Adobe ScreenReady for Macintosh now available.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 17, 1995--Adobe Systems Incorporated (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 the availability of the Adobe ScreenReady graphics utility package for the Apple Macintosh Apple Macintosh - Macintosh . Designed for graphic and multimedia designers, presentation professionals, and video and animation professionals, Adobe ScreenReady software simplifies and speeds the process of bringing files and designs from popular applications into multimedia authoring programs. Previously, it required six to eight steps to ready files for the screen from an application for multimedia production. Adobe ScreenReady software automatically rasterizes documents and EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) A PostScript file format used to transfer a graphic image between applications and platforms. EPS files contain PostScript code as well as an optional preview image in TIFF, WMF, PICT or EPSI, the latter being an ASCII-only format. files intended for use in presentations, film, video, animation 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). authoring, accomplishing the task in as few as three steps. Adobe ScreenReady software comprises two components: a QuickDraw-based driver and a PostScript language application. The QuickDraw component is a chooser-level device that allows users to "print" one page or multiple pages directly from popular applications such as Microsoft Word, Adobe Illustrator or Adobe PageMaker, Macromedia FreeHand or QuarkXPress to a PICT format. The Adobe ScreenReady PostScript component is ideal for processing PostScript language text and graphics. Intelligent batch processing (1) Performing a particular operation automatically on a group of files all at once rather than manually opening, editing and saving one file at a time. For example, graphics software that converts a selection of images from one format to another would be a batch processing utility. of EPS files make this component especially well-suited for multiple users in a production or workgroup environment. With Adobe ScreenReady software, users can create high-quality, anti-aliased text, graphics and entire screen layouts as anti-aliased PICT files using familiar graphics or page layout applications. Users set custom palettes by selecting the depth, resolution, anti-aliasing and file-naming options that are most appropriate for their production. CONTACT: Adobe Systems Incorporated, Mountain View Patricia J. Pane, 415/962-2967 ppane@mv.us.adobe.com http://www.adobe.com/ |
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