<s>
Barco	B-Protocol
Creator	I-Protocol
was	O
an	O
image	O
manipulation	O
program	O
targeted	O
at	O
the	O
repro	O
and	O
print	O
shop	O
markets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Barco	O
Graphics	O
(	O
later	O
Esko	O
)	O
ColorTone	B-Protocol
for	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
is	O
considered	O
its	O
successor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Barco	B-Protocol
Creator	I-Protocol
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
products	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
off-the-shelf	O
SGI	O
workstations	B-Device
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
targeted	O
at	O
the	O
"	O
high	O
end	O
"	O
,	O
Creator	O
evolved	O
into	O
a	O
slightly	O
more	O
mid-market	O
program	O
with	O
the	O
"	O
personal	O
"	O
-edition	O
running	O
on	O
the	O
Indy	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Creator	O
could	O
rely	O
on	O
superior	O
features	O
and	O
performance	O
to	O
justify	O
its	O
price	O
through	O
the	O
mid-1990s	O
,	O
as	O
time	O
progressed	O
each	O
new	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
version	O
made	O
the	O
Barco	O
package	O
harder	O
to	O
sell	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
end	O
Creator	O
was	O
abandoned	O
,	O
like	O
many	O
of	O
its	O
contemporaries	O
;	O
Dalim	B-Protocol
Tango	I-Protocol
,	O
Linotype-Hell	B-Protocol
DaVinci	I-Protocol
and	O
Alias	B-Application
Eclipse	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
lineal	O
successor	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
Esko	O
ColorTone	B-Protocol
was	O
discontinued	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
base	O
for	O
version	O
7.0	O
was	O
the	O
"	O
CT-Brix	O
"	O
software	B-Library
library	I-Library
(	O
colour	O
selection	O
,	O
basic	O
compositing	O
,	O
selection	O
,	O
transformation	O
,	O
shapes	O
,	O
basic	O
colour	O
correction	O
,	O
densitometer	O
,	O
layers	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ColorTone	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
top	O
of	O
this	O
Creator	O
added	O
the	O
"	O
Creative	O
functions	O
"	O
libraries	O
(	O
special	O
effect	O
filters	O
;	O
mosaic	B-Application
,	O
emboss	O
,	O
b/w	O
,	O
warp	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Barco	B-Protocol
ColorTone	I-Protocol
adds	O
an	O
"	O
Image	O
quality	O
estimator	O
"	O
module	O
(	O
evaluate	O
if	O
an	O
image	O
is	O
printable	O
according	O
to	O
certain	O
quality	O
parameters	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
lacks	O
several	O
of	O
the	O
other	O
Creator	O
modules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
Barco	B-Protocol
Creator	I-Protocol
7	O
support	O
for	O
foreign	O
(	O
non-Barco	O
)	O
file	O
formats	O
depended	O
on	O
a	O
dedicated	O
software	B-Application
"	I-Application
interface	I-Application
"	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Interfaces	B-Application
for	O
Creator	O
CVW	O
files	O
,	O
TIFF	O
,	O
PSD	O
(	O
no	O
layers	O
)	O
and	O
EPS/DCS	B-Language
were	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Optionally	O
one	O
could	O
order	O
interfaces	B-Application
for	O
Hell	O
and	O
Scitex	O
and	O
Scitex	O
online	O
file	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
earlier	O
versions	O
,	O
at	O
least	O
,	O
the	O
primary	O
output	O
were	O
CT	O
RGB	O
(	O
Scitex	B-General_Concept
CT	I-General_Concept
to	O
be	O
exposed	O
on	O
film	O
recorders	O
as	O
LVT	O
and	O
Fire	O
1000	O
)	O
and	O
CMYK	O
formats	O
(	O
to	O
Scitex	O
,	O
Hell	O
,	O
and	O
IT8	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
1993	O
"	O
Personal	O
Creator	O
"	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
Indigo	B-Device
,	O
while	O
the	O
"	O
full	O
"	O
Power	O
Creator	O
ran	O
on	O
a	O
Crimson	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
releases	O
