[softwarelist] Re: O-Pro's future
- From: Phil <philco@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:09:13 +0100
On 25 Jun, Ovation Pro <ovationpro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have used Ovation Pro on RISCOS for many years and latterly on
> Windows also.
> It is my first choice for all routine work and I prefer the Riscos to
> the Windows version because the menu system is so much more direct.
> The windows version has been invaluable when sending documents to our
> new 7400DXF colour printer/finisher because it can handle a mixture of
> Black and White and Colour pages easily. When windows programs output
> to the printer there is a severe danger of accidentally creating a B/W
> page which has inadvertant and invisible colour. This increases the
> printing cost by a factor of SEVEN TIMES and our first issue of our
> local magazine overspent by almost a thousand pounds as a result.
> Using Ovation Pro you can check each apparently B/W picture and convert
> it to duotone quickly and easily without using any other program.
> Duotone is a misnomer it is actually indistinguishable from greyscale.
> We even print from windows programs to jpegs and import these into OPro
> for printing. (There are automatic ways of doing this) This enables us
> to have mixtures of colour and B/W pages with no excess because the B/W
> pages have somehow become invisible colour.
> (NB invisible colour occurs when the program asks for CYM(K) mixture to
> represent black)
> OPro can also edit the colour balance etc of any image without having
> to recourse to the original software. When we are receiving material
> derived from almost every bitmap editor ever written this is a huge
> advantage.
> As a result of all this it is far easier to compose in OPro than in any
> windows program we have found.
> The only difficulty is in importing material sent in Windows formats eg
> WORD and PUBLISHER. If OPro could do this it would be by far the best
> DTP on the market. We currently work around this by printing to jpegs
> from the original or ,in the last resort, converting to text.
> John
I'm only a small voice in this conversation and my use of Opro is far
below the level of the majority of those that post in this group.
My level of use could be considered crude by some of the members work,
but when I compare my simple offerings to what I've seen as struggled DTP
work produced elsewhere on windows, I feel justified in using OvationPro.
Having said that, one thing that I am equal with you all, is, I prefer to
use Opro because its easy to use and it does what it says on the tin. I
also have a fair chance of retaining my dwindling sanity for longer by
only occasional use of any Windows alternative.
Phil
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