[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by skydog

If there are out of business would it be legal to share this software with others? I have a purchased copy of ArtMasterPro but I would love to get my hands on some of the additional plugin's they offered.

Since their website is still up and there's an auto-reply to e-mail in place, plus no official declaration they are dead, my opinion at this point is "No." It's possible they will come out of this slumber or even be acquired by another company.

[ez22@mac.com]

Fo2pix is out of business.

[mdijb]

I have just found the thread about the demise of Fo2pix and am not surprised, but deeply dissappointed. When I found Buzz 7 years ago, i was amazed, stimulated, and started a small business of art creation based on it's use--please check out my website--www.mdiimaging.com--Others have liked it also and it's use has been included in several books about photopainting. I think when they introduced Photoartmaster, they went astray and aimed at some ill-defined market that directed them away from the usefullness of their product. There has been simply nothing that has generated the kind of results that software provided, and I have tried literally every product out there that has come along over the years. If one is interested in controlling the amount of detail lost or retained is photopainting, this is the only program that allows one to do so. All the major painting software does not even come close, in my opinion.

Whoever suggested that Corel or someone else pick up the rights to the software and continue to explore it is right on the money--I strongly hope that someone besides our small community thinks so and does so. It seems to me that interest in this area has exploded in the last few years, and I hope that some other company see's this trend and grabs this resource.

It is too good a program and technology to loose.

MDIJB

[DannyRaphael]

Hello MDIJB... we discussed the Impressionist plugin awhile back. Nice to see you again.

I agree with many of your observations. Would you clarify the following:

re: When I found Buzz 7...
* Did you mean Buzz 2 or 3? I believe Buzz 3 was the final version.

re: There has been simply nothing that has generated the kind of results that software provided
* "that software" meaning Buzz, not Photoart Master

Just surfed your site again. You do some amazing work.

[M_Jackson]

I found this place while looking for ArtMasterPro. I've had buzzPro3 for a long time and like it a lot. After seeing the company is closed, I am now hoping to find some way of still getting it. The search continues.

I have a question or two, however. BuzzPro3 loaded a plug-in into Photoshop and it still works fine in CS3. Is there a similar plug-in for ArtmasterPro? I keep reading old product reviews that indicated it was a stand alone product.

If anyone has suggestions about where I might still be able to purchase ArtMasterPro, please let me know. I already did eBay searches.

Thanks in advance,
M. Jackson

[greybeard]

MJ,

ArtMaster Pro is a standalone program. You can move a picture from Photoshop to ArtMaster Pro simply by saving the file from Photoshop and opening it in ArtMaster Pro and vice versa.

I frequently use Photoshop and the Buzz Pro 3 plugin to control how the simplification of an image goes and then open that simplified image in ArtMaster Pro to apply its effects. Sometimes I take that result back to Photoshop for some more work. And I print my finished results from inside Photoshop.

GB

[BillFrey]

Wow, I like buzz and art master.

Can't reach their website either. "This domain name has been registered for a customer. Either the site is temporarily unavailable for maintenance or is not yet active."

http://graphicssoft.about.com/cs/pho...artmasterg.htm

As of November 2007, Fo2Pix is out of business and the company assets are in liquidation. Unfortunately, there is no way to purchase Fo2Pix products at this time.

[M_Jackson]

Thanks for the info. I'd prefer to see the plug-in, but I can handle it as a stand alone program if I ever find it.

M. Jackson

[M_Jackson]

More than likely, Fo2Pix registered their domain for quite a few years out, so it will show up as "owned". If the company was considering selling off the assets, they'd sell and transfer their old domain address to the buyer. The new owner would set forwarding commands on all the old pages to go to their site (such as Corel).

M. Jackson

[Xntrik]

I don't know if anyone will read this but I just found this thread. I purchased Art Master Pro and have been enjoying it. I want to install the program on my laptop to use when we go on vacation so I can play with vacation photos but cannot find my "Response Code" for the install process anywhere. If they are out of business and cannot provide me with this number (I can't locate the one I got on original install), is that a number someone can provide - it's not like giving away the program... if ANYONE can provide this response code I would greately appreciate it otherwise my lovely pricey program may just be useless forever.... Linda

[plugsnpixels]

I've been Googling around this evening after reading various threads here and elsewhere asking about the status of buZZ and ArtMaster products. I noticed CEO Don McCrae's name mentioned here in a older press release (as well as here on this forum). I looked him up on Google and came across his photo page at OneModelPlace (WARNING: nudes; not that that's bad, but you know, I don't want you to be surprised). It seems he can be contacted via that page.

The page linked in a reply above (About.com) states f02pix is in liquidation as of November 2007.

So there you have it. The company is no more but Don uses his "specialist software and techiniques" to spice up his fine art pix of the young ladies. Probably a better gig than software development... ;-)

[Alcar]

Is the manual for BuzzPro2 available anywhere? Thanx, Alan

[greybeard]

Hi Alan,

I think I have the BuZZPro3 manual in PDF form. BuZZPro2 is probably a subset of BuZZPro3. The BuZZPro3 manual is a fairly large file, probably because of illustrations. As I recall, it is over 6 Megs, so it probably wouldn't pass as an email attachment. But I notice this forum allows PDF file attachments. Do you know what the file size limit is here? Or if your email allows file attachments that large?

GB

[plugsnpixels]

I found the Buzz Pro 2 manual.pdf (1.8 megs) as well as "Making pictures
from photographs" (628k), both from 2001. I don't have any documentation for buZZ.X.

The attachment limit here for all file types is 100k, so I posted the two PDFs in a single zipped file here.

I also just found the Buzz Pro 1.0 manual from 2000, back when they were Segmentis!

GB, I'd like to see the PDF you have. Please email to plugsnpixels <at> gmail.com or host for direct download.

BTW, I also came across a copy of the free buZZ.Lite 2.0 in my archives (2001). Not sure if it's for Windows as well. Download and check it out (412k).

[skydog]

I bought Art Master and I believe it came with 10 plug-ins. There were a number of separate plug-ins one could buy for around $20. If someone finds these somewhere as well pls let me know.