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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:	AMIGA NOTES
Notice:	Join us in the NEW conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:	HYDRA::MOORE

Created:	Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:	Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5378
Total number of notes:	38326

1939.0. "integrated tool ?" by ULYSSE::ZITTA (ULYSSE in wonderland) Fri Dec 02 1988 09:50

I have some questions :

1. What are the tools needed to integrate 
	-Text
	-Graphics
	-and digitized images
 in a single "document" ?

2. Is the final document "object oriented" ?
 I mean : If you want to modify some graphics for instance ,in the
 FINAL document ,is it necessary to modify the SOURCE file first and
 then reprocess everything
	or
 can you just modify directly in the final document and have the source
 file updated accordingly automatically ?

 Is there such a tool for the Amiga ?

	Thanks,
	gerard

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1939.1 LEDS::ACCIARDI Time to change this damn message Fri Dec 02 1988 11:40 28

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1939.1		LEDS::ACCIARDI	Time to change this damn message	`Fri Dec 02 1988 11:40`	28
	Several word processors for the Amiga are actually mini-page composition systems. Two of the best are ProWrite from New Horizons Software and Excellence! from Micro Systems Software. Both programs allow the merging of text, images, and multiple fonts (even color). ProWrite is ahead in the imaging area, since it can use HAM (4096 color) images, wheras Excellence! (currently) barfs on HAM images. Prowrite can even shade color images to look nice on a black and white printer. Both programs support Postscript output for printing on a laser printer. Neither program is object-oriented. If you are serious about manipulating images, you need an image processing program like Pixmate or Butcher. These programs can manipulate palletts, resolutions, and perform sophisticated algorithms to 'clean up' fuzzy images or blend sharp edges. They also convert images from one resolution to another. For real page composition, I'll let someone else describe Professional Page from Gold Disk. There are some sample newsletters put together by Paul MacDonald floating around on the net in PS format. Paul's newsletters look fantastic, and include quite a few digitized photos that have been grey-scaled. Gold Disk has been advertising a structured drawing program, but I don't know if it's available yet. Ed.

    
    Several word processors for the Amiga are actually mini-page
    composition systems.  Two of the best are ProWrite from New Horizons
    Software and Excellence! from Micro Systems Software.
    
    Both programs allow the merging of text, images, and multiple fonts
    (even color).  ProWrite is ahead in the imaging area, since it can
    use HAM (4096 color) images, wheras Excellence! (currently) barfs
    on HAM images.  Prowrite can even shade color images to look nice
    on a black and white printer.  Both programs support Postscript
    output for printing on a laser printer.  Neither program is
    object-oriented.
    
    If you are serious about manipulating images, you need an image
    processing program like Pixmate or Butcher.  These programs can
    manipulate palletts, resolutions, and perform sophisticated algorithms
    to 'clean up' fuzzy images or blend sharp edges.  They also convert
    images from one resolution to another.
    
    For real page composition, I'll let someone else describe Professional
    Page from Gold Disk.  There are some sample newsletters put together by
    Paul MacDonald floating around on the net in PS format.  Paul's
    newsletters look fantastic, and include quite a few digitized photos
    that have been grey-scaled.  Gold Disk has been advertising a
    structured drawing program, but I don't know if it's available yet.
    
    Ed.