Paint Shop Pro is more than just a paint program! New version paints!MINNETONKA, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 27, 1995--JASC Inc. announces the immediate availability of Paint Shop Pro version 3, an award winning Windows graphics product. Now a full-blown painting program, version 3 includes painting and photo retouching capabilities. Other powerful features and support for additional image file formats Image file formats provide a standardized method of organizing and storing image data. This article deals with digital image formats used to store photographic and other image information. further enhance the new version. In addition to the choice of eight different brushes for painting, photo retouching capabilities are provided by a clone brush for easy duplication of image areas and a magic wand a wand used by a magician in performing feats of magic. See also: Magic for quick selection of similar areas for manipulation. Paint Shop Pro also allows you to perform flip, mirror, rotate and crop operations, plus the ability to add borders and frames, or 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 and resample your image. Other image enhancements and editing features include 20 standard image filters and 12 image deformations, including skews and circle. Filter browsers are included to allow quick previews of their effects. Paint Shop Pro also provides color enhancement functions to alter the hue, saturation, lightness and RGB (Red Green Blue) The computer's native color space, which is the color system for capturing and displaying images. RGB was derived from our own perception of color because human eyes are sensitive to red, green and blue (see trichromaticity). levels of an image. Adjustments to brightness and contrast, and changes to highlight, shadow, and midtone can also be made. Paint Shop Pro now includes an image browser to allow you to visually search directories by viewing the thumbnails created by the browser. When it comes to converting a large number of images from one format to another, enhancements to Paint Shop Pro's batch conversion have made it as easy as possible. All messages during the conversion process are sent to the log window for unattended operation, and the log may be saved for later inspection. Many other powerful features make Paint Shop Pro the only photo retouching, painting, image format conversion, and screen capturing program you need. 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. : Windows 3.1 or better, color VGA (Video Graphics Array) The display standard for the PC. All PC display adapters support VGA, and Windows machines boot up in "VGA mode" before switching to higher resolutions. , 4MB RAM, hard disk with 4MB free space. Paint Shop Pro may be purchased directly from JASC JASC Japan-America Student Conference JASC Jebel Ali Sailing Club (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) JASC Jets and Software Company (maker of Paint Shop Pro) JASC Joint Actions Steering Committee Inc. 10901 Red Circle Drive, Suite 340, Minnetonka, MN 55343 for $69.00 plus shipping and handling. Phone orders may be placed by calling 1-800-622-2793 or 612/930-9171, or by fax at 612/930-9172. Quantity discounts, upgrades and site, licensing are available. NOTE: Review copies of Paint Shop Pro are available upon request. CONTACT: JASC Inc., Minnetonka Bill Dickson, 612/930-9171 Fax: 612/930-9172 CompuServe: 76226,2652 |
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