Poco Picassos Discover Art Can Be Easy with Aartvark (TM) - the Coolest Art and Painting Software for Creative Kids - Millennium Media Group Unveils Aartvark at C.E.S.LAS VEGAS--W.C.E.S. Booth # 6978--(BUSINESS WIRE)--January 6, 1995--Creating artistic masterpieces is easier than ever with the help of Artie(TM), the interactive host of Millennium Media Group's new CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). title, Aartvark(TM), which debuts at C.E.S. today. Artie the Aartvark happily guides children - even those who are too young to read - through all of the program's features and games, and encourages them throughout the creation process. Aartvark has an abundance of built-in features that young artists ages 3 - 10 can use to easily create exciting works of art. Kids can choose from more than 100 animated and still backgrounds to use as a canvas, and build upon them with awesome colors, patterns and Artie's unique, color-cycling "rainbows." Colossal co·los·sal adj. Of a size, extent, or degree that elicits awe or taxes belief; immense. See Synonyms at enormous. [French, from Latin colossus, colossus; see colossus. collages can easily be created with a rich library of more than 250 colorful stickers. Kids have access to a wide assortment of intuitive tools for developing creative skills including a spray can for special effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. , pencils to draw pictures and a text tool to add words or signatures to their masterpieces. "Every feature in Aartvark was designed to build self-esteem and let kids easily create artistic marvels they can be proud of," said Jeff Cain, senior producer at Millennium. "And through positive reinforcement positive reinforcement, n a technique used to encourage a desirable behavior. Also called positive feedback, in which the patient or subject receives encouraging and favorable communication from another person. , Artie encourages children to explore the depths of their creativity." Artie makes Aartvark easy to learn and fun to use by giving kids audible descriptions of the colors or tools they've chosen from the easy-to-use, graphical Click & Play(TM) control palettes. This means there are no confusing menu or key commands to remember so kids can use Aartvark for hours without parental supervision Parental supervision is a parenting technique that involves looking after, or monitoring a child's activities. Young children are generally incapable of looking after themselves, and incompetent in making informed decisions for their own well-being. . Aartvark's visual filing system allows children to save their creations as pictures in a virtual art gallery, rather than as a filename file·name also file name n. A name given to a computer file to distinguish it from other files, often containing an extension that classifies it by type. in a folder. With this system, kids will never forget what they named their creation or where it's filed. The gallery also contains all the pre-loaded coloring book pages and backgrounds in one convenient location. Aartvark includes a toybox filled with fun games that teach younger kids how to create original pieces of art. In Connect the Dots, children create pictures and improve their hand -eye coordination by clicking on the moving red dot; Match the Shape builds shape-recognition skills; and in Complete the Picture, a talking coloring book, kids are given a verbal and visual concept and must use their imagination to complete 50 predetermined pre·de·ter·mine v. pre·de·ter·mined, pre·de·ter·min·ing, pre·de·ter·mines v.tr. 1. To determine, decide, or establish in advance: pictures (e.g., "Draw your favorite dream," "Draw your best friend," etc.). Also residing within the toybox is a slide show feature that lets kids and grown-ups enjoy multimedia slide presentations. The slideshow is created by selecting saved pictures from the gallery and adding sound from Aartvark's extensive library of more than 100 sound effects sound effects Noun, pl sounds artificially produced to make a play, esp. a radio play, more realistic sound effects npl → efectos mpl sonoros and music clips. Kids can also use their PC's microphone, if available, to add their own sounds or narrate the show. The slide show (minus the audio) can be saved to a floppy disk and sent to relatives as cards or gifts, or brought to work to be displayed. It will run from Windows or DOS without the need for the original Aartvark program. 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. Aartvark requires a 386 IBM-compatible computer with four megabytes of RAM, a 256-color SVGA monitor (hardware, graphics) SVGA monitor - A monitor capable of displaying the output of an SVGA card. , mouse, CD-ROM drive A device that holds and reads CD-ROM discs. CD-ROM drives generally also play audio CD discs by sending analog sound to the sound card via a 4-pin cable. For specifications of 10x, 20x, etc. drives, see CD-ROM drives. See CD-ROM, CD-ROM changer, CD-ROM server and CD-ROM audio cable. and DOS 3.1 or higher to operate (sound card, speakers and/or microphone are all optional). Aartvark can also be installed and launched from Windows 3.1. Aartvark is compatible with most popular black-and-white and color printers A printer that prints in color using three (CMY) or four (CMYK) colors of ink, toner or dye. Four color ribbons have been used in dot matrix printers, but these are rare today. See color laser printer and printer. . The program runs completely from the CD-ROM and requires no additional hard disk space except for saved graphic and audio files. Pricing and Availability The suggested retail price for Aartvark is $39.95 and will be available in late-January through traditional computer and software retailers or direct from Millennium (for orders, call 1-800-U WANT IT). Millennium Titles Aartvark, the second of many new CD-ROM titles to be released by Millennium bearing the Electri-CD(TM) logo, is being simultaneously announced at C.E.S. with Millennium's third title, Merriam-Webster's(R) Word War 5(TM). Millennium announced the availability of its first title, Diggers Diggers, members of a small English religio-economic movement (fl. 1649–50), so called because they attempted to dig (i.e., cultivate) the wastelands. They were an offshoot of the more important group of Puritan extremists known as the Levelers. (TM), in December 1994. The company has an aggressive product distribution schedule, and plans to release four new titles by the end of the first quarter and as many as 18 titles by the end of 1995. The Company Formed in 1993, Millennium Media Group is a Philadelphia-based publisher and developer of innovative multimedia titles in the education and entertainment categories. Millennium actively seeks out and partners with software developers worldwide, providing hands-on product development support in addition to traditional publishing, marketing and distribution services. Currently, Millennium has entered into agreements with software developers from the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Israel, France and the United Kingdom. CONTACT: Millennium Media Group, Inc.
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