Adobe Systems Announces CD-ROM Movie Maker Plug-in for Adobe Premiere for Macintosh; New plug-in optimizes movies for playback on CD-ROM.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 1995--Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ADBE ADBE Adobe Systems, Inc. (stock symbol) ) today announced the CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). Movie Maker Plug-in for Adobe Premiere for Macintosh version 4.0.1 or later. The new plug-in allows CD-ROM developers to make movies optimized specifically for playback in low data rate environments, such as CD-ROMs. It also provides tools for analyzing the data rate of a movie as well as batch processing (1) Performing a particular operation automatically on a group of files all at once rather than manually opening, editing and saving one file at a time. For example, graphics software that converts a selection of images from one format to another would be a batch processing utility. of movies. The plug-in will be free to registered users and is expected to be available for downloading from Adobe's World Wide Web site, http://www.adobe.com/, by the end of this month. The CD-ROM Movie Maker Plug-in is being demonstrated this week at Macworld Expo in Adobe's booth, No. 5412, at the World Trade Center in Boston, and at Adobe's booth, No. 1256, at SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics, www.siggraph.org) The arm of the ACM that specializes in computer graphics and interactive techniques. Providing publications, workshops and conferences, it has served technicians and researchers as well as the artist and business community , Los Angeles Convention Center The Los Angeles Convention Center (abbreviated LACC) is a convention center in downtown Los Angeles. The LACC hosts annual events such as the Greater Los Angeles Auto Show, and was best known to video games fans as host to E3 until its cessation in 2006. . Previously, multimedia developers had to use third-party utilities such as MovieShop from Apple Computer Inc. to create movies for CD-ROMs. Adobe's CD-ROM Movie Maker Plug-in lets users optimize their movies from directly within Adobe Premiere 4.0.1 or later for Macintosh, eliminating the extra steps involved using third-party programs. With the new plug-in, multimedia developers can use Adobe Premiere software to capture, edit and compress movies for smooth playback at low data rates. The CD-ROM Movie Maker Plug-in for Adobe Premiere for Macintosh allows users to: -- Limit and smooth a movie's data rate for improved playback; -- Crop and filter movies to resize Verb 1. resize - change the size of; make the size more appropriate size - make to a size; bring to a suitable size rescale - establish on a new scale and reduce noise; -- Build CD-ROM optimized movies in batches; -- Generate a specific color palette to optimize playback on 8-bit systems or attach an existing optimized palette; -- Set keyframes at markers or edits to increase image quality and speed of interactivity; and -- Troubleshoot movies with a new data rate analysis tool. CONTACT: Adobe Systems, Mountain View Patricia J. Pane, 415/962-2967 ppane@adobe.com http://www.adobe.com/ |
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