MaxMedia PRO 2.1.08

MaxMedia PRO 2.1.08 is a program that allows you to join graphic, image, photos, text, sounds, MP3, video, flash, animation, html and other elements to design sophisticated interactive applications such as multimedia presentations, digital album, interactive kiosks and catalogs, cd-cards, banners for web sites, computer-based training applications, cbt, educational games and materials, e-books, screen savers and wallpapers of the Windows, interactive CDs.

MaxMedia is an easy-to-use professional multimedia authoring tool, for inexperienced and advanced users. Without having to learn any complicated programming languages, you will be able to combine graphic, image, photos, text, sounds, MP3, video, flash, animation, html and other elements into your own creation. After finishing your work, you can distribute it as executable file (EXE), screen saver (SCR), Macromedia Flash™ (SWF), animated gif (GIF), video (AVI) or to present it directly from the CD, DVD (JPG/Photo-CD) or Internet Explorer™ (MaxPlayI plug-ins OCX).

You can send to other users a final version of your application or an evaluation version limited for an amount of days. With MaxMedia your imagination is your only limit!

Major Features:

1. Resources
   • Easy-to-use interface - use simple click and point actions to create complex applications. 
   • Import pictures and illustrations created with your favorite paint or drawing software (BMP, JPEG, GIF, WMF, ICO).
   • Import formatted text documents created with your favorite word processor or use MaxMedia's built-in text editor, that allows you to create texts formatted with multiple fonts, sizes and colors. -
   • Import sound, music and MP3 file (WAV, MIDI, MP3, WMA); video (AVI, MPEG, ASF, ASX, WMV, WMX); Macromedia Flash (SWF); simple text (TXT); formatted text - Rich Text (RTF) and other multimedia files
   • Use more than 300 transition effects between pages, such as wipes, dissolves, weaves, etc.
   • Access your favorite paint program, video editor and sound editor directly from MaxMedia to edit images, videos and audio.
   • Creates advanced applications using the powerful integrated MaxScript language. Includes conditional statements, variables, file i/o, string processing, etc. Script commands can be selected from a list and added interactively by filling out a simple questionnaire: 170 commands
   • Performs calculations and tabulates scores for computer-based training exercises.
   • Stores and retrieves information from external files, including the variables content.
   • Creates applications with non-rectangular windows (transparent window).
   • Three simultaneous sound channels (music/effects/narration).
   • Allows to apply several effects in images (alpha-channel transparency, flip, tiled, grayscale, shepia, negative, emboss, spray).
   • Displays web sites and live Internet content inside your application (requires Internet Explorer™).
   • Functions to move objects (forward/backward) in several layers, alignment of objects and for object positioning with keyboard.
   • Simply drag and drop your media content (text, photos, videos, flash, and more) from Windows Explorer™ onto pages of your project.
   • Allows to reorganize the order of the pages within the project.
   • Creates independent executable applications (EXE) without paying royalties or additional license fees. -
   • Creates Windows' screen saver (SCR).
   • Creates applications in flash format (SWF).
   • Creates applications (slide-shows) in animated gif (GIF) and video (AVI).
   • Creates applications that can be presented in the DVD (photo-CD) and in the Internet (OCX plug-ins).
   • Allows to publish directly to CD (or DVD) media. Simply insert a blank disc and the MaxMedia will burn your finished project (CDWRITER).
   • Animation Wizard to create incredible cartoons.
   • Allows to create, in few minutes, incredible albums with your favorite photos (Photo Album Creator).
   • Allows to create an evaluation version of your application limited for an amount of days.
   • User's guide and advanced scripting with command reference.
   • Maximum number of pages per project: 32000 (10 in trial version)
   • Format of distribution of the product: Trial
2. Available objects:
   
   • Text Object (allows to show small blocks of texts)
   • Memo Object (shows simple text file)
   • Memo-RTF Object (shows formatted text file) -
   • Edit Object (allows to enter numeric information or text)
   • Shape Object (shows several geometric forms)
   • Image Object (allows to show images - BMP, JPEG, GIF, WMF, ICO)
   • Video Object (allows to play video clips - ASF, AVI, MPEG, WMV)
   • Link Object (allows to define active areas in the page)
   • Button Object (allows to interact with your applications)
   • Flash Object (shows the SWF files from the Macromedia Flash)
   • Label Object (allows to show text in any angle)
   • Pan-Image Object (shows big images in small areas)
   • ListBox Object (shows a list box in a scrollable area)
   • Prog Object (allows to share actions between several objects)
   • Browser Object (displays web sites and live Internet content)
   • Animated GIF Object (allows to show animated images - GIF)
   • Viewer Object (allows to show PDF, DOC, XLS, PPT documents and more)
     

Enhancements:

• Updated user interface;
• New Viewer object that allows to show PDF, DOC, XLS, PPT files and others formats *;
• New feature that allows you to create an evaluation version of your application limited for an amount of days *;
• New Animation Creator that allows to create incredible animations in seconds; *
• New mechanism that verifies, makes the download and installs new versions from the product;
• New resources applied in the Photo-Album Creator; *
• *  available only in MaxMedia PRO.
  

Requirements:

• Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista;
• Pentium 500mhz or higher, 128mb RAM, 40mb HD and Mouse;
• Sound card and CDROM drive (optional);
• Macromedia Flash Active-X plug-ins (OCX);
• Most recent version from Windows Media Player, Direct-X and DIV-X/X-VID codecs.