ColorDrive 1.0
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Pantone Inc's $199 ColorDrive color palette creation software for graphics applications offers an easy method of organizing color palettes to insure that they are consistent across an organization, but it is not good at guaranteeing that colors on the monitor will look like they do when printed. The application is fantastic at organizing color palettes created with the Pantone Matching System (PMS). Custom color palettes can be created by using the application's lengthy palette library, or from scratch by the user. When the custom palette is completed it can be saved as Windows- or Macintosh-based application files such as Macromedia FreeHand, PageMaker, XPress, CorelDraw or Claris MacDraw Pro. Organizing custom palettes is extremely useful for keeping colors consistent across an organization and among clients. This application is also extremely easy to learn and use. It is not able to effectively keep colors consistent from monitor to printer, but no program is currently able to do so.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1995
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Chagall 2.02
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Technosystems' $299 Chagall 2.02 is a new editing package attempting to offer users with modest Macintosh hardware a variety of new graphical choices, but succeeding only in delivering a nonintuitive, carelessly assembled product. One of Chagall's main features is aimed at users with small screens, whereby palettes are behind the image being worked on, rather than floated; the feature works inconsistently. Basic tools such as Paste, Cut and Copy take two steps, while rotating does not allow users to rotate portions of a document, but rather it rotates the desired portion and then pastes it onto another document. Also, several tools do not work properly, icons do not follow industry standards for Macintosh, and the program does not make available the CMKY mode, nor can users import or export EPS files. The manual also does not meet expectations, with sections being referred to without page numbers and lacking an index.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1996
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Specular TextureScape 1.5, TextureMaker 1.0
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Specular International's $195 Specular TextureScape 1.5 and Adobe Systems Inc's $199 TextureMaker 1.0 are two novel programs for the Macintosh that help artists come up with fresh texture designs without having to rely on clip libraries. TextureScape specializes in abstract designs based on interacting shapes, while TextureMaker is better suited for naturalistic textures, such as marble. TextureScape is extremely easy to learn and needs only 6MB of RAM, compared to 8MB for TextureMaker, which is so slow that Adobe recommends running it on a Power Mac. For help in getting started, TextureScape comes with a library of 73 textures and TextureMaker comes with a library of 107 textures. Designers can modify a texture by combining and manipulating layers of textures and gradients and by layering light, color and other effects. One caveat: gray-scale output from both programs is mediocre.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1995
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