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From: Automedia Marketing
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 00:00
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 00:00
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* MAKE YOUR OWN SCREEN SAVER
* SHARE YOUR PICTURE COLLECTIONS WITH OTHERS
* DEVELOP YOUR FILM STRAIGHT TO DISK
* MULTIMEDIA SLIDE SHOWS
I want to tell you about Backdrop. Backdrop is many things,
but it can best be described as a multimedia slide show maker.
With it, you can combine any pictures (35 file formats
supported natively) and sounds with textual or graphic
additional information, Internet URL addresses, system
commands, or documents (such as an AVI or MOV video file).
Your slide shows can then be viewed as full-screen
presentations, desktop wallpaper, or a screen saver (so, in
essence, you can make your own screen saver with Backdrop).
When you have a slide show you like, you can send copies of it
to your friends or relatives using a royalty free runtime
version of Backdrop.
But as I said, Backdrop is more than that. At its heart is a
multimedia file collection manager, which lets you organize
your pictures, sounds and screen savers. Once organized, you
can have Backdrop either randomly or sequentially change your
desktop wallpaper at any interval you select, or have it
change any or all of your system sounds or your screen saver.
Since you can associate any sound with any picture, when a
picture is chosen as the current wallpaper, its sound
association will play. This affords a very refreshing break
from the monotony of most computer use.
Plus, if you like to share images, sounds or screen savers with
others, you can export your collections into a single
compressed file and e-mail it or otherwise transfer it to any
other Backdrop user.
If you want to check out Backdrop, download the BDS191.ZIP file
from our web site. This is the Backdrop Sampler, which contains
all the functionality of Backdrop, except for runtime and
import/export capabilities.
When you buy Backdrop, you get coupons and discounts for
developing your film straight to floppy disk (and, optionally,
arrange for quick pickup via the Internet) with Seattle
Filmworks.
Backdrop is currently being offered for $29.95 for a limited
time ($59.95 regular price). If you have Visa or Mastercard,
call 1-800-428-2777 and place your order. If you wish to pay
by check or money order made out to Automedia, download the
Sampler and use the order form enclosed and mail or FAX it to
the address/number listed.
If you want to learn even more about Backdrop and Automedia,
give us a look at http://www.ailink.com.
Backdrop requires a 486 or better PC running Windows 3.1x, 95
or NT.
Please give us a look. Thank you for your time.
-- Automedia, Inc.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10f164,340d51adc767dce0 X-Google-Attributes: gid10f164,public From: marketing@ailink.com (Automedia Marketing) Subject: backdrop Date: 1996/11/15 Message-ID: <328cfc1d.5146777@news.speedlink.com> X-Deja-AN: 196742527 newsgroups: dc.media