The Amiga also has its own killer applications - just wave copies ol either Dpaint IV AGA. Brilliance or Art Department Professional under the noses of other computer users and their skin will develop a decidedly green hue in no time at all I Most ol these packages are available lor other platforms, but the originals are always the best - you can buy Dpaint lor the PC and the ST. lor example, but the Amiga original still reigns supreme! Jason Holborn investigates the latest upgrade of what could be the most powerful multimedia authoring system available on the Amiga. A less obvious killer Amiga application that has been causing quite a storm in the multimedia and video presentation markets is Scala (which, incidentally. Is Norwegian lor ladder) Irom the Norwegian company ol Ihe same name. Originally designed as a video tilling program, Scala has transformed into a high-powered multimedia authoring system capable ol controlling video disk players, playing animations and music and just about anything else that a multimedia producer could possibly want lo do. Scala certainly has gained more than its lair share ol followers, some ol which would probably want to keep the (act a secret - rumour has it that even the mighty IBM (Big Blue to its Iriends) has installed a number ol Amiga-based Scala systems in several ol its ollices across America. Funny thing is, these Scala systems have been installed to display a presentation that demonstrates the power ol IBM's new multimedia version of its OS 2 PC operating system! Commodore, too, are big Ians ol Scala. When Commodore invited the UK's top Amiga journalists to the launch ol the Amiga 4000 030 last year. Scala spearheaded the machine’s launch with a very impressive presentation that vividly demonstrated the machine's power Scala was to be seen displaying live video dips from a laser disk player genlocked onto Amiga graphics with music accompaniment Irom a CDTV player, all of which was controlled diredly by an A4000 030 running Scala Even the most jaded ol Amiga hacks had to admit that it was an impressive demonstration ol the program's power!