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Overview of Autorun MAX! 2.1
January 30, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Autorun MAX! 2.1 gives you the power to create professional looking CD-ROM/DVD-ROM autorun menus and other interactive multimedia projects that are sure to impress. And you don’t have to be a software programmer to do it. With its intuitive workspace and drag-and-drop objects, it’s quick to learn and easy to use. Autorun MAX! requires no programming knowledge whatsoever! You’ll be amazed with the powerful functionality and stylish visual appeal that Autorun MAX! puts at your mouse-clicking fingertip.
Completely Visual – No programming required. Autorun MAX! features a completely visual drag and drop environment. Simply add content such as photos, videos, music, and text to your pages and position them using your mouse. If you like, you can even use the included alignment tools, including grids and rulers to help keep things straight. We’ve even included lots of extra content like backgrounds, panels, buttons, sound effects and more to get you started. Make your project completely interactive using our simple “fill-in-the-blanks” style system. From opening documents, to running programs, viewing websites and sending email, it couldn’t be easier!
Includes a Collection of Ready-to-Use Templates. One of the features which makes Autorun MAX! so quick and easy to work with is the included library of ready-to-use project templates. We’ve included templates for all of the popular autorun CD projects like basic CD menus, electronic business cards and much more. To apply a template simply select it in the new project dialog and Autorun MAX! will do the rest. All you have to do is substitute your content for the placeholder content and publish. Autorun MAX! templates guarantee professional autorun CDs for anyone, in just a few clicks!
Easy Publishing – Burn to CD, Send by Email & More. Whether you prefer to distribute your projects via email, CD-ROM, the internet, or even a CD ISO image, Autorun MAX! makes it a breeze with the handy Publishing Wizard. With just a few clicks you can generate all the files you need to get the job done quickly and correctly. Autorun MAX! can even directly burn your autorun CDs without any need for external CD burning software. The Autorun MAX! Publishing Wizard is clearly laid out and very easy to use, even if you have no prior experience creating your own autorun CDs.
Download the Free Trial and Get Started Now
The best way to experience the value of Autorun MAX! is to try it out first hand. You can download the free trial version of Autorun MAX! by clicking here. The free trial version will continue to work for a period of 30 days, so you have plenty of time to build projects and see for yourself what a great tool Autorun MAX! is. There is no other software in its class which is easier to use, or faster to work with.
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AutoPlay Media Studio Screenshot Gallery
January 19, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5’s visual approach to rapid software development makes it easy for anyone to create their own applications – even if you have absolutely no programming experience. It’s the perfect tool for creating CD/DVD autorun menus – but that’s just the beginning. It’s also being used by thousands of developers to create interactive presentations, video training software, web tools, database apps and much more.
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AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5’s Drag and Drop Development
Building professional software couldn’t be easier! Our award-winning WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) visual design environment makes multimedia software development easy and fun. Simply drag and drop your media content onto one or more pages and then add interactivity with over 640 built-in actions.
Transparency, Shadows and Blending
Support for 32-bit PNG images, gives you access to incredible shadow effects, blending options, opacity levels and full alpha channel information.
Layout Tools
Just like in your favorite image editing software, AutoPlay Media Studio contains all of the popular layout tools such as object alignment, page grids, and guidelines.
Custom Window Shapes
Forget about being restricted to rectangular windows. With the window mask feature, you can create applications of any size and shape you desire. Select from the included masks like “star,” “bubble” and “oval,” or make your own.
Interactive Objects
There are over a dozen different object types to choose from. Object types include: button, image, video, label, paragraph, rich text, hotspot, flash, web, slideshow, input, checkbox, radiobox, listbox, combobox, tree control, and progress. Each object includes a variety of events and is fully customizable.
Quick Actions
You don’t need to be a programmer to use AutoPlay Media Studio. It’s easy enough for anyone to use. While a full wizard-assisted scripting engine is available for power users, the new Quick Action tab lets new users get up to speed right away. Just fill in the blanks to handle the most popular actions like opening documents, running programs, switching pages and more. It’s that easy!
Scripting
For advanced users, AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5 includes the same scripting engine as other Indigo Rose products. Based on the popular “Lua” language, this incredibly powerful free-form scripting engine features everything from ‘for, repeat and while’ loops, to ‘if/else’ conditions, functions, variables and associative arrays. AutoPlay’s event-driven, object-oriented architecture makes it easy to create interactive multimedia applications.
