Runtime Revolution Ships Revolution Media

[Lynn]

Runtime Revolution Ships Revolution Media

New Interactive, Rich Media Product for Designers

April 8, 2006. Edinburgh, Scotland. Runtime Revolution Ltd, the leader in multi-platform rich media and application development tools, announces the release of Revolution Media. In addition, Runtime Revolution introduces new support forums for all products, including specialized, per-project forums for Revolution Media.

Revolution Media lets digital production designers, artists and interactive media specialists create rich media projects, then deploy them on Mac OS X and Windows - all from the same project. There is no easier path to interactive media for graphics designers.

Revolution Media includes features that designers want:

Easy visual creation of media projects and utilities. Drag-create visuals: buttons, windows, information boxes, lists, players and more. Projects and utilities can be played back against a customizable backdrop - using Revolution Player - on Windows and MacOS X.

Step up to Revolution scripting. English-like Revolution is the easiest scripting language available - easier than Javascript or Flash ActionScript. Yet Revolution features all the modern language features that any developer would expect.

Stunning blending and transitions. All objects, from buttons to windows, can have animated, interactive blending and transparency, with over 20 new blend modes. Supports windows of any shape and effects on windows/dialogs, including alpha masks.

Powerful media engine with anti-aliased vector support. New anti-aliased vector graphics presentation layer. Supports advanced QuickTimeâ„¢ interactivity for playback of video, audio and more. Text-to-Speech, video/audio capture, printing, and loading/displaying media from a website barely scratch the surface on what projects can include.

Focused Starter Projects. Take a stack of graphics and transform them into a slideshow presentation, kiosk or artist’s digital portfolio. Turn your pictures instantly into a point-and-click adventure game. It comes with source code of all four templates you can modify for your own projects.

Revolution Media costs $49. Learn more about Revolution Media at http://revmedia.runrev.com. Media can also be upgraded to Revolution Studio and Revolution Enterprise.

Runtime Revolution also introduces new support and learning forums at http://forums.runrev.com. The new forums are set up by level so that those new to rich media can find exactly the information they want and need to extend their skill sets.

About Runtime Revolution

Founded in 1997, Runtime Revolution focuses on bringing user-centric software development to all major platforms: Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and Unix. The company is based in Edinburgh, Scotland. For more information on Runtime Revolution, please visit the company on the web at http://www.runrev.com or http://www.tenthumbstypingtutor.com.

[Mark]

Dear cszasz61,

You are right. I believe the Media license is valid for the current version only, as of the date of purchase. To use the new version, you need to buy a new license.

In my opinion, Media is nice to find out whether you like Revolution as a tool and it also helps learning Transcript (old name for the scripting language, but I want to distinguish the scripting language and the IDE, so I'll use the old name). However, for professional development I would buy Studio or Enterprise.

Once you discover that Revolution is the right tool for you and you have taken your time to learn Transcript, you could upgrade to Studio.

http://secure.runrev.com/Merchant2/merc ... e=WYRUQVXT

If I'm correct, you get a "discount" equal to the price of your original Media license. You might want to contact support to ask for the exact conditions that apply to this offer. I can't find that info in the Revolution store.

Best,

Mark

[Mark]

Hello,

Lynn wrote to the Rev User List that Media 2.7.2 is a free update. I assume he will post more information on the forum, soon.

Best,

Mark