The first version of LiveMotion may have disappointed some Web developers, even though it offered many tools for quickly creating stunning animations. LiveMotion won't defrock Macromedia's Flash... anytime soon, but it automates some tasks that remain tedious in Flash (such as importing layered documents and a number of preprogrammed text and graphic effects). This makes LiveMotion a handy complement (or cheaper alternative, for beginners) to Flash. LiveMotion’s new tricks include powerful script automation and support for Flash's Action Script; integration with other Adobe products; improved timeline management; new keyboard shortcuts; and improved file-optimization tools.
LiveMotion's new scripting capabilities offer something for both advanced and beginning users. The new Live Tabs feature is the quickest and easiest way to add effects or behaviors to text or objects. We put a spin on some text by converting a word Into a set of separate objects using the Convert Into Objects command and selecting Live Tabs > TextFX from the Automation menu. After creating the desired effect, you can adjust rotation, scaling, length, and more using the TextFX palette. The Live Tabs feature unfortunately comes with only nine scripts (including Slide Show Maker, Star Tool, and others pertaining to color, alignment, grid, and so on), but soon more of these will be available at the new Adobe Xchange Web site...
With a little help from the manual, anyone can use LiveMotion's new Script Editor. Once you select an object and open the Script Editor, the editor's drop-down menu lists the available event handlers. Left of the Script Editor window is a list of relevant methods and properties. As you select these events and properties, the Syntax Helper displays a description at the bottom of the Script Editor window. Once you find the one you want to use, simply double-click it, and the script appears in the main window (where you can modify it manually).
LiveMotion 2.0 plays well with other Adobe products. You can easily drag and drop layered Photoshop and Illustrator files into LiveMotion, and quickly convert them to single objects, groups, or sequences. Flash still makes you import layers individually. LiveMotion makes adding dynamic data to a Web page in Adobe GoLive a snap. Simply set up your source file with dynamic elements in LiveMotion and place the Smart Object on the GoLive page, where you can still make changes via the Variable Settings dialog.
Also, you can now import After Effects animations saved in Adobe Motion Exchange (AMX) format into LiveMotion, and add interactivity for stunning results. One annoyance is the lack of complete Flash integration; though you can add LiveMotion files to Flash projects, you can't import Flash files into LiveMotion.
LiveMotion 2.0 also brings improved optimization features and timeline management. The easy-to-use Per-Object Compression and Preview Export Compression options give you full control over final image size and quality. Selecting Preview Export Compression from the View menu shows whether your selected object will export as vector or bitmap, and displays the final file size at the very bottom. As you select an individual object and use the Export Palette to control image quality, the results appear immediately onscreen. LiveMotion's timeline management is now similar to After Effects’, and new keyboard shortcuts really save time spent managing timeline content.
Today’s Web developers have to produce results quickly, and LiveMotion speeds you through certain tasks that require many steps in Flash. If we had to pick only one, it'd still be Flash, but on its own merits, LiveMotion is a worthy addition to any smart Web developer's software library.
Saucier, Christine. (July 2002). LiveMotion 2.0. MacAddict. (pg. 53).
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AdobeLiveMotion2.iso_.zip
Emulating this? It could probably run under: 
SheepShaver
