Adobe Systems announces Adobe ScreenReady for the Macintosh.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 4, 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) ) Wednesday announced 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. "In the past, creating professional-quality text and graphics for the screen required multiple steps that could be time-consuming," said John Kunze, Adobe's vice president of graphics products. "Adobe ScreenReady simplifies the process and makes last-minute revisions easy. Users can now get the same high-quality on-screen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. they have come to expect in output from Adobe PostScript printers." Adobe ScreenReady software is comprised of two components: a Quickdraw-based driver and a PostScript 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 A full-featured word processing program for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. Included in the Microsoft application suite, it is a sophisticated program with rudimentary desktop publishing capabilities that has become the most widely used word processing application on the market. , Adobe Illustrator A full-featured drawing program for Windows and Macintosh from Adobe. It provides sophisticated tracing and text manipulation capabilities as well as color separations. Included is Adobe Type Manager and a selection of Type 1 fonts. or PageMaker, Macromedia FreeHand A full-featured vector drawing program for Windows and Macintosh from Adobe, which acquired it in 2005 from Macromedia. It combines a wide range of drawing tools with special effects. FreeHand was first available on the Mac and was originally Aldus Freehand from Aldus Corporation. , or QuarkXPress to a PICT format. The Adobe ScreenReady PostScript component is ideal for processing PostScript 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, 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 most appropriate for their production. Price and Availability Adobe ScreenReady for the Macintosh is expected to be available by the end of the first quarter of 1995 on CD-ROM from Adobe authorized dealers. Through April 30, 1995, Adobe ScreenReady will be offered at a special introductory price of $99. After that date, the suggested retail price will be $199. For more information, customers should contact Adobe at 800/521-1976. System Requirements Minimum system requirements are an Apple Macintosh IIfx or Macintosh Quadra computer, System 7.1, 8 megabytes of RAM and an 80-megabyte hard drive with 5 megabytes of free disk space. For optimal performance, system requirements include an Apple Macintosh computer, system 7.1 or later, 10 megabytes of RAM and an 80-megabyte hard drive with 5 megabytes of free hard disk space. For output, any application that can import PICT files is needed. Adobe Systems Inc., founded in 1982, is headquartered in Mountain View. 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 application 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 recently completed a merger with Aldus Corp. and Adobe's 1993 revenue on a combined basis was approximately $520 million. -0- Note to Editors: Adobe, PostScript, ScreenReady, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop and PageMaker are trademarks of Adobe Systems Inc. or its subsidiaries and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Apple, Macintosh, Power Macintosh and Macintosh Quadra are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc. QuarkXpress is a registered trademark of Quark Inc. Microsoft is a registered Microsoft Corp. FreeHand See Macromedia FreeHand. is a registered trademark of Macromedia Inc. CONTACT: Adobe Systems Inc. Patricia J. Pane, 415/962-2967 Fax: 415/962-2659 ppane@mv.us.adobe.com |
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