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Path: digifix!not-for-mail From: info@bmd.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: TIFFany Animation Creation Contest (extended) Date: 2 Aug 1993 23:18:10 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Lines: 68 Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Approved: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <23kldi$5r3@digifix.digifix.com> Reply-To: info@bmd.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: benchMark Developments, Inc. 2040 Regency Rd. Suite C Lexington KY, 40503 Kevin Solie, (606) 276-3983 info@bmd.com TIFFany Animation Creation Contest LEXINGTON, KY - August 1, 1993 - benchMark Developments (bMD) would like to see your favorite morphing animations by holding a contest. Here is your chance to have a great time morphing objects, and receiving a little reward for your hard work and efforts, not to mention your creative talent. 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, Caffeine Software and judges are ineligible to enter the contest. Animation submissions? To enter the contest, submit your favorite animation sequence using TIFFany to bMD by September 1, 1993. Due to the large size of some animations, submissions may be mailed to the bMD office on diskette . Submissions media will be returned. All animations become the property of benchMark Developments. Animation judges? Animations will be judged by staff members from benchMark Developments, Inc., Caffeine Software, Paget Press, Objective Technologies Inc., and Whetstone Inc. What is in the prize? The winner of the animation contest will win a free licensed copy of TIFFany II, scheduled for release this fall at a theater near you. Where can you get the winning animations? The top animations will be featured in an upcoming Paget Press Electronic App Wrapper. Subscribe now! TIFFany brings the power of PhotoShopä to NEXTSTEPä 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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