| PRODUCT | Liquid Media Enterprise | Liquid Media Professional | PowerPoint 2007 | iPlay | Flash | Opus Creator v6 | Mediator 9 | Premiere 9 | PRODUCT |
| Company | Skunklabs Software ltd | Skunklabs Software ltd | Microsoft | Scala Inc | Adobe | Digital Workshop | MatchWare | Adobe | Company |
| OS & Footprint: | OS & Footprint: | ||||||||
| OS Compatibility | Windows 95,98,ME, | Windows 95,98,ME, | Windows XP SP2, | Windows 95,98,ME, | Windows XP SP2,Vista | Windows 98,ME,2000 | Windows 2000 | Window XP SP2, | OS Compatibility |
| 2000,2003,XP,Vista | 2000,2003,XP,Vista | Win 2003,Vista | NT4.0,2000,XP,Vista | MAC OSX | XP,NT4 SP4 | XP,Vista | Vista | ||
| Minimum specs for machine | PII233Mhz, 64Mb RAM | PII233Mhz, 64Mb RAM | PIII500Mhz, 256Mb RAM | PII233Mhz, 48Mb RAM | P4, 512Mb RAM | PII, 32Mb RAM | P4, 256Mb RAM | P4 1.4Ghz, 1 Gb RAM | Minimum specs for machine |
| DirectX Compatible? | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | DirectX Compatible? |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 7 | DirectX 7 | n/a | DirectX 6 | DirectX 8 | DirectX 3 | DirectX 8 | DirectX 8 | DirectX Version |
| Space needed on hard-drive | 90Mb | 90Mb | 1Gb | 25Mb | 2.5Gb | 200Mb | 200Mb | 10Gb | Space needed on hard-drive |
| Formats: | Formats: | ||||||||
| Quicktime support |  |
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Quicktime support |
| Imports WAV, MP3, MIDI sounds | |
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Imports WAV, MP3, MIDI sounds |
| Display 3D objects in path | |
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| Display animated GIFs | |
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Display animated GIFs |
| Editing Features: | Editing Features: | ||||||||
| Has both Timeline and Window editor | |
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Has both Timeline and Window editor |
| Edit in same screen mode as playback | |
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| Advanced actor texturing | |
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Advanced actor texturing |
| Conversion tools for media and images | |
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| WYSIWYG Text Crawl Creation | |
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| Can make shadow of objects | |
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Can make shadow of objects |
| Can adjust shadow locale | |
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Can adjust shadow locale |
| Dynamic Changing of Shadow Colors | |
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| Change opaqueness of an object | |
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| Change transparency of an object | |
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Change transparency of an object |
| Resize object within same scene | |
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Resize object within same scene |
| Any Number of Effects Simultaneously | |
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| Effects Triggered by any action | |
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| Run individual paths for objects | |
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| Rotate 3D objects in path | |
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| Actors can live through any number of scenes | |
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| Full Control of 3D positioned Sound | |
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| Full Script Editor | - | |
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| Make Interactive menus | |
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| Time-based direction of scenes | |
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| Tween object from state to state | |
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| Supports templates | |
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| WSIWIG editing | |
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| Full screen playback | |
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Full screen playback |
| Has interactive tutorial | |
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| Formatted scene printing | |
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| Output Options: | Output Options: | ||||||||
| Export to single file | |
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| Export to Autorun CD presentations | |
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| Export to HTML web pages | |
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| Export to movie | |
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| Export to Exe file | |
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| Export to Screen Saver | |
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| Export to printed report | |
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| Misc Features: | Misc Features: | ||||||||
| Import PPT Files and Templates | |
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| Nested presentations | |
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| On screen key board for kiosks | |
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| Scripting | |
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| Scheduling | |
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| External Audio Mixer Control | |
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| Date/Time Triggering | - | |
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| External Data Sources | - | |
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| Access to News Feeds | - | |
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| Privacy Protected Output | |
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| Embed External Files | |
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| Display Animated Cursors | |
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| On-Line Program Updating | |
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| BackUp and Roll-Back Facility | |
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| Live, On-Line Presentation Updating | - | |
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| Player Statistic generation and On-Line Syncing | - | |
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| Remote Control Playback | - | |
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| Multi-Machine Synced Playback | - | |
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| Stand alone playback | |
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| Inter-Presentation Text Crawls | - | |
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| Save and Load Presentation Variables | |
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| Free Player | |
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| Trial Version? | 20day trial | 20day trial | 30day trial | (Discontinued) | 30day trial | 30day trial | limited 7day trial | 30day trial | Trial Version? |
| Price: in U.S Dollars | $199.00 | $399.00 | $499.95 (bundled with Office) |
(Discontinued) | $699.00 | $175.00 | $599.00 | $799.00 | Price: in U.S Dollars |