Amazon.com Product Description

eZ-Motion has everything you need to create amazing animation and graphics for your Web site. Add the appeal of Flash animation to your site witheZ-Motion--it makes the power of Flash accessible to anyonewithout the need for spending days learning software. Generate a professional-looking Flash animation in minutes, right out of the box.A full library of instant content comes pre-installed. Hundreds of 2-Dimages, 3-D models, and sample animations are included. The complete set ofgraphics creation tools works with both bitmap and vector objects.

eZ-Motion also gives you the ability to leverage the graphics and software you already have. Import your Photoshop or Illustrator files and animate them. Take your digital photographs or movies and combine elements like 3-D titles, effects, filters, and then animate and export the file as anything you want. eZ-Motion'seasy-to-use, award-winning animation technologyfrees you from worrying about generating frames, maintaining, or modifyingeach individual frame. You just set the animation parameters at the firstand last frame and eZ-Motion animates the in-between frames.

eZ-Motion works with popular visual page layout applications includingMicrosoft FrontPage, Macromedia Dreamweaver, and Adobe GoLive. Importclip art files (WMF) or any files from a host of video and animationformats including: QuickTime, Windows Media, Animated GIF, Photoshop,Illustrator, GIF, JPEG, PNG, Targa, TIFF, and BMP. Export moving images inFlash, QuickTime, RealVideo, Windows Media, or Animated GIF. Export Staticimages in GIF, JPEG, PNG, Targa, TIFF, and BMP. Beatware's products are also the only standalone Web graphics platform that can import 3-D models (Lightwave 3D, 3D Studio Max, and DXF), and create 3-D text without plug-ins. ... Read more

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Animate your website with ease!
I wanted to make a website which contained animation and graphics. When I found out about this product, I downloaded the trialware version .... To my surprise, ez-motion was extremely easy and suprisingly fun to use. I was able to make a cool animation within minutes, and I am not even a graphic artist or computer guru. And you can export to the most popular formats, including animated gif, Quicktime, Windows Media, Realvideo, and SWF!!! Of course, I ended up purchasing the product and have been hooked ever since. Great product and excellent customer support! Highly recommended! ... Read more

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FlipAlbum lets you organize and edit a unique 3-D page-flipping album and view it on your desktop. Import photos, images, and graphics from a scanner, digital camera, and the Internet. Select a theme from a wide array of templates. Use powerful, easy-to-use editing tools like photo cropping, rotation, and color manipulation. Skew photos, add gray-scale filters, and implement other effects. After you build your digital album, click on the pages to turn them with cool page-flipping action. Automate slide shows and auto flip functions for hands-free picture viewing. FlipAlbum supports most of the popular graphic formats, such as BMP, JPEG, PCX, GIF, TIF, AVI, WAV, and more. ... Read more

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Flip Album :(
The company produces a "pro" version, they sell it for more than it's worth,and then they compete with you by plastering their name and links to their website all over the finished Flip Album. So, you produce and try to sell, or even give away a burned copy of your hard work, and they make you look foolish.
Their business ethics are questionable.

FLIP ALBUM 3.1- Interesting Product - BUT
This product allows you to quickly create a photo album of digital images and photos.

An interesting feature is that the viewing of the album is done with an animated page flipping (with sound effects) of going from photo to photo.

There are two disappointments however.

First, there is no ability to manually sort or drag and drop your photos in the sequence you desire. To create the sequence, the program allows you to sort your photos alphabetically. However, this requires a tedious renaming of each of your photo files to make it work.

Secondly, it is nice to put an overall background music selection to the entire album viewing (e.g. Pachelbel's Kanon for a wedding album). However you can not time the album viewing to tie to the ending of the music resulting in a very amaturish music cut off.

You must also buy Flip Album's CD Maker if you wish to create self executable CD's so that you can distribute your album to friends and family. (Note: You can distribute using the WEB but you will have to leave off the sound to keep the file size managable).... ... Read more

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HyperCard 2.4 is a powerful development tool created by Apple for theMacintosh. Notable for its versatility, HyperCard is a dynamic tool for creating custom software solutions for users at all levels of skill and experience. HyperCard features like navigation, hypertext, media integration, and scripting have greatly influenced the evolution of the World Wide Web. HyperCard organizes information into easy-to-use "stacks" of cards through which users can navigate and search for the information they need. By simply clicking on a button, they can view related text, see a graphic, hear a sound, watch a QuickTime movie, or listen to text out loud.

