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Animation Factory Releases Templates to Go Software to Enhance Presentations
Tuesday April 15, 7:30 am ET
New CD Featuring More Than 500 Microsoft(R) PowerPoint(R) Presentation Templates and Design-Studio-Quality Animations Enables Users to Create Powerful Presentations Faster
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 15, 2003-- Animation Factory (www.animationfactory.com), the leading image-content Web site for business, education, and consumer users, today unveiled the Templates to Go CD-ROM, delivering an unparalleled collection of more than 500 high-quality presentation templates for Microsoft® PowerPoint® users. Many of the presentation templates include 3D animations featuring the design-studio quality and style that has made Animation Factory a popular Internet resource for graphic artists and designers.
PowerPoint is installed on more than 250 million computers and used in more than 30 million presentations daily. With its easy-to-use library of professionally designed templates, Templates to Go was created to help PowerPoint users produce more attractive presentations faster than ever before. Templates to Go saves time and money by offering access to ready-made, professional quality templates so that users can focus their resources on developing the most compelling content possible.
"Templates to Go offers a wide variety of presentation templates not available anywhere else. We expect it to be a tremendous resource to PowerPoint users in a variety of organizations--ranging from businesses to educational institutions to community groups," said Art Holden, co-founder of Animation Factory.
"Your animations and templates make my presentations seem more interesting. I've noticed that with the animation and the templates I can hold people's attention. It has been a very useful tool in my business," says Brandon Dunman of Proudmark Graphics, an early user of Templates to Go.
Most of the more than 500 templates featured in Templates to Go include:
One title master
One slide master
Four different backgrounds
Bonus 3D animations and images to further accent the presentation.
Templates to Go is available on CD-ROM for only $89.95, exclusively from Animation Factory at http://www.animationfactory.com/sales/ttg.html. Additional information on Templates to Go is available at the Animation Factory web site: http://www.animationfactory.com/.
About Animation Factory
Animation Factory (www.animationfactory.com) is part of the MediaBuilder Network (www.mediabuilder.com), a suite of image content websites and on-line graphics tools for business, education and consumer use. Founded in 1996, Animation Factory artists have been creating high quality animated clip art for CD-ROM and subscription products for over 6 years. With over 65,000 customers, Animation Factory has been rapidly expanding its product suite, and now provides content for the web, email, Microsoft® PowerPoint®, mobile phone and instant messenger markets; all based on an original library of more than 150,000 animations.
About the MediaBuilder Network
The MediaBuilder Network is the gateway to many great resources, helping ad agencies, educators, consultants and major companies improve their web sites, signage and visual personality. The MediaBuilder network includes some of the best tools available for creating, sharing and improving web graphics, web sites and presentations. Attracting a diverse audience of over 1 million consumers per month, MediaBuilder provides creative, original artwork and designs for users at all levels. MediaBuilder Network is wholly owned by the Open Source Development Network, Inc. (OSDN).
About Open Source Development Network, Inc.
Open Source Development Network, Inc. (OSDN), a subsidiary of VA Software Corp. (Nasdaq: LNUX - News), is the most dynamic community-driven media network on the web. OSDN publishes two world-renowned networks of web sites: the OSDN Network, which attracts every level of IT decision maker, influencer and buyer; and the MediaBuilder Network, which reaches graphic artists and web designers worldwide. Each month, OSDN delivers more than 160 million page views and reaches 9 million unique visitors.
Note to editors: Animation Factory, MediaBuilder and Templates to Go are trademarks or registered trademarks of the Open Source Development Network, Inc., in the United States and other countries. VA Software and OSDN are trademarks or registered trademarks of VA Software Corporation in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
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Source: OSDN