were	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
Indy	B-Operating_System
,	O
Indigo2	B-Application
,	O
02	B-Device
and	O
Octane	B-Device
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
unknown	O
if	O
Creator	O
will	O
run	O
on	O
the	O
later	O
Octane2	B-Device
,	O
Fuel	B-Device
and	O
Tezro	B-Device
workstations	B-Device
with	O
VPro	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
Power	O
Series	O
and	O
Crimson	B-Device
Barco	O
originally	O
supplied	O
a	O
"	O
Colcom/VME	O
"	O
colour	O
computer	O
board	O
,	O
a	O
fast	O
multi-dimensional	O
interpolator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Turnkey	O
workstations	B-Device
were	O
additionally	O
supplied	O
with	O
a	O
WACOM	O
tablet	B-Device
,	O
a	O
Barco	O
Reference	O
Calibrator	O
self-calibrating	O
or	O
Personal	O
Calibrator	O
monitor	O
and	O
SCSI	B-Architecture
RAID	B-Architecture
storage	I-Architecture
,	O
though	O
stripped	O
down	O
versions	O
were	O
also	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
the	O
Indigo/Crimson	O
versions	O
the	O
Howtek	O
D4000	O
(	O
4000dpi	O
)	O
drum	O
scanner	O
was	O
usually	O
offered	O
as	O
an	O
option	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
apt	O
comparison	O
to	O
the	O
final	O
release	O
,	O
featurewise	O
,	O
would	O
be	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Photoshop	I-Operating_System
4	O
(	O
November	O
1996	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Creator	O
2600	O
)	O
IRIX	B-Operating_System
3.X	O
Fall	O
1988	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
Highest	O
spec	O
BG-Creator	O
540	O
(	O
4D	O
240	O
)	O
with	O
4	O
R3000	B-Device
processors	O
at	O
25	O
MHz	O
,	O
64MB	O
RAM	O
and	O
1.2GB	O
harddrive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Retrieved	O
November	O
26	O
,	O
2008	O
from	O
HighBeam	O
Research	O
:	O
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-9343938.html	O
IRIX	B-Operating_System
3.X	O
1990	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
RGB	O
only	O
Repro	O
Creator	O
Power	O
Series	O
,	O
later	O
Crimson	B-Device
IRIX	B-Operating_System
4.X	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
Personal	O
Creator	O
(	O
BG-510	O
)	O
Indigo	B-Device
,	O
32-96MB	O
RAM	O
,	O
1.2GB	O
HD	O
IRIX	B-Operating_System
5.X	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
Power	O
Creator	O
(	O
replaced	O
BG-540	O
)	O
Crimson	B-Device
,	O
128MB	O
RAM	O
IRIX	B-Operating_System
5.X	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
Personal	O
Creator	O
5.0	O
Indy	B-Operating_System
R4000	O
100mhz	O
(	O
61	O
SPECfp92	O
,	O
57	O
SPECint92	O
-	O
compare	O
Intel	O
P66	O
;	O
55	O
fp	O
,	O
int	O
64	O
)	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
Indy	B-Operating_System
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IRIX	B-Operating_System
5.X	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
Line	O
art	O
module	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
Barco	B-Protocol
Strike	I-Protocol
!	I-Protocol
</s>
<s>
Typesetting	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Barco	B-Protocol
Strike	I-Protocol
!	I-Protocol
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
09/07/96	O
IRIX	B-Operating_System
6.2	O
not	O
supported	O
,	O
testing	O
ongoing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creator	O
7.1	O
Indigo2	B-Application
R10000	O
,	O
O2	O
,	O
Octane	B-Device
IRIX	B-Operating_System
5.3	O
,	O
6.2	O
,	O
6.3	O
,	O
6.4	O
15/12/97	O
(	O
CD1488C	O
)	O
$	O
30,000	O
Higher	O
performance	O
overall	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Barco	B-Protocol
Creator	I-Protocol
was	O
discontinued	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1990s	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
not	O
picked	O
up	O
by	O
Purup-Eskofot	O
after	O
it	O
purchased	O
the	O
Graphics	O
division	O
of	O
Barco	O
.	O
</s>
