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Perceptions, first impressions, and appearances can make or break everything from landing a contract to selling a presidential candidate. Just ask Paul Tsongas or Bill Clinton. Presentation packages on both […]

Information has historically meant either text or numerical data. Today, scanners, fax boards, and drawing programs make graphics information available to those of us who are artistically deficient. So what […]

Everybody's second busines is publishing, yet few executives realise what a major role it plays in their organisation. In fact companies in the UK spend an average of 15 per […]

Windows 3.0 has quickly dominated the present and future of PC software. But does it meet the challenge of CAD? From the largest automotive and aerospace companies to the smallest […]

Micrografx Designer and Corel-DRAW! have long revolved around each other, squaring off with new features and competing in the arena of increased utility. With version 3.1, Micrografx provides nearly everything […]

Software Publishing's Harvard Graphics has reigned for years as the most popular presentation graphics package. Yet challenges from Windows product left Harvard seeming anything but regal, with its aging character-based […]

FOR DESKTOP PUBLISHERS, PRESENTERS, and developers, screen-capture software replaced frustrating sessions with a camera and a curved screen. Now the computer is the camera, and a keystroke clicks the shutter. […]

Twisting, Shouting type Not long ago, about the most imaginative thing you could do with type on your Mac ws to rotate it or set it on a circular or […]

650 Magabyte Clip-Art Disk *** Published by: Media Clip-Art, 1879 Old Cuthbert Road, Unit #10, Cherry Hill, NJ 08003; (609) 795-5993. List Price: $499.95. The Professional Photography Collection, Volume 1 […]

Graphing experience Few people could have predicted when PCs first began to penetrate the office environment that one of their greatest visible effects would be on the presentation of information. […]

A new line in CAD There has been much discussion recently on the different environments offered for running applications on PCs. There are two basic trends here -- towards user-friendliness, […]

After 12 months and an investment of some $40 million, the substantially updated version 4 of Schlumberger's Bravo integrated Cad/Cam system is almost here. Much like the leap Computervision made […]

You have shelled out for Microstation PC 4.0, but you now want to run it under Windows 3.1 or have direct access to Autocad drawing tiles. Or perhaps you want […]

A Motif-Based Visual Data Analysis Package, Precision Visuals' PV-Wave Point & Click Provides Smooth Sailing For Data Viewing And Analysis. Precision Visuals' PV-Wave Point & Click visual data analysis software […]

Di Pryce-Evans gives us his verdict on the latest release of Concerto, v1.08. It has many extra and enhanced features for those who want a comparatively low-cost 2D drafting solution, […]

Despite all the noise that Windows word processors make about page layout, actually laying out a page with one of them is not for the faint of heart. Venture Publisher, […]

Dump Windows. Forget the Mac. Don't buy that new PC with the high-priced chip. Instead, get a PC/GEOS application and watch your computer operate the way you've always wished it […]

We live in a world of 'Kitchen sinkware,' where every day brings yet another program that seems to have every feature imaginable crammed into a 7-inch slipcase. Then there's Freelance […]

Software companies are notorious for utilizing marketing gimmicks to attract attention. Over the years, software reviewers have become somewhat insensitive to their various ploys. The marketing literature for Alias Research […]

Microstation goes Graphic Hot on the heels of the much publicised and hyped-up launch of Autocad release 11, Intergraph introduced a major upgrade to its 3D design software, Microstation. Designated […]

A Real-Time Stroll It's a Saturday, and I'm making cookies with the kids. The Phone rings,and my wife answers. 'It's Rob,' she says. 'For you.' I put down the spatula […]

A consolidating package After a year of excited anticipation, Autocad DOS 386 Release 11 has finally reached users' desks. The result was never going to live up to the hype. […]

A Mac Animation Option For animators, the big news this year is that microcomputers are fast becoming practical animation tools--invading the territory of manual animators and expensive, dedicated animation workstations. […]

A Real Pixel-Mover Autodesk seems to get people talking whenever it releases a new product, and with its latest release of a 3D animation software package, the Sausalito, California-based company […]

AT A GLANCE: Excellent set of drawing features, highly useful for desktop publishing and technical illustrations. DOCUMENTATION: Gets you off to fast start and provides thorough information on all features. […]

Expand 1-2-3's Graphic repertoire IN BRIEF Graph-in-the-Box Version 2.2. New England software Inc., Greenwich Office Park #3; Greenwich, CT 06831; 203-625-0062. Runs on the IBM PC, PC XT, PC AT, […]

On the right track Pads-PCB from US-based Cad Software is a powerful and flexible package for designing circuit boards with up to 2000 devices. Supplied in the UK by Export […]

