Extensis Ships Mask Pro 3; Improved Masking Technology Enables Creation of Flawless, Real-Life Masks.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 18, 2003 Extensis today announced the immediate availability of Mask Pro 3, a significant upgrade to Extensis' award winning masking mask·ing n. 1. The concealment or the screening of one sensory process or sensation by another. 2. An opaque covering used to camouflage the metal parts of a prosthesis. and selection tool software for Adobe Photoshop See Photoshop. . A pioneer in the plug-in arena, Extensis has once again redefined masking and selecting capabilities in Adobe Photoshop. Key features of this latest release include new color decontamination decontamination /de·con·tam·i·na·tion/ (de?kon-tam-i-na´shun) the freeing of a person or object of some contaminating substance, e.g., war gas, radioactive material, etc. de·con·tam·i·na·tion n. technology and color selection tools, as well as a more robust and intuitive toolset. The foundation of this major revision is an entirely new masking engine, allowing users to flawlessly flaw·less adj. Being entirely without flaw or imperfection. See Synonyms at perfect. flaw  less·ly adv. handle the most complex masking jobs."Masking challenges, especially those involving complex edges with semi-transparent objects like smoke, glass and hair, are limitless," said Lisa McCormack, product manager, Extensis. "Mask Pro has been fully updated to offer an entire suite of powerful new tools to address any masking challenge and to facilitate creation of flawless, real life masks." Boxed Macintosh versions of Mask Pro 3 will be available in late February. A Windows version will follow mid-year 2003; international versions are slated for release shortly after. All versions will be available for purchase through the Extensis website at http://www.extensis.com/maskpro and other sales channels. Top Features in Mask Pro 3 -- Color Decontamination for improved edge transparency - New feature. Greatly improves masking of semi-transparent objects like hair, smoke or glass without sacrificing the quality of the image. -- Keep/Drop Highlighting - New feature. Easy-to-use highlighter tools offer users quick definition of "keep and drop" areas within an image. -- Enhanced Touchup Tools and Controls - New feature. Blur and chisel tools provide users with powerful global and local control of mask edges. -- Most advanced color-matching technology available - Improved color-matching technology creates masks based on keep/drop color areas generating the most accurate and color-correct masks. -- Real-time preview -Unlike any other masking product on the market, Mask Pro 3 allows users to view results on the fly. -- OS X compatibility. About Mask Pro Extensis Mask Pro is productivity plug-in for Adobe Photoshop that uses advanced color matching and decontamination technology, giving users the ability to create flawless, real-life masks from any image, regardless of complexity. The improved feature set in Mask Pro 3 offers better control over edge transparency (1) The quality of being able to see through a material. The terms transparency and translucency are often used synonymously; however, transparent would technically mean "seeing through clear glass," while translucent would mean "seeing through frosted glass." See alpha blending. and background color spill spill - register spilling . Mask Pro 3 also boasts the most robust and intuitive toolset on the market. For more information on Mask Pro please visit: http://www.extensis.com/maskpro. Pricing and Availability The English version of Mask Pro 3 will be available for download from the Extensis web site in February 2003, and is available for a suggested retail price starting at $199.95US for full product and $99.95US for upgrades from previous versions of Mask Pro. In addition, a competitive upgrade to Mask Pro 3 is available for a suggested retail price starting at $169.95. A Windows version of Mask Pro 3 will be available later this year, followed by French, German and Japanese Macintosh versions in Q3 2003. System Requirements To be used efficiently, all computer software needs certain hardware components or other software resources to be present on a computer system. These pre-requisites are known as (computer) system requirements and are often used as a guideline as opposed to an absolute rule. Mask Pro 3 for Mac supports OS X (v 10.1.5 or higher) as well as OS 9.2.2, Adobe Photoshop 6.0.1 and Photoshop 7.01 and higher, Adobe Photoshop Elements Adobe Photoshop Elements is the consumer version of the Adobe Photoshop raster image editing product, sold at a fraction (roughly 1/6th) of the cost of the professional product or bundled with related hardware such as scanners and digital cameras. 2.0 and requires a Macintosh PowerPC G3, G4, or G4 dual processor with 128 MB of system RAM. About Extensis, Inc. Extensis is a leading publisher of software and tools that extend the capabilities of creative professionals. Extensis' award winning and industry standard products include: Suitcase for font font or typeface or type family Assortment or set of type (alphanumeric characters used for printing), all of one coherent style. Before the advent of computers, fonts were expressed in cast metal that was used as a template for printing. management, Portfolio for asset management, PrintReady for preflight pre·flight adj. Preparing for or occurring before flight. tr.v. pre·flight·ed, pre·flight·ing, pre·flights To check (an aircraft) for airworthiness before flight. and file delivery, plug-in enhancements for Photoshop (Mask Pro, Intellihance, PhotoTools, PhotoFrame), and productivity enhancements for QuarkXPress (QX-Tools, QX-Effects, BeyondPress) Extensis was founded in 1993, by creative professionals for creative professionals, and is based in Portland, Oregon and the United Kingdom. Extensis 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 Celartem Technology USA Inc., which is wholly owned by Celartem Technology Inc., (Hercules: 4330). For additional information, please visit our website at http://www.extensis.com or call 800/796-9798. About Celartem Celartem Technology Inc. was established in 1996 to conduct research and development into storage and distribution technologies for digital images. It has developed, and sells VFZ VFZ Vector Format for Zooming VFZ Viktor Frankl Zentrum (Vienna, Austria) VFZ Video Effects technology, which allows digital images to be stored and distributed without any loss in resolution, and the Protected Archive Image Distribution System that allows digital images to be distributed over networks in a secure manner at original resolution. On December 11, 2001, Celartem was listed on the Osaka Securities Exchange Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE) Established after World War II, one of the three major securities markets in Japan. , Hercules Market (Hercules: 4330). Please visit http://www.celartem.com for more information. |
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