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Frequently Asked Questions for AutoPlay Media Studio
January 20, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5 is an easy-to-use software tool that allows you to create your own custom CD/DVD-ROM autorun menus, interactive presentations, and custom multimedia programs in just minutes. Use your existing content such as images, music, video, flash, text, and more, and simply drag and drop your way to amazing software applications.
Here are some answers to common questions about AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5…
Who Needs AutoPlay Media Studio?
Anyone who wants to create their own multimedia software needs AutoPlay Media Studio. Whether you are creating an autorun menu for a software CD-ROM/DVD-ROM, distributing document files, PowerPoint presentations, Acrobat PDF files or making full multimedia applications, AutoPlay Media Studio is the tool for you.
What can I do with AutoPlay Media Studio?
Quite simply, AutoPlay Media Studio helps you make professional multimedia software. While the product excels at certain tasks like making front-end browsers for CD/DVD-ROMs (i.e. Autorun/AutoPlay menus), that’s just the beginning. Integrating diverse media types such as images, sounds, videos, text, and flash into a single cohesive presentation is what AutoPlay Media Studio does best. In fact, it’s been trusted to deliver rock-solid multimedia experiences to millions of people around the world. Examples include:
- Multimedia Authoring & Application Development
- Computer Based Training (CBT) Applications
- CD-ROM AutoPlay/Autorun Menu Systems
- Interactive Marketing Presentations
- CD Business Cards
- Much more!
How easy is it to learn?
AutoPlay Media Studio has always been known for its easy-to-use visual design environment. Easily add interactive objects (images, video, text etc.) to your project and move them into position with the help of alignment tools, guidelines, and grids. Once you’ve completed your interface, it’s a snap to attach powerful actions to events such as mouse clicks and key presses. Whether opening a PDF file, playing a video, or showing a web site, the Action wizard makes it easy to choose from over 500 built-in functions. It’s just as powerful as Visual Basic, Delphi, Director or C++, but it’s much easier to learn and faster to get results.
Does AutoPlay Media Studio have a drag-and-drop WYSIWYG interface?
Yes. AutoPlay Media Studio boasts an intuitive drag-and-drop WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) interface. Adding images, videos, and other content is as easy as clicking a button. Or, simply drag your media into the Design Environment from Windows Explorer. Moving and re-arranging items in your project is just as easy; just drag them around the page! What you see when you are designing your project is what your users will see when they run your project. Adding and working with content has never been easier!
Can I make business card CD’s and video projects with AutoPlay Media Studio?
Absolutely! While AutoPlay Media Studio was originally designed to create front-end menus for CD-ROM’s, the new features in AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5 make it the perfect tool for any multimedia task you can throw at it. Create stunning CD business cards, dazzling video projects, or anything else that you can dream up!
Can AutoPlay Media Studio Burn to DVD?
Yes! AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5 can now burn DVD+/-R’s right from the design environment. Simply select ‘CD/DVD’ as your publish method, insert a blank DVD, and AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5 takes care of the rest. DVD’s burnt through AutoPlay Media Studio will play in any Windows computer that can read DVD+/-R format discs.
Does AutoPlay Media Studio support Adobe/Macromedia Flash?
Yes! AutoPlay Media Studio comes standard with a Flash object, enabling you to seamlessly integrate your Flash files into your AutoPlay Media Studio projects.
What video formats does AutoPlay Media Studio support?
AutoPlay Media Studio supports a variety of video formats including Windows Media Video (WMV), AVI, and MPEG. In addition, through the web object, AutoPlay Media Studio can display any video that can be viewed through Internet Explorer, such as QuickTime and Real Video. Please consult the help file for a complete list of supported video formats.
What image formats does AutoPlay Media Studio support?
AutoPlay Media Studio supports a variety of image formats including BMP, JPG, GIF, PNG, PSD, and TIF. Please consult the help file for a complete list of supported image formats.
What audio formats does AutoPlay Media Studio support?
AutoPlay Media Studio supports a variety of audio formats including OGG and WAV. MP3 files can be played through the Windows Media Player plugin. Please consult the help file for a complete list of supported audio formats.
What operating systems do AutoPlay Media Studio projects run on?
