Multimedia presentation software.
> The #1 Multimedia presentation package, Astound 2.0 integrates the
> newest multimedia technologies with today's traditional presentation
> features. Astound lets you create incredible overheads, slides,
> demos, handouts, kiosk presentations, and more in minutes. Just
> choose from over 70 pre-designed templates, or create one of your
> own. Every template has incredible multimedia effects built-in, and
> it's easy to add text charts, graphics, sound, video, animated clip
> art and more! Replace traditional charting elements like bars and
> lines with 3D charts that bounce, tumble and grow. Add custom-
> generated backgrounds like clouds, marble or multi-colored
> gradations. Make objects appear or disappear with interactive
> buttons. Astound gives you complete control over all of your
> multimedia. Astound 2.0 also comes with the Astound Media Manager
> which allows you to catalog, organize, search and preview your
> multimedia files; and, as a special bonus, Astound Studio \- a
> complete set of six fantastic multimedia editing tools!
>
> [?]
>
> ### TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR ASTOUND 2.0 FOR MACINTOSH AND POWER
> MACINTOSH
>
> * Text Editing
> * Business Charts
> * Animation And Multimedia Effects
> * Graphics
> * Interactivity
> * Timelines
> * Hard Copy Formats
> * On Screen Presentations
> * Clip Media
> * System Requirements
>
>
> ### EASY TO USE
>
> * Create and design presentations quickly with easy-to-use "slide
> and outline" format
> * Choose from over 70 professionally designed templates with
> built-in multimedia effects
> * Import presentations created in Microsoft PowerPoint and Adobe
> Persuasion
> * View and arrange your presentation quickly with the slide sorter
>
>
> ### QUICK AND EASY TEXT EDITING
>
> * User-defined font, style, size, color, and bullet character for
> three bullet levels
> * Set character spacing and line spacing
> * Transform text documents into organized presentations with a
> built-in text outliner
> * Search and replace throughout your presentation
> * Built-in spell checker
>
>
> ### DAZZLING BUSINESS CHARTS
>
> * Import or subscribe to Lotus 1-2-3 and Microsoft Excel files, or
> directly enter worksheet data
> * Make bars and graphs bounce, tumble and grow automatically with
> dramatic animation effects
> * Turn clip art and other graphics into animated pictographs that
> dynamically represent your data
>
>
> ### AWESOME ANIMATION AND MULTIMEDIA EFFECTS
>
> * Animate any or all objects in seconds
> * Import graphic images in TIF, EPS, GIF, PICT, JPEG, BMP, PCX,
> TGA and Photo CD image formats
> * Load WAV, AIFF or SND sound files
> * Add animated clip art in Astound's and Animation Works "actor"
> format
> * Record synchronized narration automatically
> * Play continuous sound across multiple slides
> * Place QuickTime movies in your presentations
> * Create text that flies on to the screen one letter, word, or
> line at a time with automatic text transitions
> * Choose from over 30 slide and object transitions
> * Export your presentations as QuickTime movies
> * Construct complex effects like transparencies and negative
> images to any object by applying an ink mode
>
>
> ### INCREDIBLE GRAPHICS FOR ADDED IMPACT
>
> * Create unlimited shapes with 20 built-in shape tools
> * Extrude shapes for dramatic 3D effect
> * Blend two objects together with the tweening function
> * Apply patterns or custom multi-color gradations to any object or
> text
> * Generate realistic textures such as clouds, flames, stone,
> marble and more with texture fills
> * Choose an array of colors using pre-defined color schemes
> * 24-bit color support
>
>
> ### AMAZING INTERACTIVITY
>
> * Make any object interactive
> * Create "3D" buttons with the Button tool
> * Create buttons that hide or reveal any object, jump to any point
> in a presentation, or even control the playback of a video clip
>
>
> ### TIMELINES FOR PRECISE SYNCHRONIZATION
>
> * View all slide activity in a single window
> * Distribute events over time automatically with the click of a
> button
> * Place markers anywhere during slide duration to serve as "jump"
> points
> * Check the timing of a presentation by previewing a specific time
> range on a slide's timeline.
>
>
> ### HARD COPY FORMATS
>
> * Print handouts and speaker notes in a variety of formats
> * Supports slide output service bureaus like Autographix for fast,
> high quality slides and overheads
>
>
> ### ON-SCREEN PRESENTATIONS
>
> * Distribute presentations with royalty-free runtime player
> * Adjust speed, volume, and order of presentation playback on the
> fly with on-screen control panel
> * Add sound effects and music uninterrupted across multiple slides
> * Use your mouse as a "notation pen" to emphasize important points
> in your presentation
> * View speaker notes on your PowerBook while showing your
> presentation on an external monitor
> * Supports presentation playback on multiple monitor
>
>
> ### TONS OF CLIP MEDIA
>
> * CD-ROM packed with clip media including sound effects,
> backgrounds, QuickTime movies, animations, and clip art
> * Access all of your clip media easily from drag-and-drop
> libraries
>
>
> ### SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
>
> Any Macintosh running System 7.1 or higher. CD-ROM required to
> access clip media.
>
> Copyright 1995 Gold Disk Inc. Astound and Gold Disk are registered
> trademarks of Gold Disk Inc. Macintosh Power Macintosh and QuickTime
> are trademarks of Apple Computer. All other trademarks are property
> of their respective owners.
>
> * * *
? [Idea Forum - Astound][1]
The download contains Disk Copy 4.2 images of the install disks for
version 2.01E plus a serial number.
Download #3 is a full set of installation disks for Astound 2.0.3.
Compatibility
Architecture: 68k PPC
System 7.1 at least.
Tested OK in System 7.5.5. Test run failed in Mac OS 9.2.2.
Tested OK in Mac OS 7.6.1 and 8.1 (Basilisk II)
[1]:
http://www.ideaforum.com/astound.htm
