RAINBOW II MULTIMEDIA ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ IMPROVEMENTS SINCE RAINBOW VERSION 1.0: Picture Studio: *48 different levels of magnification. *5 new tools which enable you to colour your old b/w scanned pictures, to shade your drawings properly, to use any small picture as a brush and even to paint with simulated water colour or oil-paint. *Improved CUT and PASTE functions. *A new keyboard-accessible palette. *The old tools are improved (i.e. SHAPE now has more different shapes and FILL now features some new spectacular modes and effects). Photo Studio: *Several new filters to soften the picture, to rotate the colour planes, to alter the structure of your picture, to add "glamour" shine or glow to your picture and even a filter where you can design your own filter matrix! *The possibility to affect only a specified area on the picture. *Improved menus with sliders and larger buttons. *A new function for cutting and pasting, especially designed for the Photo Studio. *A special real-time zoom. All Studios: *A built-in tutorial that gives you information about most of the functions and tools in RAINBOW. *Improved screen resolutions for owners of VGA monitors. *Support for interlaced screen mode. *User definable mouse pointers and even the possibility to draw your own! *Improved Tabby support. *Support for a range of new picture formats including GIF. New Studios: SPRITE STUDIO Design and animate your own sprites for games and demos. SOUND STUDIO Record, edit and playback your own samples. Lots of fun effects! SLIDESHOW STUDIO Make your own slideshows with pictures and sound. DOMINO 2000 This is actually a built-in game which enables you to relax and enjoy a wildly different version of the old classic "Dominoes", while having a break from the art creation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RAINBOW II MULTIMEDIA is due for release in November-December. (UK -November, other countries -December) R2M will cost considerably more than RAINBOW 1. RAINBOW 1 will continue to sell at the current price, and upgrades to R2M will be available for a reasonable fee. * FOR MORE INFORMATION ON PRICES, UPGRADES ETC, * * CLICK ON THE "DISTRIBUTORS" BUTTON IN THE * * INFORMATION MENU IN RAINBOW 1. * IMPORTANT NOTE! If you have bought RAINBOW 1 (and registered) before the 1:st of November 1994 (for UK customers) the 1:st of December 1994 (for customers in other countries) the old upgrade prices (mentioned in the manual) will still apply. Ask for RAINBOW at your local Atari shop, or call your nearest RAINBOW distributor.