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TurboDemo Changelog

What's new in TurboDemo 7.5

Dec 16, 2011
  • Capturing
  • Capture Screenshots and Audio at the same time
  • Editing
  • Simulation of text typing
  • Audio editor for professional editing of audio streams, e.g. post-editing of volume, cutting of recordings.
  • Automatic balloons and notes creation.
  • Numerous effects for slide transitions.
  • Output of changing individual error messages in interactive elements
  • Images and available Skins can be assigned to the rollover feature
  • Enhanced user interface
  • Clipboard Feature to copy and paste between projects
  • Option to make your Pause Button transparent
  • Pause button can be resized
  • Mouse Cursor files (.cur) and images can be assigned as mouse cursors
  • Add mouse click sound to specific slides
  • Enhancement of the Quiz function
  • Import of animations
  • Enhancement of the SWF import
  • Enhanced Linux compatibility
  • Output & Formats
  • TurboDemo™ 7.x offers an additional format: - Microsoft Word Document (.doc)
  • Enhanced Flash output
  • Enhanced Resize Option
  • Mouse click visualization for left and right mouse clicks
  • Additional navigation bar in the old TurboDemo style
  • SCORM Enhancements
  • The SCORM Demo/Tutorials can be exported now with 2004 compliance
  • JAVA SCORM feature is now included in the Professional Version

New in TurboDemo 6.0 (Dec 16, 2011)

  • SCORM compatible formats
  • Take advantage of SCORM export for Flash and JAVA formats in E-Learning tutorials (With SCORM you are able to receive results, like wrong clicks, out of your demo)
  • Work with the results of the participants using the LMS (Learning Management Systems can manage your demos and the results for the viewers)
  • New Flash Export
  • The Flash export has been totally redone and now allows simulations or demonstrations with a longer duration and smaller file size
  • In addition to different color depths users can now select a JPG compression for generating demonstrations
  • Choose between several navigation bars for Flash and EXE export
  • Import Shockwave Files (SWF) to a slide to make Demos/Tutorials more attractive
  • Visualization of mouse clicks in the generated Demos/Tutorials
  • Improved user interface
  • Addition of UNDO and REDO functions
  • Alignment of objects with the arrow keys
  • Automatic balloons and notes creation
  • Images imported directly as a screenshot (slide background)
  • Enterprise Version Extensions
  • E-Learning solutions with full SCORM compliancy
  • SkinStudio Add-On for creating your own balloons and notes with your company logo or corporate design
  • PowerConverter to convert your big Powerpoint presentations into small and streamable Flash files for your webpage
  • ScreenStudio to capture screenshots under Linux and Mac to be edited later, using TurboDemo™
  • Additional Formats
  • ASF-Format: This Windows Media Player format allows you to make extremely small videos for viewing from version 7 and above.
  • Image Export: Export your slides as images in the formats BMP, GIF or JPEG

New in TurboDemo 5.0 (Dec 16, 2011)

  • Network Version / CD Version
  • The network version allows users to launch TurboDemo without installation from either
  • - a CD or
  • - the server
  • Standard or default settings can be created for the server
  • The user can adjust the TurboDemo settings on their personal workstation
  • Recording
  • Use "CTRL+Shift+T" for automatic capturing method in addition to "Mouse tracking" and "Pause" Button
  • A faster way of capturing by using DirectX technology: DirectX offers the power of multimedia in Windows and gives you the best possible experience with graphics, sound, music, and 3-D animation. Using DirectX with TurboDemo allows you to record screenshots much faster and capture quicker movements that normally can't be captured by standard Windows routines.
  • TurboDemo currently supports DirectX versions 6.0 through 9.0
  • Option to record Drag&Drop-icons
  • Option to record icons including their ToolTips
  • New export formats
  • Additional documentation option to generate PDF files
  • Additional option to compile your Demo in GIF format, as well as FLASH, JAVA, HTML and EXE
  • Animated Objects
  • Additional animated objects such as a Wizard or logos
  • Now you can use amazing skins for your Balloons and Notes
  • Additional shapes for call outs, balloons, notes and text objects
  • Enhancements
  • Memory Manager:The new Memory Manager allows TurboDemo to use 20 to 50 TIMES less RAM than before. So even if you have a lot of slides, your computer will still be able to run smoothly using only a small amount of RAM
  • The Memory Manager is completely transparent and is running automatically in the background
  • Increased Objects Capabilities:
  • - Ability to select more objects or even ALL objects in a slide and use all of the functions such as Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete, Moving, and more...
  • - Lock and Unlock Feature: Now you can lock/unlock each individual object. This guarantees that the position and traits of the locked object will be fixed and cannot be moved by mistake.
  • Additional menu items for easier editing of the Interactivity functions
  • Added flexibility to the interactive "Click Area" options.
  • Can access the "Additional Click Areas" option from the "Slide" drop down menu or from the icons.
  • Setting to Automatically Open the Last Project:
  • This is an option that can easily be activated or deactivated.
  • Enhancements for Flash generation
  • Importing of GIF files.
  • Revision of the Help file, now available in HTML format
  • Options to modify the slide color
  • A Confirmation Message is provided prior to deletion of a slide
  • The quantity of items in the Last Projects Menu has been increased from the last 5 to the last 8 items
  • Navigation
  • "No Skin Option" when compiling in Java
  • More skins available for Flash Demo/Tutorials
  • Control Panel for the Internal Player: Increase and Decrease of the Slide Time.

