PaceWorks Announces Japan Distribution Deal With SystemSoft Corporation, No. 1 Distributor in Japan; Japanese Version of ObjectDancer 1.0 First to Allow Animation of Kanji Text.REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 1997--PaceWorks Inc., creators of ObjectDancer, the next generation Web and 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). animation creation tool, today announced an exclusive distribution agreement for the Japan market with SystemSoft Corp. SystemSoft will be distributing ObjectDancer 1.0, PaceWorks' flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , in a localized Japanese version. "We believe that ObjectDancer is the best next generation animation tool on the market today," said Henry Yamamoto, president of SystemSoft Corp. "With the high demand for such products in the Japanese market, we are confident that ObjectDancer will be an overwhelming success." "Japan is one of the largest and most exciting web and multimedia markets in the world, and animations have become an important part of their entertainment titles," said Phac Le Tuan, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of PaceWorks Inc. "In order to service Japan, we have localized ObjectDancer into Japanese, allowing for the first time Japanese user to animate Kanji (human language, character) kanji - /kahn'jee/ (From the Japanese "kan" - the Chinese Han dynasty, and "ji" - glyph or letter of the alphabet. Not capitalised. Plural "kanji") The Japanese word for a Han character used in Japanese. characters with sound, video and graphics. We strongly believe SystemSoft, as the premiere distributor in Japan, will provide us with the market understanding, resources and clout necessary to best enter the Japanese market." ObjectDancer 1.0 Japanese will be available in May, 1997 through SystemSoft Inc. ObjectDancer will be offered at the introductory suggested retail price of Yen 39,800 until July 1, 1997, after which the suggested retail price will be Yen 54,800. For more information contact SystemSoft Corporation at: 3-10-30 Tenjin, Chuo-Ku, Fukoka 810, JAPAN. About ObjectDancer ObjectDancer is PaceWorks' professional-level animation creation tool that lets users create, manipulate and synchronize high-impact animations for the Web or CD-ROM. ObjectDancer offers a rich object-oriented, time-based environment for users to create animations that include vector and bitmap images, sound, video and typography. With ObjectDancer, users can output platform-independent animations as 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. 89, QuickTime and even JAVA. PaceWorks Inc. PaceWorks is headquartered in Palo Alto, California “Palo Alto” redirects here. For other uses, see Palo Alto (disambiguation). Palo Alto (IPA: /ˌpæloʊˈʔæltoʊ/, from Spanish: palo: "stick" and alto: "high", i.e. . Founded in 1996, PaceWorks develops innovative and powerful multimedia applications that allow people to effectively communicate their creative ideas across new mediums. PaceWorks can be contacted directly at info@paceworks.com or through their Web site at http://www.paceworks.com . SystemSoft Inc. SystemSoft is headquartered in Fukuoka, JAPAN. Founded in 1979, SystemSoft localizes, develops, markets, promotes, advertises, manufactures, sales, supports software products on both Macintosh and Windows platforms. SystemSoft distributes localized products of Adobe Systems Adobe Systems Incorporated (pronounced a-DOE-bee IPA: /əˈdoʊbiː/) (NASDAQ: ADBE) (LSE: ABS) is an American computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California, USA. , Claris, Connectix, Edmark, Macromedia, Quark, Symantec and more. SystemSoft can be contacted directly by fax at 81-92-732-1579, and on the internet at proposal@systemsoft.co.jp . Additional information is available in Japanese language at SystemSoft Web site http://www.systemsoft.co.jp . Note to Editors: PaceWorks, ObjectDancer and Vectorium are trademarks of PaceWorks, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks may be property of their respective owners. CONTACT: McLean Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Jessie Brumfiel, 415/513-8800 jb@mcleanpr.com |
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