Apple's QuickTime 3 Pro for NT -- First on Intergraph Computer Systems' MacFriendly Workstations and PCs.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 1, 1998-- First Windows NT-based Workstation Vendor To License Apple's QuickTime 3 (Seybold Booth #3161)- At Seybold San Francisco/Publishing 98, Intergraph Computer Systems' Publishing and Prepress Division today announced that Intergraph will deliver Apple's QuickTime 3 Pro software in its family of MacFriendly TDZ TDZ The Dead Zone (movie) TDZ Touchdown Zone TDZ Temperature Danger Zone (food safety) TDZ Tvornica Duhana Zagreb (Croatian tobacco factory) TDZ thiazolidinediones (R) ViZual Workstations and TD(TM) PCs. Intergraph Computer Systems (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 : INGR) continues to empower creative professionals by being the first Intel/Windows/Windows NT(R) computer vendor to license QuickTime 3 Pro software, which offers a simple but powerful way to play, create, and edit media files on Mac and Windows OS-based systems. QuickTime's multi-platform technology enables QuickTime files to be viewed on any Windows or Mac-based system while ensuring that the files look and sound exactly the way they were intended when created. Graphic design, new media, and video professionals benefit from this combination with QuickTime 3 Pro features such as sophisticated playback capabilities, support for Web-based media, and easy content authoring and editing tools, and Intergraph's unprecedented price/performance and seamless Macintosh connectivity delivered in its Extreme TDZ workstations and TD PCs. "QuickTime is the undisputed leader in software technology for the creation and delivery of multimedia content," said Mitchell Weinstock, senior QuickTime product manager, Apple Computer, Inc. "We are pleased Intergraph is supporting QuickTime 3 Pro, which is a powerful tool for graphic designers, new media, content creators See content provider. , and publishing professionals alike." "We're very pleased to deliver QuickTime 3 Pro with our MacFriendly TDZ workstations," said Jim Lambert, executive director, Intergraph Computer Systems' Publishing and Prepress Division. "Including QuickTime 3 Pro in each creative Windows NT-based workstation furthers our commitment to provide the ultimate digital publishing tool for our users. Apple's decision to make QuickTime and other core Apple technologies available for NT is a big plus for the creative market and enables us to offer the best of breed, MacFriendly NT workstations that seamlessly operate across-platforms and applications." Seybold attendees can see demonstrations of QuickTime running on Intergraph Computer Systems' MacFriendly Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. workstations in the Apple booth #3647 and in the Intergraph Computer Systems' booth, #3161. QuickTime 3 Pro The applications in QuickTime 3 Pro work with all the media formats supported by QuickTime software, making it easy to enjoy movies, pictures, and sound files from the Web, CD-ROMs, and other sources. QuickTime 3 Pro includes the following applications: -- QuickTime Internet Plug-in: Works with all leading web browsers The following is a list of web browsers. Historical Historically important browsers In order of release:
and simplifies browsing by replacing a numerous help applications and plug-ins with a single plug-in. -- MoviePlayer: Enables users to import and combine more than 30 different file formats and to compress them using Sorenson Video and QDesign audio compressors for streaming from any Internet ready Web server. -- PictureViewer: Can view, rotate, and resize Verb 1. resize - change the size of; make the size more appropriate size - make to a size; bring to a suitable size rescale - establish on a new scale more than 10 standard image files formats. With this an essential tool for viewing and converting images between standard publishing formats, users can view BMP (1) (BitMaP) Also known as a "bump" file, it is the native, bitmapped graphics format in Windows. A BMP can be saved in several color options: 1-, 4-, 8- and 24-bit color provide 2, 16, 256 and 16,000,000 colors respectively. BMP files use the .BMP or . , PICT, and JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. . Intergraph's MacFriendly Systems - As Extreme As You Want To Be Intergraph Computer Systems delivers the industry's only out-of-the-box, MacFriendly Windows NT hardware which enables graphic design, new media, publishing, and prepress professionals to seamlessly integrate their Intergraph systems into Mac-based environments. Intergraph's Extreme TDZ workstations and PCs include leading software such as Apple's QuickTime 3 Pro, Adobe Type Manager Software from Adobe that was used with earlier versions of Mac and Windows for printing Type 1 PostScript fonts on non-PostScript printers. Adobe Type Manager (ATM) was built into the OS/2 and NeXTstep operating systems and was originally developed to provide WYSIWYG screen fonts for the (R), Miramar's PC MacLAN for Windows NT, Color Solutions Viewer, and Media4 Productions' MacDrive `98. These tools give users the ability to create and manipulate media files, read and write Mac-formatted media, connect to Mac-based networks, and perform font management, color correction Altering the colors in an image in order to print or display it properly or for special effects. Depending on the application, color correction can be a significant problem if the resulting image must be approved or a purchase is made because of color choice. , and other essential operations. Availability Intergraph Computer Systems' Extreme TDZ ViZual Workstations and TD PCs with the MacFriendly Connectivity Package and QuickTime 3 Pro are available immediately from authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: Intergraph resellers. For more information about Intergraph, its MacFriendly systems, or the nearest reseller, customers can call 888-296-6977 or visit our Web site at www.intergraph.com/publishing. About Intergraph Computer Systems Intergraph Computer Systems (Huntsville, AL) is the world leader in 3D graphics technology, products, and services for Windows NT. Intergraph develops, manufactures, sells, and supports computer systems and advanced graphics accelerators A display adapter that performs a specialized set of graphics functions to render an image on screen. Today, all display adapters provide basic rendering functions in hardware, but many have graphics processing units (GPUs) that are sophisticated computers. for the creative and technical desktop in markets such as traditional CAD, MCAD MCAD Microsoft Certified Application Developer MCAD Mechanical Computer Aided Design MCAD Medium-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase (inherited metabolic disease) MCAD Minneapolis College of Art and Design , animation, content creation, publishing and prepress, and digital media. Intergraph's server and networking and interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. products for the IT environment deliver workgroup to enterprise performance for internet, intranet, and extranet, as well as thin client applications. Hardware products include Pentium/Pentium Pro/Pentium II processors/Windows/Windows NT-based graphics workstations, graphics accelerators, and servers. Intergraph Computer Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Intergraph Corporation (NASDAQ: INGR). For more information about Intergraph Computer Systems, call 800-763-0242, or visit the company's Web site at www.intergraph.com/ics/. EDITORS: If you wish to provide a telephone number for reader inquiries, please use 888-296-6977. Intergraph's World Wide Web URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. is www.intergraph.com/ics. Please contact Marla Robinson, 256,730-1813 or mcrobins@ingr.com for updated pricing and images. Intergraph, ExtremeZ, and MacFriendly are registered trademarks of Intergraph Corporation. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corp. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: Intergraph Computer Systems Marla Robinson, 256/730-1813 mcrobins@ingr.com or Dana Staples, 256/730-1167 dbstaple@ingr.com |
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