Business Presentations with Motion, Sound, Video and Interactivity
Action!™ 1.0 for Macintosh is a revolutionary application that lets business computer users quickly and easily create dazzling multimedia presentations combining sound, motion, text, graphics, animation, video and interactivity. With Action! you can assemble your presentation scene by scene using built-in drawing and text tools, or import from your favorite Macintosh graphics, slide, spreadsheet, or paint packages. You can add motion and sound, and include interactive buttons to jump from place to place.
EASY TO USE
Action! works like popular slide-making applications, with a sorter, outline and drawing tools. You
control the timing and flow of the presentation with a timeline, instant links and buttons, and a simple VCR-like control panel.
TEXT
Take TrueType or Adobe Type Manager text and add dynamic motion, special effects and transitions in a mouse click.
GRAPHICS
Action! features familiar drawing tools for creating and editing
graphics. Action! supports 24-bit color and imports PICT files.
SOUND
Make your presentations more memorable by adding SoundEdit or AIFF sounds and music.
MOTION
Move text and graphics from
different parts of the screen along straight lines or any curved path
you draw.
INTERACTIVITY
Add interactive buttons, including instant buttons, to move from
scene to scene.
VIDEO
Import QuickTime™ and digitized movies to use in your presentations.
MULTIMEDIA TEMPLATES
60 multimedia templates in groups of related styles make it easy to create moving presentations with sound, video and animation. Just replace text and graphics to suit your needs.
CLIPMEDIA™ LIBRARY
Choose from a variety of graphics, sounds effects, and animations to instantly add a professional touch to your presentations.
Key Features in Action! 1.0 for Macintosh
MOTION AND ANIMATION
Capture the attention of your audience with a new level of impact and sophistication, and direct attention where you want it to be.
MULTIMEDIA TEMPLATES
Create moving presentations with sound, animation and video quickly and easily.
SOUND
Make your presentations more memorable by including digitized sounds captured with the MacRecorder or Apple microphone.
FILE IMPORT
Protect your investment in existing software, and add motion and sound to presentations created in programs such as Aldus Persuasion or Microsoft PowerPoint.
INTERACTIVITY
Add buttons on screen to control flow, make any object a button, and simply point and click to set a link – no programming or scripting required.
RUNTIME PLAYER
Freely distribute Action! presentations and demos to others on floppy disks.
SCENE SORTER
Shows all scenes and their links. Rearrange by dragging-and-dropping scenes.
CONTENT LIST
Allows text and object editing in an outline view for speedy changes.
TIMELINE
See and edit elements' durations and synchronization.
TUTORIAL
30-minute introductory videotape and ready-to-run sample presentation.
File import
Graphics: PICT
Sound: SoundEdit, AIFF
Video: QuickTime
Animation: PICS
System requirements
Recommended: Macintosh IIci or faster with 4Mb of RAM, color monitor, and System 7.0 or later
Supported systems: Mac II, Mac IIx, Mac IIcx (requires 32-bit QuickDraw or System 7.0), Mac II series, PowerBook series, Quadra series
Optional Equipment: External speakers, CD-ROM drive, composite video output card and VCR (required for print-to-video), overhead LCD projection panel, large screen monitor, and printer.