Adobe Ovation

Adobe Ovation was designed to turn the lifeless PowerPoint slides that you have created into a stunning visual experience in seconds.Sensational themes called PowerLooks add subtle motion, high-resolution text, and dynamic TV-style transitions to plain PowerPoint slides. Ovation also offers built-in presentation tools that help you deliver a superior message.
Ovation works like a player for PowerPoint files and automatically enhances presentations as you give them. Simply create your presentation in PowerPoint. Then drop your file onto Ovations desktop icon.
Here are some key features of "Adobe Ovation":
Create & edit in PowerPoint
ï¿­ Create your presentation in PowerPoint as usual, then drag and drop your PowerPoint file onto Ovations desktop icon or export directly into Ovation. Ovation will instantly turn PowerPoint slides into a visually-stunning presentation.
PowerLooks
ï¿­ More than themes or a plug-in for PowerPoint, PowerLooks add vibrant color, subtle motion, and high-resolution text to plain, lifeless slides.
Highly-readable text
ï¿­ Transform low-resolution fonts into text that ranges from tastefully subtle to sparkling brilliance.
Smooth motion
ï¿­ Ovations exclusive PowerLooks add smooth motion to your message. From subtle to eye-catching, Ovation brings presentations to life.
Bullet emphasis
ï¿­ Keep audiences focused. As each new bullet is revealed, the previous bullet steps back from the spotlight and becomes transparent or defocused.
Message reinforcement
ï¿­ Add thought-provoking words or concepts as semi-transparent text that move subtly in the shows background giving presentations a distinctive look.
Walk-In & Walk-Out slides
ï¿­ Make an excellent first impression to a large audience by greeting them as they enter and thanking them as they leave a room.
Title slides
ï¿­ Exhibit presenter contact information and showcase the presentation name in a unique way.
Brand reinforcement
ï¿­ Add your organizations logo, brand elements and even an entire background image to turn Ovations PowerLooks into your own brand-building look.
Go to PowerPoint
ï¿­ Open PowerPoint from within Ovation so you can quickly make edits to your presentation without closing either program.
PowerLooks organizer
ï¿­ Provide a variety of ways to filter through more than 100 PowerLooks allowing users to choose by color or by style.
PointPrompter
ï¿­ Turn notes into a scrolling teleprompter just like newscasters use to help you stay confident and on point while citing facts, figures, dates and other data-all without memorizing or cluttering up slides.
TimeKeeper
ï¿­ Keep on pace by knowing at a glance if youre ahead or behind on a presentation so you can determine whether to speed up or skip over certain points.
Go Deeper
ï¿­ Attach hidden, expanded information to PowerPoint slides that can be used in response to audience questions.
Next bullet
ï¿­ Make a smooth transition from point to point by peeking at your next bullet without having to reveal it to the audience first.
Intermission mode
ï¿­ Display a countdown or time of day clock to ensure everyones back from break on time.
Kiosk mode
ï¿­ Navigate from slide to slide automatically--no more clicking the mouse to advance to the next slide.
Slide timer
ï¿­ Preserve slide times imported from PowerPoint as well as customize your own timing per slide. This is especially useful when you have a tight time schedule.
Slide navigation bar
ï¿­ Display a thumbnail image of each slide along with its allotted slide time.
Direct slide access
ï¿­ Quickly access any slide in the Slide Navigation Bar by a simply clicking on it. This eliminates the need to constantly hit the back button when referencing a previous slide.
Disable slide
ï¿­ Preserve the Hide Slide feature within PowerPoint and enable it at any time.
Requirements:
Processor
ï¿­ Minimum: Intel Pentium 4 / Celeron class 1.6 GHz, Pentium M /Celeron M 1.2 GHz or AMD Athlon 1600
ï¿­ Recommended:
ï¿­ Pentium 4 / Celeron: 2.4 GHz
ï¿­ Pentium M / Celeron M 1.7 GHz or
ï¿­ AMD Athlon 2400
ï¿­ 256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)
Graphics Processor
ï¿­ Minimum: Any NVidia GeForce, ATI Radeon or Intel Extreme or better graphics processor with 32 MB of graphics memory
ï¿­ Recommended:
ï¿­ ATI Radeon 9800 class or better
ï¿­ NVidia GeForce 6600 class or better
ï¿­ 64 MB of graphics memory
ï¿­ CD-ROM drive
ï¿­ 450 MB available hard drive space
ï¿­ Microsoft PowerPoint XP or 2003
Limitations:
ï¿­ 15 days trial