Sonic Foundry Announces Launch of Vegas Video; Vegas Video Offers an Integrated Desktop Solution with State-of-the-Art Video and Audio Editing.Business & Technology Editors MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 10, 2000 Sonic Foundry Sonic Foundry is the former developer of various media software suites, which were purchased by Sony in late 2003. Sonic Foundry's current product line consists of the webcasting, presentation software Mediasite. (R), Inc. (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :SFO SFO (in Britain) Serious Fraud Office ), the leading developer and marketer of digital media and Internet software tools, services, and systems, today announced the release of Vegas(TM) Video, a non-linear, digital video and audio editing Audio editing is the process of taking recorded sound and changing it directly on the recording medium (analog) or in RAM (digital). Audio editing was a new technology that developed in the middle part of the 20th century with the advent of magnetic tape recording. system designed for video editors working with Digital Video (DV) and video destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. for Internet, Intranet, and multimedia applications. Vegas Video offers unlimited tracks of video and audio, with each track featuring its own A/B A/B Airborne A/B Afterburner (jet engines) A/B Air Blast A/B Answerback A/B Auto-brake A/B Air Bus A/B Afterburning tracks, advanced compositing tools, automatic crossfading, keyframeable filters, transitions, and other effects. Multiple media formats can be added on the same track at the same time without conversion or rendering. To complete the multimedia solution, Vegas Video also hosts the full line of audio processing capabilities from Sonic Foundry's award-winning Vegas Pro audio editing software. In addition, Vegas Video delivers correct aspect ratios that depend on the pixel shape for each medium including D1, D2, and DVCam, deinterlacing, and the ability to render out to broadcast video resolutions. DV capture and print-to-tape tools are included and work directly with the Windows OS and supported 1394/OHCI cards. Vegas Video allows direct save applications to RealSystem(R) 7, Windows Media Microsoft's audio and video framework for Windows, which embraces playback, encoding and streaming. Windows Media Player is the digital jukebox and media player that comes with every version of Windows. (R), QuickTime(TM), MP3, and other popular formats. "It is a natural fit for Sonic Foundry to offer a comprehensive software tool enabling users full video and audio editing and streaming capabilities all in one product, " stated Curtis Palmer, chief technical officer and co-founder of Sonic Foundry, "We are excited about entering this market and feel Vegas Video is the ultimate tool for creating and editing video." About Sonic Foundry: Founded in 1991, Sonic Foundry(R) is a leading developer and marketer of digital media and Internet software tools, services, and systems. Sonic Foundry's award-winning products and services are used worldwide for multimedia and Internet applications, music and audio post-production, broadcast production, and digital content creation The development of newsworthy, educational and entertainment material for distribution over the Internet or other electronic media. See DAMS. . Built on the principle of 'Create, Edit, and Deliver', Sonic Foundry's products and services offer media consumers everywhere the ability to create and capture media, edit the content, and deliver the information via fixed media channels or electronic distribution. Sonic Foundry Media Services(TM), a division of Sonic Foundry, Inc.(R), offers premium solutions for delivering audio and video content online. The division provides the industry's most powerful combination of proprietary technologies that incorporates high-end encoding, webcasting, syndication systems, content and digital rights management, and consulting services. Certain statements contained in this news release regarding matters that are not historical facts may be forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. . Because such forward-looking statements include risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited to, uncertainties pertaining per·tain intr.v. per·tained, per·tain·ing, per·tains 1. To have reference; relate: evidence that pertains to the accident. 2. to continued market acceptance for the Company's products, the Company's ability to succeed in capturing significant revenues from media services, the effect of new competitors in the Company's markets, and other risk factors identified from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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