MetaCreations Ships Kai's Power SHOW 1.1.CARPINTERIA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 18, 1998-- New, Enhanced Version of Software Performs Under Windows 98 and Allows Creative Home Consumers and Business Professionals to Create Multimedia Photo Shows and Presentations MetaCreations Corp. (Nasdaq:MCRE MCRE Master Create (banking) MCRE Miscellaneous Capital Related Expense (business) MCRE McRoberts Commercial Real Estate (Des Moines, Iowa) ) has upped the ante in presentation software with Kai's Power SHOW 1.1, a new home photo and business presentation software player. Kai's Power SHOW, now shipping, is MetaCreations' latest addition to the company's suite of products for home and office creativity. SHOW allows creative home consumers, small office/home office See SOHO. and corporate professionals to quickly and easily sort, sequence and present photographs, business slides, artwork and video clips A short video presentation. to add pizzazz to everything from sales projections to vacation slide shows, all for $49.95. This new, enhanced version of SHOW performs under Windows 98 and offers simplified text creation and editing; support for Intel MMX technology MMX technology - Matrix Math eXtensions ; expanded sequencing capabilities; a self-running SHOW demo; and more. SHOW provides consumers with a simple way to import, sequence and share digital media: use images from digital cameras, scanners, the Web and slides from business presentation software packages such as PowerPoint (PC only); add TV-like animated text and special effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. transitions; and integrate it all with sound clips from SHOW's sound effects sound effects Noun, pl sounds artificially produced to make a play, esp. a radio play, more realistic sound effects npl → efectos mpl sonoros library or your own audio CD. A completed show can then be shared with family and friends or business associates via computer monitor, projector, printer, the included SHOW Player software or the Web. "SHOW's creative power is ideal for corporate professionals who need to easily create or enhance high-impact presentations, small business owners who want to bring a creative edge to their marketing efforts and home consumers who want to have fun with their photographs," said Frank Casanova II, MetaCreations' vice president of Product Management and Design. "Kai's Power SHOW incorporates professional-level capabilities into an affordable software package that encourages anyone to create and share presentations with ease." For consumers, the applications are numerous. Mom and Dad can dazzle daz·zle v. daz·zled, daz·zling, daz·zles v.tr. 1. To dim the vision of, especially to blind with intense light. 2. the PTA PTA or parent-teacher association: see parent education. with a creative display of transitions and animated text when making recommendations to the board. Children can make a positive impression on their classmates Classmates can refer to either:
For the business professional, Kai's Power SHOW provides the creative power to develop or enhance high-impact presentations that captivate and compel audiences. The current competitive environment demands that ideas be expressed not only clearly but also distinctly. SHOW offers executives and small business owners an engaging, visual edge when introducing ideas to colleagues or clients. In addition, SHOW contains a collection of corporate-style backgrounds and formatted text templates such as profit/loss statements and bullet-point text blocks that can be instantly customized. The text can be sized, spaced and aligned to exact specifications. Kai's Power SHOW features a simple yet sophisticated interface designed to encourage any user, regardless of skill level or artistic ability, to create and share presentations with ease. Consumers familiar with other MetaCreations consumer products such as Kai's Photo SOAP or Kai's SuperGOO will recognize a similar "look and feel" as well as the room-to-room workflow concept where a specific room is dedicated to performing a series of related tasks. SHOW is divided into four rooms: the IN, SORT, EDIT and OUT rooms. By progressing through each room, users can import digital content; sort and sequence; add sound effects, animated text effects and slide transitions; and then save and share completed shows. Kai's Power SHOW 1.1 is available on a hybrid 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). for Windows 95/NT 4 and Apple Power Macintosh See Power Mac. (computer) Power Macintosh - Apple Computer's personal computer based on the PowerPC, introduced on 1994-03-14. Existing 680x0 code (both applications and device drivers) run on Power Macintosh systems without modification via a Motorola 68LC040 emulator. users, and will soon be at leading national software retailers, national computer superstores, national consumer electronics retailers and a full complement of regional retailers at an MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price MSRP Message Session Relay Protocol MSRP Multi-Species Recovery Plan (US Fish & Wildlife Service) MSRP Member of the Society for Radiological Protection (UK) of $49.95. Customers who purchased Kai's Power SHOW 1.0 will soon be able to download the new features contained in Kai's Power SHOW 1.1 from the MetaCreations Web site: www.metacreations.com/products/show/news. The update is segmented into easily downloadable components. Other products in MetaCreations' suite of digital imaging products include Kai's SuperGOO, Kai's Photo SOAP, ART Dabbler and Kai's Power GOO. MetaCreations, the visual computing The use of computers for 3D modeling and animation. See visualization. software company, designs, develops, publishes, markets and supports software tools and enabling technologies for creating, editing and manipulating computer graphic images, digital art and Web content on the desktop for both professionals and consumers. Working with distributors worldwide, MetaCreations' professional and consumer software is available in more than 70 countries. The company's headquarters is located in Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. County at 6303 Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria, Calif. 93013; tel: 805/566-6200; fax: 805/566-6385. The company also has significant operations in Scotts Valley, Calif., and Princeton, N.J. MetaCreations' International Operation Center is located at Wilson House Wilson House is a hall of residence for Imperial College London. It is located on Sussex Gardens, near to Edgware Road and Paddington tube stations. External links
NOTE: Kai's Power SHOW, Kai's SuperGOO, Kai's Photo SOAP, ART Dabbler and Kai's Power GOO are trademarks of MetaCreations Corp. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. (C) 1998 MetaCreations Corp. All rights reserved. CONTACT: MetaCreations Corp., Carpenteria Teresa Bridwell, 805/566-6274 teresab@metacreations.com Kerry Glassburn, 805/566-6296 kerryg@metacreations.com |
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