HyperCard 2.4's new features include a suite of new commands and properties allowing users that write HyperTalk scripts to have unprecedented access to QuickTime functionality. HyperCard 2.4 has the ability, via a HyperTalk script, to loop a movie providing continuous play for unattended applications like multimedia kiosks. With QuickTime's ability to synchronize a text version of a movie's script with the movie, HyperCard 2.4 now allows the user to immediately navigate to any point in the QuickTime movie text using a simple find command. In addition, HyperCard users can also resize, flip, mirror, rotate, or skew a QuickTime movie. HyperCard allows developers to create new interactive applications for the classroom, for entertainment, or wherever the need for multimedia presentations exists. ... Read more

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The MOST intuitive of all creative solutions!
I started with Hypercard 1.0 when it was bundled free with the first mac computers.I kept updating it until I felt that I had to move on and learn some of the new programs like LiveMotion.Still I kept going back to Hypercard to work on various ideas. I had written some of my own scripts -- some of them amazingly complex and nothing else could suit my needs. Other people have not been able to explain why Hypercard is so wonderful and I can't either -- all I know is that it is the MOST intuitive of all creative solutions!There is nothing like it! I wish the original Hypercard designers would read some of these reviews and begin updating it again by popular demand. But never mind, Hypercard 2.4 is exceedingly powerful.

HyperCard: The "Swiss Army Knife" Nobody Knows
   HyperCard is an application unlike most others. What it does is, it lets you build your own tools. For your own purposes. The way you want them to work. It wouldn't be inappropriate to compare HyperCard to MS Visual Basic, because both of them *do* pretty much the same thing; the difference is *how* they do it.
   Visual Basic veils its power behind cryptic dialog boxes and unforgiving syntax; HyperCard goes out of its way to make its power *accessible* to the user, with a minimum of fuss and bother. With Visual Basic, you're pretty much *required* to muck around with a semi-arcane programming language if you want to get *anything* done; with HyperCard, the English-like language (HyperTalk) is something you can *choose* to delve into when you decide you want to do *more* than you were already doing.
   Here's a concrete example of the HyperTalk languge; a "handler" (mini-program) which lets you move something around by clicking and dragging.

  on mouseDown
    repeat until the mouse is up
      set the location of me to the mouseLoc
    end repeat
  end mouseDown

   As I said, HyperTalk is rather English-like. If you can figure out how and why this handler does its thing, congratulations -- you're ready to start "rolling your own" with HyperCard! Bad news: Sadly, Apple Computer has never really known what to do with HyperCard, and has never made any serious attempts to publicize nor sell (nor even support) the program. Good news: Feed the keyword "hypercard" into google.com (or whatever other search engine you prefer), and you'll find any number of links to the community of HyperCard users.
   Q: So after all that, what can you do with HyperCard?
   A: What do you *want* to do with HyperCard? People have used it to build games (most notably Myst), educational software, personal information managers, utilities, multimedia presentations, productivity applications, and God only knows what else.
   HyperCard. It might just have a place on *your* hard drive.

Software Erector set - easy to use, powerful results
This is a great piece of software for many uses:

- learning fundamentals of programming

- creating your own custom software

- developing applications for profit

Very easy to learn:

- You can create simple software without writing any code

- The scripting language built-in is very powerful and also very intuitive (the syntax is very english-like)

- All of the objects and code are re-usable so you can repurpose works you have made and share (or borrow) from others

Polished,and powerful features:

- Integrate color graphics, sound, and quicktime movies (Myst was created with HyperCard)

- Control other software and share data

- Extend the language with a wide range of external commands and functions

Oh, HyperCard!
Oh, HyperCard! Alas, HyperCard! Poor, misunderstood, underappreciated HyperCard. It's a floor polish. It's a salad dressing. It's...(SNAP!) oops, sorry. Got a bit carried away there.

