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FW: OT: Demonstration Programs

sent this query to a friend, who replies as below

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Bart Windrum
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Diogenes Inc.
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>>> I have looked with interest at ViewletBuilder
> (http://www.qarbon.com). What
>> about LiveMotion or Flash? For the most part, I want to do simple
> animations
>> of screenshots; for example, the cursor moving across the screen,
> picking a
>> menu item, and showing the result. Any advice for such tools would be
>> appreciated.
> 
>   Also take a look at RoboDemo, which is similar to ViewletBuilder. Unlike
> ViewletBuilder, which requires Java for its animations, RoboDemo creates
> Flash-format SWF files. Anyone with the ubiquitous Flash plug-in can
> view the animations.
>   I have also built self-running software demos like this using
> Macromedia's Authorware. Flash or Live Motion can certainly be used as well.
>   The advantage to using a dedicated tool like RoboDemo or ViewletBuilder
> is simplicity. The tool can capture the screens, sequence the screens,
> add captions or highlights, then create the animation, without complex
> programming.
>   RoboDemo, formerly FlashCam, is now available from the eHelp corporation.
> Unfortunately, they quadrupled the price, but did have introductory
> pricing the last I looked.
> 
>   Hope this helps. ...pt
> 
> Philip Tobias
> www.philiptobias.com
> 

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