NOVA DESIGN, INC. ANNOUNCES IMAGEFX 2.0
RICHMOND, VA., November 4th, 1994. Nova Design, Inc. officially
announced the release of ImageFX 2.0 which will begin shipping towards the
end of this month. ImageFX is the complete Amiga image manipulation system
that combines image processing with amazing special effects technology and
professional painting tools that can simulate artistic styles. MicroTimes
magazine even named ImageFX as one of the Best Products of the year!
"ImageFX 2.0 is absolutely the best image processing and manipulation
package I've ever seen on the Amiga.", Mark Thompson, award winning Amiga
animator.
"The most awesome image manipulation system for the Amiga, period!",
Shamms Mortier, writer for Amazing and Amiga Format.
"Absolutely the most impressive image processing package I've seen
on any computer!", Denny Atkin, Associate Editor OMNI magazine.
ImageFX's suggested list price is $349.95 US. Upgrades from any
previous version of ImageFX are only $124.95 US to registered owners. For
upgrade orders you may call (804) 282-1157.
Nova Design, Inc., 1910 Byrd Avenue, Suite 214, Richmond, VA 23230
Customer Support/Information (804) 282-6528, Fax (804) 282-3768
ImageFX, PaintFX, AutoFX and CineMORPH are trademarks of Nova Design,
Inc. All other products named are trademarked by their respective companies.
ImageFX 2.0 Feature List
New System Features
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Image Thumbnails
Load and save images via interactive visual interface. Preview
effects on thumbnails before applying them.
Multiple Buffers
Work on an unlimited number of image buffers and brushes.
Workbench Preview
Windowing preview modes that can open on any Workbench screen
and in full color on the Retina 16/24bit displays.
New Region Controls
Add, subtract, or invert regions. Create painting stencils
and masks.
Text Generator
Create multiple lines of text with justifications and anti-
aliasing. Preview fonts before using them.
Image Compositing
New compositing methods including Fast Matte, HSV Matte, Multiply,
Divide, Minimum and Maximum.
AutoFX
New "cookbook" style batch processor with prewritten scripts to
perform hundreds of batch operations and animated effects!
ImageFX Browser
Visual image cataloging system for maintaining libraries of
pictures and animations.
Documentation
Completely rewritten manual with over 400 pages of tutorials and
reference. Expanded online help system.
Hardware Support
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Graphics Boards
Supports all Amiga modes, Retina Z2/Z3, Picasso II, Piccolo,
Firecracker 24, IV-24, DCTV, HAM-E, Harlequin, and any EGS-
compatible hardware such as the Spectrum, Talon, and Rainbow III.
Scanners
Expanded Epson 300/600/800 scanner controls and new support for
the VLAB YC framegrabber.
Printers
Direct support for the Primera color printer in full color.
New Painting Features
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Improved soft edge modes and anti-aliasing.
Realtime painting tools that emulate traditional media such as
Airbrushes, Charcoals, Chalk, Oil and Fingerpaints, Felt Tip Markers,
Watercolors, and Crayons!
New Draw Modes like Smudge, Roughen, Disperse, Sharpen, and others.
Drawing Styles to allow rub through to other images, alpha channels,
mandala creation, realistic brush stroke fading, and much more.
New Image Conversion Formats
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Amiga
Toaster Framestore
DPS PAR loader
Applied Magic Jstream
Macintosh
PICT, including vector and JPEG variations!
Improved TIFF loader
MSDOS
PIC format for all resolutions and color depths
GRASP/GL animation frame loading
DL animation frame loading
Silicon Graphics
SGI RGB
Wavefront
Softimage
Others
MPEG animation creation and frame extraction
X-Windows
Abekas A60 series
Sun Raster
C64 Koala
FITS/PDS/Vicar (NASA) image frames
New Special Effects and Image Processing
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Realistic lightning bolt generator Map images onto spheres
Pond ripples and waves Swirl images, even into other images
Advanced lens flares generator Apply paper or canvas textures
Water/Glass distortion Image warps and lens effects
3D perspective rotation Expanded 2D rotation
PaintFX automatic painting generator Star and supernova generator
Crystallization effects Circular blurring effects
Standard or circular mosaic effects Straw-like distortions
Random tiling effects Median/Minimum/Maximum filters
Sobel edge-detection Ramping edge-detection
Controllable NTSC/PAL Video filters Histogram Equalization tool
ImageFX 2.0 works with any model Amiga with at least two megabytes
of Chip or Fast RAM and a minimum of five megabytes of available hard drive
space and AmigaDOS 2.04 or higher.