• Liquid Media is a professional presentation software capable of stunning Multimedia slide shows. Brandishing dynamic sound, 3D Animation and cinematic quality special effects. Liquid Media pushes the boundaries of traditional presentation software and will create more impact upon your audience.

• Summary comments. You must try this product to believe how powerful it really is. Liquid Media is a fully fledged Multi-Media authoring utility, with many more features than Power Point (PPT) provides. Liquid Media's Sound/Music and Media support is far advanced to PPT, providing true 3D sound, the ability to alter music/sound on the fly, volume, panning and even pitch, and also the 3D enviroment. Their publishing options are also more advanced, being able to pack all media files into single presentations, creating movies from the presentations, even into self-playing executables. I particularly like how Liquid Media can publish presentations in a variety of different ways: 1) Single File, 2) Multi File, 3) .EXE file, 4) Screen Saver, 5) CD Menu, 6) Web Slides, 7) Template and 8) ProPresentation. There is also a free player that can be obtained that will play Liquid Media .SMP files and can be redistributed as long as it is in its original form. Offers educator pricing.

• Liquid Media in Action: Several Variations to View!
  1. Compare PowerPoint slide show on-line at: http://www.kuzmich.com/2003_ASME_Conference_files/frame.htm with an HTML rendition at: <http://www.kuzmich.com/WebSlides/WebSlides/Index.htm>. Note: if you want to view the original Liquid Media presentation, complete the following steps below.
     
• Also compare an original rendition of the above PowerPoint presentation by Liquid Media. It requires the following steps.
  
  
  1. Download a 20-day fully operative trial version of Liquid Media at http://www.liquidmedia.net. Presentation enhancements to the original PowerPoint presentation can be noted as follows below.

     * Added Textures and Outlines to the headings, and bullet points text
     
     * Added Effect Transitions between the scenes
     
     * Broke up the PPT Text Bullet points, and added LM actions to reproduce the mouse button clicks
     

  2. Then download <2003 ASME Conference2.smp> via FTP by clicking at following link: http://www.kuzmich2.com/vdeck

  3. Log into the FTP site with a username as: <carmody@kuzmich2.com> and a password of <geoffkuzmich>. Type only what's inside the brackets.

  4. Click on the file named within the following bracket: <2003 ASME Conference2.smp>.
  5. After downloading that file to your computer, load it from your trial version of Liquid Media. It has all the ingredients of the original PowerPoint slide show plus has a rather refreshing look. And you can edit the file for accelerated mastery of their product.

  6. A simplier way to view the original .SMP file is to go to: http://www.kuzmich.com/2003AS~1.exe and the file runs with the full capabilities of Liquid Media without it ever having to be installed on ones computer. You can not only open the file on-line but you can also save the file as well. But you can't edit the .EXE file that you downloaded in step #4 above.

• Here is a link to a seven or eight demo presentation download section: http://www.liquidmedia.net/filedb/pafiledb.php?action=category&id=5 which will illustrate many of the special effects available in Liquid Media.

• The very best demo in my opinion is:<http://www.liquidmedia.net/filedb/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=69>. The audio and graphic capabilities are very stunning.
  Meet eZedia QT1 by eZedia, Inc.

• eZedia Inc. is a leader in digital media software technology. Its current product line includes eZediaMX, an easy-to-use tool for authoring and editing multimedia; eZediaQTI, an affordable interactive QuickTime authoring application; and a line of professional iMovie enhancements - eZeMatte, eZeScreen, eZeClip, and eZediaMotion.

• Summary Comments: eZedia QT1 is an interactive web authoring software application. eZediaQTI 2 is the next generation in multimedia authoring software for the web. eZediaQTI uses drag-and-drop technology that lets you create web sites, online presentations, interactive movies and Internet banners quickly - with no HTML programming knowledge required. Offers educator pricing.

• eZedia QT1 in Action: Several Variations to View!

  1. Compare PowerPoint slide show on-line at: http://www.kuzmich.com/Jefferson County Schools_Instrumental_Assessment.html with an eZedia HTML rendition at: <http://www.kuzmich.com/jeffersonassess/jeffersonassess/index.html>. Note: the eZedia rendition is not a simple conversion but took some liberties to present it as a fancy HTML presentation.. I thought that it would be interesting to make it more interactive – go anywhere anytime. It is an HTML web site with a refreshing new look that is about nine times smaller than the original PowerPoint web slide show.

