Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!decwrl!pa.dec.com!bacchus!mwm From: mwm@pa.dec.com (Mike (My Watch Has Windows) Meyer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics Subject: Re: TAD vs. TADPro? Message-ID: Date: 4 Mar 91 21:45:38 GMT References: <27d116cd.378e@petunia.CalPoly.EDU> Sender: news@pa.dec.com (News) Distribution: usa Organization: Missionaria Phonibalonica Lines: 36 In-Reply-To: nschultz@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU's message of 3 Mar 91 15:31:25 GMT In article <27d116cd.378e@petunia.CalPoly.EDU> nschultz@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Ned W. Schultz) writes: Could someone in the know please provide a description of what is in ArtDeptPro that is not in ArtDept? I can't find a list of the additional features, so I don't understand why it is that much more expensive. I've seen ASDG's ads for it, but all I could gather from them was that it had something to do with Ben Franklin :-) Basically, TAD is a tool for converting images from pretty much arbitrary formats to IFF ILBM files, along with a few built-in oddball operators. ADPro is a tool for converting images from pretty much any format to any other format, with display in ILBM for checking things, and the ability to add "operators" as tools. Where TAD has dynamic "loaders" for loading various formats; ADPro has dynamic loaders, savers and operators. ADPro comes with a selection of loaders that you have to pay more for if you have TAD. ADPro also has an ARexx port. ASDG's attitude is that ADPro is for "professionals", whereas as TAD is for "amateurs." I'm not sure how you define th difference. I'm not a professional graphics person of any kind. However, I was going to buy a couple of additional loaders, which brought the price to within about $20 of the upgrade price for ADPro, which came with the loaders I wanted. I counted the $20 as the cost of an ARexx port, and did the upgrade. I'm happy about it. Hqas ASDG ever posted a press release with details? If someone has a copy I'd appreciate seeing it. Thanks... Yeah - on BIX, though...