TSALAGI RED I was quite excited when I first heard about Sophie. It is an open-source product which is needed by those of us who create rich media content for the web, but don't have the money to lay out for Flash or other expensive solutions. Let me warn you first that this is still an early release candidate, and is still a bit clunky, there is no web plugin released yet -- that is still several months away -- and the documentation is quite sparse, to say the least. Having said that, I think this is an amazing start, and if the developers stay on track, this could be a great tool in a year or so. Compared to other multimedia authoring systems I've used, Sophie is easy to use, even with minimal documentation. (You are advised to watch their short instructional video.) Sophie was developed as an ebook creator/reader, and it will surely redefine what an ebook is and can be. Think of a book, which when you turn a certain page, contains a movie, or becomes a slideshow, or plays a tune. It can link to resources on the net. In fact, most of the content can actually be on the net, rather than a large file download. I repeat, the program still has a lot of bugs, and the code needs to be streamlined so it is faster and more responsive to the user. But it is a wonderful start. Kudos to the developers.
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