ClarisDraw off to roaring start; sales, customers and early reviews highlight excellent reception of new Macintosh drawing standard.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 4, 1995--ClarisDraw 1.0 for Macintosh and Power Macintosh See Power Mac. (computer) Power Macintosh - Apple Computer's personal computer based on the PowerPC, introduced on 1994-03-14. Existing 680x0 code (both applications and device drivers) run on Power Macintosh systems without modification via a Motorola 68LC040 emulator. , the upgrade to MacDraw II and MacDraw Pro An earlier Macintosh drawing program marketed by Apple's Claris subsidiary in the early 1990s. It was an upgrade to the original MacDraw software from Apple and eventually became known as ClarisDraw. , is picking up where the market-leading MacDraw family left off; strong in sales and garnering great customer feedback and rave reviews in leading trade publications. "We are very pleased with the reception of ClarisDraw from customers," said Dan Eilers, Claris president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "To date, ClarisDraw is exceeding all sales expectations. Upgrades are strong and sales of new product are above run rates reached by the best-selling best·sell·er also best seller n. A product, such as a book, that is among those sold in the largest numbers. best general drawing program for Macintosh, MacDraw Pro." A Windows version of ClarisDraw will ship in mid-1995. "A lot of attention has been given lately to high-end illustration applications for professional graphic artists," said Michael Sanabria, ClarisDraw product manager. "ClarisDraw's sales demonstrate that there is still large demand for an easy-to-use drawing program from business users who do more than create graphics all day. Our customers combine drawing, text effects, paint, and image editing Changing or improving graphics images. It typically refers to bitmapped images rather than vector graphics drawings. Using an image editor, images can be modified by an artist using pen, brush, airbrush and other "painting" tools. in ClarisDraw, easily -- without the pain, trouble and time investment other graphics program require," he added. Along with robust sales, ClarisDraw has won the praise of many small, medium and large corporate and government customers. "ClarisDraw does everything I need to do quickly and easily, and that's the bottom line," said Greg Sasaki, management information systems manager for Nikon. "ClarisDraw saves me an incredible amount of time with features like SmartAlign, Guideliner and SmartConnector -- I just love them," said Timothy Norton, Airways airways Anatomy The 'pipes'–trachea, bronchi, bronchioles–through which air passes to and from the alveoli. See Small airways. Electronic Technician for the Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control . "ClarisDraw has some superior features like the drag and drop A graphical user interface (GUI) capability that lets you perform operations by moving the icon of an object with the mouse into another window or onto another icon. For example, files can be copied or moved by dragging them from one folder to another. object libraries and automatic text wrap," said Stephen Matherne, area trainer with a Fortune 500 chemical corporation. "I also create presentations with ClarisDraw -- it's a very versatile and easy to use drawing program." Computer trade magazines are also awarding ClarisDraw excellent reviews as the perfect drawing program for the generalist gen·er·al·ist n. A physician whose practice is not oriented in a specific medical specialty but instead covers a variety of medical problems. generalist , or "non-artist" user. Samples of what reviewers in top trade magazines are writing about ClarisDraw include: -- "We rate advanced editing excellent...ClarisDraw's speed earns a score of excellent." Infoworld -- "ClarisDraw substantially enhances MacDraw's features, while maintaining MacDraw's approachable and straightforward interface." Computer Currents -- "MacDraw users will do well to upgrade to this product." MacWeek ClarisDraw combines excellent drawing tools with enhanced text handling, paint and image editing capabilities, intelligent features and presentation features to make drawing tasks easier for the "generalist" user. These users need accessible tools for a variety of graphics and output, including logos, floor plans, maps, signage, banners, technical drawings and other frequently-used graphics in business, home and education. ClarisDraw has a U.S. suggested retail price of $399, with special upgrade suggested pricing of $89 from MacDraw Pro, and $99 from earlier versions of MacDraw and MacDraw II, as well as from competitive drawing applications. The special upgrade pricing is good through March 31, 1995. Editors can refer readers to 1-800-3CLARIS for additional information. Claris Corp., a leading worldwide vendor of Macintosh and Windows applications A program that is written to run under Microsoft's Windows operating system. Such applications typically run under all 32-bit versions of Windows, but earlier applications might also run under the 16-bit versions (Windows 3.x) as well. See Windows. for business, education and home, is a subsidiary of Apple Computer Inc., with headquarters in Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: See ClarisDraw at Claris MacWorld EXPO Booth No. 1007. Claris is a registered trademark and ClarisDraw, Guideliner, SmartAlign and SmartConnector are trademarks of Claris Corp. Power Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Computer Inc. used under license. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Claris Corp., Santa Clara Greg Cornelison, 408/987-7542 |
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