New in TurboDemo 4.0 (Dec 16, 2011)

  • Generate Flash Demos/Tutorials: The user is now able, using the new Flash Export feature to create Macromedia Flash Animation with all features, objects and functions of TurboDemo™. Without any prior Flash Programming knowledge, the user can create amazing Flash Animations with one click.
  • Interactive Flash Demos/Tutorials: Create Macromedia Flash Animation including the interactive functions and objects.
  • Flash navigation: Choose one of 3 amazing navigation panels to present your Demos/Tutorials.
  • New skins: The new version of TurboDemo™ will offer 12 fantastic new Java/HTML-skins for free.
  • Resize project's resolution: After you have completed a Demo/Tutorial you can alter screen resolution size of your Demo/Tutorial. You can shrink or enlarge your Demo/Tutorial resolution size.
  • Screenshot capturing using the mouse: This feature allows the user to use the mouse to capture screenshots. Every time the mouse is clicked a screenshot is taken. You can also continue to use the hot-key as always to capture screenshots.
  • Automatic adaptation of the capture area: The capture area will automatically conform to the application you would like to record (CTRL+SHIFT+R). And vice versa the application can be automatically fitted to the area captured (CTRL+SHIFT+P).
  • No Time Restriction: The minimum reading time (Project/Options Menu) can now be reduced to 0.1 sec. using the "No Time Restriction" entry. With this new feature you will be able to make a realistic simulation of typing of a text in an application.
  • Compatibility: 100% compatible with older versions of TurboDemo™. The old project files can be imported directly without using any conversion routines.
  • Clipboard Options: Use CTRL+C, CTRL+V and CTRL+X to copy and paste all objects and slides in your projects.
  • Transfer slides from one project to another using the clipboard option.
  • Enhanced Options for Single Slide View:Copy, Cut, Paste, Delete and duplicate slides in the view Single Slide Mode.
  • Automatic compilation of the Demo/Tutorial: This option helps the users to easily generate Demos/Tutorials using the last selected file format chosen
  • Enhanced objects in relation to the slides
  • Shape object: The Shape can have any possible form. The user can choose as a drawing tool a rectangular shape, elliptic shape, lasso tool and poly lasso tool. Furthermore, the user can define the opacity of the shape, background color, outline color, outline style and outline thickness.
  • As with Notes and Balloons, the user can place as many Shape-Objects as desired on a slide. The Shape Objects can be elongated as well.
  • An action can be assigned to any shape.
  • Objects assigned to actions: Actions give the user the ability to create amazing interactive Demos/Tutorials. The following actions can be assigned to objects (e.g. Shape Object):
  • - Slide Label Skip: The user can choose to jump to a slide using the slide name. This has the advantage that it is not important if a slide is later inserted or deleted. The Software will always jump to the correct slide.
  • - Relative Skip: This means that the user can define a relative value in order to jump to another slide. Therefore if the end-user is currently on slide 10 and the user has defined as an event Jump+3 then the software will go to Slide 13.
  • - Absolute Skip: This means that the user can define an absolute value in order to jump to another slide. So if the end-user is currently on Slide 10 and the user has defined as an absolute value of 3 then the software will go to Slide 3.
  • - First and Last Slide Skip: This means that the user can define the action to go to the first or last slide.
  • - Web-Site or E-Mail URL: This action can be used to open a new URL or a website.
  • - Close Demo/Tutorial: This action closes the current window where the Demo/Tutorial is being played.
  • Insert Slide Action: Placed on a slide it will perform a defined event automatically (without interaction). So, for example, if the user assigned the Relative Skip Event +5 to Slide 10, then when the Player comes to Slide 10 the Player will automatically jump to Slide 15. The user can specify if the automatic actions should be fired/started before the Slide is displayed (immediately when the slide appears) or after the display time of the slide has elapsed.
  • Extended success and error message object: The user can define a action for each object, success and error message and decide which action to take when an answer is correct or not.
  • Extended Pause Area: The Pause Area can be extended with Actions such as Shape Objects.
  • Text Object: The user can insert Text-Objects which are constantly displayed on a slide and unlike Notes or Balloons,do not disappear. The background can be transparent or translucent. As with Notes and Balloons, the user can place as many Text-Objects as desired on a slide.
  • After creating an object, such as a Note Text, properties (such as font, color and background color) of this object will be defined for the whole project and become the default properties for new objects.

