This version will expire on July 1, 1994. next version should be ready by then.
System Requirements
•System 7or later.
•QuickTime 1.6.1 or later
•Sound Manager 3.0 or later recommended
•Mac II (68020) or later.
•Some features required AV class Macintosh.
(Tested on a Mac II and a 660AV)
MovieTrilogy is a set of 3 applications designed to do video subtitle on AV class Macintosh. However, they also work on other Mac with some unique features.
DeskTopTV
On AV Mac
•Video became live DeskTop pattern. (Change DeskTop pattern (using General Controls) to the same color as the Transparent Color in DeskTop TV. Then, select "Hide DeskTopTV" from process menu.)
•Watch TV in the background. Make video semi-transparent.
•Only use 200k (or as low as 64k if you don't modify the setups).
•Superimpose Graphics from any other application on top of the video with choice of "Transparent Color".
•Subtitle video. Make Karaoke! (Use TextMovie to create a text movie and use DeskTopMovie to superimpose text on video.)
•Switch between Color and Grayscale.
On both AV and non-AV Mac
•Copy frame to clipboard/file (you may have to increase memory)
•Movie Recording (you have to increase memory)
•Hide Menu Bar.
•QuickSwitch to Finder and DeskTopMovie.
DeskTopMovie
•MultiSpeed Play: Fast/Slow Motion.
•Make video tracks color transparent.
•Add background Picture to movie.
•Superimpose video tracks.
•Superimpose text on video tracks.
•Add sound tracks to movie.
•Direct to disk audio recording (AIFF).
•Direct to memory audio recording (system 7 sound file).
•Import and /or Export TEXT, PICT, PICS , sfil/snd , AIFF, Audio CD tracks.
•High quality dithering for better (but slower) 1 bit play back.
•Remove Video, Audio or Text tracks from movie.
•Hide Menu Bar.
•QuickSwitch to Finder and DeskTopTV.
TextMovie
•Text Editor is a multi-window, styled colored text editor
•Make Text Movie track.
•PlainTalk™ Text-To-Speech support
•Sound recording/playing.
MovieTrilogy is released as shareware. You are encouraged to make copies of MovieTrilogy and distribute to anybody through electronic services or on disks less than 2MB, provided you also copy the associated documentation. Distribution of MovieTrilogy on CD-ROM and all other high capacity (over 2MB) media is strictly prohibited. You can try it out for 60 days. If you like it, The single user registration fee for international users is US$30.00. Canadian residents only pay Cdn$30.00 by cash or cheque. For $10 extra I will send you a disk with the latest version of MovieTrilogy. All register user will receive a customer number and update notice by email. Registration confirmation will be given by email only unless explicitly requested.
Site licenses and CD-ROM distribution licenses are also available. Please contact me for more information.
Payments should be payable to Pink Elephant Technologies, checks should be drawn on an US bank and should be in US dollars (Canadian may pay in Canadian dollars drawn on an Canadian bank), and should be sent to:
P.O. Box 87042
Village Square Postal Outlet
2942 Finch Ave. East
Scarborough, Ontario, CANADA
M1W 1C5
Future
•Make self running movie
•AppleScript™ support
•XTND support
•resample/recompress movie
User Support
Please support the shareware idea and give me some motivation for further work on this program.
I need your feed back here. This is your chance to have a function custom-made to your need. If you have any questions, suggestions or bug reports. Please contact me at the following e-mail address: