Photo Finish: Photoshop edits color images with the best of them
Article Abstract:
Adobe Systems Inc's (Mountain View, CA) $895 Photoshop is an excellent color image editing software package that provides the Macintosh computer with the most powerful range of customizable editing tools for less than half the price of Photoshop's closest competitor. These include image manipulation, photo retouching, color correction, painting and 'top-quality' four-color separation facilities. Specific features include a Rubber Stamp tool, Revert function, Undo, 26 anti-aliasing paintbrush and airbrush sizes and shapes, feathering, 13 layers of masking, 22 special effects, and import and export of more file formats than its competitors. The primary debits are insufficient precision in the color correction controls and the excess complexity in the process required to save settings. Photoshop requires a Mac SE/30 or II with at least 2Mbytes system memory and hard disk.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1990
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Photo finishing: transform plain pictures instantly with Adobe's PhotoShop
Article Abstract:
Adobe Systems Inc's $895 PhotoShop is image-editing software which allows the user to easily manipulate images without having to be an experienced graphic designer. It requires a Macintosh SE, SE/30, Plus, II, IIx, IIci or IIcx, a hard disk and 1Mbyte of RAM, although two 2Mbytes are recommended. A color monitor is required for color images, although images will show on both gray-scale and black-and-white monitors. Color separations are easy. The software's selection tools are flexible, versatile and double as masking tools. PhotoShop will begin shipping during the first quarter of 1990. Although it is not the first image editing program, it is currently the easiest to use.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1990
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Easy data layout: DataShaper
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DataShaper 1.0, from BenWare, is a $149 utility package for use with PageMaker that eliminates tedious formatting chores such as formatting and reordering fields. Once installed, the utility becomes a PageMaker menu option, operating like an import filter. One drawback is the lack of the ability to change a filter once it is created. The package earns 4.5 of a possible five stars.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1990
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