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Play it Cool is a QuickTime movie player and simple movie editor.
It is a ‘fat application’ — it contains code for both 680x0 Mac and Power Mac computers.
It plays all types of QuickTime movies — Video, MIDI, Sound, Text, Sprite — separately or in combination.
Requirements
68020 computer or higher with hard disk and at least 1 MB available RAM.
System 6.0.7 — System 7.5 preferred.
QuickTime — Version 2.1 preferred.
Features
Smoothest movie playing of any movie player because:
- PowerPC native application calling QuickTime PowerPlug
- Sets monitor to best depth
- Loads movie into RAM
- ‘Prerolls’ movie — i.e. loads the start of a movie for smooth playback
‘Stage’ Option:
- Ignores background applications
- Blacks out all attached monitors
- Uses hardware scaling if supported
Movie Editing
- Cut
- Copy
- Paste
- Add
- Add Scaled
Creates Movie-Applications
These are self-playing movies which are double-clickable from the Finder.
They hide the desktop and play at optimal speed.
User-definable credit text is shown before the movie plays.
Playback Options:
- Play up to 5 times normal speed forward or reverse
- Loop
- Loop Back and Forth
- Play Selection Only
- Play Every Frame
- Mute Sound
Save Movie Options:
- Save with dependencies
- Save self-contained
- Save as playable on non-Macintosh computers
Other Features:
- Recompress Movie
- Compress Picture
- Export Soundtrack as AIFF
- Copy Frame as PICT
- Print Frame
Play it Cool is Shareware.
You may use Play it Cool on a trial basis for 3 weeks.
If, after that time, you like it and decide to keep it, please send $Aust15 or $US12 (whichever you prefer) to:
Russell Clarke
PO Box 1046G
North Balwyn
VIC 3104
Australia
When you register, you receive a registration number and a disk containing the latest version. Registration:
• removes the shareware notice at startup,
• enables you to save movies,
• enables you to copy movies between applications,
• enables you to open up to 20 movies at a time,
• enables you to build Movie-Applications from edited movies.
If you would rather register Play it Cool without receiving a disk, please send
$Aust12 or $US10 instead (whichever you prefer) to the address above.
Please support shareware and register your copy!
Bug reports, suggestions, questions and comments are welcome.
Send email to: twc@publish.csiro.au