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Radius Technology provides world renowned artists with multimedia tools for greater creativity and production; Warren Miller Entertainment, The Joffrey Ballet and Rick Smolan to demonstrate art created on the desktop at MacWorld Expo San Francisco '95.


SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 4, 1995--Radius Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ
 in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

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:RDUS) will illustrate how its multimedia products are enhancing creativity and broadening the capabilities of 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.
 users at Macworld Expo in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden  this week.

Through relationships with leading artists in the creative fields of film, dance and photography, Radius is hosting and co-hosting a series of events designed to showcase real-life examples of Radius technology implementations.

The events will feature art created on the desktop, by world renowned creative professionals including ski film maker, Warren Miller There are several people of note named Warren Miller, including
  • Warren E. Miller (Maryland politician) -- Member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 9A.
, The Joffrey Ballet Joffrey Ballet, one of the major American dance companies. It was founded in New York City in 1954 by the dancer-choreographer Robert Joffrey. From 1956 to 1964 it made yearly tours of the United States.  dance company, and photographer, Rick Smolan A former TIME, LIFE and National Geographic photographer, Rick Smolan has spent two decades finding ways to place himself and his projects directly in the path of the converging worlds of photography, design, publishing, and technology. , best know for his "Day in the Life" series of pictorial books.

"Radius is empowering the Macintosh platform with multimedia tools," said Dee Cravens Cravens Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Limited was a railway car builder in Sheffield, England and supplier of the London Underground A60 Stock; and diesel multiple units and electric multiple units to British Railways. , Radius vice president of marketing. "With the increasing convergence of media, Radius solutions are enabling artists to enrich content and further explore their creative potential through differentiation and flexibility."

Warren Miller Entertainment

Radius will kick-off a series of events featuring its technology implementations with a special preview of a portion of Vertical Reality, this year's ski adventure film by Warren Miller Entertainment (WMT (Windows Media Technologies) See Windows Media. ). Borrowing a movie camera in 1949 and filming his first ski feature called Steep and Light, Warren Miller started his world-famous skiing feature films and created WMT, which has produced more than 500 films since that time.

Having used traditional post-production methods to create the films, Warren Miller is now producing world renowned skiing adventures on the desktop. Parts of Vertical Reality were created with Radius' VideoVison Studio and Radius Edit. Warren Miller Entertainment is also using Radius and Apple technology to create videos, films, books and CD-ROMs.

A special debut of the film Vertical Reality will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 4 at the Center for the Arts, located directly above the North Hall of Moscone Convention Center. After the debut, the film will be shown in a theater on the show floor located in Pavilion D in the South Hall of Moscone Convention Center.

The Joffrey Ballet

In addition to Warren Miller Entertainment, Radius has teamed up with Banned from the Ranch, Cimarron/Bacon/O'Brien, Kennedy-Marshall and Digital Hollywood Digital Hollywood is a trade conference covering the fields of film, television, music, home video, cable, telecommunications and computer industries. It debuted in 1990. External links
  • Digital Hollywood official site
, to feature a special performance by the Joffrey Ballet of the dance production, Billboards. Billboards is the widely acclaimed production performed to the music of Prince that has recently finished its tour of 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. . The production has earned critical acclaim for its background art that was created entirely on the Macintosh and the elaborate lighting that is computer controlled throughout the performance.

Passage to Vietnam

With the worlds of design, publishing, photography and computers beginning to converge, new media is being used by artists and more work is being archived. Photojournalist and publisher Rick Smolan, known for his Day in the Life photography series, will discuss and show his latest book and 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).
, Passage to Vietnam.

Passage to Vietnam was created entirely on the desktop with Radius, Adobe, and Apple technology, among others. In a presentation on Friday, Jan. 6, Smolan and his partner, Jennifer Erwitt will discuss the creation of the book and the significant role technology played in its development, allowing high-quality, rapid turnaround publishing and authoring. The event will be held at the Center for the Arts, directly above the North Hall of Moscone Convention Center at 6 p.m.

For additional information regarding the events, Warren Miller Entertainment, The Joffrey Ballet, or Passage to Vietnam, stop by the Radius booth, No. 1913 or call A&R Partners at 415/363-0982.

Radius Inc. delivers extended computer system performance, faster graphics, the highest-quality digital video, and enhanced viewing and display products to leading-edge computer users in the publishing, graphics, video, and education markets. The company's products are available through a worldwide network of Radius authorized au·thor·ize  
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2. To give permission for; sanction:
 resellers, system integrators and distributors.

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CONTACT: Radius Inc.
             Dina Toothman, 408/541-5290
             A&R Partners
             Morgan Littlefield, 415/363-0982
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