Fig. 10: The QScript Reference panel in action. In addition to providing sample syntax, you can drag and drop reference items directly into a LSP project's script window. [an error occurred while processing this directive] So now what?
Again, I have shamed not only myself, but my family and all of my descendants until the end of time by barely scratching the surface of what LSP is capable of. I only mentioned a scant few of the types of QuickTime tracks LSP gives you access to, I barely glossed over QScript, and totally dissed excellent features like XML integration and the various publishing and exporting options LSP provides altogether. Fortunately, you can pick up where my shoddy work left off by downloading the demo of LSP that Totally Hip is kind enough to provide from their web site. LiveStage Professional 4 is available now for Mac OS X and 9, with the Windows version "planned for release shortly." LSP runs $899.95 for the full version, with upgrades costing $499.95 from version 2 and $299.95 from version 3.

LSP is the type of program that makes QuickTime a very serious (albeit still largely overlooked) player in the interactive authoring space, making the rather kludgey process of authoring interactive QuickTime intuitive and -- dare I say -- fun. And though you'd probably never know it from what Apple tells you, QuickTime is quite capable of producing dynamic, cross-platform multimedia for either online or offline delivery, and LSP is simply the easiest and most powerful way of getting in on the action.

NEXT TIME--Part 4: There's QuickTime Authoring Built Into What?