Some of you may be interested in this. Lots going on from my cursory glance ...
Regards,
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Macromedia Internet and Multimedia News - February, 1998
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Welcome to the Macromedia Internet and Multimedia Newsletter,
a monthly e-mail newsletter for Macromedia Director,
Dreamweaver, Flash, and Shockwave customers.
In this February 1998 issue:
1) The Olympic Movement - with Macromedia Flash
2) Design in Motion Seminars coming your way
3) Special pricing on Flash
4) Win a Trip to Anywhere in the World!
5) Find new clients with the Developer Locator
6) New Shockwave Downloads include the Flash Asset Xtra
7) Ten New Awards in 1998
8) Macromedia Authorized Training Programs
9) March trade shows coming up
10) Subscribe / Unsubscribe
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1) The Olympic Movement - with Macromedia Flash
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Visit the Nagano Olympics yourself at the official Olympic
Movement website for the 1998 Winter Olympics at:
olympic.org
The Olympic Movement website shows a true mastery of
Macromedia Flash skills in multimedia site design. Be sure
to explore this site for background information about the
Olympic games, and more specifically the history of the
winter games. Take a virtual tour of The Olympic Museum and
keep up-to-date on the latest Olympic news from Nagano. This
site is bilingual in English and French.
The Olympic Movement website was featured as the Macromedia
Shocked Site of the Day on February 6. If you have a shocked
site to enter yourself, check out the submission area at
macromedia.com
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2) Design in Motion Seminars coming your way
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The Macromedia Design in Motion Seminar - Dynamic Design for
Print and the Web - is coming to a city near you!
Your clients want you to design for print, multimedia, and
the Web. Are you ready? Attend Macromedia's free Design In
Motion seminar and you will be!
Illustrate it with FreeHand 8
Animate it with Flash 2
Advertise it with Director 6
Take it to the Web with Dreamweaver
Attend it in one of the following five cities:
Dallas - Tuesday, February 24
Washington D.C. - Thursday, February 26
Minneapolis - Tuesday, March 3
Chicago - Thursday, March 5
Toronto - Tuesday, March 24
For more information or to register, visit
special.macromedia.com
Hope to see you there!
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3) Special pricing on Flash!
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Hurry! This offer ends on March 31, 1998. Subscribers to this
Internet & Multimedia Newsletter can purchase Flash for only
$249 -- which is a $50 savings, or, if you purchase Director
or Dreamweaver, you can add Flash to your order for just $199
-- which is a $100 savings.
Order now! Call 1-800-457-1774 and mention priority code 201
or see flash.com for more information on Flash.
Offer valid in North America (USA and Canada) only.
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4) Win a Trip to Anywhere in the World!
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February 28, 1998 marks the last day for our Web site
development contest!
Use Dreamweaver to create a site about the new millennium,
El Nino, or just redesign your own site and submit it to us.
The winner will receive roundtrip tickets to anywhere in the
world!
Check out dreamweaver.com for more details.
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5) Find new clients! - with the Developer Locator
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If you're a developer looking for clients, you should check
out find1.macromedia.com You can list your company
in the Macromedia Developer Locator for just $99 a year! We
will link to your site, list the products and projects you
prefer and display a full description of your company.
The Developer Locator is just one of the benefits of the
Macromedia Developer Program, the Developer Support Network.
For information on the complete Developer Support Network
program, check out macromedia.com
Sign up for the Developer Locator today! Call 1-800-457-1774
or (+1) 801-224-7400 and mention priority code 721.
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5) New Shockwave Downloads include the Flash Asset Xtra!
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Last month, we told you about Smart Shockwave, the "Get
Shockwave" button that allows users to automatically install
and play the most current version of Shockwave without ever
having to leave the intended Web site or banner ad. You can
find the code to create this button at
macromedia.com
Now, when your users download the latest version of the
Shockwave plug-in, it will include the Flash Asset Xtra
(playback version only). They will be able to automatically
see Flash animations within Shockwave Director without any
additional installations.
