Stimulus is a powerful media browser that will allow you to easily enable access to your digital content from where it resides on your hard drive.

Here are some key features of "Stimulus":

Quick Access to Your Digital Media
· Tired of juggling between multiple applications just to enjoy your library of digital media files? With support for 28 popular file formats, Stimulus provides an easy to use media browser with an integrated search engine, allowing you to quickly find and view/play all of your favorite images, audio files, and video clips from within a single application.

Organize Your Digital Life
· Discouraged by the expensive prices of media management software? With Stimulus, you can rename, move, and delete files to easily manage your collections of family photos, creative assets, digital movies, music, and more.

Display Thumbnails and File Properties
· Need to find a specific image, but can't remember it's filename? Use the built-in thumbnail viewer. Select a supported media file to see related file properties, such as size, format, width, height, resolution, color depth, duration, and more.

Easily Keep Track of Your Favorite Files
· Frustrated with complicated catalog formats of other software products? Tired of searching your computer for frequently used files? Mark specific files as Favorites to be easily accessible from the Favorites tab. You can even save notes and organize your Favorites into categories.

Convenient Presentation Options
· Sit back and enjoy your collection of digital media with the built-in Slideshow option with adjustable timer. Tired of always scrolling through large images and videos? Use the Scale to Fit option to automatically resize large images and videos to fit within the browser window when displayed.

Handy Visual Tools
· View images and video in the size you want with the Zoom feature. Did you take a few "sideways" photos with your digital camera? The Rotate Image feature lets you view them the right way.

Enhanced Audio Features
· Beyond the standard playback controls and a sweet Equalizer Display, Stimulus provides Bass, Treble, and Volume controls, so that you can easily customize the sound when playing audio and video files.

Plays Well with Others
· Need to modify a media file in a 3rd party editor? Not only can you copy and print selected images and video frames, but you can also open any supported media file in another one of your software applications from within Stimulus.


Requirements:

· QuickTime 7.1.3 or higher.
· Windows Media Player 9 or higher.
· 50MB available RAM (100+ MB recommended for large media files).
· 20MB HDD Space


Limitations:

· The demo version limits the browser to display only the first 5 media files in every folder

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· New] - We listen to our customers! You asked for it, so we deliver! New Redesigned interface integrates the Thumbnail Viewer with the File Browser, improving usability and optimizing screen real estate.
· [New] - Now available as a Universal Binary for Mac users!
· [New] - The File Browser now automatically generates Preview Thumbnails for video files.
· [New] - Image and Video Thumbnails are now displayed blazingly fast with a new caching system (after they have been loaded the first time in the File Browser).
· [New] - The new File Browser supports 2 size settings for displaying Thumbnails: Small and Large. You can choose the Thumbnail display size by either clicking the desired size icon in the toolbar or by selecting the size in the Preferences.
· [New] - The File Browser can now go directly to a specific volume, disk, or folder with the new "Open Folder" menu item.
· [New] - The JPEG 2000 file format (.jp2) is now supported (requires QuickTime 7.1.3 or higher).
· [New] - The M4V video file format (.m4v) is now supported. Please note that DRM-protected .m4v files purchased from iTunes will not play in Stimulus, but unprotected .m4v files should play fine.
· [New] - The DV video file format (.dv) is now supported (includes QuickTime-compatible DV and DVC Pro).
· [New] - The Windows Media Audio & Video file formats (.wma & .wmv) are now supported. Please note that DRM-protected Windows Media files are not supported. On Mac OS X, Windows Media support (WM 9) requires the Windows Media Component for QuickTime by Flip4Mac to be installed. Free Download at: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/wmcomponents.mspx
· [New] - The Copy to the Clipboard feature has been expanded to include a new "Copy Image" or "Copy Video Frame" menu item (depending upon the type of media file currently selected), located in the Edit Menu, below the standard "Copy" menu item. This frees up the standard "Copy" menu item to copy selected text (such as Favorites Notes or File Properties).
· [New] - When turned on, the Scale-to-Fit feature automatically scales the selected image or video. Plus you can now turn on/off Scale-to-Fit via a keyboard shortcut: Command-F (Mac) or Control-F (Windows).
· [New] - When a video file is paused, the playback controls for "Rewind" and "Fast Forward" will now more accurately move back or forward by 1 frame (instead of 1 second), based on an average 24 frames per second.
· [Fix] - Play/Pause button now correctly reverts back to the Play icon once a media file finishes playing.
· [Fix] - The Search Engine no longer mistakes Mac OS X bundles as directories, ignoring their contents during searches.
· [Fix] - The File Browser now properly displays filenames with the correct Unicode text encoding (when applicable).
· [Fix] - Windows XP: Fixed/removed an error message that sometimes appeared when playing an Audio CD track for the first time.
· [Chg] - Due to the new integrated Thumbnail/File Browser, the Media Filter feature has been removed.
· [Fix] - Dozens of other minor bug fixes and performance enhancements.
· [Kis] - Windows XP: Equalizer bands are not yet supported with CD Audio & Windows Media files.
· [Kis] - Windows XP: Bass & Treble controls are not yet supported with CD Audio & Windows Media files.
· [Kis] - Windows XP: Windows Media video frames cannot be printed or copied from within Stimulus.