Aquafadas announces BannerZest 1.0 for Mac OS X

Aquafadas is delighted to announce BannerZest 1.0, their incredibly useful Flash presentation application for both professional and amateur web designers. BannerZest will turn any collection of images into a Flash gallery, a navigation banner, or a slidehow in just a few easy steps. BannerZest ships as both a standard edition and a pro version. BannerZest Pro has all the great features of BannerZest plus advanced publishing options, workflow enhancements and specific Pro templates.

MONTPELLIER, FRANCE – APRIL 3rd 2008 : Aquafadas is delighted to announce BannerZest 1.0, their incredibly useful Flash presentation application for Mac OS X. Spicing up a web site with Flash animations is now only a few mouse clicks away. With a focus on ease-of-use, BannerZest will turn any collection of images into a gallery, a navigation banner, or a slidehow in a just few easy steps.

BannerZest ships as both a standard edition and a pro version. BannerZest Pro has all the great features of BannerZest plus advanced publishing options, workflow enhancements, and specific Pro templates. BannerZest Pro integrates seamlessly with popular javascript media viewer applications that let the user visualize high resolution versions of each of the banner images.

For the non-specialist looking to spice up their web site with flash animations in just a few clicks, BannerZest Standard will be their first choice. For developers who are making a living out of web site creation, BannerZest Pro can help them streamline their entire banner creation process.

And thanks to an extensible set of designer made templates, both professional and amateur web designers alike can achieve amazing results in minutes. Flash-based animations require zero understanding of Flash and in fact, users don’t even need to own Flash. Everything has been pre-integrated into the BannerZest application.

BannerZest talks to all the leading website and blog editors. Social websites are supported too. Whether using Apple iWeb, RapidWeaver, Dreamweaver, Freeway or any other tool, BannerZest allows anyone to get their banners online easily.

Uploading content via FTP or to a .Mac account is fully supported from within the BannerZest application. To integrate a banner on a page, users simply paste a code snippet that BannerZest automatically generates. Nothing could be easier.

What’s more, upload settings are saved within the document. If any changes are required, hit the upload button again and BannerZest replaces the old file with the new one. The website will reflect the change without any modification to the HTML.

Language support:
English, French, German, Italian, and Japanese

Minimum Requirements:
* Mac OS X Version 10.4.11 Tiger or later
* Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel
* 1-GHz G4, G5, or Intel-based Mac
* 512 MB of RAM
* 21.1 MB Hard Drive space
* Internet connection required for registration and online publishing
* Flash Player version 9.0.45 or above
* .Mac account (optional)

PRICING AND AVAILIBILITY:
A single user license for BannerZest Pro is priced at only $129.00 USD. A single user license for BannerZest Standard is priced at only $49.00 USD. Full-featured, demos are available and a recommended update for all customers. Family Pack options are available for both Standard and Pro.

EXTRA LINKS:

Aquafadas Website
http://www.aquafadas.com/

BannerZest 1.0
http://www.aquafadas.com/bannerzest/index.html

Download BannerZest
http://www.aquafadas.eu/software/bannerzest.dmg

Download BannerZest Pro
http://www.aquafadas.eu/software/bannerzestpro.dmg

Purchase
http://www.aquafadas.com/newsite2/store/

Standard versus Pro
http://www.aquafadas.com/bannerzest/standardvspro.html

CORP IDENTITY:
Located in Montpellier, France, Aquafadas is a privately funded company founded in 2004 by Matthieu Kopp and Claudia Zimmer. With an focus on the Mac platform, Aquafadas was formed to develop and promote high quality software solutions exclusively for the imaging and digital video community. Products include award winning iDive, the digital video shoebox which provides cataloguing solutions for both professional and home creators of digital video, PulpMotion and VideoPier (the bridge between your Mac and your MPEG2 camcorder, still in Beta). In September 2006, PulpMotion was the recipient of the Macgeneration Trophy for Best Shareware at the Paris Apple Expo. Copyright 2004-2008 Aquafadas. All Rights Reserved. Aquafadas is a registered trademark. Apple, the Apple logo, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries. Flash, Flash Player, and the Flash logo, are registered trademarks of Adobe Inc.

CONTACT INFO:

Claudia Zimmer
CEO
+33 467 99 51 59
bannerzest {at} aquafadas(.)com