PulpMotion 2.3

PulpMotion 2.3 is created to be a fast- speed and easy-to-use utility for users.

PulpMotion is the software your photos and videos have been waiting for! Forget the long hours spent editing and the tedious adjustments. It's all done for you:

Simply drag and drop your preferred photos, movies and music, apply a visual theme from the PulpMotion theme menu and you're done!  3minutes. Wow!

1. Send video postcards or screensavers by email
2. Podcast your video animation using Garageband
3. Put your animation onto an iPod
4. Publish your animation to a webpage using iWeb
5. Or export your animations for further editing in iMovie or Final Cut.
6. Themes
   • More than 80 themes and presets let you present your data in innovative ways.
   • All themes support zones of interest created in MemoryMiner.
   • All themes support any output aspect ratio.
   • All themes support transparent backgrounds.
   • New themes are added regularily.
   • Custom themes can be created for your special needs.
7. Easy To Use
   • Multiple documents can be opened at the same time.
   • Clear user interface lets you create stunning compositions in seconds.
   • Simplified view for the Settings to show only what is important.
   • Uses some Leopard only features when running on Mac OS 10.5, while keeping compatibility with Mac OS X Tiger.
   • Much better handling of large quantities of images.
   • Dramatically improved performance when manipulating media.
   • Improved visual feedback when editing media or selecting media.
   • Access to the settings.
   • RAW images are now properly handled when dragged from the finder.
   • Image editor.
   • No movie editing knowledge required. All your creations can be done by "drag & drop".
   • Hierarchical layout lets you access the relevant sections.
   • In-built movie editor lets you control the IN and OUT points in movies.
   • In-built image editor lets you rotate and crop your pictures.
   • Adjust automatically the compositions parameters so that the animation duration matches the soundtrack duration.
   3. Media
   
   • Ability to add more than one song as the background music.
   • Ability to set an IN and OUT point for music files Standard.
   • Floating Media manager that can be resized.
   • Ability to drop images directly in the theme settings when appropriate.
   • Multi-line text editor for media info.
   • Option to freeze a movie on the last image after it has played.
   • Option to freeze a movie on the first image before it plays.
   • Media inspector lets you edit the title, notes, dates and rating of media for the composition.
   • Choose whether video soundtracks should be played during presentation or export.
   • Choose whether the video media should be played for the full length.
   • Access your media from standard locations: iTunes, iMovie projects, iPhoto, Garageband.
   • Drag any folder to access the media in them.
   • Support for advanced setups: multiple iPhoto or iMovie libraries.
   • In-built media viewers let you preview your movie, images and music tracks.
8. Export
   • Added support for elgato Turbo.264 encoder.
   • Fully customizable Quicktime based export.
   • Export at any size and in any available codec. Export in HD.
   • Support for anti-aliasing and motion blur for high quality export.
   • Anti-flickering option for super high quality when dealing with high resolution images.
   • Shortcuts for exporting to Mail, iDVD, GarageBand, iWeb, iPod,...
   • Create standalone compositions bundled with a Player.
   • Create screensavers.
   • Export your compositions for the Apple TV.
   • Convert existing compositions outputs for viewing on the Apple TV iPhone etc.
9. Other goodies
   • Spotlight search PulpMotion standalone player PulpMotion Player SDK
   • In addition to the features described before, PulpMotion also:
   • Includes a Spotlight plugin for easy retrieval of pulpmotion documents, based on keywords, media names and comments.
   • Includes a Player component that third party developers can integrate in their applications.
   • Includes support for third party developers: a player SDK is included for easy integration of PulpMotion documents in your application.

Requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.4.4 or later
• 1-GHz G4, G5, or Intel-based Mac
• 512 MB of RAM (1 GB recommended)
• Quartz Extreme compatible card (all recent Macs do)
• An iSight camera or DV camera (optional)
• Internet connection required for registration.