AutoPlay Media Studio 8.0

I think you will agree that doing things the hard way is never fun. I mean, who likes to spend a long time doing a certain task when there are software applications out there that can lend a helping hand and make our work easier? Such an application is the Indigo Rose Software-developed AutoPlay Media Studio.

Coming up with an application in C, C++, Java or Visual Basic can take a long time; not to mention that you need to have some programming skills by your side to use such traditional tools to come up with an application. AutoPlay Media Studio makes the whole process of creating an application fairly simple and straightforward.

Anyone, programmers and novices with no programming skills, can take advantage of the functionality this application has to offer and create custom software applications. AutoPlay Media Studio can be used to create AutoRun menus for CDs, DVDs or Blu-Ray discs, interactive media applications, or games. The application’s intuitive drag-and-drop WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) interface makes it quite easy to get started and create custom software applications.

To get a better idea of what AutoPlay Media Studio has to offer, here are its main features:
- Visual software programming for Windows with powerful tools for experienced programmers and ease of use for users with no previous programming experience.
- Action Wizard that guides you through all the steps you need to take to create multimedia applications.
- Library that includes hundreds of easy to use actions.
- Numerous built-in object types.
- Preview a project.
- Undo and redo.
- Built-in spell checker.
- Fast, powerful and extensible scripting engine.
- Burn Blu-Ray and DVD media right from the design environment
- Provides support for numerous media files.
- Many other nice features.

The bottom line is that AutoPlay Media Studio is a powerful yet easy to use tool that anyone, programmers and users with no programming skills, can use to create interactive software applications. AutoPlay Media Studio has been on the market for a long time and it got better and better over time.

Please note that there’s Personal and a Pro edition of AutoPlay Media Studio. When an application developed with the Personal edition is closed, a small splash image that says “Powered by AutoPlay Media Studio Personal Edition” is displayed. Apart from that, there are no differences between the two versions.

Pros

• Easy to use, intuitive interface
• Easily and rapidly create interactive software applications
• Numerous built-in object types, numerous built-in actions.
• Expandable with plugins
• Long list of features
• Award-winning application that’s been on the market for some time

Cons

• Free to try (30-day trial, watermark)

Additional information on AutoPlay Media Studio and the other applications Indigo Rose Software has to offer is available here.

AutoPlay Media Studio has been reviewed by George Norman on 02 May 2011. Based on the user interface, features and complexity, Findmysoft has rated AutoPlay Media Studio 5 out of 5 stars, naming it Essential