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The reviewer wrote:</font><br> <font face="Times New Roman" class="fsx06"><B><I><a href="photoshopuserreview.pdf" title="Photoshop User review" class="txdec"><font class="txdec">&quot;I've never had as much fun on the computer as when I used the new Light Strokes OptiPaint system....I really had a blast!...The unit and the plug-in worked beautifully&quot;</font></a><br></I></B><div align="center">&nbsp;</font><font face="Times New Roman" class="fsx05"><a href="photoshopuserreview.pdf" title="Photoshop User review">Click here to read the complete review</a><br></font></div> </div> </div> <div id="Oobj133" style="position:absolute;z-index:25;visibility:visible; left:140px;top:470px;width:499px;height:94px;"> <div id="Grtf79" class="dfltt"> <font face="Times New Roman" class="fsx05">[Please note however that the painting surface is actually scratch-resistant tempered glass, not plexiglass.]&nbsp; <I>Photoshop User</I> is the official publication of the <a href="http://www.photoshopuser.com/" title="NAPP" target="_blank">National Association of Photoshop Professionals</a>.<br></font></div> </div> <div id="Oobj145" style="position:absolute;z-index:26;visibility:visible; left:345px;top:310px;width:111px;height:148px;"> <a href="photoshopuserreview.pdf" title="Photoshop User review"><img name="Ggeo81" src="./image/obj145geo81pg7p9.png" alt="Photoshop User review" border = "0" width="111" height="148"></a> </div> <div id="Oobj211" style="position:absolute;z-index:27;visibility:visible; left:30px;top:398px;width:78px;height:21px;"> <a href="buzz.html" title="News and Reviews"><div align="center"><font face="Verdana" class="fsx05" color="#053143"><B>Buzz<br></B></font></div> </a> </div> <div id="Oobj212" style="position:absolute;z-index:28;visibility:visible; left:19px;top:429px;width:102px;height:33px;"> <a href="download.html" title="Downloads"><img name="Ggeo58" src="./geometry/geo58shd3p9.png" alt="Downloads" border = "0" width="102" height="33"></a> </div> <div id="Oobj213" style="position:absolute;z-index:29;visibility:visible; left:16px;top:437px;width:110px;height:21px;"> <a href="download.html" title="Downloads"><div align="center"><font face="Verdana" class="fsx05" color="#053143"><B>Download<br></B></font></div> </a> </div> <div id="Oobj222" style="position:absolute;z-index:30;visibility:visible; left:140px;top:565px;width:504px;height:194px;"> <div id="Ggeo32" class="dfltt"> <font face="Times New Roman" class="fsx05"><B>John Nack, Adobe's Senior Product Manager for Photoshop</B>, wrote in his <a href="http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2006/09/optipaint.html" title="Joh Nack on OptiPaint">blog of 9/9/06</a>: </font><br> <font face="Times New Roman" class="fsx06"><B><I><a href="http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2006/09/optipaint.html" title="Joh Nack on OptiPaint" class="txdec"><font class="txdec">&quot;Ooh, now here's a cool development: the OptiPaint system ... I got to play with one for a few minutes at Photoshop World yesterday, and I was surprised at how gratifying it is to work with real, physical art materials, rather than a mouse, trackpad or stylus. I was struck by a clear sense of 'Yeah, this is [how] things oughtta be.'&quot;</font></a><br></I></B></font></div> </div> <div id="Oobj224" style="position:absolute;z-index:31;visibility:visible; left:140px;top:780px;width:504px;height:110px;"> <div id="Ggeo97" class="dfltt"> <font face="Times New Roman" class="fsx05">The <B><a href="http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=3735" title="CGSociety article, &quot;Wet Paint&quot;">CGSociety feature article, &quot;Wet Paint&quot;</a></B>, focuses on the technology behind the OptiPaint system.&nbsp; They called it:</font><br> <font face="Times New Roman" class="fsx06"><B><I><a href="http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=3735" title="CGSociety article, &quot;Wet Paint&quot;" class="txdec"><font class="txdec">&quot;a radical new digital painting system... [that] now works with off-the-shelf desktop computers and laptops.