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From: ali@polya.STANFORD.EDU (Ali Ozer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Digi-Paint
Message-ID: <2119@polya.STANFORD.EDU>
Date: 8 Mar 88 20:37:51 GMT
References: <496@lakesys.UUCP>
Reply-To: ali@polya.UUCP (Ali Ozer)
Organization: Stanford University
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Keywords: Features, NewTek

In article <496@lakesys.UUCP> joe@lakesys.UUCP (Joe Pantuso) writes:
>I have recently had the opportunity to play with "Digi-Paint" from NewTek.  I
>am *extremely* impressed with this package.  It's shading and blending,
>tinting, etc. capabilities are excellent. ... But there seem to be some
>features missing that I'm used to having on more primitive paint programs. ...
>Is it possible the version I've seen is an older version?  I have no idea,
>this are minor things compared to the overall quality of the package, but they
>are still gripes.

No, the version you have is the most recent version available in the stores.
But, NewTek did announce a new version (to be shipped soon --- send in your
reg card for an upgrade!). This new version will apparently preserve all
the neat features (shading, blending, rub-through, etc), and add normal
paint program features (fills, text, etc). And, on top of this all, it
will provide a 1024 x 1024 painting area with 4096 colors (all available
at all times, in the spirit of true HAM mode). You'll just scroll around
it on the Amiga display. Of course, you'll probably need more than 512K of 
memory for doing larger pictures.

I'm looking forward to it!

Ali Ozer, ali@polya.stanford.edu