Images with Impact



Author: Denise L. Jesus

Date: October, 1993

Keywords: software review clip art graphics 3G Graphics

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I have to admit that I'm a clip art aficionado.  I love the stuff. My
affection springs from the fact that I've been lucky enough to get my
hands on some top-of-the-line clip art.  Among my treasures are 3G
Graphics' Images With Impact!* Accents & Borders* 1 & 2, and now 3G
Graphics' latest product, Images With Impact!* Places & Faces* 1.  3G
Graphics takes clip art beyond cut and paste illustration to high
quality art and design elements.
Images With Impact!* Places & Faces* 1 contains over 170 multi-cultural
images that are designed for use in projects related to recreation,
travel, ecology, human services, community events and more.  But what
you get, if you own a compatible draw program, is not only a collection
of high quality art, but images that can be ungrouped, modified,
colored, and combined to create a wealth of new images.  The User's
Guide that accompanies the software is a mini design course in itself. 
It provides excellent examples and step-by-step instructions useful for
both novice and expert alike.
Color, gray scale, and black & white images are presented in EPS
format.  EPS, Encapsulated Postscript, is a mini program for each image
that allows you to resize the image from tiny business card size up to
jumbo poster size without any loss of clarity, in much the same way
that you use Postscript fonts.  The EPS format, along with the ability
to modify the images, provides the user with the flexibility to create
unlimited graphic possibilities.

The images are organized by five topics: Borders, Recreation,
Expressions, Travel, and Environments. Borders contains 22 excellent
borders including silhouettes such as ''World'', which depicts a
stylized skyline of famous landmarks, and ''HoldHand'', a colorful
border of hand holding people in international costume.  Recreation
contains 19 bold black & white graphics representing popular
recreational sports and activities. Expressions contains 18 close-up
gray scale portraits of individuals of every age, race, and culture,
representing a wide range of emotions. Travel contains 15 colorful
illustrations of popular world travel destinations.  Environments
contains 20 full-color scenes of the earth's environment that are so
stunningly beautiful that they definitely qualify as art.  The color
images also print with excellent contrast in gray scale.
Images With Impact!* Places & Faces* 1 comes on four 800K disks and
includes a User's Guide, a Pictorial Index, and a QuickStart Reference
Card. To install the images on your hard drive you create a new folder
and drag the contents of each disk to the new folder (including
DDMiniExpand*, which expands the images for use when you double-click
on specific files).
To import the images you must have a compatible layout/word processor
or presentation program, compatible programs are:  Aldus PageMaker*,
Aldus* Personal Press, Aldus Persuasion*, Avery* MacLabelPro*,
ClarisWorks*, DeltaGraph* & DeltaGraphPro*, Design Studio*, FRAME
Technology* FrameMaker*, Microsoft* Word (ver. 5.0+), Microsoft*
PowerPoint*, QuarkXPress*, Ready Set Go!*, Timeworks* Publish It!* &
Publish It Easy*, Ventura Publisher*, or WordPerfect* (ver. 2.0+).  To
print with most applications you'll need a PostScript compatible
printer.
To open and edit the images you must have a compatible draw program,
compatible programs are:  Adobe Illustrator*, Aldus Freehand* (ver.
2.0+), Canvas* (ver. 3.0+), or ColorStudio* and Shapes.  You  may also
use Adobe PhotoShop* (ver. 2.0+) to edit pixel-by-pixel, vector
information is not retained; And MacDraw* Pro for placement only,
images cannot be edited.    
If you want to turn out an elegant newsletter, promotion, or
presentation you need Images With Impact!* Places & Faces* 1!  Besides,
if you're like me, you've just gotta have it.  Remember, art is food
for the soul!
Retails at $129.95 (limited time in-house offer $90.95),  Mail Order
$64.98 (MacZone) ...And when you mail in your registration card, 3G
Graphics will send you a free bonus disk with six additional travel
images.  : )
Images With Impact!* Places & Faces* 1 is available from:           
3G Graphics,  114 Second Ave. South, Suite 104
     Edmonds, WA 98020    (209) 774-3518

Copyright © october, 1993 by Denise L. Jesus