What's the Best Graphics Program? Looking for a presentation graphics program? Most computer publications that reviewed these programs over the past 14 months offer the same advice: Buy Lotus Freelance […]

If you've been following the computer trade magazines, then you know a war is raging in Macintosh land. Font formats-the way letters are formed on a video screen-are at the […]

GRAPHWRITER II If you regularly chart the progress of your business, consider one of the programs tht can automatically update your graphs from your worksheet. We covered one program that […]

COOKING UP NEW GRAPHICS APPLICATIONS PRODUCT SUMMARY PRODUCT: CA-Disspla version 11.0 VENDOR: Computer Associates International Inc. 10505 Sorrento Valley Rd. San Diego, CA 92121-1698 (619) 452-0170 DESCRIPTION: Fortran graphics subroutine […]

The world of animation takes on another dimension with Autodesk's new image processing program -Animator. The success of the PC was the result of several different technologies becoming available at […]

Caligari's trueSpace brings real-time 3D modeling, raytracing, and deformation to Windows It's been a long time coming, but Caligari's trueSpace for Windows is finally here. To be honest, I had […]

The recent release of PowerAnimator V5.0, Alias Research's Silicon Graphics-based program for modeling, rendering, and animation, further underlines the company's commitment to pursue high-end 3D animation in a number of […]

When it comes to 3D character animation on the Mac and PC, Animation Master--with its inverse kinematics, joint-smoothing technology, and powerful mapping--is the unchallenged tool of choice for me. (This […]

TeamFlow 3.1 CFM Inc. 60 The Great Road P.O. Box 353 Bedford, MA 01730 1-800-647-1708 Fax: (617) 275-7008 Sugg. List Price: $395; upgrade--$49.95 Requires: 4Mb RAM; 1Mb hard disk space; […]

IntelliDraw 2.0 Aldus Corp. Consumer Division 5120 Shoreham Pl. San Diego, CA 92122-5926 1-800-888-6293; (619) 558-6000 Fax: (619) 558-8710 Sugg. List Price: $199 Requires: 5Mb RAM (8Mb recommended); 5Mb hard […]

NEW Imagine Software Solution's ImagIn (short for Image Integrator) is a one-stop-shop graphics center for any software application to which you want to add graphics. ImagIn lets you display and […]

Aldus Corp.'s IntelliDraw 2.0 for Windows drawing program shares ease of use, a similar interface, and strong cross-platform capabilities with its Macintosh counterpart. Shipped in February, the $199 program uses […]

Sandy beaches, soft breezes, a gentle surf and lush flora in a spectrum of exotic colors and patterns. No, we're not daydreaming. But recently DP Labs worked with Islandpresents version […]

Painter 2.0 Fractal Design Corp. 335 Spreckels Dr., Suite F Aptos, CA 95003 1-800-647-7443; (408) 688-8800 Sugg. List Price: $399 Requires: 386SX or higher; 4Mb RAM; SVGA (16- or 24-bit […]

The proverb says a picture is worth a thousand words. When it comes to explaining how procedures, people, concepts or things are organized, allCLEAR helps you say it all. While […]

Image Assistant for Windows 1.0 A full-featured tool for editing and enhancing 24-bit color images as well as 256-color, gray-scale, halftone, and line-art illustrations for business presentations or publication output. […]

Turbocad 3.0 Turbocad 3.0 is a much-improved 2-D CAD package with modest hardware requirements and a good set of drawing features. It lacks some refinements found in more extensive CAD […]

* dGT3.1, $295 ColrTrax, $199 Blackhawk Data Corp. 7234 West North Ave., Suite 411 Elmwood Park, IL 60635 (708) 453-9590, fax (708) 453-9005 CompuServe 71530, 1252 Do you feel increasing […]

PROS: Good drawing tools, text perspective effects, plentiful fonts CONS: Cumbersome text editing, unimpressive clip art, can't lock objects KeyDraw Plus for Windows, the lowest-priced package in our roundup, combines […]

PROS: Provides ready-made drawings, text perspective effects CONS: Meager drawing tools, inefficient text editing, limited import/export filters Instant Artist from Autodesk is designed to serve novice graphics users with modest […]

Micrografx Inc.'s Designer 3.1 for OS/2 brings excellent precision drawing tools to OS/2, but it is also a good example of the pitfalls of porting a Windows program to this […]

Calling IntelliDraw a drawing program is like calling Mother Theresa a nun--the description is technically accurate, but it somehow misses the heart of the matter. Back in beta, IntelliDraw was […]