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e frontier Announces Release of MotionArtist 4

e frontier today announced the release of MotionArtist 4 for Windows, an upgrade to the company’s inexpensive and easy-to-use Flash animation software. MotionArtist 4 enables anyone to create banner ads, digital photo albums, website designs, presentations, greeting cards and web comics. Key features in this new version include: new wizards and templates, an improved timeline and text editing palette, a new browser preview, and additional clip art to choose from.
For more information about MotionArtist 4, visit www.e-frontier.com/go/motionartist.
MotionArtist 4 greatly expands its built-in content over previous versions of MotionArtist, and now includes over 1500 ready-to-use animations, characters, backgrounds, borders, buttons and special effects to choose from. This huge content library offers users unlimited choices to “drag-and-drop” content for easy play back.
MotionArtist does not require knowledge of web design, Flash software or action scripting. An editable timeline simplifies the creation and the integration of multiple Flash animations, motion graphics and MP3/WAV files. Web professionals will appreciate the rapid prototyping tools in MotionArtist 4, which provide the easiest way to produce fully animated custom banner ads.
Features of MotionArtist 4 Include:
Intuitive User Interface and New Layout Control
Drag-and-drop functionality and a colorful, editable timeline help make Flash creation easy. View imported MP3 files on the timeline in easy to read waveform display.
Improved Timeline
You can easily edit properties such as display times, animation length, fades and music.
Browser Preview
Flash projects can be previewed with any HTML browser before exporting to Flash (SWF).
Improved Cell Mode Animation
Image frames can be animated with only a few clicks. Users can also import imagery from other e frontier software such as Poserâ„¢, Shadeâ„¢ or Anime Studioâ„¢.
Improved Clip List
Sample clips help new users get started quickly.
Movie Output
MotionArtist is perfect for adding titling effects to home movies. Animations can be saved into Windows (AVI) and QuickTime (MOV) movie file formats.
“Now Loading” Pages
Built-in transition pages are included, or you can create your own.
New Wizards and Templates
MotionArtist 4’s new wizards and templates step users through the process to help build outstanding web pages, banners, web comics, presentations and digital photo albums.

  • Web Page Templates
    Create new web pages or add life to existing content with built-in templates.
  • Digital Photo Albums
    Use templates to create flash-based digital photo albums.
  • Presentation Templates
    Quickly create exciting Flash presentations without having to learn Flash.
  • Greeting Card Templates
    Use the enclosed greeting cards or create your own.
  • Web Comic Templates
    Choose from several built-in web comic templates.
    Pricing and Availability:
    MotionArtist 4 for Windows is currently available by electronic download (ESD) for $49.99 (USD), with upgrades from previous versions for $19.99 (USD) direct through the e frontier web store (https://store.e-frontier.com/MotionArtist) and through Content Paradise (https://www.contentparadise.com). MotionArtist will also be available in retail boxes through e frontier’s retail partners worldwide and through educational distributors, Douglas Stewart and Academic Distributing in February 2007. MotionArtist for Macintosh is planned for release later in 2007.
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