| [8:00 AM] XLR8 Photoshop 3.x and 4.x With G4 Extensions From XLR8
XLR8 has introduced a set of extensions to allow users of older version of Photoshop to tale advantage of the new G4 processor's Velocity Engine. The Velocity ExtensionsTM and MACh Speed Control allow versions 3.x and 4.x of Photoshop to accelerate such tasks as blending, blurring, and sharpening. According to XLR8:
XLR8, the award-winning leader in Macintosh performance and peripherals, announced the official release of their newest G4 performance software packages. These packages, the XLR8 MACh Speed Control™ and the new XLR8 Velocity Extensions™, provide exclusive benefits of G4 AltiVec™ performance and compatibility within Mac OS 8.6 and 9.0. This software is included with the purchase of any XLR8 G4 upgrade.
The exclusive XLR8 Velocity Extensions deliver substantial performance improvements for XLR8 G4 upgrades when running Adobe Photoshop 3.x or 4.x. Since these extensions utilize custom AltiVec performance code, users can expect performance gains of 50% to 300% faster than the same application running on non-XLR8 G4 systems or upgrades. This first release of the XLR8 Velocity ExtensionTM package enhances basic Photoshop functions, resulting in advanced performance with:
- Blend — Color, Blend - Gradient Tool,
- Blur, Blur More, Blur — Motion, Blur — Radial, Blur — Smart, Gaussian Blur, High Pass, Motion Blur
- Despeckle, Feather, Find Edges,
- Rotate, Rotate Canvas 180, Rotate Canvas 90 CW, Rotate Canvas 90 CCW, Rotate Canvas Arbitrary, Rotate Canvas Flip Horizontal, Rotate Canvas Flip Vertical,
- Sharpen, Sharpen Edges, Sharpen More, Unsharp Mask,
- Image Size, Resize, Canvas Size
Since components of these functions are called for in various areas, users see additional performance in other Photoshop functions such as Variances, Duplicate, Transform and Free Transform. XLR8 has also further optimized Gaussian Blur and Unsharp Mask large radius filters. These perform up to 5 times faster than non-enhanced software.
"We are continuing to expand the list, as well as working to investigate advanced functionality for newer versions of Photoshop. We also hope to deliver Velocity Extensions for addition applications currently under NDA." Said Gary Dailey, Director of Marketing for XLR8. "Each addition spells better performance for XLR8 customers."
The current XLR8 Velocity Extensions listed above are available on the initial CD shipping with our G4 products this week. Registered XLR8 G4 customers will be upgraded to the new versions of the Velocity Extensions, as they become available.
You can find more information at the XLR8 web site.
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