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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Path: sanguish From: zazula@soliton.physics.arizona.edu (Ralph Zazula) Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Announcing the WetPaint FilterKit Message-ID: <1993Jul22.032313.1963@digifix.com> Sender: sanguish@digifix.com (Scott Anguish) Reply-To: wetpaint@pri.com Organization: Next Announcements Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1993 03:23:13 GMT Approved: sanguish@digifix.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Dan Tortorici Pinnacle Research, Inc. 4725 E. Sunrise Dr., #435 Tucson, AZ 85718 Phone: (602)529-1135 FAX: (602)529-0117 / (602)299-9133 e-mail: info@pri.com (NeXT Mail) Pinnacle Research, Inc. Announces Availability of WetPaint FilterKit TUCSON, AZ, July 21, 1993 - Pinnacle Research, Inc., the NEXTSTEP Utility Lab, announced today availability of the WetPaint FilterKit for developing custom image processing filters for the WetPaint image editing application. WetPaint is the first inexpensive image editing application for NEXTSTEP designed for creating or retouching icons and images. WetPaint version 1.2 began shipping last month and includes improved performance, tools, and document handling. Paint tools can now selectively apply filters and 14 new filters have been added. The WetPaint FilterKit is a set of NEXTSTEP objects that provides developers with a simplified method for creating custom image processing filters for WetPaint. In addition to modifying image data, filters can analyze data without altering it, or create new data without regard for the old. This allows users to create arbitrary textures, patterns, and colors using the original image as a starting point. Custom filters enable unique solutions to mission critical image processing problems for illustrators, scientists and business users. Users benefit from the transparent integration of the custom filter with the existing filters shipped with the WetPaint application. Developers can use the FilterKit to create both data and Postscript filters. Data filters examine and modify each value of a pixel and Postscript filters use operations inherent in the PostScript language to modify the image. The FilterKit has been designed to allow developers to focus on the design of the desired filter rather than on the mechanics of integrating with the WetPaint program. The WetPaint FilterKit (WetPaint_FilterKit.tar.Z) is available free of charge from the FTP archive sites at Oregon State (cs.orst.edu) and Purdue (nova.cc.purdue.edu) universities. The FilterKit is also available from Pinnacle Research for a shipping and handling charge of $10. Pinnacle Research Inc., of Tucson, Arizona, is a leading developer of NEXTSTEP utilities. Utilities designed to bridge the gaps between user's work requirements and NEXTSTEP applications. WetPaint and WetPaint FilterKit are trademarks of Pinnacle Research, Inc. NeXT, and NEXTSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. ###
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