Action Wizard
The built-in action wizard makes the scripting engine accessible to everyone. Simply choose the action you want from a categorized list (complete with on-screen interactive help), fill in the requested information fields and the wizard does the rest. We’ve included a library of more than 250 powerful yet easy to use actions. There are high-level actions to handle everything from text file editing to system registry changes. You can execute programs, open documents, query drive information, manipulate strings, copy files, enumerate processes, interact with web scripts, display dialog boxes and much more.
Properties Inspector
The properties inspector is a fast way to view and edit all of the attributes of a page or object. You can interactively edit the object text, font, size, color, tooltip and much more without missing a beat.
Project Explorer
Get an overview of your project in one place. You can see all of the pages, events and objects in your project organized into a tree hierarchy. Double-click any item to edit its properties or right-click for common commands. It’s a great way to see how everything is connected.
Page Management
Pages are the backbone of AutoPlay Media Studio. Consider that you can have up to 1000 of them in each project and you’ll realize the importance of effective page management. Accessing pages is easy thanks to the page tabs on the main window. You can also easily change page order, rename or remove pages and more with the click of your mouse.
Window Styles
Run your project as a standard window, or go for something more extraordinary like bordered, flat, or kiosk mode. With support for window masks, you don’t even have to make it rectangular. Talk about cool!
Advanced Multi-Channel Audio
Take advantage of the fastest, most advanced sound effect and music handling engine available anywhere. Add 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. In fact, you can play up to 8 channels of audio simultaneously with automatic selection of hardware or software mixing. Incredibly, it does not require any version of DirectSound or DirectX to be installed, using them only if available.
Menu Bars
Add a standard Windows-style menu bar to your project. It’s easy to configure and edit, even letting you configure nested items. When a menu item is selected, it fires a project event telling you what was chosen, allowing you to take whatever action you desire.
Advanced Objects
AutoPlay Media Studio has many sophisticated objects built right in, such as the Tree object which makes setting up an interactive hierarchical tree view a snap.
Startup Video or Flash Movie
Start your project up with an introductory video or flash animation. It can run full screen or windowed and makes an eye-catching start to your project. Of course, there are a variety of option settings including size and background color.
Dependency Checking
Automatically check the user’s system for required technologies with the built-in dependencies system. The dependency checking system is completely open and scripted, so you can modify the behaviour or even add your own technologies to the list.
Easy Publishing
AutoPlay Media Studio makes building and distributing your finished project a snap. Whether you’d like to create a single-file executable for web download, or burn it to a CD/DVD data disc, it just takes a few clicks. You can even choose to publish to an ISO disc image, or build straight to a hard drive folder for packing up into a setup.exe with your favorite installer tool, like Setup Factory.
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Choosing Between Autorun MAX! and AutoPlay Media Studio
January 15, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
| Feature | Autorun MAX! Home Edition | Autorun MAX! Business Edition | AutoPlay Media Studio |
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| Maximum Pages per Project | 100 | 250 | 2500 |
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| Simultaneous Audio Channels | 1 | 1 | 7 |
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| Quick Actions | 10 | 10 | 10 |
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| Scripting Actions | N/A | N/A | 520 |
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| Project Events | 2 (Startup, Shutdown) |
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4 (Startup, Shutdown, Size, Menu) |
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10 (Preload, Show, Close, Timer, Audio, Size, Menu, Key, Mouse Button, Mouse Move) |
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| Image Files | bmp, jpg, pcx, png, tga, tif, wmf, apm, emf, psd, pcd, gif | bmp, jpg, pcx, png, tga, tif, wmf, apm, emf, psd, pcd, gif | bmp, jpg, pcx, png, tga, tif, wmf, apm, emf, psd, pcd, gif |
| Video Files | asf, asx, avi, wax, wmv, wvx, wmp, wmx, mpg, m1v, mpa, mpe, mpv2 | asf, asx, avi, wax, wmv, wvx, wmp, wmx, mpg, m1v, mpa, mpe, mpv2 | asf, asx, avi, wax, wmv, wvx, wmp, wmx, mpg, m1v, mpa, mpe, mpv2 |
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| Audio Files | wav, raw, ogg, aif, aiff, wma, asf | wav, raw, ogg, aif, aiff, wma, asf | wav, raw, ogg, aif, aiff, wma, asf |
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| Price (US$) | $49 | $129 | $295 |
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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.
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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.
