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- HSC Software, of Santa Monica, Calif., and AimTech Corporation of Nashua,
- NH, announced exclusive publishing, distribution and marketing agreements
- for HSC InterActive, a new multimedia presentation and interactive
- authoring software product for Windows. HSC InterActive is based on
- IconAuthor, AimTech's industry-leading, full-featured professional
- authoring system for Microsoft Windows.
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- HSC InterActive, an icon-based visual programming tool for authoring
- multimedia applications, will include authoring capabilities along with
- three AimTech products: IconAnimate, a powerful animation editor; Graphics
- Editor, a paint and editing utility; and RezSolution, a complete Windows
- screen capture, image-sizing, and color conversion editor. Application
- authors will be able to create license-free, run-time modules for play
- back at multiple sites.
-
- HSC InterActive will be used by retailers and trade show exhibitors to
- create interactive electronic merchandising demonstrations and kiosks;
- educators who want to enhance the learning experience by developing
- engaging course materials; marketers who need to storyboard a new concept;
- and users who want to produce an entertaining, informative, and
- cost-effective multimedia application.
-
- HSC InterActive utilizes IconAuthor's visual programming environment in
- which icons are used to build the structure of an application. The
- application development process is completed when "content" is added to
- each icon through a series of user-friendly dialog boxes. Using this
- powerful and flexible programming method, end users can design creative
- multimedia applications without a programming or scripting language. HSC
- InterActive fully supports Microsoft's Multimedia MCI (Media Control
- Interface), allowing the use of dozens of peripherals including sound
- adapters, CD-ROMs, and video devices. HSC InterActive also supports
- virtually all leading graphics, animation, and sound formats available
- under Windows.
-
- "We are pleased to join forces with HSC Software, a leader in the rapidly
- growing market for interactive software products. Large and small
- businesses, education, and government, as well as multimedia developers,
- will find HSC InterActive the ideal entry point for interactive multimedia
- development," said Usman Ismail, AimTech president and CEO. "HSC
- InterActive is the only software on the market that allows a vast group of
- 'content experts' to easily and cost effectively develop interactive
- multimedia applications while providing the flexibility to upgrade
- directly to IconAuthor to meet higher level interactive multimedia
- development needs."
-
- "HSC Interactive will set the standard for presentation authoring, just as
- IconAuthor has for high-level multimedia application development. Our
- exclusive relationship with AimTech will provide a complete range of high
- quality multimedia solutions for all users," said John Wilczak, president
- and CEO of HSC Software. "It was very clear from our earliest evaluations
- that end users found the IconAuthor icon-based development program the
- easiest to learn and use. Our goal in teaming up with AimTech is to
- provide the entire market, from the entry-level user who is just beginning
- to explore multimedia's possibilities to the experienced multimedia
- professional with the right tools for interactive application
- development."
-
- The product is available through Merisel HSC Software authorized dealers,
- and directly from HSC. AimTech will offer purchasers of HSC InterActive a
- greatly reduced price on an upgrade to AimTech's IconAuthor. Registered
- users should contact AimTech at 1-800-289-2884 for upgrade information.
- HSC InterActive will retail for $495, and is now available for a limited
- period of time at an introductory price of $295. One year of free
- technical support through HSC is included for registered users. The
- product is also available to certified educational and not-for-profit
- organizations under a special pricing program.
-
- InterActive requires a 286 or 386 processor, 1MB of RAM for 16 colors
- graphics or 2MB of RAM for 256 color graphics or higher, a hard disk, a
- CGA, EGA, VGA, SVGA or high color SVGA graphics board, a mouse or
- compatible input device, MS DOS 3.1 or higher, and Microsoft Windows 3.x
- with multimedia extensions.
-
- HSC Software is a privately held developer and publisher of industry
- leading PC and Macintosh graphics software. Based in Santa Monica, Calif.,
- HSC's mission is to bring the highest level of PC graphics, video, audio
- and multimedia management capabilities to the desktop communicator. HSC
- provides a complete product line of easy-to-use, affordable, high
- performance products.
-
- AimTech Corporation, a privately held company with offices in Nashua, NH,
- Los Angeles, Calif., and London, England, develops and markets
- multi-platform software products for creating interactive multimedia
- applications.
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