10 Reasons to Choose INDY(tm)
Top publishing and prepress professionals say Indy is the ideal
publishing system. We think you'll agree. So we've listed the top ten
reasons for you to consider Indy for your advanced creative and production
processes.
- Approachable Interface
- Ready for Publishing
- Easy Integration
- Increase Your Productivity
- Powerful 3D Engine
- Familiar Applications
- Streamline Your Production Process
- Fastest RIP Engine
- Interactive Publishing
- The Bottom Line
"I appreciate having the power to switch between a standard UNIX(r) shell
and the highly intuitive windowing interface of Indigo Magic(tm)."
-- Robert Bowen, Robert Bowen Studio, NY
- Intuitive, icon-driven system for drag-and-drop ease
- Out-of-Box Experience system tour gets you up and running fast
- Quick learning curve gives you an immediate return on your investment
- User-friendly applications like Showcase(tm) for media authoring and audio
and video media tools for content creation come packaged with Indigo Magic
"This system is designed with users like me in mind. It comes standard with
everything I need to handle the high-resolution file sizes that I prefer to
work with. I love my SCSI!"
-- Ryszard Horowitz, Ryszard Horowitz Ltd., NY
- FAST SCSI-2 and FAST Ethernet(tm) built-in
- 64-bit system bus for industry-leading 267MB/sec throughput
- Standard choice of 8-bit or 24-bit color, and hardware Z-buffered graphics
and video conferencing
- Standard wide area networking for collaborative publishing with ISDN
- Display PostScript(r) comes standard with Indy
- Built-in video and audio
"I was pleasantly surprised by how easy it was to integrate Indy into our
current Macintosh(r) environment. All you do is load the software, connect
the cables, and go!"
-- Dennis Dunbar, Phaedrus Productions, CA
- Reads and writes Macintosh and PC file formats
- Supports most removable media
- No additional networking cards required
"Our client came to us with seven 4/C and 2/C catalogs and a tight deadline.
We did all the scanning, assembly, trapping, proofing, and film output. I
firmly believe this job would not have been completed on time if not for the
power and speed of Indy."
-- Joe Jacobs, The Image Bureau, GA
- Operate several jobs simultaneously with multitasking
- Multiple RIP serving for high-speed rasterization
- Scan images while simultaneously manipulating others
"With my Indy machine and Alias PowerAnimator(tm), I can work on a modeling
and rendering job for a magazine cover one day, and an animation for a
broadcast TV spot the next. And of course, the speed of the Indy really
helps me to meet my deadlines."
-- Tom Cushwa, Illustrator, NY
- Premier 2D and 3D graphics performance
- Supports interactive 3D modeling with advanced features such as alpha
blending, texture mapping, and anti-aliased lines and points
- 3D models and images for print and interactive media are
easily created
- Allows you to migrate easily from print to animation, film, or
video content
"Basically, I have the ability to run the applications that I'm used to--like
Photoshop and Kai's Power Tools, in addition to other complementary high-end
applications that aren't available on the Macintosh platform--much more
quickly."
-- John Lund, Photographer, CA
- Adobe Photoshop(tm), Adobe Illustrator(tm), and CorelDraw(tm)
- HSC Software Kai's Power Tools(tm) and SOFTIMAGE Painterly Effects(tm)
- Adobe Type-on-Call(tm)
- More applications on the way
"We brought our entire prepress production process in-house with the Indy
solution."
-- Bob Roach, Burrell Professional Labs, Inc., IN
- Indy can be used as a production server, providing image database and
job tracking resources
- Rasterizing for FITS Imaging Live Picture(tm) with Torque Systems
FitServer(tm)
- The most powerful open architecture with broad software RIP support
"The combination of Indy, Torque's RIPserver and Xinet, provides us with
incredible ease of use, chooser-level RIPing from any Macintosh application,
choice of color space, and spooling to free up the Macintosh to continue
working."
-- Brett Butterfield, The Digital Pond, CA
- Runs up to 12 times faster than other RIP systems
- 267MB/sec data throughput and 400MB memory access speeds for the quickest
page production
- Integer processing strength for high-speed postscript rasterization
"Indy has allowed us to build interactive networks connecting creative teams
and production suppliers in fields as diverse as marketing communications,
package design, and publishing. We use InPerson(tm) video conferencing over
ISDN extensively. Being able to discuss media projects on-line drives cost
and time out of complex multi-company projects, and the creative possibilities
of Indy are endless."
-- Pam Fisher, Communication Arts, UK
- Collaborative publishing with InPerson video conferencing software and
video capture
- On-line page development
- High-speed networking bandwidth
- Access to film and video content
"I didn't buy a specific machine -- I bought Silicon Graphics(r), because the
only way you can succeed is to be technologically ahead of the pack. You have
to be state of the art. Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run
over if you just sit there."
-- Jonathan Herbert, Computer Illustration, NY
- Indy puts an end to creative limitations and production bottlenecks
- Investment protection with easy CPU, graphics, and networking upgrade
paths
- Indy lets you reap the benefits now--as you take an exciting step into
the future of print media technology