If your end-users already have Shockwave installed, they can
easily install the playback only version of the Flash Asset
Xtra by going to:
macromedia.com
Developers will use the author-time version of the Flash
Asset Xtra to bring in vector-based graphics, animations and
text into Director. Animate beautiful, vector-based,
anti-aliased text; control nearly every Flash movie property.
Play, Rewind, Step forward or backward through the Flash
movie. Rotate it. Scale it. Adjust quality setting and turn
sound on or off. Render direct-to-stage or composite with
other sprites. For more information about authoring with the
Flash Asset Xtra, please visit:
macromedia.com
Vector-based Flash movies break the bandwidth barrier with
super-compact animations, buttons, advertising banners,
logos, maps, and cartoons that can stream locally or from
the Web.
For a walk-through tutorial, sample movie, and to view the
Read Me file, check out:
macromedia.com
For a first-hand developer article on using the Flash Asset
Xtra, check out DOUG at:
director-online.com
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4) Ten New Awards in 1998!
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We are proud to announce that the Macromedia Internet and
Multimedia products: Director, Dreamweaver, Flash,
SoundEdit 16 and Shockwave, have won numerous awards thus
far in 1998 and here are 10 of the highlights!
Shockwave: MVP Awards: Web Browser Add-In, PC/Computing,
Jan 98.
Director 6.0 Multimedia Studio: Platinum Award for Multimedia
Authoring Software, AV Video and Multimedia Producer.
Director: Eddy Award: Best Multimedia Authoring Software,
Macworld, Jan 98.
Director 6.0: Hyper Award: Best product in the General
Authoring category, NewMedia, Feb 1998.
Dreamweaver: Hyper Award: Best product in the category of
Visual Web Authoring, NewMedia, Feb 1998.
Flash: MVP Awards: Web Design Utility Finalist, PC/Computing,
Jan 98.
Flash: Editor's Choice, c/net's builder.com, Jan 98.
Flash 2.0: Hyper Award: Best product in the Web Animation
Software category, NewMedia, Feb 1998.
Flash 2.0: Platinum Award for 2d, 3D Animation Software
AV Video and Multimedia Producer.
SoundEdit 16: Platinum Award for Web Software
AV Video and Multimedia Producer.
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6) Macromedia Authorized Training Programs
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Macromedia has developed a global network of top-quality
Director and Flash Authorized Training Providers to whom we
refer our numerous customer training requests.
The program benefits include referral services to help you
fill your classes, mailing list privileges, use of our logo,
and free priority technical support. You'll also get special
discounts on our Director and Flash instructor and student
training materials, as well as a 30% discount on the price of
attending our International and Regional User Conferences.
There are many more benefits to becoming a Macromedia
Authorized Training Provider for Director or Flash. To find
out more, or to locate a trainer near you, send an email
request to mailto:training@macromedia.com or check out our
website at macromedia.com and choose
"training" from the left navigation bar.
The program benefits include referral services to help you
fill your classes, mailing list privileges, use of our logo,
and free priority technical support. You'll also get special
discounts on our Director and Flash instructor and student
training materials, as well as a 30% discount on the price of
attending our International and Regional User Conferences.
For those of you interested in becoming a Dreamweaver trainer,
the Authorized Training Program for Dreamweaver will be coming
this spring!
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7) March trade shows coming up!
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Macromedia hits the road for Los Angeles and New York in March!
Be sure to visit our booths:
Internet World: Los Angeles Convention Center, March 11-13,
Booth #6601 .
Seybold: New York Jacob Javits Convention Center, March 18-20,
Booth #602.
Get a first hand look at Director 6.0.2, Dreamweaver 1, Flash 2,
and the new Xtras Essentials from Macromedia. Who knows, you
might win yourself a free copy of Dreamweaver!
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updated on the latest Internet and Multimedia product news!
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