Fully 32-bit enhanced!
Powerful sprite library!
Support for alpha-blended graphics
Support for multiple graphics layers
Support for layer transparency and light correction
Support for multiple windows
Transparent windows are possible (including alpha channel transparency!)
Over 150 transition effects for objects, pictures and texts
Many high-end transitions like water ripples, strudel, pixel storm, ...
Graphics can be scrolled smoothly
Has an integrated image-processor that supports: Rotation, color inverting, gray scaling, axis flipping, texturing, mixing and tinting
Smooth and fast animation play back
Support for transparent graphics and animations including alpha transparency
Functions for using textures and creating gradients
Support for datatypes
Easy animation of objects
Support for true type, intelli, bitmap and color fonts including antialias support
Powerful text engine with on-the-fly formatting like HTML
Free scaling and rotation of graphics is possible
Off-screen rendering is supported (also to masks and alpha channels!)
Integrated easy Undo system
Extensive graphics library can draw ellipses, lines, rectangles, polygons, round rectangles, ...
Full support for anti-aliased graphics
Inbuilt styles to add a shadow and border to text and graphics
Clip regions can be installed (rectangular or custom shaped)
Pixel-exact collision detection (mask and alpha channel are taken into account, too!)
Easy functions to set-up a double buffered display
Support for image export including PNG export with alpha channel
Save your scripts as AVI video files


Sound:

Support for MP3s and samples
Sound playback via streaming is possible
Full channel mixing
Support for music modules
Volume and pitch of samples can be modified during playback
Sample size is not limited
Full Stereo playback in 8 or 16-bit
Master volume effect
Fully retargetable through AHI


Script language:

Powerful, fast, and extremely flexible 64-bit script language
Very easy to use! Automatic conversion between strings and numbers!
Scripts run inside a sandbox: They can never crash your system!
Many different data types: Strings, numbers, constants, arrays, records, structures
Supports all established language elements (If, While, For, Repeat, Switch, Function, Goto, Gosub)
Easy handling of variables (initialization and declaration not necessary!)
Global and local variables
Language has operators for addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, integer division, string concatenation, modulo, power, and, or, not (logical and bitwise), left shift, right shift, bitwise xor
Language can even be used for object-oriented programming!
Compiler and linker to convert your script to an executable
All data files (incl. fonts!) can be embedded in a single executable
Compiler can create OS3, MorphOS, WarpOS, AmigaOS4, AROS, Windows, and Mac OS executables
Inbuilt error handler that does all the error handling work for you
Functions for debugging your script
Communicate with other applications from Hollywood via ARexx!
Support for installing own ARexx ports into the system!
Plugins can be used to enhance Hollywood's functionality


User interaction:

Buttons can be defined
Joystick can be queried
Hollywood buttons support mouse click and mouse over events
Layers can be used as buttons
Keyboard input can be monitored
System keys can be monitored
Window events (window is moved, sized, closed etc.) can be monitored with ease
Easily read whole strings from keyboard
Pop up file, path and string requesters to ask the user for input
Drag'n'drop fully supported
GUI to control the program with ease


System functions:

Read from and write to files
Full control over the DOS I/O modes (buffered, unbuffered)
Easily read whole directories into an array
Convenient access to clipboard
Various DOS operations (copy, delete, rename, crc32 calculation...)
Powerful scheduler to synchronize script with music
Easy functions to use arrays as lists
Retrieve information about hard disks, memory...
Make your program multilingual by using Hollywood's locale.library support
Many time and date functions
Application can open on Workbench or own screen

Please note that although Hollywood can save programs for Mac OS, it is not available in a stand-alone version for this platform. You will need an Amiga compatible operating system or Microsoft Windows to use Hollywood.
Amiga: Hi - or Truecolor screenmode, 68020 CPU
Windows: at least Windows 2000
Macintosh: at least Mac OS 10.4 (Tiger, PowerPC & Intel)

Here is a non-exhaustive list of features of the Hollywood Windows IDE:

- Ultra-fast syntax highlighting even for large projects
- Multiple projects can be opened at the same time
- Syntax of inbuilt functions is shown during typing
- Comprehensive context sensitive online help
- Browser allows convenient project management
- User-defined functions can be easily accessed through the function list
- Easy access to project data files using an integrated viewer
- IDE is highly customizable (appearance & behaviour)
- Scripts can be saved as AVI videos
- Full printer support
- Unlimited undo & redo support
- Convenient context menus and shortcuts
- Extensive (30,000+ lines) of searchable documentation
- System integration (launch Hollywood scripts directly by double-clicking the .hws!)
- Many colorful icons designed by Martin "Mason" Merz
- Native Win32 application: no additional software required
- Runs on Windows 2000 and up