March 17, 2006 - Ambient Design Announces ArtRage 2.0 for New Zealand Schools for One Dollar.

Ambient Design Ltd is offering ArtRage 2.0 Full Version to New Zealand schools for NZ$1.00 (one dollar).

In recognition of the difficulty many schools face funding worthwhile software for students, Ambient Design Ltd is implementing a program of making their award-winning ArtRage software available to schools in New Zealand for one dollar (+GST) per installed copy. This will enable schools to give students an excellent introduction to digital painting.

ArtRage 2.0 Full version has many of the professional tools of digital artists, such as layers and Photoshop PSD support, with an easy-to-use and friendly environment for painting. It also offers tools such as glitter and thick smeary paints in addition to the more traditional painting media to make the learning and creative process more enjoyable. More information about ArtRage can be found at www.artrage.com.

Teachers and software administrators for New Zealand schools should register their interest with Ambient Design by sending an Email to schools@artrage.com. Include a contact name and phone number, address of the school and number of installations required (for both MacOSX and Windows - one installation is required per computer).

About ArtRage.

ArtRage is a computer painting package designed to provide a natural and easy to use environment for producing art on your computer. By providing realistic tools such as oil paints and pencils, and simulating the real world dynamics of those media, ArtRage allows any user to play around with paint without the expense and mess of its real world counterpart. By providing Tracing tools, ArtRage lets any level of user produce paintings based on photographs or other existing images.

ArtRage 1 was released as a free product in 2004 and went on to win a number of online awards, followed by the first place in Microsoft’s ‘Does Your App Think In Ink’ contest for Tablet PC applications (2004).

ArtRage 2 introduces a wide range of new features and technology improvements that allow everyone from amateur hobbyists to professional artists to get deeper in to the process of painting, without losing the ease of use, sense of realism, and friendly feel that made ArtRage 1 successful.

About Ambient Design Ltd.

Ambient Design is a New Zealand based software development company specialising in the design and development of creative applications and interfaces. The company was founded on a strong graphical basis after Andy Bearsley and Matt Fox-Wilson left MetaCreations Corp in January 2000, but has grown since then to encompass a wide range of technologies.

Ambient was founded with the intention of creating a strong engineering company that would provide an output for some of the talent available in New Zealand. Since our founding we have worked for a wide range of international companies providing complete software engineering services from design to implementation.

Contact Details.

You can contact Ambient Design by post at the following address:

87 Bethells Road
Waitakere
Auckland 1008
New Zealand

Or you can fax us at: +64 (9) 810-8459.
Or email us at: matt@ambientdesign.com