Issue #6 (August 25, 2005)

Table of Contents for this Issue:
- 3D Control Magic for .NET 2.0 released
- 3D Active Button Magic 8.10 released
- Promotional prices for customers
- Advertise your products for free

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* 3D Control Magic for .NET 2.0 released *
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On August 23, 2005 we have released the new version of 3D Control Magic for .NET
Here follows a summary of the new features:

- Improved the rendering speed.
- Reduced the amount of memory required by the button caching system, with the possibility to disable the caching system itself.
- Source code of the container form is now far smaller in size.
- Final application .exe files are now far smaller in size.
- Added "strong name" support that allows the registration of the component assembly inside the Global Assembly Cache (GAC).
- Added compatibility with Visual Studio .NET 2005 (Beta 2)
- 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
- Added the possibility to perform custom graphic rendering over the control surface

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

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

Customers of previous versions can get the new version benefiting of a big discount over the street price: ask our sales team for quotes.

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* 3D Active Button Magic 8.10 released *
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On August 23, 2005 we have released the new version of 3D Active Button Magic.
Here follows a summary of the new features:

- Added the possibility to perform custom graphic rendering over the control surface
- Reduced the amount of memory required by the button caching system, with the possibility to disable the caching system itself.
- Added transparent GIF format with "error diffusion" for button's image export.
- fixed some minor bug and a remaining memory leak

Below a summary of new features respect to version 7.x

- 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's 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 version 8.8 and of 3D Button Suite 2006 can get the upgrade for free.
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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The promotional upgrade campaign is still effective: 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 8.10 (Deluxe edition): 79 US$ instead of 179 US$
- 3D Active Button Magic 8.10 (Professional edition): 69 US$ instead of 159 US$
- 3D Button API 3.1 (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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* IMPORTANT LINKS *
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Latest builds and patches for our products:
http://www.multimediasoft.com/support

Contact us:
http://www.multimediasoft.com/contact