Adobe Announces Adobe Photoshop 3.0 for Silicon Graphics Workstations and Sun SPARC/Solaris Workstations; New Version Allows Designers to Utilize the Power of their UNIX Systems Throughout the Entire Image Editing and Production Process.LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 8, 1995--Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ADBE ADBE Adobe Systems, Inc. (stock symbol) ) today announced Adobe Photoshop See Photoshop. (TM) 3.0 for Silicon Graphics(R) and Sun(TM) SPARC (Scalable Performance ARChitecture) A family of RISC CPUs from Sun that runs mostly under Sun's Solaris, but also under Linux and BSD operating systems. After development began in the mid-1980s by David Patterson of the University of California at Berkeley and Bill (R)/Solaris(R) workstations. Adobe Photoshop 3.0 software offers significant enhancements to the world's leading photo design and production tool while taking full advantage of recent enhancements to both the Silicon Graphics IRIX A Unix-based operating system from SGI that is used in its computer systems from desktop to supercomputer. It is an enhanced version of Unix System V Release 4. IRIX integrates the X Window system with OpenGL, creating the first real time 3D X environment. (R) and Sun's Solaris operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. . It also delivers extensive compatibility and integration with other Adobe(TM) products, as part of the complete Adobe publishing solution. Design professionals continue to demand the ability to perform computationally intensive image processing image processing Set of computational techniques for analyzing, enhancing, compressing, and reconstructing images. Its main components are importing, in which an image is captured through scanning or digital photography; analysis and manipulation of the image, accomplished tasks more efficiently. Now these professionals can utilize the enhanced features of Adobe Photoshop 3.0 while taking full advantage of the power of their UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). (R) systems, resulting in shorter production cycles and significantly lowered costs. Additionally, UNIX systems are optimized to handle large images reliably, so designers can work in one place assuring data integrity throughout the production process. This is especially important to users working in high resolution images and graphics, publishing, film and video, Internet authoring, prepress and computer-aided design computer-aided design (CAD) or computer-aided design and drafting (CADD), form of automation that helps designers prepare drawings, specifications, parts lists, and other design-related elements using special graphics- and calculations-intensive (CAD). The UNIX operating environment In computing, an operating environment is the environment in which users run programs, whether in a command line interface, such as in MS-DOS or the Unix shell, or in a graphical user interface, such as in the Macintosh operating system. also provides faster file sharing Copying files from one computer to another. See peer-to-peer network, file sharing protocol and file and printer sharing. over the network and the ability to multi-task between projects, which is especially meaningful when working in collaborative production teams. "Silicon Graphics workstations running Adobe Photoshop 3.0 offer the ideal computer environment for creative professionals to merge their imaging work with the world of 3D and the world wide web," said Tom Furlong, V.P. and General Manager of the Digital Media Systems Division at Silicon Graphics. "Not only is the Indigo Magic user interface The Magic User Interface is an object oriented system by Stefan Stuntz to generate and maintain graphical user interfaces. With the aid of a preferences program, the user of an application has the ability to customize the outfit according to personal taste. graceful and intuitive, but the Indy and Indigo 2 workstations are especially well suited to render efficiently complex images created with Adobe Photoshop 3.0." "Any user will see substantial benefits running Adobe Photoshop 3.0 on Sun's multi-processing desktop workstations," said Bob Pearson, Director of Workstation Marketing for Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. Computer Company. "There is a growing tier of customers with demanding requirements who can't wait to experience Photoshop's new features with the added boost in productivity and throughput of Sun's Solaris multi-tasking environment -- all at an affordable total system cost. Uncompromising digital imaging functionality and performance make Sun workstations the ideal open platform for Photoshop users." Version 3.0 offers users the ability to work cross-platform since the UNIX, Macintosh(R) and Windows(R) versions of the product share a common feature set, user interface and set of file formats. Production teams in multi-platform environments can freely exchange files without conversion issues. Version 3.0 for UNIX also takes advantage of system scalability, so that users who invest in enhancing the power and value of their hardware system will be rewarded with enhanced performance of their software as a result. "Photoshop 3.0 for Sun offers the best features of the Macintosh and Windows versions See Windows. , while taking advantage of the multiprocessing power of UNIX -- all on a platform that is ideal for Internet publishing," said Edward Avila, Vice President of MemoRandom, a Rochester, N.Y., company which specializes