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And here's the other one: For more information, contact: Mike Nikolich Tech Image Ltd., 708/705-0040 Tom Ransom Truevision Inc., 317/841-0332 Key Developers Announce Support For Truevision TrueVista Pro EISA Frame Buffer INDIANAPOLIS, October 14, 1993-More than 50 leading video applications software developers are enthusiastically supporting the new TrueVista Pro EISA, a professional-quality frame buffer that features Truevision's revolutionary DVR(tm) architecture. Truevision Inc. is a RasterOps Company (NASDQ ROPS). Designed for use in professional broadcast and production studios, TrueVista Pro EISA is designed for EISA bus, IBM-compatible PCs. The frame buffer supports all major analog video standards, including: Betacam(tm), YPbPr (SMPTE/EBU), GBR (RGB, Sync on green), Y/C (S-video) and composite video. Producers can use the frame buffer to capture video stills or pass-through video to one or both video outputs. Image North Technologies, Inc., Waterloo, Ontario., is developing a greatly enhanced version of its Inscriber character-generation package to take full advantage of the frame buffer's advanced capabilities. "Inscriber for the TrueVista Pro EISA will be a revolutionary product, extending the definition and capabilities of a broadcast character generator," said Image North Technologies President Daniel Mance. "The EISA bus provides the bandwidth needed for quickly updating 32/bpp imagery. The animation capabilities of the hardware also allows us the possibility of doing more with text than just simple rolls and crawls." Dennis Ricks, president and founder of Santa Clara, Calif.-based CrystalGraphics, Inc., developer of Crystal TOPAS Professional(tm), a 3D modeling, rendering and animation program, announced his company's support of the framebuffer. "Truevision has always been the vendor of choice for the majority of our TOPAS Professional(tm) customers," Ricks says. "We believe this new DVR-based board is a step in the right direction by Truevision. We will, of course, support it in our soon-to-be-released Crystal TOPAS Professional 5.0." Houston, Texas-based Ron Scott Inc., developer of the acclaimed HiRes QFX image-editing software, also announced support of the new Truevision frame buffer. "We have one of the very few products that runs in the native mode on the entire family of Truevision products, without having to install a Windows driver," said President Ron Scott. "We're a long-time support of Truevision and we like the idea of the DVR architecture. It's the way all future videographics engines should be designed. Naturally, we're very excited about the possibilities of QFX with TrueVista Pro EISA." TrueVista Pro EISA includes software such as an image loading utility for use under Windows 3.1 or DOS, a Windows 3.1 driver, Autodesk ADI (V.4.2) driver and capture/control utilities. A developer's toolkit is available for creating custom applications and interfaces. Truevision also provides worldwide developer support, including sample code, on-call technical support, plus a solutions source book, which contains descriptions of more than 270 software packages and solutions. The Truevision TrueVista Pro EISA will begin shipping in December, with a suggested list price of $4,195 (U.S. retail, depending on memory configuration). Truevision, the leader in desktop video for business and broadcast, offers a full range of videographics for EISA, ISA and Apple Macintosh platforms. The company pioneered the videographics industry in 1984 and today remains one of the market and technology leaders. Truevision became a wholly owned subsidiary of RasterOps Corporation in August 1992. For additional information, contact: Truevision Inc., 7340 Shadeland Station, Indianapolis, IN 46256-3925 or call 1-800-344-TRUE. Truevision product information is also available on CompuServe via the Multimedia Vendors Forum (GO TRUEVISION) and through the Truevision TRUEFAX System at 1-800-522-TRUE. Kevin Krell – Computer Support Associates