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Sd^Sb^pp;^hic convenient program. Final Copy IPs word processing features S l n s ^ A S u p p o n le«s you work in While other programs claim to have quality include: 144,000 word speller: 1.4 million screens having up to 256 colors. printing. Final Copy II is the only word response thesaurus; automatic hyphen­ processor on the Amiga that will produce ation: named paragraph style sheets; master Final Copv II now available in American excellent quality printouts on any pages; mail-merge; multiple newspaper style English, British English, German. Frenc , Workbench (1.3,2.0 or higher) supported columns: search and replace; header and and French-Canadian versions is the best graphic printer. If you have a PostScript footer support; left, right, center and decimal selling word processor for the Amiga in the printer, Final Copy II is the only word tabs; paragraph justification; and automatic world. As stated in a recent AmigaWorld processor on the Amiga that has true date, time, and page number insertion. review, "FinalCopy II pulls into the lead of the Amiga word-processing pack. WYSIWYG PostScript print capabilities - Final Copy II s graphic features include: other programs limit you to a few fonts You want a document that reads well in addition to Final Copy's™ graphic support is the best there is in omu MiL-cis ana master pages are features you can looking good. Final Copy™ comes with a 144,000 any Amiga® word processor. Place IFF 1I.BM pictures really use to ensure your documents are created in a word speller. 1.4 million word thesaurus with defini- and brushes anywhere in a document. Draw boxes, consistent and well-planned manner. 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LOCK ► Creating your own "classic" • Software selection or mixing of 2 audio inputs with bass and black and white videos using the Colorkill feature treble control. ► Color filter effects. • Software-driven video processing amplifier, (proc amp) offering ► High-quality keying effects with bitplane or complete real-time signal processing control, including hue, chroma keying. brightness, saturation and more. ► Manual or automatic (ARexx triggered) fades • Software-controlled RGB color splitter compatible with video and cuts. digitizers like Newtek's Digi-View™. Audio: Sound Designs • Built-in transcoder converts input video to composite, Y/C, G-Lock's dual-input audio panel switches, mixes and shapes RGB or YU V outputs. sound for effects such a s ... ► Combining stereo channels or separate inputs without a " Y" adaptor. • Full ECS/AG A support for full compatibility with new A 1200 ► Treble and bass equalization. and A4000 systems! ► Plus, add DSS8 or any Amiga created/modified digital audio • Compatible with popular titling software like Amiga Vision™, samples to your final mix! Scala-Multimedia 200™ and Gold Disk's Video Director™. Professional video processing + audio processing + a powerful • Separate versions available for standards around the world. but simple interface + creative special effects, make Compatible with NTSC, PAL and SECAM. G-Lock the cornerstone of your multimedia productions! 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