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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce From: Neil Greene <neil@bmd.com> Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Design TIFFany II's Manual Cover Contest Reply-To: TIFFany Contest <info@bmd.com> Organization: Next Announcements Approved: sanguish@digifix.com News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: benchMark Developments, Inc. 2040 Regency Rd. Suite C Lexington KY, 40503 Kevin Solie, (606) 276-3983 info@bmd.com Design TIFFany II's Manual Cover Contest LEXINGTON, KY - June 15, 1993 - After careful consideration and pondering, benchMark Developments, would like your help to design the cover art for the upcoming TIFFany II Users Manual. This is your chance for fame and glory. Who may enter the contest? All users of TIFFany may enter the contest. If you do not currently have a TIFFany license, contact the bMD office for order information. Please have your computer's hostid ready when calling the office. Staff members of bMD and Caffeine Software are ineligible to enter the contest. Image submissions? To enter the contest, submit your image, created with TIFFany, to bMD by August 1, 1993. Due to the large size of some images, submissions may be mailed to the bMD office on diskette . Submissions media will be returned. All images become the property of benchMark Developments, Inc. Image judges? Images will be judged by staff members from benchMark Developments, Inc., Caffeine Software, Paget Press, Objective Technologies Inc. and Whetstone. What is in the prize? The winning image will be featured as the cover art for the upcoming TIFFany II User Manual. The winner will, also, receive a free licensed copy of TIFFany II, scheduled for release this fall. TIFFany brings the power of PhotoShop to NEXTSTEP by offering users of NEXTSTEP a suite of mathematic algorithms for digital imaging. Images may be enhanced and manipulated using various tools for color correction, noise reduction, resizing, image composition, morphing, and filters for: burn in, edge detection, edge enhancement, color separation, embossing, image noise reduction, and correction, relief, shake, smear, smooth, sobel, and others. Manual image editing functions include: pen drawing, airbrush, and adjustable transparency capabilities. TIFFany is currently NEXTSTEP 3.x and Intel compatible. TIFFany's suggested commercial price is $395, with academic pricing available at $145. Interested in ordering TIFFany? Contact bMD at 1-800-872-3131. Users with ftp access may find a demo versions of TIFFany at sonata.cc.purdue.edu, Purdue, cs.orst.edu, Oregon State, and f.ms.uky.edu, University of Kentucky. Founded in early 1991 by Stan Jirman and Ralf Brunner, Caffeine Software currently develops professional imaging software for NEXTSTEP. Founded in 1992, benchMark Developments develops software for the Health Care and Thoroughbred Racing Industry The TIFFany logo is a trademark of Caffeine Software, the bMD logo is a trademark of benchMark Developments, Inc. NeXT and NEXTSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT, Inc. All other products mentioned are trademarks of their respective owners.
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