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Subject:RE: New question about demos - transition effects From:"VERKERKEN Wouter" <Wouter -dot- VERKERKEN -at- swift -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 2 Jun 2006 10:53:21 +0200
Hey John
I have used Captivate to produce a demo like that, adding slides to a
movie, partial screen shots, even giving users a basic idea of what it's
like to use the software by making buttons clickable...
BRs
Wouter
>-----Original Message-----
>- show the screenshot
>- highlight the key info on the screenshot and display callout text
>("Look at the wonderful info :-)")
>- fade in the report/graphic samples
>- go on to the next point (either automagically or through keypress on
>button)
>
>Overall, I'd like to have a screen that shows thumbnails for each
>feature as the demo menu - click the appropriate thumbnail, jumps to
>that demo portion.
>
>
>So... none of this is 'live action' - Camtasia, Captivate are
>not really
>appropriate. Qarbon and Wink would be good if I was doing screenshot
>progressions through the use of the features, but I don't
>think they do
>what I want.
>
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