8.50

January

2012

  

	Support for multi-core processors. Screen capture, editing, and encoding now all utilize the power of multiple CPU hardware.  This results in higher screen capture frame rates, smoother and faster editing, and best of all, fast export to your chosen video formats.
	Support for direct export to many more industry standard video formats.
	Improved compression of raw screen capture video allows you to record full high definition screencasts for longer.
	New animation effects for annotated text.  Fade, zoom and slide your message to help grab the viewers attention.
	Support for images with transparency.  Add a professional logo or button image with drop shadows to your presentation.
	Multiple publishing web site support.  Store multiple web site locations with each project.  Easily publish to each site from a drop down list.
	Improved support for live web cam video and processing of real life video.

8.00

December

2010

  

	Instant Demo v8.00 introduces a new powerful Studio Editor that enhances your productivity and allows easy maintenance of your presentations. The studio editor uses an intuitive visual interface and provides many performance enhancements:
	Multiple Eventline editing.
	Studio editor is fully integrated with the Instant Demo classic editor - use both editing views at once.
	Export to Flash or AVI from any eventline.
	Clips can be copied, cut, resized and trimmed.
	Drag and drop/paste clips anywhere on the eventline.
	Drag and drop/paste clips between eventlines.
	Drag and drop whole eventlines.
	Combine individual projects into a single studio project.
	Full Undo/Redo of Studio clip edits.
	Studio editor appearance can be customized in size and color.
	Multiple language support for talk bubbles.
	Create multiple language versions of your presentation in a single eventline.
	Full Screen Button in playback controls for true Full Screen presentations in your web browser.

7.50

July 2nd

2009

  

	Single click TrakMouse™ technology.  In the Instant Demo editor you can automatically zoom and pan your presentation to follow the mouse and the action, keeping menus and text at full size and clarity for the target display (pro version only).
	Automatic chapter display.  Add chapter titles and Instant Demo will create an animated chapter index for your presentation (pro version only).
	Enhancements to the Flash playback controls including time position, volume and alternate button configurations.
	Additional input sound file formats: WMA, MP3, MIDI, OGG, FLAC, AC3 and many others.
	Option to synchronize background sound to the end of your presentation. Add a professional ending to your presentation without the need to edit the length of your background sound (pro version only).
	Many enhancements to editor performance and export quality.

7.00

Sep 10th

2008

  

	Five new playback control styles which can be displayed in any color scheme:
	New Zoom and Pan frame effects.  Capture your entire desktop and replay at any screen size with full visual clarity (pro version only).
	Zoom and Pan can automatically follow your mouse movement.  Allows you to create a zoom and pan presentation with minimal editing.
	New Microsoft Speech for annotated text.  Let Microsoft Mike or Mary narrate your movie.  Instant Demo also supports all other high quality text to speech engines that use the Windows Speech interface.
	Convert your Flash movie to high quality AVI video.  Instant Demo supports all major AVI video compression formats.  Allows you to publish to Blu-ray / HDTV, DVD, YouTube and Mobile.
	Background sound with automatic fade in/out volume control.  Instant Demo automatically does the hard work of mixing your voice narration and background music.  Create a professional narration and music sound track with the click of a button (pro version only).
	Automatic volume gain for all sound files.  Provides a professional sound stage for your presentation.
	Two new hotspot styles: Highlight and Flash Movie. Embed your own Shockwave Flash files into your presentation.  Add additional functionality using the thousands of Flash objects available on the Internet (pro version only).
	New option to automatically focus on the active window during recording.  Save time and effort during the screen capture process.
	Real time video compression whilst recording. Record for longer using less disk space.
	New editing features such as instant bookmarks and return to previously edited frame. Streamlines the editing process and improves your productivity.

Purchase an upgrade now to Instant Demo v7.50

6.50

Sep 10th

2007

  

	Certified for Windows Vista.
	New automatic callout text navigation.  Allows the viewer to easily control the pace of your presentation.
	High quality streaming Flash presentations can be many hours in length.
	Publish directly via ftp to your web site.
	New Menus with over 70 items and more than 30 keyboard shortcuts.
	New advanced options.