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[News] Hollywood , new Multimedia authoring systemANN.lu
Posted on 05-Nov-2002 00:13 GMT by catohagen (Edited on 2002-11-05 07:06:17 GMT by Christian Kemp)17 comments
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Finally! After a long time of development, the Multimedia authoring system Hollywood is available. Hollywood is a powerful and extensive program which is unique on the Amiga.
You could compare Hollywood with a modern version of Scala: But Hollywood works fully in 24bit mode
and uses only system functions to grant compatibility on every Amiga system.
Because of this extreme system friendly programming Hollywood does also run on Amiga emulators
with great speed. Versions of Hollywood for MorphOS and AmigaOS4 and maybe also AROS are planned.
On the Hollywood product page you will find an extensive overview including screenshots from the program.
In the next days some applications done with Hollywood will be presented here.
Hollywood is delivered on CD-ROM and can be ordered now.

Hollywood homepage
source : Czech Amiga.News
Hollywood , new Multimedia authoring system : Comment 1 of 17ANN.lu
Posted by KenH on 04-Nov-2002 23:26 GMT
My firewall seems to be allowing adware through now! ;)
Hollywood , new Multimedia authoring system : Comment 2 of 17ANN.lu
Posted by q on 04-Nov-2002 23:44 GMT
In reply to Comment 1 (KenH):
Mayve you should then uncheck the unmoderated group...? :-)
Hollywood , new Multimedia authoring system : Comment 3 of 17ANN.lu
Posted by AmigaSource on 05-Nov-2002 01:02 GMT
Is it just me or does this program look Awesome!!! I can't wait to get it!!! Two thumbs up!!!!
Hollywood , new Multimedia authoring system : Comment 4 of 17ANN.lu
Posted by Dagon (HELLAS) on 05-Nov-2002 01:45 GMT
In reply to Comment 3 (AmigaSource):
I that on my new Amiga! (AmigaOne or Pegasos) :-)
Hollywood , new Multimedia authoring system : Comment 5 of 17ANN.lu
Posted by cp on 05-Nov-2002 02:05 GMT
erm... "Rainboot" is now "hollywood" ??...
then is not available a discount for the buyers of rainboot? :/
Hollywood , new Multimedia authoring system : Comment 6 of 17ANN.lu
Posted by priest on 05-Nov-2002 04:28 GMT
Ok. I want this also on the DE so that I can run those presentations on desktops at work... AmigaOS for Apple laptop would also be sufficient.
Any hope of having some version bundled with OS4? Perhaps as a default boot anim/show player... ?
Hollywood , new Multimedia authoring system : Comment 7 of 17ANN.lu
Posted by anonymous on 05-Nov-2002 05:59 GMT
Definitely demands runtime engines so that you can distribute the shows across different platforms - Amiga/MOS, AmigaDE and ideally Windows.
If a standalone runtime player was created it would certainly help promote the product and encourage its use. I can appreciate the problem with piracy of the editor, but work create with the application should be able to be distributed standalone.
Hollywood , new Multimedia authoring system : Comment 8 of 17ANN.lu
Posted by Peter Gordon on 05-Nov-2002 09:22 GMT
I have to admit, it does look impressive. I've never needed a "multimedia presentation" program, but even so I did enjoy playing with CanDo! and Scala back in the day...
I'll probably buy it when I get OS4... I can't imagine the crossfades etc. being all that snappy on 68k :)
Hollywood , new Multimedia authoring system : Comment 9 of 17ANN.lu
Posted by StAn on 05-Nov-2002 09:42 GMT
Yeah, the 24 bits crossfades are probably very very slow :) (a MorphOS port should take just a recompile AFAICS, unless maybe the scripting engine uses some weird 68k hacks).
However, according to the (highly biased ;)) description, it looks quite interesting. Not that I need a multimedia applications creator... But if one can make small shockwave-like games easily with it, it might be fun.
Hollywood , new Multimedia authoring system : Comment 10 of 17ANN.lu
Posted by Rob on 05-Nov-2002 11:11 GMT
Good to see this product is progressing well since it was last reported. Perhaps it will be one of those killer apps for the next generation of Amigas.
Hollywood , new Multimedia authoring system : Comment 11 of 17ANN.lu
Posted by smithy on 05-Nov-2002 11:17 GMT
>maybe also AROS are planned
Who said AROS wouldn't get any applications?
Hollywood , new Multimedia authoring system : Comment 12 of 17ANN.lu
Posted by john on 05-Nov-2002 11:31 GMT
Well it sounds OK, but static screenshots cannot give a true representation of the programs abilities.
How about an anim, mpeg or avi of Hollywood doing its stuff?
-john
Hollywood , new Multimedia authoring system : Comment 13 of 17ANN.lu
Posted by Christoph Gutjahr on 05-Nov-2002 12:40 GMT
In reply to Comment 7 (anonymous):
>> If a standalone runtime player was created it would certainly
>> help promote the product and encourage its use. I can appreciate
>> the problem with piracy of the editor, but work create with the
>> application should be able to be distributed standalone.
Hollywood is able to "compile" your scripts into executables which can be freely distributed. I'm pretty sure that Andreas will upload some examples to Aminet anytime soon.
Hollywood , new Multimedia authoring system : Comment 14 of 17ANN.lu
Posted by amigammc on 05-Nov-2002 15:03 GMT
Looks nice, I'd have to test it, but the price is very cheap if it keeps up to its promises.
Hollywood , new Multimedia authoring system : Comment 15 of 17ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 05-Nov-2002 17:31 GMT
In reply to Comment 8 (Peter Gordon):
Its a multmedia ahtoring system a Authorware beater. Cando can do that. Ho whave programmed on both I have yet to see hollywood ,but it does look impressive very impressive. I would like to see the interface the actual autthoring side to it.
Hollywood , new Multimedia authoring system : Comment 16 of 17ANN.lu
Posted by Justin Smith on 05-Nov-2002 18:44 GMT
An AmigaVision-style programming interface would be a nice addition.
Hollywood , new Multimedia authoring system : Comment 17 of 17ANN.lu
Posted by Iggy Drougge on 09-Nov-2002 23:04 GMT
In reply to Comment 16 (Justin Smith):
So would an ARexx port be. That really is the standard Amiga script language and one of the Amiga's strong points.
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