How to describe HyperCard is a problem which has perplexed better minds than mine. Suffice to say that if you're looking for a better way to create specialized applications for your Macintosh, you could do worse than to try HyperCard, Apple's amazing "Software Construction Kit". At first glance, HyperCard is a remarkably flexible database manager built on the "index card" metaphor. But with the judicious use of HyperTalk, HyperCard's built in scripting language, it's much more. Using myself as an example, with little prior programming experience I put together asimple but elegant application which I use to track and sort qualifying results and starting lineups for my local Speedway, and I'm currently working on an animated game to help teach my five year old son how to draw his letters. Others have done much more, and plenty of examples can be found all over the Internet. Most of these "stacks" you can use for free; such is the HyperCard developers' ethic.

Yes, HyperCard does have its limitations. Its color tools are somewhat lacking, and its last significant update was quite some time ago. Reports would have it officially "dead" as far as Apple is concerned, which for all intents and purposes means no further development. And while HyperTalk is rather intuitive, it is still a programming language with at least a slight learning curve. And programming can be WORK. Intellectually challenging, yes, but work nonetheless.

But so what? If you use only the stacks that come with it, you'll get your money's worth from HyperCard. And I suspect you'll do more, lots more. Its capabilities as a multimedia presentation tool should be more than obvious, and consider that the fabulous "Myst" was created using HyperCard. You'll likely find a use for it in most every portion of your computer life. And when you do, you'll question as so many already have how such a far-sighted company such as Apple could ever neglect such a useful, powerful, and--let's face it--inexpensive tool such as HyperCard.

Oh, HyperCard!
Oh, HyperCard! Alas, HyperCard! Poor, misunderstood, underappreciated HyperCard. It's a floor polish. It's a salad dressing. It's...(SNAP!) oops, sorry. Got a bit carried away there.

How to describe HyperCard is a problem which has perplexed better minds than mine. Suffice to say that if you're looking for a better way to create specialized applications for your Macintosh, you could do worse than to try HyperCard, Apple's amazing "Software Construction Kit". At first glance, HyperCard is a remarkably flexible database manager built on the "index card" metaphor. But with the judicious use of HyperTalk, HyperCard's built in scripting language, it's much more. Using myself as an example, with little prior programming experience I put together asimple but elegant application which I use to track and sort qualifying results and starting lineups for my local Speedway, and I'm currently working on an animated game to help teach my five year old son how to draw his letters. Others have done much more, and plenty of examples can be found all over the Internet. Most of these "stacks" you can use for free; such is the HyperCard developers' ethic.

Yes, HyperCard does have its limitations. Its color tools are somewhat lacking, and its last significant update was quite some time ago. Reports would have it officially "dead" as far as Apple is concerned, which for all intents and purposes means no further development. And while HyperTalk is rather intuitive, it is still a programming language with at least a slight learning curve. And programming can be WORK. Intellectually challenging, yes, but work nonetheless.

But so what? If you use only the stacks that come with it, you'll get your money's worth from HyperCard. And I suspect you'll do more, lots more. Its capabilities as a multimedia presentation tool should be more than obvious, and consider that the fabulous "Myst" was created using HyperCard. You'll likely find a use for it in most every portion of your computer life. And when you do, you'll question as so many already have how such a far-sighted company such as Apple could ever neglect such a useful, powerful, and--let's face it--inexpensive tool such as HyperCard. ... Read more

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FlowCharter 2000 Professional is a business diagramming and modeling solution designed for knowledge workers, managers, and IT professionals. Create free-form, structured, and presentation diagrams, as well as network, process, and software diagrams, organization charts, Web content, and more. FlowCharter 2000's open architecture integrates Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) technology, so users can extend and integrate FlowCharter with other business applications.

Use the iShapes feature to control a range of shape behavior, such as adding costs and cycle times related to each step in a process, and watch the results add up as you manipulate process elements in a process flowchart. iGrids makes it easy to create organized, standard structures that add a professional edge to all of your business documents and presentations. And iDiagrams allows users to create intelligent diagrams that enable interaction with users, databases, and other applications. Together with VBA, iDiagrams can be integrated with applications and platforms like Microsoft BackOffice, Microsoft Office, Oracle, Baan, SAP, and PeopleSoft to create custom solutions that use FlowCharter 2000 as a graphical front end.Note: This is an upgrade version. ... Read more

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Things to know
If you are upgrading from an earlier version you may want to consider that Corel is now the vendor for this product.However, you would be well advised to take advantage of this upgrade from Micrografx and follow their registration procedures, which will get you under Corel's support umbrella.

