The User Interface on this application is just plain amazing. I have high expectations for Aquafadas, not just because their applications are amazing, but also since PulpMotion Advanced had an amazing user interface.  The interface is clean, modern, easy, drag-and-drop. That’s all there is to it. Bannerzest Pro also features a useful inspector, which lets you monitor and edit the details of your banner: background, colors, text shown, text format, and more, as well as the major things in your banner: publishing, adding media, and getting the HTML code for your site.

The features on Bannerzest Pro are okay. Customization is high, with good photo-editing tools for your banners, but themes are quite limited. I am sure this will change soon. One thing proved to me that the application had enough features: with the features, you can make your banner look like different media, not just a different presentation. My first attempt at Bannerzest looked like a video, while my next few looked at ads. This shows that Bannerzest can be used to make many different things on your website: presentations, menus, advertisements, and much more. Bannerzest opens up a realm of new opportunities for bloggers and small business website owners to spice up their website and attract more visitors.

Since this is the pro version, I have to discuss the additional features the pro version sports.  The pro version includes a built in media browser which shows you your iPhoto pictures in a elegant box, to make it easy to drag and drop family pictures.  Professionals will crave BannerZest Pro because it has integration with Aperture and Lightroom from Adobe.  You can even assign clickable links to your pictures.  For instance, when a picture of an iPhone shows up on your banner, the user can click on the iPhone to go to the about page on the Apple website.  This feature alone makes BannerZest Pro a great tool for creating unique ads.  Also you can assign custom javascript to handle how to clicks are executed.  You can also customize the loader which is basically the screen where the banner loads all the pictures, etc.  You of course get some extra themes, and are allowed for commercial use of the compositions.  Honestly, I feel that there are a handful of features that should be in the standard version, especially the ability to add hyperlinks.  So in that regard, the features of the pro version are great, but I just wish that they could add some of the features in the pro version to the standard one as well.

This application is really great for making any type of banners.  The themes are really beautiful, and the user interface is simple & powerful.  The customization is stunning, and you are given a ton of options to make your banner specifically how you want it. I would definitely recommend it to a blogger who wants to spice up their website.  My only wish is that the standard version would allow you to add links to your images like the pro version.

User Interface/Features: 5
Stability: 4.7
Re-use value: 4.9
Overall: 5 stars!

PulpMotion Advanced is a sleek and modern slideshow/presentation making tool for the Mac from Aquafadas (they also make other great apps like Bannerzest, SnapFlow, and iDive). Their app PulpMotion Adv. sports a slick user interface, and has a handful of useful & innovative features.  The themes are really professional, and you can make a  spectacular slideshow in minutes!

PulpMotion’s user interface was superb. It reminds me of iMovie a lot, which is good since you can figure out how to use the app in seconds.  You can simply drag and drop your media, be it pictures, music, or videos, from the elegant Media Manager, the Finder or the Internet. This makes adding media really fast & efficient, and PulpMotion Advance does it right unlike others (yes, we are looking at you Microsoft).  Also, the Advance version boasts some really marvelous features compared to the standard version.  I will get into the specifics of those next.   These are just some of  the highlights with the app, and is the reason why I gave it a 5 star UI/features rating.

Now since I am reviewing PulpMotion Advance, I have to tell you some of the benefits of the adv. version over the standard one. In the advance version, you can finally create regions of interests in your pictures.  It also has inbuilt support for Lightroom and Aperture, which I love since I use Aperture frequently.  One feature that I wish that I came with the standard version as well is the ability to add audio comments, layer multiple soundtracks, and sync your image and music together better than before.  Also the Advance version has 100 themes baked in, but there are a still some really cool themes from the standard version that unfortunately weren’t included in the advance version.

Regardless, PulpMotion Advance still has the best built-in themes I’ve seen in an app of its class.  The app comes with children’s themes, futuristic/sci-fi themes, newspaper themes, and more! Each theme makes your photos look hundreds of times better, and more enjoyable, especially when showing your slideshow to a crowd or audience. PulpMotion Adv. other features features include effects, timing, audio manager, and great export features. You can export your photo show in a ton of formats, like iPhone, Quicktime, Apple TV, iMovie, just as a screensaver, and more. You also get advanced options as you export like the length of your show, audio options, and advanced options for the pros. Later on, you can also switch the formats for Youtube, MP4, and more.

The stability in PulpMotion is almost perfect, but not quite. Apart from occasional freezes, especially when adding GarageBand Music as audio, the program’s stability is fine. The export time is pretty reasonable, and the app opens up pretty quick. This is what brought me to give it a 4.5 star rating. My personal experience with the app was amazing. My first project included some pictures a family friend took at a garden, which I might post in the next couple of weeks.

Overall, PulpMotion is one of the best Mac apps. It’s elegant user interface, features, and approach to making slideshows makes it one of a kind. PulpMotion advanced is so good, that it should be apart of the next version of iLife.