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Subject: PRESS RELEASE: TIFFany II's Manual Cover Contest Extention
Date: 2 Aug 1993 23:19:18 -0400
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:	benchMark Developments, Inc.
		2040 Regency Rd. Suite C
		Lexington KY, 40503
		Kevin Solie, (606) 276-3983
		info@bmd.com

TIFFany II's Manual Cover Contest Extention

LEXINGTON, KY - August 1, 1993 - benchMark Developments, Inc. (bMD)
extends the due date for manual cover contest.

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.

Image submissions? To enter the contest, submit your image,  created
with TIFFany, to bMD by September 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 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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