Reasons to upgrade include:
- More stable
- More templates
- Full VBA support

Of course, once you've used this product in any version you become addicted to the user interface, making the upgrade all the more sensible. ... Read more

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Deliver enterprise-wide access to the information that supports Enterprise Process Management (EPM) with iGrafx Process Central 2003. This team-based collaborative groupware application delivers true version control, document security, and extensive query and comprehensive audit capabilities.

Based on industry-standard database platforms, it is a heterogeneous environment for sharing, reusing, and communicating iGrafx processes and other document types essential to an EPM knowledge base. Enterprise-wide access to current process data that support best-practice deployment, just-in-time learning, and quality management is possible with any standard Web browser. ... Read more

Amazon.com Product Description

Deliver enterprise-wide access to the information that supports Enterprise Process Management (EPM) with iGrafx Process Central 2003. This team-based collaborative groupware application delivers true version control, document security, and extensive query and comprehensive audit capabilities.

Based on industry-standard database platforms, it is a heterogeneous environment for sharing, reusing, and communicating iGrafx processes and other document types essential to an EPM knowledge base. Enterprise-wide access to current process data that support best-practice deployment, just-in-time learning, and quality management is possible with any standard Web browser.

Note: This is a starter edition available at a reduced cost for a limited time. ... Read more

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Illuminatus allows anyone to quickly and easily combine words, pictures, video, animation, and sound into interactive multimedia publications. Illuminatus combines an extensive range of professional features with ease of use. Publish to Windows 3.x, 95, and NT 4.0; the Internet; or the Windows 95 screensaver. ... Read more

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illuminatus 4.0 is a simple step forward
I have been using Illuminatus since version 2.0 and grown to like it very much. While there are gigantic products like Macromedia Attain and Asymetrix Tool Book. It would take a year to learn how to use them, with the Illuminatus the learning curve is short while the list of features ispretty big. Downolad a demo and give it a spin. There is a version 4.5available. ... Read more

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• Simple power tools provided to enhance the card; easy to use
• Business card productivity software with layouts, clipart, and fonts
• Create professional-looking business cards in minutes
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The worst software ever
I thought at first it was just me but after turning the software over to one of my co-workers who is exceptionally good at software, he even had an extremely difficult time trying to get it to work.And forget about getting someone on their support phone line, it won't happen.Save yourself money and
forget this software.

Rip Off
First off the software that I purchased from a rip-off computer store was not what was promised on the box. On the box it states that the software is compatible with Mac OS X and Windows. I installed the software on my computer which runs OS X 10.2. I see this crap is running some print shop suite (not the business card software)and the business card section is extremely minimal. The grahpics are so elementary and I will be complaining to the manufacturer ASAP. It's a shame to advertise falsely. I didn't get what I paid for at all. I ended up using some shareware and the cards look beautiful. Overlook this product. This company SUCKS ... Read more

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Industrial Strength for ops analysts and R&D
Unlike SAS' STATVIEW, which is for general statistical analysis for a number of business and technical disciplines, this application is focused on operations analysis, statistical process control and design of experiments.

What makes this an 'industrial-strength' tool is the fact that it works with mainstream applications, such as Microsoft Excel (open tables can directly access Excel files), and with any database that can be accessed via ODBC (MS Access, Oracle, SQL Server, etc.). Further ease of use is provided by the column browser that combines a familiar spreadsheet view with powerful navigation capabilities. Additional flexibility is given by extensive reporting features (easy layout, save as HTML for web publishing, and editing data while in the report function).If you want to automate repetitive tasks JMP also includes a scripting language that is reasonably easy to learn and is integrated with the formula editor.

One of the more powerful functions is design of experiments, which sets this application apart from general statistics programs - if you use DOE or Taguchi methods then you have ample justification for investing in JMP because you're be significantly more productive.

In addition to DOE/Taguchi methods JMP does descriptive statistics (eliminating the need for a separate statistics program), linear models, correlations and multivariate computations, statistical process control charts, and time series analysis.These capabilities make it ideal for anyone involved with quality assurance, R&D, operations analysis and reliability modeling.This is a professional tool that will save more time than more general packages such as the company's other product, STATVIEW, or applications such as MathCAD. ... Read more