SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 18, 1992 - Claris Corporation today announced MacDraw Pro 1.5 software, the high-speed upgrade to the best-selling graphics program for the Macintosh. The new version offers up to four times the speed of Version 1.0 and exceeds the Macintosh graphics performance standards set by MacDraw II. Major performance enhancements within Version 1.5 include user-controllable memory buffering and display options that improve the speed of on-screen display and printing, allowing for improved interactivity and handling larger-scale design and drawing tasks on a greater range of Macintosh CPUs.
Full System 7 support -- including QuickTime, Publish & Subscribe, and Apple events -- further bolster MacDraw Pro's position as the leading graphics solution for presentations and for workgroup environments.
"Mac users have made MacDraw Pro the best-selling graphics solution," said Steve Pollock, Claris director of product marketing. "We are confident that MacDraw Pro 1.5 meets the expectation of users and is the perfect blend of features, full System 7 support and high performance to best meet the graphics, design, illustration and presentation needs of typical Macintosh users."
Up to 4 times faster than Version 1.0
MacDraw Pro 1.5 speeds graphics creation with several improved performance factors:
- Text entry and redraw is up to four times faster, without any loss of accuracy.
- Text printing is from two to five times faster.
- "Fast Gradient" display is up to five times faster than the "Best Quality" display. Gradient can be tuned to the resolution of the output device.
- Other optimized functions -- which are from 20 percent to 200 percent faster -- include drawing, scrolling, rotating, and object selection.
- Greeking options allow users to display placeholders for complex graphics and text and image objects providing significantly faster redraw performance within detailed documents.
Full System 7 support
MacDraw Pro 1.5 new System 7 features include Publish & Subscribe capabilities, Apple events, QuickTime support, Balloon Help, and TrueType. Complete Publish & Subscribe support includes the ability to publish partial or complete objects from a user-specified combination of layers.
MacDraw Pro 1.5 users may now publish graphics, i.e., logos and charts, that are created in various applications and shared within a workgroup. In addition, users may also subscribe to charts created in applications such as Claris Resolve and other spreadsheet programs for more effective workgroup computing.
With Apple events users can "drive" MacDraw Pro from other applications, such as the HyperCard program. A sample HyperCard stack that works as a timed slide-show controller is included with MacDraw Pro1.5.
With QuickTime, users may enhance on-screen presentations with video, animation and sound.
Continued strengths of MacDraw Pro 1.5
Since its inception, MacDraw has continually set the standard fo0r business graphics on the Macintosh, making it the number-one choice of Macintosh users. Today, MacDraw Pr" 1.5 features extensive color support, state-of-the-art file exchange capabilities and leading edge gradient fill and text handling capabilities. New users will appreciate the familiar Claris family interface, including zoom tools, a favorites tool bar, the text ruler, and tear-off palettes. Professionals can take advantage of 32-bit color QuickDraw, and extensive, customizable gradient options.
In addition to general purpose drawing and graphics tols, MacDraw features on-screen slide presentation capabilities. The layer/slide support allows users to copy and paste multiple slides from one document to another for easier presentation management.