sunflash-Distributed to mailing list sun/NC/north-carolina sunflash-Send requests, problems to owner-sunflash@suntri.east.sun.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash Adobe Systems Announces Adobe Photoshop 2.5 for Sun Workstations SunFLASH Vol 58 #15 October 1993 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 58.15 Adobe Systems Announces Adobe Photoshop 2.5 for Sun Workstations This powerful image editing software offers the same feature set as the Macintosh and Windows versions, and creates fully binary-compatible files that can be shared with these versions via diskette or network for true cross-platform capability. Adobe Photoshop 2.5 software is expected to ship on Sun workstations in November 1993. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact: Micael Wong Adobe Systems Incorporated (415) 962-2197 Adobe Photoshop on UNIX Platform Leads to Increased Productivity Package Offers Same Features as Macintosh and Windows Versions MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (October 11, 1993) (NASDAQ:ADBE) Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced Adobe Photoshopt 2.5 software for Sun workstations. The powerful image editing software offers the same feature set as the Macintosh and Windows versions, and creates fully binary-compatible files that can be shared with these versions via diskette or network for true cross-platform capability. Adobe Photoshop 2.5 software is expected to ship on Sun workstations in November 1993. Adobe Photoshop software on Sun workstations offers users a number of strengths inherent in the UNIX platform to increase productivity. These include a multitasking operating system to run multiple sessions of Adobe Photoshop simultaneously, a client-server architecture for greater network throughput and connectivity into Macintosh and PC networks to handle large or compute-intensive files. Artists and designers in the film, graphic arts, multimedia, photography, prepress and publishing, and video industries can use Adobe Photoshop software to manipulate scanned or computer-generated continuous tone, bitmap, grayscale or color images. Users may edit and reposition any image or portion of an image, and import and export image files with other graphics programs including those that support Encapsulated PostScript and Adobe Illustrator file formats. The program provides a variety of special effects filters and 16-million-color paint capability. For service bureaus and color separators, Adobe Photoshop software also performs professional functions such as on-screen color editing in CMYK mode, including interactive editing of four-color process images. Device-independent color support allows users to calibrate output for precise color matching on different devices and paper stocks. In addition to high-quality color separations, Adobe Photoshop software produces accurate monotones, duotones, tritones and quadtones. Version 2.5 uses a high-performance architecture that accommodates third-party accelerator boards and plug-in modules for computation-intensive functions such as filters, paint and edit tools, color mode conversions, and image resizing and rotation. "The features and flexibility of Adobe Photoshop software combined with the power and performance of the Solaris operating environment on Sun SPARCstations provide significant benefits to end users," said Steve MacDonald, senior vice president and general manager, Systems Products Division at Adobe Systems. "Adobe and Sun have worked together to provide solutions that strengthen and broaden each company's market position. We look forward to a continued relationship with Sun." The benefit of Adobe Photoshop software on Sun for our customers is clear: productivity will triple compared to today's average platform," said Curt Wozniak, vice president of marketing at Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation. "Fifty percent of the UNIX publishing market uses Sun computers already. The Sun and Adobe offering will dramatically expand our presence in this market and other imaging-intensive markets." Sun workstations use Adobe's Display PostScript technology so users can access the thousands of Type 1 fonts and use files from other programs such as Adobe Illustrator, which is also available on Sun workstations. Key Features Adobe Photoshop 2.5 software for Sun workstations contains a feature set identical to the Macintosh, Silicon Graphics and Windows versions. Key features include: * Dodge and Burn tools to selectively lighten and darken portions of an image; * Quick Mask feature to view and edit masks using simple tool box controls; * Image "tiling" provides faster performance when working on a small portion of a larger image; * Broad graphics format support including Kodak Photo CD, JPEG, EPS, PCX, MBP, TIFF, Raw, Targa, GIF, Amiga IFF/LBM, Pixart, Scitexr, PixelPaint and MacPaint; * Fast preview option to view adjustments to high-resolution images instantly; * CIE LAB color mode provides an alternative to RGB that is compatible with the Kodak YCC and Adobe's PostScript Level 2 technology, offering consistent device-independent color; * Collapsible palettes clear more screen space for editing, but maintain instant access to all palette functions; * Channels palette to select interactively which channels are visible or editable with tools and filters. Alpha channels may be used as transparent overlays, and images can serve as templates for design work; * Paths palette controls all Pen tool functions, and Paths can be stroked with painting tools; * Brushes palette integrates all Paint tool options, such as Transfer Mode, Opacity, Pressure, Define and Delete Brush, brush Diameter, Spacing and Roundness; * Color palette to save and load customized palettes. Slider controls regulate Grayscale, RGB, HSB, CMYK ad LAB color modes. Also includes a scratch area to view different color combinations before applying them to the image. Markets Adobe Photoshop software for Sun workstations is targeted to a variety of markets including: digital photography; GIS (Geographic Imaging Systems); graphic arts; industrial design; media; medical imaging; and publishing. Additional target markets include aerospace, financial services and telecommunications. System Requirements Minimum system recommendations for running Adobe Photoshop 2.5 software on Sun workstations, featuring the SPARCstation Classic and SPARCstation 10, include Solaris 2.3 operating system, 32 MB of main memory, 535 MB hard drive, 17-inch color monitor, and a 24-bit color card such as the VITec RasterFlex family of true color accelerators. Pricing and Distribution Adobe Photoshop for Sun workstations will be network licensed with a floating or right to use license scheme allowing anyone on a network to use the product. * Single right-to-use: $1,895 * Five right-to-use: $7,595 * Ten right-to-use: $13,495 If a user has purchased a Five right-to-use, then five copies of the program can be running at the same time by any five users on the network. A sixth user can begin using the program when one of the five users exits the program. Adobe plans to distribute Adobe Photoshop 2.5 software for Sun through Adobe-authorized Sun resellers. Resellers will be supported through an agreement with Access Graphics, a leading UNIX-related product distributor based in Boulder, Colorado. For the name and phone number of the nearest Adobe Authorized Reseller or VAR, call 1-800-83-FONTS. Interested VARs and resellers should call Chip Norris, Adobe's UNIX channel manager, at 415-962-2064. Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation is the world's leading vendor of open client-server computing solutions. It is an operating company of Sun Microsystems, Inc., the exclusive computer supplier to World Cup USA 1994. SMCC has its headquarters in Mountain View, California. Adobe Systems Incorporated, founded in 1982, is headquartered in Mountain View, California. Adobe develops, markets and supports computer software products and technologies that enable users to create, display, print and communicate electronic documents. The company licenses its technology to major computer and publishing suppliers, and markets a line of type and application software products. Revenue for fiscal 1992 exceeded $265 million. ___________ Adobe, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop and Display PostScript are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. MacPaint is a registered trademark of Claris Corporation. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Scitex is a registered trademark of Scitex Corporation. Solaris and Sun are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. SPARCstation is a trademark of SPARC International, Inc. and is based on an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. 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