Press and Reviews

"This is simply the best Image Editor I have had the pleasure to use"  - Simon Baillie,  SharewareJunkies.com, Rated #1 with Google The Oldest Software Review Site October 2002
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" Picture Man is a surprisingly complete 24-bit image editor written behind the fallen Iron Curtain, but with features that have global appeal... Even if you already have a raster-oriented graphics package, you might want this one, as well, to get some great new tools to play with..." - Windows User, June 1993, p.166.

" Picture Man for Windows is quite a powerful image processing tool. It has the flexibility to meet most image processing challenges..." - Philip Shaddock, 3D Modeling Lab, Waite Group Press, 1994

" Picture Man 3.0 contains everything that could offer other graphics packages and plus functions that cannot be found elsewhere..." - Nezavisimaya gazeta, April 24, 1995

" Picture Man 3.0 system offers 70 top-quality image processing filters ... to meet virtually all user's needs in raster graphics..." - Computer-Press, 1, 1995

"C'est avec les applications optimisees pour les cinquante-sept nouvelles instructions MMX que le Pentium 200 MMX prend un net avantage sur le Pentium 200 en multipliant par trois la vitesse de traitement des images, ainsi que nous l'avons constate avec l'application Picture Man 3.0 de STOIK Software. Dans ce cas de figure ideal, le Pentium 200 MMX se revele meme 52% plus rapide que le Pentium Pro 200, qui ne comporte pas d'instructions MMX, offrant ainsi un formidable rapport performances/prix pour les domainces tels que les arts graphiques ou le multimedia, qui tirent le mieux parti de la technologie MMX...On constate d'excellentes notes pour les tests Picture Man Pro…"
" - Windows Plus, N 44, 1997.

"You can paint with your effects also. Instead of just being able to apply an effect to a selection, you can actually paint the effect with which ever brush you choose...This is truly a fun, serious, amazing, and wonderful graphic software application"
Vikki Dawson, The Internet EYE Magazine
http://the-internet-eye.com/reviews/Nov99/PictureMan3/default.htm

This program can make anybody's elementary school yearbook picture look good - and it's easy to use, too. …Pictureman Painter is the kind of program that can teach you a new set of skills and even lead you on a new career path - it's that good. You get to use the kind of image manipulation tools and effects found in major commercial programs, like Adobe Photoshop…There is also an excellent help system built into the program…" - Jursalem Post, By DAVID SHAMAH, May 30, 1999

Sowohl zum Zeichnen als auch zur Bildbearbeitung gut geeignet. Die Malwerkzeuge erfullen gehobene Anspruche…" - Johann-Christian Hanke, PC Praxis, 11, 98

Step-by-step guide for creating an eye-catching graphics with PM Painter
http://cnw.com/~greenman/crookedmile.html

PM Screen Capturer by STOIK Software is the simply the best screen capture utility I ever have seen..
http://www2.crosswinds.net/~threedworld/soft/scrcap.htm

You have said:
May 26,1999
I think your program is WAY better than PaintShop pro or ANYTHING from Adobe. Keith Gibson

November 12, 1998
I prefer your program to the others I've been trying. ...like the way your brushes handle much better (than in PaintShop Pro), and the ability to manipulate multiple images at the same time, as well as the uncluttered interface, allowing for more work area. Wanda Harlow, Shareware Junkies.

March 26, 1999
Stoik products are fantastic and Rubberman are my favourite filters. Robin Rowlands

Read new review in Tom Frank's Animation.Guide@About.com

MorphMan review in VideoIn
MorphMan 2000 (per prelevarne una versione trial pienamente funzionante potete andare direttamente sul sito della Stoik nella sezione "downloads") e un software economico, ma molto valido e semplice da usare, che vi permette di fare quanto detto finora, ovvero morphing e distorsione, partendo da immagini fisse o da specifici fotogrammi dei vostri filmati. Qui di seguito potete osservare la schermata principale del programma durante la realizzazione di un Morphing tra due immagini di prova fornite con il software...
Domenico B. "Mimmob"
February 01, 2002

MorphMan review in SharewareJunkies:
If "morphologic transformation" isn't easy to say, it sure it easy to do with Morph Man '95. This program's interface is almost self-explanatory, even if you know nothing about graphics or graphics tools

March 26,1999
I use MorphMan mostly for fun, producing video's and newsletters for a group of us who have been friends for years and who travel together which yield plenty of source material for my videos etc. I'd also like to pass along my compliments for the quality of the software your company produces and it's also a great value. George Peplow

June 1, 1999
...Video man is the greatest editor I've ever seen. ...I would LOVE your product, it is exactly what I was looking for. David

April 22, 1999
thank-you for video man 2.02. It is the first multichannel video editing program to work with my Iomega buz Video capture card. Steven Gotts

April 14, 1999
I just downloaded the demo version of your Videoman software. What a great product! John Palmer

Deformer review in VideoIn
Deformer (potete prelevarne una versione trial valida 15 giorni sul sito della Stoik) e un simpatico ed economico software che permette di deformare immagini, in tempo reale, e crearne video e animazioni. Il suo uso e molto semplice e, dopo aver preso confidenza con le diverse icone che illustrano le funzioni dei vari pulsanti, l’interfaccia risulta simpatica e intuibile...
By Domenico B. "Mimmob"
January 19, 2002

This program (Deformer 1.0) ) is a literal blast. It lets you use hammers, hooks, irons, and deflaters on any imported picture. Imagine your face as Silly Putty, and take it from there. I stretched myself into a series of images, which Deformer can turn into an animated AVI file." - Compuer Life, Jan.1998, Steve Smith

http://www.cimko.com.tr/About/stoik.htm
Deformer 1.0, a new program from Stoik Software is one fun and easy way to transform and deform pictures. It also creates animations. It's greatest strength is the realtime transformations...The Deformer screen is fairly straightforward.

Un bon logiciel, simple et ludique…" - Micro Hebdo n64, July 8 1999, p.39

Deformer review in Mining.Co:
01.27.99
... It's a great program and I already had plenty of fun with it... Fantastic... Thank you very much and may God bless you! Peter Stobbe

http://the-internet-eye.com/reviews/Nov99/PMDeformer/default.htm
11.10.99
"Wow! Deformer is an extremely fun and useful tool. It's always a pleasure to come across software that has the better than average, and totally different, user interface to liven up your work and play time
Vikki Dawson, The Internet EYE Magazine

PictureMan Album

April 24, 1999
I am very impressed with your programs and they do not crash my windows like adobe premire and other programs do. Steven Gotts

July 18, 1999
I am very impressed with the program's capability for transforming photos to useable patterns, which is far and away better than for any of the other programs I am trying out. Simone Ross artist

July 18, 1999
My wife and I downloaded a trial copy of your PMStitch cross-stitch software and were very impressed. Without looking at the on-line help file even once, we were able to create a beautiful pattern from a scanned image in only a couple of hours. Who know what we can do if we actually learn how to use the programme! Dr. Robert M. Stesky

July 16, 1999
I have recently downloaded the above program and I must say that I am quite impressed by it......May I say well done for constructing such a clever program. Patricia Yapp

http://www.rainbowpcm.com/stoik_puzzles.html
It is really rare to find a fun, full-featured program which you can use over and over again that can bring a bunch of enjoyment to you, family and friends...