PaceWorks Inc.'s much-anticipated animation authoring software Dancer for Internet and multimedia is now publicly available in a beta version through PaceWorks' Web site. Users can download Dancer 1.0b9 in a limited trial beta version free, or can register the full-featured beta version for $49.

Dancer is the only professional-level 2D animation authoring tool for Power Macintosh platforms to offer major features such as: advanced animated-typography effects, powerful composition features, a streamlined drag-and-drop and point-and-click animation process, precise music synchronization, simple-to-use time controls and a truly user-friendly interface that lets even novices create high-impact animation in just minutes.

Dancer makes it easy to input and integrate multimedia elements from the most popular applications, including Adobe PhotoShop, Director, CorelDraw or LightningDraw with one-step operations. Within Dancer's framework, users can execute powerful, time-based operations to create multimedia projects for Web animation or CD titles. With Dancer, users can generate GIF89 animations, QuickTime and QuickTime sprite movies, or Java applets.

Download Dancer 1.0b9.

The full-featured beta version is available for $49 when users register their beta copy over the Internet. Purchase of the full-featured beta version entitles users to a $70 discount off the introductory price of Dancer. A user manual is available.

Dancer is expected to ship in January 1997 at an aggressive introductory price, with a regular list price of $445.

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