  2. Interactive movie version of previous HTML presentation at: <http://staff.ezedia.com/qa/Jeffasses/> or <http://www.kuzmich.com/Jeffasses/>

• Here is a link to a 13 demo presentations in a download section: http://www.ezedia.com/products/eZediaQTI/showcase/ which will illustrate many of the special effects available in zMedia. To view an eZediaQTI project online, it requires QuickTime which can be downloaded for free at: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/.

• The very best demo in my opinion is:<?>. The audio and graphic capabilities are very stunning.
  

Camtasia Studio by TechSmith Corporation

• Camtasia Studio is a complete solution for quickly creating professional-looking videos of your PC desktop activity. Anyone can Record and create a full-motion video tutorial or presentation, in real-time, and publish it in the format of their choice. No multimedia or programming experience necessary!

• Summary Comnments: Camtasia Studio is a PowerPoint Add-On application that allows one to record your activity on the screen, your narration and system audio as well as edit, enhance and add interactive hotspots and publish in a wide variety of formats including CD-ROM and streaming video. Camtasia Studio doesn’t mimic a PowerPoint slide show, it records it. Everything that exists in your live PowerPoint presentation is captured into any of the popular multimedia file formats included WMV, Flash, and QuickTime.
  

• More information on how to use Camtasia Studio with PowerPoint:
  1. Video demo of using Camtasia Studio, if you click on the menu on the left side of the window where it says PowerPoint, it will take you directly to that part of the video: http://www.techsmith.com/videos/studio/Tutorials/using_camtasia_studio_2.html

  2. http://download.techsmith.com/camtasiastudio/docs/gettingstarted/enu/CS2.1%20Getting%20Started%20Guide.pdf. Pages 301-306 explain in detail the process of using the PowerPoint Add-in.

• Here are some of the reasons educators should use Camtasia Studio with PowerPoint. Slides alone cannot convey the true richness of a lecture, because students miss the most important ingredient – the instructor. Camtasia Studio records the entire presentation, so that students can benefit from the instructor's expertise. Whether you work in a virtual or traditional classroom, Camtasia Studio makes PowerPoint presentations work harder for you. Record your lectures and publish to CD-ROM for student studying purposes. Post your lectures to your class website for archival and review outside of the classroom.
  1. Teach presentation skills by recording and rehearsing student presentations - Camtasia Studio allows students to see and hear their presentations, without bulky and confusing hardware. Camtasia Studio records everything, and then makes a video that can be replayed for analyzing and improvement purposes.
     

  2. Share your PowerPoint based lectures with students online or via email - Whether you have a website to support your in-class lectures or simply need to send a copy of your lecture to an absent student, Camtasia Studio can make the process easier and more effective. With Camtasia Studio, your students can benefit from your full presentation instead of just slides.
     
  3. A professional development tool - record and rehearse your PowerPoint presentations to optimize your classroom effectiveness. Record your lectures at educational events to share Best Practices with your colleagues.
     
  4. Create standardized training and delivery. Have a team member that gives dynamite presentations? With Camtasia Studio, record them at their best and share that recording (with audio, slides, timings and all) with the rest of your team. Make your best presentation the standard across the company. Save time and money by posting the video on your Intranet or on Share Point site. No travel required to get the message across.
  5. Academic Pricing for a single user license is $149. But we also have Class and Lab packs available, visit: http://www.techsmith.com/order/academiclicensing.asp?lid=OrderEduHome. Note: TechSmith offers a free 30 day trial of Camtasia Studio at: http://www.techsmith.com/download/studiodefault.asp?lid=DownloadCamtasiaStudio

  6. System requirements are available at: http://www.techsmith.com/products/studio/requirements.asp

  7. More sample videos are available at: http://www.techsmith.com/spotlight/cssamples.asp

  8. University of Colorado video web site is down that was mentioned in the multimedia article. Please use the following: <http://www.uccs.edu/~tlc/SYMPOSIUM/part2.html> as a backup link.