ParaGraph Introduces New Web Animation Software -- MorphInk 99.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 1999-- Ideal for Web Page Graphic Design, New Software Quickly and Easily Converts Sketches Into Super-smooth, Low-bandwidth Animations ParaGraph, a division of Vadem(TM), today announced the immediate availability of MorphInk 99, an animation software tool based on ParaGraph's award-winning morphing Transforming one image into another; for example, a car into a tiger. The term comes from metamorphosis. Morphing programs work by marking prominent points, such as tips and corners, of the before and after images. technology. MorphInk 99 allows users to create super-smooth animations for web sites or animated online advertisements and banners, and save them in extremely small files for speedy online delivery and full-scale, full-motion playback Playback could mean:
MorphInk 99 publishes animations using ParaGraph's animated compact format (ANC ANC abbr. African National Congress ANC African National Congress: South African political movement instrumental in bringing an end to apartheid ANC n abbr (= ), which minimizes network bandwidth requirements Bandwidth requirements (communications) The channel bandwidths needed to transmit various types of signals, using various processing schemes. Every signal observed in practice can be expressed as a sum (discrete or over a frequency continuum) of sinusoidal and download time. ANC files can be easily uploaded and downloaded through the web, as well as shared via email. MorphInk 99 animations can also be exported into a variety of popular web file formats, including animated GIF A moving picture in GIF format, which is made up of a series of frames. When displayed, they provide an animated sequence that cycles over and over without stopping. Although popular on the Web, animated GIFs are larger than single-frame GIFs and take longer to download. and Macromedia Flash(TM). "MorphInk has huge potential as a creativity tool for web development because it is both easy-to-use and highly efficient," said Dr. Stepan Pachikov Stepan Alexandrovich Pachikov (born February 1, 1950 in Vartashen, Azerbaijan) is the co-founder of ParaGraph Intl., Parascript, EverNote Corp. among other software companies which contributed heavily to the development of Handwriting recognition and VRML technologies. , senior vice president and general manager of the ParaGraph division. "MorphInk animations are so magical and vivid that it is hard to believe that they were generated automatically." MorphInk 99 Features In addition to allowing users to create super-smooth animations with low bandwidth requirements, MorphInk 99 offers the following features: -0-
-- a unique Shape Checker capability, which instantly transforms
rough hand-drawings into, regular geometric shapes;
-- a unique filtering technology that enables authors to draw
smooth, pen-quality lines with a standard mouse;
-- software that turns 2D contour sketches into realistic-looking 3D
animations;
-- the ability to convert animations into a variety of web formats,
including MorphInk 99's ANC vector format, animated GIF and
Macromedia Flash;
-- ParaGraph's ANC vector format which is supported by Java and
ActiveX/Plug-in Players for both Microsoft Internet Explorer and
Netscape Navigator.
System Requirements
System requirements for MorphInk 99 are:
-- Computer: IBM PC or 100 percent compatible, 486 or better,
Pentium(R) recommended
-- Memory: 16MB RAM and 10MB hard disk space
-- Monitor: 256 color or better
-- Interface: Mouse and keyboard, graphics tablet system recommended
-- Operating System: Windows 95/Windows 98/Windows NT 4.0
-0- Product Pricing and Availability The commercial version of MorphInk 99 has a suggested retail price of $29.95 (U.S.) and is available through online resellers including BuyDirect, Digital River and Beyond.com. A free 15-day evaluation version of MorphInk 99 is available from ParaGraph's web site at www.paragraph.com and is premiered in the Multimedia & Design software section at CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. Download.com. Industry Quotes Digital River, Inc. "This is a tremendous addition to Paragraph's product line," said Joel Ronning, Digital River 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. . "MorphInk 99 has many outstanding features that will attract a large audience from the experienced graphic designer to the novice. We expect this product to sell extremely well through the online channel." CNET Download.com "CNET Download.com is pleased to announce the premiere of MorphInk 99 v1.5 from ParaGraph," said Todd Volz, Associate Producer of Download.com. "An easy-to-use animation package well-suited for web graphic design, MorphInk provides the tools to create unique morphing drawings for export animated GIFs, Java and Flash animations, or its own, compact, proprietary file format. Download.com seeks to provide its users with the best, most useful new software, and MorphInk's functionality easily ranks it a prime addition to Download.com's library of Premiere titles." About ParaGraph ParaGraph, a business unit of Vadem, develops and markets pen and Internet software products and technologies including its award-winning CalliGrapher cal·lig·ra·phy n. 1. a. The art of fine handwriting. b. Works in fine handwriting considered as a group. 2. Handwriting. (R) handwriting recognition Handwriting recognition is the ability of a computer to receive intelligible handwritten input. The image of the written text may be sensed "off line" from a piece of paper by optical scanning (optical character recognition). , MorphInk(TM) auto-morphing animation technologies, HodoGraph Hod´o`graph n. 1. (Math.) A curve described by the moving extremity of a line the other end of which is fixed, this line being constantly parallel to the direction of motion of, and having its length constantly proportional to the (TM) signal compression In telecommunication, the term signal compression has the following meanings: In analog (usually audio) systems, reduction of the dynamic range of a signal by controlling it as a function of the inverse relationship of its instantaneous value relative to a specified , and NetWriter(TM) digital ink communications, multi-user server technology. ParaGraph was founded in 1989 by a team of prominent Russian scientists led by Dr. Stepan Pachikov and was acquired by Silicon Graphics in 1997. Pachikov is now the senior vice president and general manager of the ParaGraph division of Vadem. For more information about ParaGraph products, please visit the web site at www.paragraph.com. For more information about Vadem, please visit the web site at www.vadem.com. Note to Editors: Vadem and the Vadem logo are trademarks of Vadem, which may be registered in some jurisdictions. ParaGraph and CalliGrapher are registered trademarks and MorphInk, HodoGraph, NetWriter and Write Naturally are trademarks of ParaGraph, a business unit of Vadem. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. |
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