19. An apparatus for playing back actions performed during development of content created using a multimedia creation tool on a computer system having a processor and memory, said apparatus comprising: a user interface means for receiving user events, during the development of the content, receiving user requests for playback of actions and displaying recorded actions; and a playback module coupled to said user interface module for receiving user request for playback of recorded actions and for displaying playback of recorded actions, an action from said recorded actions comprising a sequence of events, wherein said events are selected to constitute said action based on a preset criterion and wherein each action corresponds to a change in the content and wherein at least one of the events, by itself, does not correspond to a change in the content, wherein a plurality of redundant actions is automatically replaced by the computer system with a summarized action and wherein the summarized action is played back instead of the plurality of redundant actions, said playback in response to such a user request playing back recorded actions and wherein the summarized action is generated automatically by the computer system.
19. An apparatus for playing back actions performed during development of content created using a multimedia creation tool on a computer system having a processor and memory, said apparatus comprising: a user interface means for receiving user events, during the development of the content, receiving user requests for playback of actions and displaying recorded actions; and a playback module coupled to said user interface module for receiving user request for playback of recorded actions and for displaying playback of recorded actions, an action from said recorded actions comprising a sequence of events, wherein said events are selected to constitute said action based on a preset criterion and wherein each action corresponds to a change in the content and wherein at least one of the events, by itself, does not correspond to a change in the content, wherein a plurality of redundant actions is automatically replaced by the computer system with a summarized action and wherein the summarized action is played back instead of the plurality of redundant actions, said playback in response to such a user request playing back recorded actions and wherein the summarized action is generated automatically by the computer system. 20. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein: at least one action from said recorded actions is accompanied by an explanation and said playing back further comprises playing back any associated recorded explanations along with recorded actions.