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Multimedia Authoring System: Malibu Version 1.0
Malibu 1.0 - the Scala plugin for Hollywood - is out now. When Malibu is installed, Hollywood will suddenly be able to display your Scala presentations. The compatibility is very high. You can run almost every Scala script. In 24-bit of course and absolutely RTG friendly! You can even compile your Scala presentations to AmigaOS executables or native MorphOS executables! A truly unique feature! Malibu is available in a version for AmigaOS3 as well as in a native MorphOS PPC version. Malibu requires at least Hollywood 1.5 and can be ordered in a discounted bundle together with the Hollywood 1.5 update or the Hollywood 1.5 full version.

-Introduction-

Malibu is a plugin for Hollywood which contains an import filter for Scala presentations. As soon as Malibu is installed, Hollywood will suddenly be able to show Scala presentations or compile them.

With Malibu it is now possible for the first time to display Scala presentations on Workbench screen or on your own public screen. Because the whole emulation runs on top of Hollywood's multimedia application layer everything will be first converted to 24-bit and then displayed. In many cases the quality of the pictures that Malibu displays is much better than the original Scala quality because Scala often had to remap many pictures with very different colors to a 8-bit display which resulted in a massive loss of color information.

Malibu emulates nearly the whole Scala command set and supports all Scala versions up to Scala InfoChannel 500 which was the last Amiga version of Scala. Emulation is done by the elCapitan microkernel which tries to achieve the best performance possible on the used system. For example, the next page is already calculated while the current page is on the display. Complex transition effects can also be pre-calculated and then displayed smoothly.

Scala is a program which helped the Amiga to become a real Multimedia wonder. There were no products for a long long time that could beat an Amiga with Scala. Therefore Scala was widely used in all different production fields, from movies and television to big shows. Everyone who has worked with Scala knows what powers it has. But this power is only possible because Scala is very hard coded to the Amiga's custom chips which leads to the problem that it does not run on graphics boards and also has some other major problems with today's Amiga systems. For many years all sorts of users complained that there is no Scala that runs RTG compatible. This time is over now. Scala revives with the Malibu plugin: On the Workbench? Of course. In 24-bit? You can bet your life on that. Always RTG conform? Absolutely.

Don't miss out! Watching Scala presentations on Workbench is a complete new feeling which every Amiga user should experience.

-Features-

Graphics:

Impressive Scala transitions (e.g. Superimpose, Roll on, Flow, Push, Diagonal)
Support for Scala text styles outline, shadow, charspacing, underline
Scala forms: Ellipses, rectangles, lines & polygons
Emulation of backgrounds with raster type
Complete brush support (incl. crop & resize)
Animations are supported
Transition effects for all Scala objects
Support for styles like bevel & background
Runs completely in 24-bit mode
Color fonts are supported
Smooth scrolling for Scala fly-ons
Emulation of all graphics attributes
Brush transparency is fully supported
Objects can be removed from screen with transition effects
All palette settings are respected and correctly converted

Sound:

Support for sound modules and samples
Audio output through AHI incl. full mixing
Sound fades are supported
Sound implementation is retargetable for use on Pegasos, Amithlon...

Environment:

All Scala versions up to InfoChannel 500 are supported
Margin settings and tabulators are respected
Scala variables can be used
Buttons and events are emulated
Almost complete emulation of Scala command set
Scala presentations can be compiled
Emulation can be configured in detail
Complete independent from environment; does not matter if Cgfx, P96, AGA, ECS or OCS is active
Absolutely system friendly

-Requirements-

Hollywood 1.5 or better
Kickstart 3.0 or better
68020 processor
Graphics board recommended
16 megabyte memory recommended

Visit the Airsoft Softwair Homepage for screenshots, detailed info and ordering of Malibu. (ps)

[News message: 22. Jun. 2003, 23:47] [Comments: 0]
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