> xRes, enhanced in conjunction with Macromedia, offers high-speed,
> high-resolution image editing, and also incorporates all the
> features of Fauve?s Matisse painting software with a full suite of
> artistic brushes and textures. In fact, xRes not only incorporates
> most of the features of Adobe?s Photoshop, it also looks and feels
> so similar that Macromedia claims a Photoshop user could learn to
> use it in about 15 minutes.
>
> The software offers integrated support for saving files in World
> Wide Web formats, including PNG, transparent GIF and progressive
> JPEG. It provides optimum speed for editing large files, typically
> from 20Mb up to 500Mb, without requiring large amounts of memory. It
> also enables lengthier tasks, such as rendering the image, to run as
> batch processes. There is a multiple undo facility, and text is
> stored as a floating object, enabling easy alteration.
>
> ? Excerpt: Computer Business Review, [Feb 1996][1]

A [Live Picture][2] competitor originally created by [Matisse][3]
developers Fauve Software.

xRes's marquee feature is xRes Mode, which lets you compose ridiculous
amounts of layers of very high resolution images using proxies. When
finished, xRes processes the proxy layers overnight to save as an
image composition through a batch operation.

As Live Picture's development wound down, Macromedia abandoned future
development of xRes and had a few members of the FreeHand team spin up
[Fireworks][4], a new application for handling web based imaging.

Bundled with [Freehand Graphics Studio 7][5] and [Director 6.5
Multimedia Studio][6].

See Also: [xRes 1.2.1][7], [xRes 2.0.1 S.E.][8], and [xRes 2.0][9]

Compatibility
Architecture: 68k PPC

Minimum Requirements

 * 68040 or PowerPC processor
 * Mac OS 7.5
 * 16 MB of RAM
 * 8-bit color (24-bit color preferred)
 * 500 MB free swap disk recommended in xRes mode. Multiple swap
   drives supported
 * 14 MB installation footprint on hard drive
 * CD-ROM drive

  [1]: https://www.cbronline.com/news/macromedia_launches_enhanced_matisse_as_xres_insists_that_it_adds_value_to_adobe_photoshop
  [2]: http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/live-picture
  [3]: https://winworldpc.com/product/fauve-matisse/1x
  [4]: http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/macromedia-fireworks-1
  [5]: http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/macromedia-freehand-graphics-studio-7
  [6]: http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/macromedia-director-65-multimedia-studio
  [7]: http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/fauve-xres-121
  [8]: http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/xres-201
  [9]: http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/macromedia-xres-20

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