Conference hydra::amiga_v1

    Well, here is a quick review...
    
    PRISM looks functionally the same as DeluxePaint:  the screen menues
    are very similar...until you select the color palette...WOW!  You
    are faced with a screen filling rainbow of colors.
    
    This package also makes extensive use of the keyboard for those
    of you who like to take short cuts.
    
    Some of the color theory is a little complicated, due to the
    restrictions of HAM mode.  It will only run in Lo-Res.  You will
    experience some odd color 'fringing' along vertical edges of shapes
    or lines.  This is one of the drawbacks of HAM mode.  Careful selection
    of colors should get around this.
    
    I can't tell you much more right now, I only used it for a few minutes.
    For the price, it looks like a good value, and seems to be a better
    value than the yet to be released DigiPaint from NewTek.
    
    More later.  Any questions?
    
    Randy
    

    DigiPaint is already at release 2.0 - It works quite well ( lot
    better then release 1.0 ). 
    There is another product ( not yet tested ) that from the first
    glance seams interesting: Butcher ! Anyone knows this image processor?

    re: -1
    Let's get the names straight...
    
    DigiVIEW is available.  DigiPaint is still not available.  They are two
    very different products.  View is a frame grabber.  Paint is a simple
    paint manipulation system.
                          
    Randy
    

re: .1

Just so people know: HAM mode will ONLY work in LOW-RES... if you try to go
to high-res it will crash the machine (hardware restriction). However, you
can write software that uses HAM in interlace (320 x 400). That is what
DBW_Render uses for its images.

fyi.. dave

    
    Any news of a full review? I'm very curious.
    
    
    

    Well, here's a little more...I still have not used it much.
    
    Aparently, there is no way to make a brush, the way that you do
    in DPaint.  I haven't confirmed this yet, but I'm pretty sure there
    isn't.  There are none of the brush modification options like rotate,
    size, stretch, etc.  This severly limits one's abilities to use
    this product like DPaint.
    
    I still have not mastered the palette theory.  If you airbrush in
    single pixels, the color you spray will vary, depending upon what
    color of pixel they are sprayed next to.
    
    It would be nice if there was a built in shading function, like
    DPaint II or Aegis Images.  Here is where the range of colors could
    really be put to use.  As it stands now, you will have to do this
    manually.  Pretty primitive.
    
    Still, I have heard that his package offers more paint capabilities
    than DigiPaint.  I believe that DigiPaint has the ability to create
    brushes...but I'm not sure.  I'm only guessing, based upon the 'merged'
    images that they have shown in their advertisements.
    
    Later, I will have to load some images from DigiView and play around
    with them, to get a better idea of what this package can do.
    
    If anything, I am under the impression that Prism is best suited
    to retouching existing HAM images...or creating labor-intensive
    primitive ones.
    
    Randy
    

    
    Oh well, looks like I'll be waiting for Dpaint III :-)
    
    Thanks,
    
    Ph