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eZediaMX Features

For beginners and experts, it's never been easier to integrate multimedia at work, at home or in the classroom. eZediaMX has many intuitive, powerful, creative, and easy-to-use features that you will discover and that will grow with you.

Media Handling
Quickly incorporate ALL major media file formats (.mov, .mp3, .wav, .jpg, .gif, etc.) by simply dragging and dropping into eZediaMX. Give any project a professional edge with full graphic transparency, smooth text, QuickTime Effects, true layering and real-time compositing.


Interactivity
Link media and create chains of events or actions that can be triggered by user interaction simply by drawing arrows. Create buttons with one click to navigate between frames, files, applications and Web sites.


Logic
Input, collect, display, store and calculate numerical or alphabetical data with eZediaMX's sophisticated logic elements. Add if/else and true/false statements all without any programming or scripting.




New Features

•	eZediaMX Composite A new export compositor that allows the user to record the playback, with any user interaction, of an eZediaMX project as it is being exported to a non-interactive video, which can be used in other video editing products.
•	Key Point Editor The Key Point Editor allows the user to animate media-text, graphics and movies, by adjusting the position, rotation, scale and opacity levels of the media as it moves along a Path Object.
•	Rotate and Flip Images The Graphic Object Edit palette includes new tools that allows for rotation and flipping of images.
•	Create Path Object by Using Shape Tool The Shape Object functionality allows users to create a Path Object from a drawn shape created with the Shape tool.
•	GoTo Objects Can Quit Project GoTo Objects includes a new Quit functionality that allows users to exit the current running presentation.
•	Live Timer Output Container Object's Live Timer output is now recognized by Branch Object.

True Cross Platform Development
Develop multimedia projects on Windows or Mac OS platforms (Windows 2000, XP and Mac OS X).

Create and Communicate
Create digital portfolios, presentations, slide shows, animations and interactive CD-ROM projects.

Showcase eZediaMX Projects
Showcase completed eZediaMX projects from different computer platforms and CD-ROMs.

Drag and Drop
Drag and drop digital media and images from computer hard drive and desktop, Web sites or content CDs.

Combine and Edit Media
Combine and edit all major media formats (.mov, .mp3, .wav, .jpg, .gif, etc.).

Professional Edge/QuickTime Effects
Give any project a professional edge with full graphic transparency, anti-aliased smooth text, QuickTime Effects, true layering and real-time compositing.

No Programming or Scripting
Rapidly build multimedia projects intuitively without any programming or scripting.

Animation
Animate movies, graphics and text on paths or create frame-by-frame animation.

Mask Media
Mask media with text, graphics and movies to combine properties and create customized visuals.

Non-Destructive Video Editing
Resize or change the playback sequence of movies while the original movie file maintains its integrity.

Movie Annotation
Annotate movies with time-based text sequences to add more information to a video.

Record Voice-Overs and Sound
Record voice-overs and sounds from within eZediaMX to add narration, instructions and sound effects, or use text-to-speech capabilities to speak text in a project.

Draw Shapes
Draw anti-aliased vector graphics in a variety of shapes including elliptical, rectangular, freeform, polygonal and linear. Edit shapes to change fill color and stroke settings.

Add Text
Cut, copy, paste and edit text to adjust font, size, style, tab stops and opacity levels.

Link Media / Chains of Events
Draw arrows to link media and create chains of events or actions that can be triggered by user interaction.

Navigation
Navigate between frames, files, other applications and Web sites to expand the scope of projects.

Menus and Buttons
Create menus and buttons with one click. Adjust shape, color and visibility or use eZediaMX¹s pre-built buttons with specific functions.

Calculate Data
Input, collect, display, store and calculate numerical or alphabetical data.

Add Logic Elements
Use logic tools to incorporate if/else and true/false statements without any programming or scripting.

Timeline Control
Control object timing with a timeline.

Object Wells
Store and share media in eZediaMX Object Wells or use any of the wells which are filled with content from eZedia, Animation Factory™ and Videometry™.

Create Templates
Prepare and create templates with media placeholders.

Thumbnails
Print thumbnails of a project with space for project notes for presentations or handouts.

Reference Manual
eZediaMX includes a digital reference manual.