MAEstro Software Multimedia Authoring Environment Demonstration Script

I. Introduction

A.  Welcome.  For the next few minutes, you will be led on a tour of
the MAEstro Software Multimedia Authoring Environment.  To pause this
demonstration at any time, press the Pause button on the front panel
of the TimeLine Editor application.  Press Pause again to resume the
demonstration.

B.  The MAEstro Software Multimedia Authoring Environment is an
expandable suite of applications to simplify thetask of creating
multimedia documents.  MAEstro Software's goal is to give you a rich
toolkit that lets you control information in ways that we cannot
imagine and ways that suit you best.

i) For example, use the applications together to create multimedia
  presentations such as this one.

ii) Or, use individual MAEstro media editors to enhance and augment your
  custom software applications.

iii) Use the "maestro talk" application to create your own scripted
  documents instead of using the graphically-based TimeLine Editor
  that you see here.

C.  There are endless possibilities.  This package includes sample
software so you can begin to explore some of those possibilities.


II. Describing MAEstro Software's Product

A.  Here are some of the tools to help you create multimedia documents.

B.  The TimeLine Editor is the basic authoring application in the
environment.  It controls the performance of a document and makes it
easy for you to create documents.

C.  This document has five tracks, one for each media application
being used by the document.  The role of each application used here
will be described during this demonstration.

D.  Pause markers are one of many TimeLine features, and have been
sprinkled through the document at good stopping points to give you a
break.  Pause markers are noted by red vertical bars.  When you reach
a pause marker, TimeLine's Pause button will light.  To continue
playback, press the Pause or Play button.

E.  The Digital Tape Recorder application is used for recording and
playback of SPARCaudio.  Use it to add voice or musical annotations to
other documents.  DigitalTapeRecorder takes advantage of the full
range of audio quality on Sun's Ultra workstation, from 8 kilohertz
phone quality to CD and DAT high-quality stereo audio.

F.  DisplayTool is the slideshow component of the environment.  Use
DisplayTool to browse a Gallery of images in several common formats,
including TIFF, JPEG, Sun Raster, and others.  Drag images from the
Gallery into the Slide area to create your own slideshows.

G.  There are more than ten MAEstro Software applications to help you,
with more on the way.  And authorship with all MAEstro applications is
easy: just open the document you want, select the part of the document
you want to perform, then click on the TimeLine where you want it to
be performed.  Then use TimeLine to see your results.

H.  This demonstration won't describe in detail all of the MAEstro
Software authoring tools.  We encourage you to try them for yourself,
to get a taste of what you can do with with MAEstro's product.

I.  The purchased product comes User's and Programmer's Guides and six
months of free support.  And, as a promotional offering for
UltraComputing, MAEstro Software is offering the product for $500.
That's pretty much half off the regular price.  And, volume and
educational discounts still apply.

J.  The current suite of applications is just the beginning.  MAEstro
Software's goal is to support new and exciting applications and media.
As a demonstration, this package includes MAEstro-ready versions of
the NCSA Mosaic Web browser and XAnim animation movie player.  The
MAEstro Messaging System makes it easy to add new capabilities to your
authoring toolchest.  Contact MAEstro Software for more information on
integrating your custom software with the MAEstro Software
environment.

III. Conclusion

A.  This concludes our demonstration of MAEstro Software's Multimedia
Authoring Environment.  Please feel free to explore for yourself by
modifying this document, or create your own documents.

B.  Thank you for trying MAEstro Software's product.


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- User's Guide                      
- Programmer's Guide                
- Six months free support:          
	* includes software upgrades

Promotional Pricing:	$500 / license	
 	* down from $995		
 					  
 					  
 					  
 
Educational & Volume discounts still apply
(see http://www.mae.com/ for details)	  
