Echo Lake (software)

{{short description|Multimedia software product by Delrina}}

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Echo Lake was the most notable multimedia software product produced by Delrina, which debuted in June 1995.{{cite journal | last=Staff writer | date=June 26, 1995 | url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A17151914/GPS?sid=wikipedia | title=Delrina launches Echo Lake for PCs | journal=HFN | publisher=BridgeTower Media | volume=69 | issue=26 | page=76 | via=Gale}} It was touted internally as a "cross [of] Quark Xpress and Myst". It featured an immersive 3D environment where a user could go to a virtual desktop in a virtual office and assemble video and audio clips along with images, and then print them out as either a virtual book other users of the program could use, or for print. It was a highly innovative product for its time, and ultimately was hampered by the inability of many users able to input their own multimedia content easily into a computer from that period.

Creative Wonders bought the rights to the Echo Lake multimedia product, which was re-shaped as an introductory program on multimedia and re-released as Family Album Creator.