&quot;<br> </font></a><br></I></B></font></div> </div> <div id="Oobj228" style="position:absolute;z-index:32;visibility:visible; left:141px;top:1142px;width:679px;height:49px;"> <div id="Ggeo40" class="dfltt"> <div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" class="fsx05">Here are a couple of pictures of a couple of OptiPaint systems in use at Photoshop World '06 in Las Vegas.&nbsp; <br> (Click to enlarge)<br></font></div> </div> </div> <div id="Oobj231" style="position:absolute;z-index:33;visibility:visible; left:501px;top:921px;width:447px;height:207px;"> <a href="./image/PSW0601.jpg" title="PhotoSop World '06" onclick="return vmpopup('./image/PSW0601.jpg','994','462','PhotoSop World \'06','#ffffff','0');"><img name="Ggeo123" src="./image/obj231geo123pg7p9.png" alt="PhotoSop World '06" border = "0" width="447" height="207"></a> </div> <div id="Oobj233" style="position:absolute;z-index:34;visibility:visible; left:61px;top:921px;width:411px;height:207px;"> <a href="./image/PSW0602.jpg" title="PhotoSop World '06" onclick="return vmpopup('./image/PSW0602.jpg','914','462','PhotoSop World \'06','#ffffff','0');"><img name="Ggeo125" src="./image/obj233geo125pg7p9.png" alt="PhotoSop World '06" border = "0" width="411" height="207"></a> </div> <div id="Oobj226" style="position:absolute;z-index:35;visibility:visible; left:20px;top:1300px;width:483px;height:132px;"> <div id="Ggeo98" class="dfltt"> <font face="Times New Roman" class="fsx01">Photoshop is a registered trademark of</font><font face="Times New Roman" class="fsx01"> Adobe Systems Inc. <br> Photoshop User magazine article </font><font face="Times New Roman" class="fsx01">&#0169; 2007 National Association of Photoshop Professionals,<br> reprinted by permission.</font><br> <br> <font face="Times New Roman" class="fsx01">Patent #8,022,927<br> &#0169;&nbsp;2007 Light Strokes.&nbsp; All rights reserved.<br></font></div> </div> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> <!-- function vmpopup(image,nWidth,nHeight,sTilte,nColor,nMargin) { if (nColor=="") { nColor="#FFFFFF"; } var adj=10; var w = screen.width; var h = screen.height; var agent=navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase(); if(agent.indexOf("opera") != -1){ w = document.body.clientWidth; h = document.body.clientHeight; } var byFactor=1; if(w<740){ var lift=0.90; } if(w>=740 & w<835){ var lift=0.91; } if(w>=835){ var lift=0.93; } if (nWidth>w){ byFactor = w / nWidth; nWidth = w; nHeight = nHeight * byFactor; } if (nHeight>h-adj){ byFactor = h / nHeight; nWidth = (nWidth * byFactor); nHeight = h; } var scrWidth = w-adj; var scrHeight = (h*lift)-adj; if (nHeight>scrHeight){ nHeight=nHeight*lift; nWidth=nWidth*lift; } var posLeft=0; var posTop=0; if (nMargin < 0){nMargin=0} nMargin*=2; var nTemp = parseInt(nHeight) + nMargin; if (nTemp < scrHeight) { scrHeight = nTemp; } nTemp = parseInt(nWidth) + nMargin; if (nTemp < scrWidth) { scrWidth = nTemp; } if (scrHeight<100){scrHeight=100;} if (scrWidth<100){scrWidth=100;} posTop = ((h-(scrHeight/lift)-adj)/2); posLeft = ((w-(scrWidth)-adj)/2); if (nHeight > (h*lift)-adj || nWidth > w-adj){ nHeight=nHeight-adj; nWidth=nWidth-adj; } posTop = parseInt(posTop); posLeft = parseInt(posLeft); scrWidth = parseInt(scrWidth); scrHeight = parseInt(scrHeight); newWindow = window.open("","","width="+scrWidth+",height="+scrHeight+",left="+posLeft+",top="+posTop); if(newWindow!=null){ newWindow.document.open(); newWindow.document.write('<html><title>'+sTilte+'</title>'); newWindow.document.write('<meta http-equiv="imagetoolbar" content="false">'); newWindow.document.write('<body leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" bgcolor='+nColor+' onBlur="self.close()" onClick="self.close()">'); newWindow.document.write('<table width='+nWidth+' border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" height='+scrHeight+' ><tr><td>'); newWindow.document.write('<img src="'+image+'" width='+nWidth+' height='+nHeight+' alt="Click to close window" >'); newWindow.document.write('</td></tr></table></body></html>'); newWindow.document.close(); newWindow.focus(); } return false; } //--> </script> </body> </html>