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From: rjs@cuuxe.UUCP (Richard J. Straka)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: SuperPaint
Message-ID: <189@cuuxe.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 17-Sep-86 11:45:21 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 17 11:45:21 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 20-Sep-86 01:10:08 EDT
Organization: AT&T Technologies CSC, Lisle, Il.
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I was recently at the CEPS show in Boston, and saw a pre-release version of
SuperPaint from Silicon Beach.  It appears to be a powerful package deserving
serious consideration as a replacement for MacPaint.  It is scheduled for
release in mid-October, 1986.

Basic features:

Full screen editing
Multiple open files
2 layers: one for bit mode graphics, one for objects
Objects can be converted into bit mode, and vice versa
3 levels of magnification (2x, 4x, 8x)
Reduced View mode
All drawing tools have auto-scrolling
Selectable center point origin mode for circles (the way I like to draw them)
  and for squares
Editable text (just 1 font, style per object for now, like MacDraw)
File formats:	SuperPaint
		MacDraw PICT
		MacPaint
Multiple copies can be printed
LaserWriter support:	LaserBits(TM): 300dpi fatbits (implemented with
			  linked data files)
			Access to LaserWriter grays (via multiple pallette)
Compatible with large screen displays

It demo'ed quite well, and as I *understand* is not a real memory hog.
It isn't the last word for this kind of program, but it's a good start, and
Silicon Beach seems to be hard at work to continue enhancing it.

Best news of *all*, it's reasonably inexpensive, with a suggested list of $99.

Rich Straka     ihnp4!cuuxe!rjs

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