LightningDraw GX 1.03
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Lari Software's $299 LightningDraw GX 1.03 illustration software, based on Apple's QuickDraw GX technology, offers high-end typography, multilingual font support, and a host of precision typographical functions. The program's text handling is excellent, and users can easily apply special effects. Unlike PostScript drawing programs, text with special effects remains editable. The object-oriented program permits users to create transparencies, shading and tinting, and to manipulate colors for effects that are otherwise available only in paint or photoediting programs. Despite its sophisticated features, the program is not meant to replace programs such as Illustrator or FreeHand. However, it does complement either one quite well. LightningDraw is not likely to make a big impact on the market, because QuickDraw itself has not yet been widely accepted.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1996
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Beta users give thumbs up to Illustrator 8
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Adobe Systems Illustrator 8.0 is considered to be a great improvement over version 7, with impressive new features and enhancements. The new Gradient Mesh tool in Illustrator 8 has received high praise, and its ability to blend multiple colors in multiple directions is considered to be groundbreaking. The new brushes in Illustrator, particularly the Scatter and Art brushes, offer tools superior to the competition's. Illustrator's new palettes are also highly praised. The Link palette is a well designed tool for designers and prepress professionals. The Actions palette allows users to customize it, turning commands into actions and assigning keystrokes to them.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1998
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