Totally Hip Ships WebPainter 1.0 for Windows; New Cel-based Animation Software Includes Over 250 Pre-designed Animations; WebPainter Debuts at Internet World, March 12-14, Los Angeles.LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 11, 1997--Totally Hip Software (Alberta Stock Exchange Alberta Stock Exchange See Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX). THW THW Technisches Hilfswerk (German government disaster relief organization) THW This House Would (debating) THW Turnverein Hassee-Winterbek (Kiel, Germany handball team) .) Totally Hip Software Inc. (ASE (Adaptive Server Enterprise) A relational DBMS from Sybase that runs on Windows NT/2000, Linux and a variety of Unix platforms. ASE is a comprehensive and robust data management product with a long history dating back to the late 1980s. :THW) today announced that it is shipping WebPainter 1.0 for Windows, an easy-to-use, affordable, cel-based animation program for creating animation and graphics for Web pages. Debuting at this year's Spring Internet World in Los Angeles, March 12 14, WebPainter 1.0 allows users to easily create animations from scratch or use one of the 250 sample animations to quickly spice up Web pages. WebPainter 1.0 complements many high end design tools with the ability to import and export a variety of popular Web-based animation formats such as animated GIF, AVI movies, Windows Bit map, GIF GIF in full Graphics Interchange Format Standard computer file format for graphic images. GIF files use data compression to reduce the file size. The original version of the format was developed by CompuServe in 1987. graphics and Sizzler files. With an introductory price of $49.95 US/$69.95 CDN (Content Delivery Network) A system of distributed content on a large intranet or the public Internet in which copies of content are replicated and cached throughout the network. and a list price of $99.95 US/$138.95, WebPainter is unbeatable in price and performance. "Totally Hip's WebPainter is a great companion product for Fractal Design Painter See Painter. customers," said Steve Guttman, Fractal's VP of Marketing. "It's one of the best ways to convert our frame-by-frame animations into animated GIFs for the Web." "WebPainter is a Web-animator's delight: onion-skinning and rulers for fine positioning control, the ability to import video clips, a full toolbox of painting and text tools, and a straightforward interface all work together to make a versatile, one-stop Web animation studio," said Jim Heid author of HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. & Web Publishing Secrets by IDG IDG International Data Group IDG Integrated Drive Generator IDG Installation Design Guide IDG Internet Discussion Group IDG Inset Dielectric Guide IDG International Dangerous Goods (mail, shipping) Books Worldwide, 1997. WebPainter 1.0's ease-of-use, sample animations and comprehensive tutorials is ideal for beginners, yet is powerful and flexible enough to impress even the most experienced Web designer. WebPainter 1.0's cel-based painting and animation tools offer an indispensable assortment of animation tools typically found in expensive, high-end packages, such as Macromedia's Director. WebPainter is ideal for creating animated GIFs and static GIFs as well as exporting a variety of Web-savvy formats. WebPainter 1.0 for Windows includes the following features and benefits: -0- -- powerful animation tools including onion-skinning, foreground/background layering, and a cel strip view for easy sequencing of cels within an animation -- comprehensive set of painting tools: shape tools, spray can, brushes, smudging, magic wand, selection tools, support for multiple bit depths and more -- 250 sample animations and banners -- interactivity: users create interactive animation by branching to any URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. on the Web -- full support for GIF images: interlaced Refers to a display system or image that uses interlacing and does not render contiguous lines one after the other. See interlace and interlaced GIF. , transparent and animated GIF -- HTML tag automatically generated in WebPainter to easily paste into an HTML page. No HTML programming knowledge needed. -- compatible with popular Web page authoring tools, multimedia design tools 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). authoring tools such as Macromedia Director -- Sizzler plug-in and converter tool with sound support: allows users to add sound and then play stream-based animation files within all popular Web browsers -0- Import and export to the most popular Web animation formats: animated GIF, GIF frames, AVI, Windows Bit map as well as Sizzler ActiveX control, Sizzler plug-in for Netscape Navigator, and Sizzler Java Applet. WebPainter 1.0 for Windows System Requirements -- 486 DX-66 Processor or better -- 8MB of RAM -- 2MB of hard disk space for minimum installation -- CD-ROM -- Mouse -- Color monitor Pricing and Availability WebPainter 1.0 for Windows packaged, box version of the product available on CD-ROM with a comprehensive manual and step-by-step tutorials, over 250 sample animation will carry a SRP SRP - A data link layer protocol. of $99.95 US/$138.95 CDN and a three-month introductory price of $49.95 US/ $69.95 CDN. The product is also available on-line. WebPainter 1.0 is available through many major resellers, mail-order, on-line stores and established distribution channels. A demo version is available for download from the company's Web site at http://www.totallyhip.com. WebPainter 1.0 for Macintosh is also available through popular on-line and retail channels. Totally Hip Software Inc. Located in Vancouver, BC, Totally Hip Software develops and markets multimedia and Web-based software. These products include Object Scenario, a multimedia framework technology, Sizzler multimedia players and WebPainter animation software, which are all available commercially as well as on a non-exclusive OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and licensing basis. Object Scenario can be used to develop new products or customize existing products including multimedia content creation tools, Web entertainment products, as well as multimedia authoring and presentation tools. World Wide Web: http://www.totallyhip.com . -0- Note To Editors: All product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. The Alberta Stock Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved of the contents of this press release. CONTACT: Totally Hip Software Inc. Shelley Voyer, 604/685-6525 shelleyv@totallyhip.com |
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