New in TurboDemo 2.0 (Dec 16, 2011)

  • A fantastic intelligent Streaming Technology. Now the Demos/Tutorials start immediately and information is loaded in the background.
  • New compression algorithms. The Demos/Tutorials are at least 10 times smaller than before.
  • Amazing export to Macromedia FLASH-Animation (SWF) with only one click.
  • Import and Export to Text-File format. By using these features, it is simple to translate an already created Demo/Tutorial Project in another language or do, for example, a spelling check with external software.
  • Animation Objects:
  • Animation Effect for Notes and Balloons.
  • Rollover Object.
  • Attention Attractor Object (Eye Catcher).
  • Elastic band Object (Animated Ellipses and Rectangles).
  • Hot-Key Area Object. With the Hot-Key Area Object, you can create Demos/Tutorials that react to specific Hot-Keys.
  • Click Area Helper Object. This Object is applied to help the end-user see where to click and is only shown if the user clicks outside of the defined Click Area.
  • New Skin Engine. Skin possibilities have been extremely extended
  • Demo-Tour Size is displayed after compiling the Demo/Tutorial
  • End Mouse Point (red circle) can be moved directly in the Single Slide Mode
  • With a double-click on the Start Mouse Point (blue circle) or on the End Mouse Point (red circle), you can change the mouse shape directly.
  • Automatic replacement of non-capture-able mouse shapes
  • Selection of all slides menu
  • De-selection of all slides menu
  • If you are navigating between slides in the Single Slide Mode and you return to Thumbnails Mode, you will be positioned directly to the slide that was active in Single Slide Mode
  • Paste Object Menu entry in Objects Menus
  • Windows Standard Hot-Keys such as Ctrl+X, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V.
  • When deleting a slide TurboDemo does not jump to the first slide anymore.

New in TurboDemo 1.5 (Dec 16, 2011)

  • Print routines have been implemented
  • Fonts and colors can be selected in Balloons, Notes, etc...
  • Time limits can be set for Demos/Tutorials
  • Export to AVI-Movie. You can export your Project to an AVI-Movie
  • Additional graphic file formats (BMP,TIFF,PNG,JPEG,PCX,TGA,PCD)
  • Skin engine.

New in TurboDemo 1.4 (Dec 16, 2011)

  • Support for double-byte characters languages (e.g. Japanese, Chinese). Localization Test routines
  • Multiple instances of TurboDemo can be launched from different directories

New in TurboDemo 1.2 (Dec 16, 2011)

  • Several internal changes
  • You can contact Bernard D&G and order TurboDemo per Fax over London, Washington, Paris, Milan and Sydney

New in TurboDemo 1.1 (Dec 16, 2011)

  • Deletion of in-use files during uninstall
  • More possibilities to order TurboDemo