Over the years I have reviewed many different tools that can be used to create demos. Time and time again, I keep coming back to Demo Builder. With it, you can build animated demos, tours and courseware. Recently we learned of a significant update to the tool.

Demo Builder is now in Version 6.0. Like previous versions that enabled you to capture on-screen activity and create fluid annotated videos, this version has several new must-have features including the following:

Full-Motion Video Recording Import in AVI format Merge Multiple Scenes into One Scene Split One Scene into Multiple Scenes Full Editing of Custom Cursor Motion Rectangle/Ellipse Tool Set Object Visibility Better Auto-Calculate Time Algorithm Marks Improved and Faster Screen Capturing Export All/Save All Save Existing Audio to Disk

In the past, you were constrained to using individual screen shots to build your demo. Now Demo Builder features full-motion recording capability. Choose your frames per second rate, and easily capture smooth recordings of your demonstration. Now capturing drag and drop functions, animations, and Flash websites has never been easier!

When you are done creating your screenshots or scenes, Demo Builder displays everything in a view reminiscent of PowerPoint's slide sorter view.

In this view you can annotate the content with textual comments, add animation to draw circles around menus or objects, add a voice recording or music, and much more.

As you embellish your demo, you can preview it at any time to see how it is coming along. Changes can be made quickly on-the-fly. Demo Builder adds animated cursor and mouse movements to bring your demo to life. You can set the screen size and resolution of the final demo, too. Demos may be set to loop for kiosk or trade show settings, or even jump to an URL on a web site (perfect for Intranet based training).

Demo Builder enables you to add full user interactions with the demo including text entry, mouse clicks, including displaying custom success and error messages.

You can export your final demo to Flash (SWF) or executable formats. Both look crystal clear and run beautifully. Demo Builder is considerably cheaper than its leading competitors and much easier to use. To download a demo click here.