UGN shareware

Synopsis:

Apimac shareware Slideshow exports to iDVD for burning on a DVD.
 

Go To:

UG Supporter:

Go for it...

Apimac Slideshow adds new features

exports to iDVD for burning on a DVD

Apimac has rolled out Slideshow '08 Release 2 for Mac OS X, a new release of their shareware slideshow and presentation tool for multimedia files. Slideshow '08 now includes new features for authors of multimedia presentations, portfolios and slideshows as the ability export any created slideshow to an iDVD project for burning on a DVD.

Apimac Slideshow is a slideshow and presentation tool for multimedia files, movies, sounds and images that allows users to quickly and easily create slideshow presentations and portfolios that can be distributed as freestanding programs for Mac and Windows or as movie files optimized for YouTube, CD-ROMs, the Web, iPod, mobile devices and computers.

Among the other features, the new release of this application sports now a media browser to easily browse photos, music, movies and drag and drop them in the slideshow's file list and a new feature to export any created slideshow to an iDVD project for burning on a DVD.

Also new in release '08 are: new option to save a project as self-contained format to include any external media file to easily move a slideshow file from a computer to another; new instant self-update functionality and some user interface improvements.

Apimac Slideshow lets users personalize a presentation, adapting it to the most varied needs. Users can create presentations and slideshows that can be manually or automatically controlled and personalize the presentation with colored backgrounds, use multiple soundtracks and show images and movies along with their names and custom text.

Apimac Slideshow can handle a wide range of graphic and multimedia formats: QuickTime Movies, QuickTime VR Movies, MP3, MPEG, AutoDesk Animator (FLC), AIFF, AU, WAVE, DV, OpenDML audio files, and all the main graphic formats such as JPEG, TIFF, Pict, Photoshop, PNG, MacPaint, GIF, animated GIF, Windows Bitmap BMP, and SGI.

Apimac Slideshow is a must for anyone who wants to distribute freestanding presentations or collections of movies and images on DVDs, CD-ROMs or any other digital medium.

Apimac Website
Slideshow '08
Direct Download Link: slideshow.dmg

Apimac Slideshow '08 Release 2 is available immediately for download. This release and is free of charge for registered customers that purchased a license starting from September 1, 2007. Registered users that purchased the license before this date are entitled to upgrade at the special prices reserved to the registered users.

For new users the price is $37 USD for the standard edition for Mac (it creates free-standing presentations for Mac) and $54 USD Professional Edition for Mac (which creates free-standing presentations for Mac and Windows). A free demo is available from the Apimac website.

Founded in 1996, Apimac develops award-winning software for the Mac, including Mac Notepad, Clean Text, Apimac Slideshow, and Secret Folder. Apimac is committed to bringing easy-to-use applications to students, educators, creative professionals, and consumers around the world. - Milano, Italy - Published on 05/27/08

Found something really cool?

We'd love to hear about it and pass it along to all of our readers... just contact Lynn or Fred, or post your own review at our : review input forms ...
Get the InfoManager newsletter in your mailbox each Monday morning by subscribing at: mac-pro.net ...   del.icio.us...  

UGN Site Navigation:

Return to: the top of this page, or the INDEX for this department
Exit to: The User Group Network front page
Contact: The Editor, Webmaster or Membership Director
* Discuss Photoshop
* Discuss Desktop Publishing
* Critique your Web Site

CREDITS:

Reviewed by Fred Showker for the User Group Network News Service. (C) 2008, all rights reserved. Affiliate groups may freely republish this piece so long as they include the tag line: "From the User Group Network News Service at http://www.user-groups.net/ " ... Event dates are subject to change. Some products, programs, or promotions are not available outside the U.S. Prices are estimated retail prices and are listed in U.S. dollars. Product specifications are subject to change. Apple, the Apple logo, Mac, Mac OS, Macintosh, Power Mac, Velocity Engine, FireWire, AirPort, Safari, Sherlock, QuickTime, iLife, iTunes, iChat, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, iCal and Apple Store are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Apple. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Mention of third-party products is for informational purposes only and constitutes neither a recommendation nor an endorsement.

The User Group Network is a member of:, the MUG News, and is sponsored in part by: The Design & Publishing Center, The News Serve Network, and the Designers' Bookshelf. The User Group Network is the first, and the original user group network for computer users everywhere including, Apple, Mac-Pro, User Group Organization to support Macintosh, IBM PC, Microsoft, Compaq, Amiga, BE/OS, Linux, UNIX, and other leading computer platforms. Hosting services are provided by The Graphic Design Network to serve the computing community. For information about the UGNetwork, to get involved or have your own groups' home page located at user-groups.net, please contact us. Copyright 1994 through present. This site is maintained in the community interest by The Graphic Design Network c/o Showker Graphic Arts & Design, a Corporation of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Commonwealth of Virginia, 22801, Harrisonburg, VA, in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, established in 1972.