Perspector V2.0 Launched: Adds Animated 3D to PowerPoint
Second version of Perspector add-in for PowerPoint released. Perspector operates seamlessly with PowerPoint, is easy to use and opens up new creative possibilities for presenters by enabling them to draw shapes in 3D.
(PRWEB) November 4, 2004 -- Visual Exemplars has launched two new editions of
its Perspector™ 3D add-in for PowerPoint.
Perspector helps presenters
bring more creativity to their work and lift it above the ordinary. Audiences
are weary of being bombarded with bullet points and therefore many presenters
are now rethinking their approach and rediscovering that an appropriate image is
indeed worth a thousand words. However, PowerPoint is a two-dimensional medium
and, until Perspector came along, it was difficult for presenters to illustrate
complex relationships between ideas in a simple way. The use of 3D and animated
images is powerful as they come closer to connecting the viewer with the real
world.
Microsoft’s PowerPoint Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Geetesh
Bajaj in a review of Perspector said “I have to admit that I love Perspector. It
allows me to play with the third dimension inside PowerPoint and it actually is
so much fun to work with.”
Perspector allows users to draw within a ‘3D
space’ behind the screen. It is now possible to work with three-dimensional
cubes, spheres, comes, pyramids and many other shapes, and combine them in ways
that add meaning. Perspector also animates their rotations if required, adding
yet more creative possibilities to give greater impact to the presenter’s
message.
A strength of Perspector is that one does not need to learn to
use a new program. Anyone who has ever drawn diagrams using PowerPoint can work
with Perspector quickly and instinctively because the interface will be
familiar. This drew many appreciative comments at the recent PowerPoint Live!
conference in San Diego where the new editions were first
demonstrated.
Adrian Doyle, CEO of Visual Exemplars said: “Using
Perspector is highly intuitive for PowerPoint users - that’s why we say that
thanks to Perspector, PowerPoint is now 3D enabled.”
The new Standard and
Professional editions are priced at $69 and $199 US dollars respectively. A
free, fully-functioning trial version of Perspector is available to download
from http://www.perspector.com where sample presentations and
diagrams produced using Perspector can be seen. Features new to these editions
include a more user-friendly interface, animated 3D shapes and greater control
of their properties, including the ability to create shiny surfaces.
To
make Perspector-generated images even easier to incorporate into presentations,
there are PowerPoint files on the website which people can download and adapt to
their own use.
Three images are attached. The first (New Perspector
shapes.jpg) shows a selection of Perspector-generated 3D shapes.
The
second (Office Equipment matrix.jpg) shows the application of Perspector to a
business presentation.
The third (Linked slides.jpg) shows an example of
images of PowerPoint slides from earlier in a presentation brought together to
show a relationship between them.
Notes for editors:
1) The first
version of Perspector was released in May 2004. Users were upgraded to the new
Professional version free of charge.
2) Main differences between the editions
of Perspector are that, whilst people can draw 3D shapes with the Standard
Edition, it is possible with the Professional Edition to bring images of slides
from another part of a presentation and lay them out in another slide to show
relationships between them.
3) MVP Geetesh Bajaj’s review of Perspector can
be read on his on-line magazine ‘Indezine’,
http://www.indezine.com/products/powerpoint/addin/perspector.html
4)
Visual Exemplars Ltd is an Edinburgh-based software house whose mission is to
improve graphics for the ordinary business user.
5) Editors who wish to
download the install_Perspector.exe file from the Perspector website and
distribute the trial version on cover disk are welcome to do so without further
reference to Visual Exemplars. However, to help prepare for the rush of orders,
please let us know of intended distributions.
6) Similarly, please notify any
reviews published.
Press enquiries to:
Steve Hards, preferably by
email in the first instance: e-mail protected from spam bots
Director of
Sales and Operations
Visual Exemplars Ltd.
Perspector London Sales
Office
5 Marcia Road
London
SE1 5XE
Website: http://www.perspector.com
Tel & Fax:
+44-20-7064-0883
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