Movie Works Deluxe 51 Review

Presentations SEPTEMBER 2001 WWW.PRESENTATIONS.COM TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNIQUES FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION The sequencer is the heart of the program and has some surprising power. If you want to put together a slideshow with hundreds of clips, for in review instance, you don’t have to import such a torrent through the file menu. Instead, the program lets you drag an entire folder from the desktop to the INTERACTIVE open application. MovieWorks loads each clip into the sequencer, and after you click the autosequence button, the program automatically shifts the SOLUTIONS clips into succession. MOVIEWORKS Climbing the wall of ease DELUXE 5.1 Going through the program, I found the interface comfortable for the mul- For the average presenter, timedia beginner. The help window was a good place to turn for answers, multimedia can be a scary but balloon help is not an option — a big drawback for less-advanced users. word. We like what it repre- Navigating the menus does take some getting used to, especially when sents, but actually diving into toggling between application windows that look similar. the complex creation programs I also had problems with some of the program’s functions. While trying to add transparency to eliminate the white — that’s another story. background surrounding irregular-shaped Interactive Solutions MovieWorks objects, for example, I found the program left promises to provide presenters with a …