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Jeff Adams writes
> In article <1992Nov5.173220.26980@news.media.mit.edu>  
wave@waits.media.mit.edu  
> (Michael B. Johnson) writes:
> 
> >... between no real Wacom support and no easy way to import images  
> > from PhotoCD, a NeXT running Appsoft Image is not looking as nice an  
> > alternative to a souped up Quadra running Fractal Paint and PhotoShop.  I'm  
> > bummin', because the combination of a color NeXT with a Wacom tablet...had  
me 
> > salivating, but real reality (no pressure support in Image and  
> > no Photo CD support) is beginning to dawn...
> > 
> 
> Could you explain what you mean by no real Wacom tablet support??  Wacom  
> tablets worked with my NeXTstation color in NeXTSTEP 2.1 and now in NeXTSTEP  
> 3.0 pressure sensitivity is supported AND there is a demo app to show you how  
> to make use of this great feature.  Now it is simply up to third party apps  
to  
> support this.

Sure, I'd be happy to explain.  Note exactly what I said: "no pressure support  
in Image".  Yes, pressure sensitivity is well supported in NeXTStep 3.0 (thanks  
Peter!).  It's now up to applications to support it.  Stone Design is  
supporting it in Create 3.0 (when it ships) and Altsys is already supporting it  
in Virtuoso 1.0 (which has shipped).  Appsoft Image, arguably the program most  
obviously screaming for pressure sensitive support, will not have pressure  
sensitive support in 1.0 (scheduled to ship next Friday) and the word from  
Appsoft seems to be that pressure sensitive support will not be added to the  
app until 2.0.  Boo!!


Hope that clears things up.

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