MadCap Mimic 8 released

MadCap Mimic is an easy-to-use software simulation and multimedia tool that lets you create fully interactive movies, videos, simulations, presentations and tutorials of software or systems. Mimic is ideal for use in technical support, sales and marketing, e-learning and more, offering a wide range of video creation and editing capabilities.

Updates in 8

• New Frame Editor Enhancements, Including Live Preview for Improved Usability - New features include an integrated play bar and buttons that allow you to review any part of a frame or movie, viewing it directly in the Frame Editor.
• Keyframe Support - Create smooth transitions in your videos with a variety of parameters including background color, opacity, position, size, rotation and text of an object. Most importantly this feature introduces the creation of simple but impactful animations, such as a “bouncing” oval.
• Newly Integrated Properties Window Pane - Allows for greater control of frames, objects and audio.
• New Palettes - Create synergy among teams and help streamline and improve workflow and project development between team members even in different locations.
• New Timeline Window Pane - In addition to the existing Frame View, there are two new views in the Timeline window pane, Movie View and Action View.
• Multimedia Support - New video file format support for WebM, WMV and MP4 files as well as access and integration with Vimeo and YouTube platforms.

About MadCap Software

Founded in early 2005, MadCap Software is a trusted resource for authoring and publishing solutions, including multimedia and translation management. Their products are used to create corporate intranets, online Help systems, manuals, video tutorials, knowledge bases, ebooks and user guides. They are based in San Diego, California.