Chapter 1 - Welcome

Thank you for choosing Fluition from Confluent Technologies Inc., the dual-platform SMIL authoring tool for creating interactive multimedia presentations. Whether your project is intended for streaming on the Internet or for CD-ROM applications, Fluition will help you design presentations unlike any other tool.

Fluition is used by some of the biggest and best web design and digital video production studios around the world. Fluition represents the final stage in the process of getting your video or multimedia presentation to its final destination. Whether its your demo reel with added graphical information, an instructional video production accompanied by slides, or a truly interactive, intensely creative, multimedia experience, Fluition will help you achieve that final look and feel for your presentation limited only by your imagination.

If you are new to SMIL, streaming, or multimedia production, Confluent Technologies is dedicated to helping you get started and offering you as much help as we can along the way. As your knowledge grows, Confluent Technologies also wants to ensure that you have the power and flexibility to realize your creative goals. We are continually adding more advanced features while ensuring that we streamline the production process with new features that assist you during production.

Where to Start

If you read nothing else in this manual, please take a second to read the Fluition QuickStart chapter before beginning your multimedia production. The Fluition QuickStart chapter is designed for everyone to get a brief introduction to authoring presentations with Fluition. It will give you a basic overview and get you up and running quickly.

Don't Forget to Register

Please take a moment to register your copy of Fluition. To register you can simply drop by the Fluition web site at www.fluition.com or fill out the registration card included with your box of Fluition, or, once you have installed Fluition simply choose the Register Fluition menu option under the Help menu. Registering helps us keep you informed about free updates to Fluition and is required to receive technical support.


Thank you for choosing Fluition,

The Confluent Technologies team