A few years ago I wrote about the wonders of Active
Media's Eclipse Screen Saver Developer. It is a great tool for
developing your own screen savers. Unlike a lot of the "toys" out
there, Active Media creates serious design tools for serious
developers. Their vast array of special animated screen effects puts their
products head and shoulders above their competitors.
Recently they released a new product called Storm.
This is their latest and greatest screen saver developer tool. While the older
Eclipse tool is still great for punching out quick screen savers, Storm
is a vast improvement.
Storm
allows you to create screen savers with multiple transitions on a single
screen as well as screen savers using multiple screens. 30 different
transitions available, and you can use multiple sound files.
One of the most powerful new features is the ability to link
to and update text messages within your screensaver directly from your site.
You can broadcast site updates and news from your site to the desktops of your
screen saver users -- this is a very powerful new feature.
Similar broadcast screen saver services are being sold by
other developers on a site by site basis -- meaning you pay approximately
$195.00 to broadcast news to a single customized screen saver. With £395, you
can create as many of these as like for £395.
You also can now create true multimedia effects including
screen savers that interact with the end user's keystrokes. Simply put, if you
liked Eclipse, then you'll love Storm,
It is by far the best in its class. You can download a free evaluation copy
from their site. Click here
for more information.
