Newsletter archive | MultiMedia Soft

Issue #5 (July 26, 2005)

Table of Contents for this Issue:
- 3D Button Suite 2006 released
- 3D Active Button Magic 8.8 released
- 3D Button API 3.0 released
- 3D Button Visual Editor 4.0 released
- Promotional prices for customers
- Advertise your products for free

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* 3D Button Suite 2006 released *
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On July 22, 2005 we have released the new version of 3D Button Suite.
This new suite includes the latest versions of the following "3D button" related products:

- 3D Active Button Magic 8.8
- 3D Button API 3.0
- 3D Button Visual Editor 4.0

Information about this new version can be found at
http://www.multimediasoft.com/3dbsuite

Customers of previous versions can get it benefiting of a big discount over the street price.
Previous customers of other products can also get a discount: ask our sales team for quotes.

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* 3D Active Button Magic 8.8 released *
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On July 22, 2005 we have released the new version of 3D Active Button Magic.
Here follows a summary of the new features:

- New user interface for “design time” editing: 3D Button Visual Editor is now fully integrated.
- Improved the rendering speed.
- Reduced the amount of memory required by the button caching system.
- Final application .exe files are now smaller in size.
- Added transparent GIF and PNG formats for button image export.
- Added support for independent cells containing text and pictures.
- Added support for lighting directions.
- Added support for alpha channel transparency.
- The control now behaves like a real control container
- Added new 3D gradient algorithms
- Added new shapes

Information about this new version can be found at
http://www.multimediasoft.com/3dabm

A detailed "what's new" can be found at
http://www.multimediasoft.com/3dabm/specs.html

Customers of previous versions can get it benefiting of a big discount over the street price.
Previous customers of other products can also get a discount: ask our sales team for quotes.

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* 3D Button API 3.0 released *
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On July 22, 2005 we have released the new version of 3D Button API.
Here follows a summary of the new features:

- Reduced the amount of memory required by the button caching system.
- Added transparent GIF and PNG formats for button image export.
- Added support for independent cells containing text and pictures.
- Added support for lighting directions.
- Added support for alpha channel transparency.
- Added new 3D gradient algorithms
- Added new shapes

Information about this new version can be found at
http://www.multimediasoft.com/3dbapi

A detailed "what's new" can be found at
http://www.multimediasoft.com/3dbapi/specs.html

Customers of previous versions can get it benefiting of a big discount over the street price.
Previous customers of other products can also get a discount: ask our sales team for quotes.

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* 3D Button Visual Editor 4.0 released *
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On July 22, 2005 we have released the new version of 3D Button Visual Editor.
This new version comes with a more intuitive user interface and with access to all of the new features introduced by the latest version of our 3D Active Button Magic control. The documentation has been completely revised and a lot of tutorials have been added.

Information about this new version can be found at
http://www.multimediasoft.com/3dbve

The product documentation is available online at
http://www.multimediasoft.com/3dbve/help

Customers of previous versions can get it benefiting of a big discount over the street price.
Previous customers of other products can also get a discount: ask our sales team for quotes.

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* Promotional prices for customers *
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If in the past you have purchased any of the following products, till September 30, 2005 you have the possibility to upgrade your product version to its latest release for a highly discounted price:
- 3D Button Suite 2006: 99 US$ instead of 279 US$
- 3D Active Button Magic 8.8 (Deluxe edition): 79 US$ instead of 179 US$
- 3D Active Button Magic 8.8 (Professional edition): 69 US$ instead of 159 US$
- 3D Button API 3.0 (Professional edition): 69 US$ instead of 159 US$

Contact our Sales department for details:
http://www.multimediasoft.com/contact

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* Advertise your products for free *
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Are you aware of the fact that if you have developed a product containing one of our controls, you have the possibility to advertise it for free inside the "Customers" section of our web site?
Simply fill the form you find here:
http://www.multimediasoft.com/form.htm
and your product will be listed here:
http://www.multimediasoft.com/customers/customersproducts.html

If in the past you have already submitted your product, and now you have an updated version, feel free to submit it again so we will be able to keep the advertised products up-to-date.

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Latest builds and patches for our products:
http://www.multimediasoft.com/support