February 3, 2005
Animated Flash Presentations : Powerbullet Presenter
Whoever thinks that animated presentations are the exclusive territory of PowerPoint professionals and skilled web developers should look at a nifty, free presentation utility, just discovered by Chiara Monetti:
"Powerbullet Presenter is a small and simple freeware Windows application that creates presentations in Flash format.Even if you have no experience, you will be able to create an effective animated presentation just by typing, clicking and dragging. You can drop in sounds and images from other sources as well. Furthermore, you can also paste in formatted text from other files. You will just have to click the Export button and both the HTML page and the embedded Flash files (SWF) will be automatically created for you."
Powerbullet Presenter is also capable of producing an executable file that will run on any Windows PC.
If you need even more functionality (such as special effects and custom buttons, access to Javascript functionality and auto-fullscreen mode), you may want to consider the advanced feature set of the Plus version, which is sold at USD 19.95 and which gives you a life time of updates to the program.
Powerbullet Presenter is developed by multimedia specialist Mark Carolan from Sydney, Australia. Mark hosts an active Powerbullet Presenter web forum that he uses to announce new versions and trigger lively discussions about the tool's capabilities. The forum also contains a section where users can show off and share their Powerbullet presentations.
Read the full review on masterview.ikonosnewmedia.com.
Some examples of presentation created with Powerbullet Presenter.
Free download here.
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January 12, 2005
Creating Presentations Without PowerPoint (Part Two Of Two)
NOTE This article assumes that you have at least a basic knowledge of HTML and XHTML, and are familiar with the basics of Cascading Style Sheets. If you don't already have it installed, you should also download and install the Opera web browser. The good and the... read more
December 22, 2004
Creating Presentations Without Powerpoint (Part One Of Two)
When you think about making presentation slides, the first piece of software that probably comes to mind is PowerPoint. While Microsoft's presentation software is immensely popular, it's not without flaws. Aside from the arguments that it's easy to make ugly slides with PowerPoint, or that PowerPoint is... read more
November 18, 2004
How To Integrate Animated Screens From Other Applications In A PowerPoint Slide
D. Wesley asked: QUESTION: Dear experts, I'm wanting to use the bars visualization in windows media player during a PowerPoint presentation to demonstrate the visual dimension of three different styles of music. Each piece runs about 3.5 minutes. How do I link the media player into the presentation... read more
May 15, 2003
Present, Explain and Guide Through A Virtual, Talking Animated Character
(V)Host SitePal http://www.sitepal.com/ = breakthrough tool Online Service + Server Solution Free To Try MasterView International by Luigi Canali De Rossi May 15th, 2003 [V]Host™ SitePal creates animated characters that you can publish on any Web page and that will say exactly what you want them to. Created in Flash, SitePal characters can lip-synch your recordings, or... read more
April 14, 2004
PowerPoint to Flash Conversion Tools - The PPT2Flash Top20
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