Applications created with AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5 will run on Windows 95B and above. Please consult the help file for a complete list of system requirements.
Can I use AutoPlay Media Studio with Macs?
Unfortunately, AutoPlay Media Studio is designed for use with Windows only. It currently does not support other operating systems such as Mac. That being said, AutoPlay Media Studio does support a variety of cross-platform technologies, such as universal video formats and Macromedia Flash.
Do I need to be a programmer to use AutoPlay Media Studio?
Absolutely not! With its intuitive drag-and-drop WYSIWYG interface and easy-to-use action wizard, both programmers and non-programmers alike can create professional, fully functional applications in a matter of minutes. Beginners will appreciate the quick results while power users love the flexibility of the software.
Can I create web pages with AutoPlay Media Studio?
No. AutoPlay Media Studio is designed to create multimedia applications such as CD front-end menus, CD business cards, presentations, etc. It is not able to generate web pages. With that being said, you can publish to a self-contained executable which can be hosted on a website for your users to download. You can even host web pages within your application, thanks to the included Web object.
Are there any templates to work from?
Yes! AutoPlay Media Studio ships with 20+ templates to choose from. As well, both Indigo Rose staff members and users alike post sample projects from time to time on the Indigo Rose forums.
How long does it take to create a project?
Simple yet fully functional applications can be created in a matter of minutes! It really depends on what you are trying to create. Suffice to say, you can create impressive multimedia projects faster and easier with AutoPlay Media Studio, than you could with any traditional software development tool, like Visual C++, Delphi or Visual Basic.
Do any large companies use AutoPlay Media Studio?
AutoPlay Media Studio is used by thousand of companies, both large and small alike. Large companies love our royalty-free licensing policy, while small companies and individual users enjoy the multitude of features for an affordable price.
Do I have to pay any royalties to distribute my AutoPlay Media Studio created applications?
Absolutely not! AutoPlay Media Studio’s license agreement lets you distribute published applications on a royalty-free basis. In other words, once you purchase the commercial version of AutoPlay Media Studio, there are no additional costs to distribute your applications.
Is AutoPlay Media Studio only for creating CD-ROM menus?
No! AutoPlay Media Studio is a powerful multimedia design tool that can be used to design any multimedia application. Our users have used AutoPlay Media Studio to create everything from computer-based training applications to simple CD business cards. No matter what your multimedia task, AutoPlay Media Studio is up to the challenge.
Can I distribute my projects by email?
AutoPlay Media Studio can publish to a self-extracting executable file, which is perfect for internet distribution. While it is possible to attach this file to an email message, due to many modern spam filters blocking executable attachments, your best bet is to post the generated file to a web server and email your clients a link that they can use to download your application.
What type of files can I use within my AutoPlay Media Studio project?
Any file that can be read from Windows can be opened using AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5. Some files, such as images and videos, can be displayed within your AutoPlay application through objects. All other files, (such as PPT, DOC, XLS and PDF) can be opened in their default system viewers.
Can AutoPlay Media Studio react to mouse clicks and mouse movement?
Absolutely! AutoPlay Media Studio can detect mouse movement, and both left and right mouse-clicks. With this powerful interactivity AutoPlay Media Studio can perform tasks when objects are clicked and display pop-up menus when the user right-clicks within your project. You can even perform tasks each time the user moves the mouse! Thanks to the flexibility and high level of interactivity, the possibilities are limitless.
Can AutoPlay Media Studio read and write registry values and INI files?
Yes! AutoPlay Media Studio comes standard with easy-to-use actions for reading from and writing to the user’s registry as well as reading from and writing to INI files. As well, there are actions to determine if the user has the appropriate permissions to read from and/or write to the registry or to INI files.
What objects are included in AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5?
AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5 includes a plethora of objects allowing you to include a wide variety of content in your application. Using the built-in objects, you can include images, videos, text files, interactive buttons, Flash files, and web content. As well, AutoPlay Media Studio comes with objects for displaying combobox dropdown menus, progress bars, and selection trees. In addition to the built-in objects, AutoPlay Media Studio can be expanded through object plugins. Some of the plugins available allow you to include a calendar, a slider and image thumbnails in your project.
Can I add my own information to the file properties of the published executable?
