InMedia announces Slides & Sound Plus.VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 16, 1997-- Creates powerful Drag & Drop multimedia slide shows with sound, video, digital images, and text email slide shows on the internet InMedia Presentations Inc. (MSE MSE Mouse (computer) MSE Materials Science & Engineering MSE Mean Squared Error MSE Mean Square Error MSE Master of Science in Engineering MSE Manufacturing Systems Engineering MSE Mechanically Stabilized Earth : IMD IMD - intermodulation distortion ), a leading developer of easy-to-use multimedia presentation software, announced today Slides & Sound Plus(TM), the fun and easy way to make entertaining multimedia slide shows that combine digital camera & scanned photos, full-motion video, text, voice-overs, music, special effects and transitions with drag-and-drop ease for only $69.95 for Windows and Macintosh. Slides & Sound Plus allows you to create, edit, show, and share slide shows with PC or Mac users through the Internet. Personalized slide shows can be shared with others through Slides & Sound's automatic email command, "Send to Mac" or "Send to PC." PC users can send slide shows to Mac users seamlessly, and vice versa VICE VERSA. On the contrary; on opposite sides. , with a click of the mouse. Slides & Sound Plus is the most user-friendly presentation software on the market. Slides are dragged and dropped to adjust the slide show order. By clicking "Add" the user adds a new image, video clip or sound to the presentation. The rest of the slide show commands are equally easy-to-use to create powerful results. "Slides & Sound Plus is the fun, easy way to show and share slide shows," said Geoffrey Briant, president of InMedia Presentations Inc. "Slides & Sound Plus can make anyone look like a multimedia pro in seconds." Slides & Sound Plus features: --Crop and zoom --Create image overlays --Add special effects and voice-overs --Add video clips in AVI (Audio Video Interleaved) A Windows multimedia video format from Microsoft. It interleaves standard waveform audio and digital video frames (bitmaps) to provide reduced animation at 15 fps at 160x120x8 resolution. Audio is 11,025Hz, 8-bit samples. or QuickTime --Add music --Add bullets --Create beautiful transitions between slides --Easily add captions and text --Send slide shows by email from Macs to PCs and PCs to Macs without changing file formats --Supports BMP (1) (BitMaP) Also known as a "bump" file, it is the native, bitmapped graphics format in Windows. A BMP can be saved in several color options: 1-, 4-, 8- and 24-bit color provide 2, 16, 256 and 16,000,000 colors respectively. BMP files use the .BMP or . , PICT, TIFF, JPED JPED Joint Personal Effects Depot JPED Journal of Postsecondary Education , GIF GIF in full Graphics Interchange Format Standard computer file format for graphic images. GIF files use data compression to reduce the file size. The original version of the format was developed by CompuServe in 1987. and Photo CD file formats: AVI and QuickTime movies; TWAIN & Adobe Photoshop plug-in devices --Full 32-bit application Free upgrade to Slides & Sound Plus v. 2 Slides & Sound Plus includes a free upgrade to Slides & Sound Plus v. 2, available in the Fall 1997. Slides & Sound Plus v. 2 will include MediaAXS for unlimited cataloging of images, video clips, and sounds to quickly drag and drop A graphical user interface (GUI) capability that lets you perform operations by moving the icon of an object with the mouse into another window or onto another icon. For example, files can be copied or moved by dragging them from one folder to another. into slide shows as well as a selection of video clips, music loops, and sounds to be purchased and added to shows. Slides & Sound Plus v. 2 will be optimized for MMX (MultiMedia EXtensions) A set of 57 additional instructions built into the Pentium MMX chip for improved multimedia and modem performance by performing mathematical operations on multiple sets of data at the same time (see SIMD). and will support PhotoNet, FlashPix, and photo enhancement. Slides & Sound Plus is available immediately for Mac or PC for $69.95 directly from InMedia or through InMedia's Web Site at http://www.inmediapresents.com. A 30-day trial version is bundled with digital cameras manufactured by Casio, Nikon and Kodak. Slides & Sound Plus requires a 486SX 66 Mhz and above PC; Microsoft Windows 3.1, Windows 95, or Windows NT; 8 MB RAM; 8 bit sound card; double-speed CD-ROM drive; and 4 MB of hard disk space. On the Macintosh, it requires a Macintosh with a 68040 CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. or better; System 7.1 or higher; 8 MB RAM; double-speed CD-ROM drive; 4 MB of hard disk space; Apple QuickTime 2.0 or later; and Sound Manager 3.0 or later. Slides & Sound Plus supports BMP, PICT, TIFF, JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. , GIF and Photo CD file formats; AVI or QuickTime movies; and most TWAIN and Adobe Photoshop plug-in devices. It is available in English, French, Italian, German, Japanese and Spanish. Slides & Sound Plus v. 2 will be available through major resellers and distributors Fall 1997. For more information, contact: InMedia Presentations Inc., 800-900 W. Hastings St., Vancouver, BC, Canada V6C 1E5 ph: 604/893-8955 fax: 604/893-8966 Toll free: 888/575-4337. Web site: http://www.inmediapresents.com Founded in 1993, InMedia Presentations is bringing images and ideas to life. With Slides & Sound multimedia presentation software, users can create, show, and share photos and images in more exciting ways than ever before. Slides & Sound software is bundled with the world's leading digital camera manufacturers, including Kodak, Nikon, and Casio. Slides & Sound is available in six languages for Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT, and Macintosh. InMedia Presentations is based in Vancouver, B.C., Canada, with subsidiaries in the U.S. and Europe. InMedia's shares are traded on the Montreal Stock Exchange Montreal Stock Exchange See Bourse de Montreal, Inc. (Canadian Derivatives Exchange) (MSE: IMD). CONTACT: InMedia Presentations Inc. Marc Crimeni, 604/893-8955 email: merimeni@inmediapresents.com or Thomas Public Relations Inc. Karen Thomas, 516/549-7575 email: kthomas@thomas-pr.com |
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