version of the product will be made available for download on the SPG
Internet web-site.
Availability and Pricing:
SPG products are available through Distribution from Micro Central, and Blue
Orchard Software. End-users can purchase SPG products from retailers, mail
order resellers, internet resellers, and SPG Direct Fulfillment. SPG Direct
Fulfillment offers the following:
$349 ColorWorks V2
$249 ColorWorks V2 CD-ROM Only (no printed manual)
$169 ColorWorks V2 Upgrade (for registered ColorWorks 1.0/V1+ users)
$ 99 ColorWorks V2 Upgrade CD-ROM Only (for registered ColorWorks
1.0/V1+ users)
$149 ColorWorks V1+ (ColorWorks 1.0 with the V1+ Upgrade CD-ROM)
$ 99 ColorWorks V2 book (no software)
SPG Inc. is a developer of computer graphics software, committed to
excellence, and to the continued development of the most unique, exciting, and
the highest performance computer software in the world. The SPG Internet
Web-Site is http://www.spg-net.com.
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