in publishing information and advertising on the World Wide Web. New Features Dramatically Enhance Professional Results Adobe Photoshop 3.0 software offers UNIX users a broad variety of new features and utilities that provide stronger creative control, improved production capabilities and an even friendlier user interface. Multiple layers greatly increase creative control by allowing users to manipulate elements of an image on separate layers. This feature adds speed and flexibility to the creative process and enables users to experiment more before committing to an image or design idea. Other important new features include an improved interface, customized menu arrangements, color masks to quickly access or edit selections on an image and new filters such as lighting effects to offer more creativity. "Layers truly do make a tremendous difference in creating interactive worlds on the Internet," said David Marvit, Vice President of Production at Worlds Inc., San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , a leading developer of 3-D interactive multi-user environments on the Internet in a multi-platform environment that includes Silicon Graphics workstations. "The layers in Adobe Photoshop Version 3.0 for Silicon Graphics allow us to generate texture maps that lead to more convincing environments while still maintaining low real-time rendering costs." License Pricing and CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). Bonus Give High Value The software package includes the Adobe Photoshop 3.0 program as well as a library of complimentary applications, including the Adobe Acrobat(TM) Reader, and Adobe Show PS(TM). The CD also contains Adobe Photoshop Extras, which include online documentation and technical notes, over 40 plug-in filters, sample textures and backgrounds, and stock art and photography. New licensing options make Adobe Photoshop more flexible and more affordable for all sizes and types of working environments. For the first time, users can purchase one individual license for $995, a single-user floating license for $1,895, a five-user floating license for $7,595 or a 10-user floating license for $13,495. Registered owners of any previous full retail version of the program may purchase a Version 3.0 single user upgrade for $495. Those purchasing Adobe Photoshop Version 2.5.2 for Sun or Silicon Graphics through the retail channel after Aug. 8, 1995, will receive a free upgrade to Version 3.0. Further information on puchasing is available by calling Adobe Sales at 800/477-8830. Adobe Photoshop 3.0 for Silicon Graphics and Sun workstations is expected to ship in early Fall 1995. Optimized for Both Sun and Silicon Graphics Platforms Silicon Graphics' IRIX operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. , Adobe Photoshop Version 3.0 takes full advantage of the real-time capabilities of the MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second) The execution speed of a computer. For example, .5 MIPS is 500,000 instructions per second; 100 MIPS is a hundred million instructions per second. R4000 processor. Asynchronous I/O allows for direct throughput of data between disk and memory. This substantially enhances performance on large files and other computationally intensive graphic operations. On Sun SPARCstations, Adobe Photoshop Version 3.0 offers continued support for multi-threading and multi-processor capabilities. In single processor Sun systems, the multi-threaded architecture provides maximum CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. utilization and efficiency by overlapping I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output requests with computational tasks. In multi-processor configurations, Adobe Photoshop software provides near-linear performance gains for most operations with the addition of each processor. The Company Adobe Systems, founded in 1982, is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif. Adobe develops, markets and supports computer software products and technologies that enable users to create, display, print and communicate electronic documents. The company licenses its technology to major computer, printing, and publishing suppliers, and markets a line of applications software and type products for authoring visually rich documents. Additionally, the company markets a line of powerful, but easy to use, products for home and small business users. Adobe has subsidiaries in Europe and the Pacific Rim serving a worldwide network of dealers and distributors. Adobe's 1994 revenue was approximately $598 million. -0- Note to Editors: Acrobat, Adobe, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Show PS are trademarks of Adobe Systems Inc. or its subsidiaries, and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer Inc., Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp. Sun is a trademark of Sun Microsystems Inc. Solaris is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems Inc., which has not tested or approved this product. SPARC is a registered trademark of SPARC International Inc. Silicon Graphics and IRIX are registered trademarks of Silicon Graphics Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Ltd. All other product and company names are the trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Adobe Systems, Inc., Mountain View Carol Sacks, 415/962-4989 http://www.adobe.com or Phase Two Strategies William Boehlke, 415/772-8411 william_boehlke@p2pr.com |
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