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Contact: Brian Hutchins Agency Terry Ray
Marketing Director Contact: Jennings & Associates
(760) 747-5995 (760) 431-7466
brian@macsourcery.com terry@free-ink.com
MacSourcery Introduces ScreenTime For Flash 1.0 – Creates Full Screen,
Easy-To-Download Screen Savers From Macromedia Flash Animations
Ideal Application for Creating Downloadable Content for the Internet
Escondido, Calif. — May 19, 1998 — MacSourcery, publisher of the popular
Cinemac Screen Saver Factories, announced today the release of their
latest screen saver creation tool, ScreenTime for Flash. ScreenTime for
Flash creates screen savers from content developed in Macromedia’s Flash,
the leading vector graphics and animation application. ScreenTime for Flash
enables users to create and distribute compelling multimedia content in a
popular and easy-to-download format.
ScreenTime for Flash creates content that can be enjoyed by everyone. With
its compact size and easy installation, ScreenTime for Flash screen savers
can be downloaded and installed in just a couple of minutes. The screen
savers automatically scale to any monitor size and run on Windows 3.1, 95,
NT and the Macintosh.
Screen Time for Flash Features:
* Royalty Free Distribution
* Small file sizes – can be as small as 400kb
* Password Protection (Windows)
* Full Screen Scalable Graphics
* No Programming Required
* Drag and Drop Interface
* Cross Platform Support – Available for MacOS, Windows 3.1, 95, and NT
* Self Contained – Creates Installer for Windows, Control Panel For Mac
* Customizable – Incorporates User’s Logos and Information
* Option for “interactive” screen savers
ScreenTime for Flash offers a drag and drop interface, installer creation
for Windows, seamless Windows and MacOS integration and a no-nonsense
distribution license. ScreenTime for Flash places no limitations on Flash
users, anything that works in a stand-alone Flash projector will work in a
ScreenTime screen saver.
“Screen savers are a proven draw for web sites, people love them,” said
John Pattenden, president of MacSourcery. “ScreenTime for Flash provides a
new way users can quickly and easily create compact, traffic generating
downloadable content.”
Macromedia’s Flash product manager, Eric Wittman stated, “Flash enables the
world’s most innovative web designers to create engaging, interactive
internet destinations. Now with MacSourcery’s ScreenTime for Flash,
visitors to a Web site can ‘take a piece home with them’ in the convenient
form of an easy-to-download screen saver.”
With ScreenTime for Flash, user’s create a screen saver by simply dragging
and dropping the Flash content on ScreenTime. ScreenTime incorporates the
Flash projector file and the ScreenTime playback engine into a
self-contained installer for Windows or into a screen saver control panel
for the Macintosh.
A wide range of companies including Walt Disney Co., Sony Interactive
Studios of America, Paramount Digital Design and PepsiCo are using
Macsourcery’s screen saver creation tools to interact with their audiences.
Mercedes’ fans return to the auto giant’s web site each month to download
the latest screen saver in a series depicting the glory of another classic
Mercedes automobile. Paramount Picture’s Titanic screen saver which was
created using MacSourcery’s software, has become one of the most popular
software downloads of all time.
A demo of ScreenTime for Flash can be downloaded free of charge from
MacSourcery’s Web site at www.macsourcery.com
ScreenTime for Flash starts at $149 for a royalty-free license. To purchase
ScreenTime for Flash, contact MacSourcery through their Web site at
www.macsourcery.com, by phone at (760) 747-5995 or via e-mail at
sales@macsourcery.com.
Founded in 1992, MacSourcery produces and distributes high quality products
for multimedia professionals. MacSourcery’s products include: Cinemac for
Director and Cinemac for QuickTime, which convert Director and QuickTime
movies into compelling, easy to distribute and use screen savers;
MusiCopia, an eclectic royalty-free library of musical themes and loops
from award-winning Hollywood composer John W. Scott; and BarbaBatch, rated
the “best overall batch audio processor” by Interactivity magazine.