DeBabelizer Pro 4.5: massaging your images
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Equilibrium's $595 DeBabelizer Pro 4.5 brings the graphics and file-transition tools that have long been popular with Macintosh users to the Windows NT environment. DeBabelizer's features overlap those of Adobe Photoshop only slightly, and the few features the two programs share are actually implemented better in DeBabelizer, two examples of which are the palette controls for reducing an image's color depth and remapping an image to a new palette. DeBabelizer's dithering algorithms outperform those of Photoshop as well, and its scripting and automation are more robust and more stable than Photoshop's Actions. The SuperPalette dynamic document stores sets of colors used in multiple images, and factoring in the same image repeatedly will cause more colors from that image to be included in the color survey, which is particularly useful when creating batches of images for a Director project. DeBabelizer's interface has been improved, but it is still not very intuitive. The program is the best choice for image file conversions, palette reduction and reassignment, batch processing and scripted automation.
Publication Name: Newmedia
Subject: Computers and office automation industries
ISSN: 1060-7188
Year: 1998
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Mac OS vs. Windows NT: multimedia multiprocessing workstations
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DayStar Digital's $17,195 Genesis MP 600 for Mac OS and Intergraph's $19,700 TDZ-400 DT for Windows NT multiprocessing workstations are similar in price and 2-D performance, and both receive a similar, strong rating. However,the TDZ-400 DT excels in OpenGL 3D acceleration. The Genesis, which performs better than any Apple product, comes with four 150 MHz PowerPC 604 processors and 64MB of RAM, expandable to 1.5 GB. It is compatible with standard graphics and video cards and Power Mac software. In a testing, Genesis performed better than the TDZ-400 DT, even when the built-in disk array was not used. Intergraph TDZ-400 DT, the desktop model of TDZ-400, comes with dual Pentium Pro processors operating at 150MHz and 64 MB of RAM, expandable to 256MB. The GLZIT video board comes with 12MB of video RAM and offers excellent video display speeds. TDZ' strongest point is its ability to run many 3D applications that are not offered on the Macintosh platform.
Publication Name: Newmedia
Subject: Computers and office automation industries
ISSN: 1060-7188
Year: 1996
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Windows video goes frame-to-frame against the Mac
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Adobe Systems Inc's $695 Premiere 4.0 was chosen overall best of four desktop video software packages tested for digital editing performance. It features a polished editing interface, a very inclusive tool set and the best collection of special effects available. Competing closely with Premiere is In:sync Corp's $799 Razor Pro, which offers a similar interface and is the only program that offers the ability to edit video files produced on other systems such as the Personal Animation Recorder. Ulead Systems Inc's $349 MediaStudio Pro 2.0 is also a good all-in-one integrated tool package that offers an arrangement of utilities and video editing features for about half the price of Razor Pro. Finally, Asymetrix Corp's $395 Digital Video Producer 3.5 is a low-cost, non-professional video editing program that offers elementary multimedia functions but with a deficiency of filtering and transition capabilities that precludes recommending it.
Publication Name: Newmedia
Subject: Computers and office automation industries
ISSN: 1060-7188
Year: 1995
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