Compose In Color? Anybody use it?

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3 total messages Started by John "Jeep" Todd Sun, 13 Dec 1992 23:50

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Author: John "Jeep" Todd
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 23:50

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Well, many days after starting this "Photoshop" and "Image" thread, I have
stumbled across something interesting.  I've downloaded the demo copy of
Compose In Color (CIC) off the archives.  Hey, this is interesting!  I don't
have a color machine, so it kind of sucks for me, but it looks like
something along the lines of a high-end pixel-editing program.  Has anybody
bought this program?  Looks expensive.  Looks slow on a color machine, too. 
But it's got lots of neat-o features, though I haven't finished futzing with
it yet to see if any of them are really practical.

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Re: Compose In Color? Anybody use it?

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Author: Robert Alexander Wyatt
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 08:37

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In article <1992Dec13.235001.14241@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> jtod_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (John "Jeep" Todd) writes:
>
>Well, many days after starting this "Photoshop" and "Image" thread, I have
>stumbled across something interesting.  I've downloaded the demo copy of
>Compose In Color (CIC) off the archives.  Hey, this is interesting!  I don't
>have a color machine, so it kind of sucks for me, but it looks like
>something along the lines of a high-end pixel-editing program.  Has anybody
>bought this program?  Looks expensive.  Looks slow on a color machine, too. 
>But it's got lots of neat-o features, though I haven't finished futzing with
>it yet to see if any of them are really practical.

I also checked out the CIC demo, but wasn't blown away...it is definitely
an interesting piece of work, but I don't know how practical it is...the
interface really got to bother me...and the price...$900!  $600 Higher Ed!
Forget it!  You have to show me something *VERY* impressive for that kind
of price...I haven't heard anything more about the app either...no new
demo version...it has been 1.0 on the servers forever...and I haven't
received any email from the publisher in a long long time...are they still
around???

I also checked out a Swiss program called TIFFany...the company is looking for
a US distributor...has anyone seen/used it?

Guess we're all still waiting for a good image editing app...hope something
turns up soon!

-Rob
rawyatt@scf.usc.edu

Re: Compose In Color? Anybody use it?

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Author: Andrew Loewenstern
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 21:38

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In article <1992Dec13.235001.14241@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> jtod_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (John "Jeep" Todd) writes:
>
>Well, many days after starting this "Photoshop" and "Image" thread, I have
>stumbled across something interesting.  I've downloaded the demo copy of
>Compose In Color (CIC) off the archives.  Hey, this is interesting!  I don't
>have a color machine, so it kind of sucks for me, but it looks like
>something along the lines of a high-end pixel-editing program.  Has anybody
>bought this program?  Looks expensive.  Looks slow on a color machine, too. 
>But it's got lots of neat-o features, though I haven't finished futzing with
>it yet to see if any of them are really practical.

CIC is pretty wild.  It's not like Photoshop or Image.  It's more like
a real high-end system like a Crosfield or Scitex in a way.  You can
do things to a low-res version of your image and then have CIC
"intelligently" apply those things to the big image overnight or
whenever.


andrew
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