Yes! The commercial version of AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5 allows you to customize the information displayed in the file properties of your published application’s executable.
Can I change the icon of the published executable?
Yes! The commercial version of AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5 allows you to customize the icon displayed both in your application, as well as the icon associated with the executable of your published application.
Can I change the properties of objects at runtime?
Yes! Every object in AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5 has corresponding easy-to-use actions allowing you to retrieve the existing object properties, and set new properties at runtime. As well, you can create and destroy objects at runtime through actions.
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Screenshot Gallery
January 12, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Far more than a simple file launching utility, Autorun MAX! 2.1 makes it possible to create a fully customized menu interface, complete with high-quality alpha blended graphics, video playback, background music, and non-rectangular windows. All of the essential tools needed to create a modern autorun menu are provided in an environment that is quick to learn and a pleasure to work with.
Click on any of the screenshot images below to see a larger, more detailed version.
Introducing Autorun MAX! 2.1
Autorun MAX! makes it easy for anyone to create professional looking CD-ROM/DVD-ROM autorun menus. With its easy-to-use visual design environment, you don’t have to know a thing about computer programming. If you can use a mouse, you can create dazzling projects with Autorun MAX!
Project Templates
Choose from a variety of ready-to-use projects and then modify them to fit your needs. We include examples of software installer menus, electronic business cards, marketing brochures and many others. It’s also easy to make your own project templates or to add templates made by others.
File Selection
Adding files to your project couldn’t be easier. Whether you prefer dragging and dropping, or using Autorun MAX!’s thumbnail file browser, you’ll never need to worry about file paths. Autorun MAX!’s sophisticated resource management takes the pain out of multimedia development.
Layout Tools
Just like in your favorite image editing software, Autorun MAX! contains all of the popular layout tools such as object alignment, page grids and guidelines.
Pages
Projects can have up to 100 pages (Home Edition) or 250 pages (Business Edition) that can all be customized with their own names, colors, or background images. If presentations are your goal, adding a transition effect between your pages provides a visual flow to your project.
Interactive Objects
There are five different object types to choose from including buttons, text labels, paragraph text, images, and videos. Each object is fully customizable and includes its own click event.
Object Properties
Customizing an object’s settings is as simple as double-clicking on it. Each object contains a variety of unique properties that can be set, and generic attributes such as tooltips, click and highlight sounds, and precise object positioning.
Actions
Autorun MAX! contains a variety of actions that can be triggered by mouse clicks, or run automatically from project events. Navigating pages, opening documents and running executable programs are a few examples of the functionality that can be incorporated in your CD-ROM designs.
Action Properties
You don’t need to be a programmer to create interactive CD-ROMS. Simply choose the action you want from an action dropdown, and fill in the requested information fields and Autorun MAX! will handle the rest.
Project Settings
Run your project as a standard window, or go for something more extraordinary like bordered, flat or even kiosk mode. Paired with the custom window mask option, you don’t even have to make it rectangular.
Background Music
Add a bunch of music files to the play list, and they’ll play in the background while your project runs. All of the music is automatically mixed in real-time with mouse-over sound effects.
Splash Screens
Splash screen images such as a company or product logo can be shown for a given duration as a graphical introduction or closing of your CD-ROM menu.
Startup Video
Start your project up with an introductory video that makes an eye catching start to your project.
Easy Publishing
Autorun MAX! makes packaging up and distributing your finished project a snap. Whether you’d like to create a single-file executable for distribution by web download or email (only in Business Edition), or burn it to a CD data disc, it just takes a few clicks. You can even choose to publish to ISO CD images(only in Business Edition) or to a hard drive folder for packing it up with an installer/setup builder.
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Online User’s Guide
January 5, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
The easiest way to learn how to use Autorun MAX!, is to simply start it up and use it. You’ll find that is both intuitive and easy to use. If you have any questions about what a particular dialog box option does, just click on the Help button to get a full description.
However, if you enjoy learning everything there is to know about your software, the Help menu is your friend. That’s were you’ll find links to both the User’s Guide and the full Help File/Command Reference.
We’ve also made these resource available to you online in “webhelp” format, if you’d like to take a peek before installing the software.
