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JUNE OFFERS: Now in stock! £35



1. WORLD CUP SPECIAL: BUY 1 GET 1 FREE on all of our FOOTBALL GAMES!

Are we football crazy or what! (Free game is the cheaper of the 2. Applies to games on this list, on our seconds list and on both web sites: www.forematt.co.uk and www.forematt.idps.co.uk ) First come first served! Free game may be changed if out of stock (suggest alternatives if possible)

2. We have put some titles up for auction on ebay and more will be going up over the next few weeks, so you can get some real bargains of up to 80% off our normal price if you are the only bidder. Do a seller search for john.m.wilson Remember that unlike the other sellers most of these items will be new product and not second hand. You can link to Ebay from our retro site at www.forematt.idps.co.uk

Limited offers whilst stocks last!


DRAWSTUDIO 2.0
Structured Drawing Program


New Features of DrawStudio 2.0


24Bit Graphic Display Support
DS 2.0 has a superb support for 24Bitgraphic output using CyberGraphX software. This makes it much easier to preview the colours of objects.

24Bit TurboPrint Support
DS 2.0 outputs 24Bit graphics to printer driver TurboPrint directly. This ensures fast printing and best results.

New MetaView Converter included (full version) MetaView is a vector format converter that reads AMF, WMF, DXF and=outputs DR2D. We will also include a tool to convert ProDraw Clips to DR2D.
CD version 2.0
The CDROM version additionally contains ImageStudio and TextureStudio. Also there isabout 600 MB data:

600 PS-Fonts
200 ClipArts in DR2D format
600 Fotos in JPEG format
1200 Texturen in JPEG format

DrawStudio 2.0

DrawStudio is the premier structured drawing, illustration and presentation package for the Amiga. The program contains many professional features which are not found in any other Amiga programs and are usually associated with high priced packages on other platforms.

Working from a clear and standard Amiga interface, DrawStudio contains all the tools required to create illustrations on the Amiga, including technical diagrams and artistic presentation material. The ability to convert objects to bitmaps makes DrawStudio an ideal tool for creating graphics for web pages or for use with other Amiga programs.

The code has been highly optimised for the Amiga, allowing the program to to be used on many Amiga systems.

General  
Full 24 bit colour support. 
1 bit, greyscale and colour redraw. 
Style guide complient Amiga interface with drag 'n' drop. 
ARexx. 
Multi-level undo/redo. 
Multi-level group/ungroup. 
Cut, copy and paste via the clipboard. 
Plug-in architecture for future expansion. 
Adobe Type1 font engine. 
Converts objects to bitmaps. 
Bitmap export in several bitmap formats. 
Multiple projects open at any one time. 
Each project can have multiple pages. 
Each page can have multiple layers. 
Layers can be viewed, greyed or turned off; layer order may be changed. 
Many line styles and arrowheads. 
Compound objects. 
All objects support rotation to arbitary angles. 
Zoom range upto 4000 percent. 
Bezier editing, cutting, joining, add/remove points. 
Realtime object create, resize and move. 
Optional rulers and grid. 
Preferences and PostScript printing. 
Several line joins: Mitre, Bevel, Rounded. 
Effect previews. 
Fully aspect ratio corrected display. 

Tools 
Line, Polygon / Bezier, Rectangle, Rounded rectangle. 
Circle / ellipse, Arc, Text, Hand tool, Magnify.
 
Fills 
Fill styles can be applied to both the object fill and the pen. 
Solid colour fill. 
Pattern fill. 
Gradient fill: Linear, Radial, Circular, Conical, Multiple colour =
transitions, Colour transitions in RGB, HSV or step domains, Linear, 
accelerating, decelerating and dual blend, Gradient transparencies. 
Bitmap fill: Tiled (any X- or Y-DPI), Fill to object. 
All fills support transparency. 

Warping 
Text and objects may be warped with the following: 
Skew, Perspective, Wave, Wedge, Bulge, Freeform. 

Text 
Adobe Type1 font engine. 
Edit text directly on page. 
Text formatting: Left, Right, Centre. 
Text may follow curves with the following effects: 
Inside and outside curve, Backwards and forwards. 
Rotate characters on/off, Start rotation from any angle. 

Layout tools 
Horizontal and vertical rulers. 
Snapping: 
Snapping applies to object creation, resizing and moving. 
Snap to grid (X and/or Y). 
Snap to object line, Snap to object point. 
Snap to object curve, Snap to object ends. 
Alignment: 
Align to page or objects, Align or distribute. 
Align to left, top, centre, right and bottom. 

Import/Export 
DrawStudio (.dsdr) load/save. 
PostScript (and EPS) save. 
DR2D import. 
Bitmap import (IFF-ILBM, GIF, JPEG, TIFF, BMP, PCX and datatypes).=
Bitmap export (IFF-ILBM, GIF, JPEG, TIFF, BMP and PCX) 

Screenshots etc available at www.forematt.co.uk



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