MovieWorks Deluxe 5.1 Makes Multimedia Productions Easy for Windows and Mac Users.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 10, 2001 Easy-to-use multimedia suite equips users to create interactive CD titles, movies, videos, slide shows and dynamic presentations; Now create auto-load/auto-start CDs with hot links to Web pages and PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. docs Interactive Solutions, Inc. today announced the release of MovieWorks(R) Deluxe 5.1. This easy-to-use suite of five multimedia tools puts exciting and versatile production capabilities into the hands of everyday Windows(R) and Macintosh(R) users. Now, for the first time, users can quickly and easily produce Web movies in QuickTime or 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. format, interactive 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). titles and portfolios, personal and corporate videos, dynamic slide shows and polished multimedia presentations. Far more than a video editor, the MovieWorks Deluxe suite is the first and only multimedia "works" product. It incorporates simple-to-use video, sound, animation, paint, and image editing tools, enhanced by a powerful time-based, object-oriented sequencing and authoring program. The five functionally related production applications work together seamlessly, through an intelligent, intuitive user interface. Users can easily incorporate analog (AV) or digital (DV) video, photos, graphics, animations, 3D, narration, MIDI, MP3, CD music, text and titling, and even Virtual Reality (VR) movies into stunning, professional-quality home or business multimedia productions. New features added to version 5.1 include auto-load/auto-start when distributed When distributed When issued. on CD, and the ability to link to Web pages and PDF documents. The Windows version also now includes the QuickTime effects library, adding over 150 new transitions, plus unrendered scrolling text. These features were already available in the Macintosh version. "Up until now, the only way to create multimedia productions of this caliber was to spend $1,000 and invest weeks in learning complex software," says Bill LaCommare, president of Interactive Solutions. "For the first time, schools, families and businesses get all the tools they need to create their own professional-quality multimedia productions with unprecedented ease, speed and affordability. And at $149, we make it affordable enough for most desktop computer users to dive right into this new and exciting form of entertainment and communication." David Donnenfield, owner of David Donnenfield Productions, used MovieWorks Deluxe 5.1 extensively on a recent interactive CD project for the National Audubon Society The National Audubon Society is an American non-profit environmental organization dedicated to conservancy. Incorporated in 1905, it is one of the oldest of such organizations in the world. . He reports, "We needed a multimedia authoring tool that offered our clients a lot of user functionality such as video playback, Web page linking, calling up e-mail, displaying PDF documents, and yet didn't require a huge investment in terms of learning time and money. We got what we wanted in MovieWorks Deluxe." MovieWorks Deluxe 5.1 runs on any Power Macintosh running Mac OS 8.1 or better (8.6.1 or better recommended) or a 200+ MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. PC running Win 95, Win 98, Win 2000, Win NT or Win ME. A CD-ROM or DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. drive, 30MB of available hard drive space and 64MB of RAM are required. A Video capture card See video capture board. , USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. video capture box or DV camcorder connected via IEEE-1394 (FireWire) are optional. MovieWorks Deluxe 5.1 is available now at a suggested retail price of $149. Interactive Solutions products are distributed by Ingram Micro through popular retail channels including Amazon, Buy.com, CompUSA, Fry's, MicroCenter, PCMall/MacMall, The Computer Store and Zones. North American K-12 educational distribution is through Visions Technology in Education (800/877-0858). A free 5.0 to 5.1 Updater for MovieWorks Deluxe 5.0 may be downloaded from http://www.movieworks.com/download.html. About Interactive Solutions Founded in December 1987 by Steve and Bill LaCommare, Interactive Solutions, Inc. develops and markets multimedia software tools for the home, education and business markets. The company has created custom interactive multimedia presentations and computer-based training (CBT (Computer-Based Training) Using the computer for training and instruction. CBT programs are called "courseware" and provide interactive training sessions for all disciplines. ) applications for Fortune 1000 companies, including Mercedes, Logitech, KLA KLA Kosovo Liberation Army KLA Key Learning Area (NSW Department of Education) KLA Kansas Livestock Association (Topeka, KS) KLA Kentucky Library Association KLA Kansas Library Association Instruments and Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. . In 1990, the company began to develop its easy-to-use, affordable MovieWorks line of software products for creating high-quality multimedia productions. MovieWorks has repeatedly won accolades from trade journals and top educational institutions. Interactive Solutions is located at 5700 Stoneridge Mall Road, Suite 260, Pleasanton, CA 94588 and can be reached at 925/734-0730 or www.movieworks.com. |
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