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  • SKU: MCAPMIMIC


Software simulation tool for creating fully interactive software demonstrations and tutorials. Create fully editable, interactive films of software applications enabling users to view, listen and interact with demonstrations and presentations.

MadCap Mimic is an easy-to-use software simulation and multimedia tool that lets you create fully interactive movies, videos, simulations, presentations and tutorials of software or systems. It is ideal for use in technical support, sales and marketing, e-learning and more, offering a wide range of video creation and editing capabilities.
MadCap Software is the only vendor in the industry to allow for maximum content reuse by applying the same rules used for text to movies, callouts and images. By adding variables to callouts for example, there's no need to recapture or reinsert callouts into your documentation when text or version changes are required.

Key Features:

  • Versatile Video Creation Tool for Videos, Tutorials and More
  • Powerful Single-sourcing Features
  • Multiple Recording Modes: Automatic, Manual or Full-motion Recording
  • Video Support for iOS, YouTube and More
  • Seamless Integration with MadCap Flare; Translate Content in MadCap Lingo
  • Multi-Language Support
  • Enhance Videos with Audio, Text, Animation, Effects and More


 

 


MadCap Mimic - Features

Current Features:

  • Versatile Multimedia Creation Tool for Videos, Tutorials and More: MadCap Mimic is ideal for use in technical support, sales and marketing, e-learning and more, offering a wide range of video creation and editing capabilities.
    • Create fully editable, interactive movies of software applications
    • Allow your users to view and listen to demonstrations/presentations and (optionally) interact with simulations
    • Output formats include HTML5 (WebM and MP4 files) and Adobe PDF
    • Import Microsoft PowerPoint presentations
    • Record: Choose how you want to record your movie: automatically record the steps a user takes to accomplish a task; manually take a screenshot each step of the way; or record full-motion video.
    • Edit: Decide what your viewers need: add or modify text bubbles, cursor movements, or timing; add objects, music, narration or special effects.
    • Distribute: Select the output format and publish your movie.
  • Powerful Single-sourcing Features: MadCap Software is the only vendor in the industry to allow for maximum content reuse by applying the same rules used for text to movies, callouts and images. By adding variables to callouts for example, there's no need to recapture or reinsert callouts into your documentation when text or version changes are required. Mimic has numerous single-sourcing features that save you time and effort by letting you create content once and reuse it in multiple places. This includes:
    • Variables
    • Condition tags
    • Targets
    • Palettes
    • Master frames
    • Frame libraries
    • Project Conditions and Variable Links: When inserting a Mimic Movie/Project into a Flare project, all of your movie frames and objects have access to the conditions and variables in the Flare project.
  • Multiple Recording Modes: With multiple recording modes, you can select:
    • Automatic
    • Manual
    • Full-motion Recording
    • Automatically snap the recording window to an active application's size, or you can move an active application within
      the recording window.
  • Video Support for iOS, YouTube and More: Single video files.WebM or .MP4can be used to play movies in a standalone player, such as Windows Media Player or QuickTime (no codec required).
    • MP4 files can be viewed on the iPhone or iPad
    • MP4 and WebM files are supported on video sharing sites such as YouTube
  • Fully Integrated with MadCap Flare; Translate Content in MadCap Lingo: MadCap Mimic is tightly integrated with both MadCap Flare and MadCap Lingo.
    • MadCap Flare: Easily incorporate Mimic outputs into your Flare projects.
    • MadCap Lingo: MadCap Lingo fully supports the translation and localisation of Mimic projects and files. There is no need to transfer files outside of the actual project or movie. This insures that content and files are never missing and eliminates the chance of corruption and loss of formatting.
  • Multi-Language Support: MadCap Mimic is fully Unicode compatible, making it possible to handle most of the languages of the world. Mimic not only supports Western European languages, but also double-byte Asian languages, Eastern European languages and more.
  • Enhance Videos with Audio, Text, Animation and More: Dozens of video enhancements in MadCap Mimic can add polish to your content.
    • Blur effects
    • Blur-inside effects
    • Opacity effects
    • Gray scale effects

MadCap Mimic - System Requirements

  • 4GB memory (RAM)
  • 360 MB available hard drive space
  • Intel Pentium 4 or better
  • Supported Operating Systems (32 & 64 bit): Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 10. Latest updates required for each.
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.1
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 (Internet Explorer 9 is required for "Single-File" outputs) or later
  • Windows Media Player 9 or later
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader
  • PowerPoint 2003 with latest updates or later (For PowerPoint import)
  • Windows Media Encoder 9 series (Included in install)
  • MP4 and WebM compatible player (for HTML5 outputs)
  • Optional components:
    • Optional for H.264/MPEG4 HTML5 video: An H.264 codec
    • Optional for PowerPoint import: PowerPoint 2003 with latest updates or later
    • Optional for .PPTX import on systems with Office 2003: Microsoft Compatibility pack