InfoChannel Designer was the only program that allowed me to create professional quality multimedia for CD and web distribution without a steep learning curve. With InfoChannel Designer, they could create multimedia presentations on CD-ROM and the web easily without encountering any of the limitations they found in other tools. The staff immediately recognized InfoChannel Designer's easy user interface, which consists of adding a background and then layering text and graphics over it. The user can view the presentation in a storyboard view where one can easily see and change the flow of the presentation or in a linear list view with page name, timing, transitions, sounds, etc. With Designer text can be edited in place, rather than having to edit in a separate window.
All objects respond immediately to changes in opacity, color, size etc.
All transitions and dissolves can be previewed without the user having to do any rendering. Visionary Design was used to the look and feel of TV and did not want the choppy transitions and poor image and video quality they had found with traditional web and CD authoring tools. Designer offered their staff smooth full-screen effects and animations that play up to 30 frames per second, double buffered. InfoChannel Designer also allows MPEG 1 video playback that can be scaled to full screen without experiencing any loss in speed. These advantages provide Visionary Design with powerful presentations that require no compromises in quality.