Videonics ships enhanced PowerScript character generator.CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 28, 1997--Videonics Inc., (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :VDNX) began shipping an upgraded version of its PowerScript standalone character generator (1) Circuitry that converts data characters into dot patterns for a display screen. (2) A device that creates text characters that are superimposed onto video frames. in March. The new user-installable PowerScript version 1.1 software significantly enhances functionality and performance, with no increase in price (SRP SRP - A data link layer protocol. : $3,000). Videonics will upgrade current PowerScript owners at no charge by exchanging their PC Card (PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association, San Jose, CA, www.pcmcia.org) An international standards body and trade association that was founded in 1989 to establish a standard for connecting peripherals to portable computers. PCMCIA created the PC Card. See PC Card. memory card). Additionally, the company is extending its warranty on PowerScript units upgraded to Version 1.1 to March 1, 1999. The new PowerScript 1.1 offers the following performance and feature enhancements: -0- -- Greater Speed -- New Power Menus: the power user can now easily operate on his project with a simplified toolbar A row or column of on-screen buttons used to activate functions in the application. Many toolbars are customizable, letting you add and delete buttons as required. Toolbars may be fixed in position or may float, which means they can be dragged to a more convenient location in the menu structure, allowing for faster project entry or edits. -- Improved Menus: Menu text entry areas are larger and easier to read, have smart positioning -- they remember how they were positioned on the screen from project to project. -- Overall Performance Gains: Display speed is increased; rolls and crawls are smoother at a broad range of speeds; and other operating features have also been improved. -0- PowerScript 1.1 is an advanced standalone PostScript video character generator designed for broadcast, video production, multimedia, industrial and videography vid·e·og·ra·phy n. The art or practice of using a video camera. vid  e·og applications. It offers features and performance previously available only in units costing tens of thousands of dollars and has become an indispensable tool for a wide range of videographers and post-production professionals. PowerScript displays extremely high-quality anti-aliased titles and offers the broad range of features supported by the PostScript display technology, including a wide range of character manipulation; internally generated graphics; the ability to import most EPS-format graphics; roll, crawl, animation and effects; extensive computer interface capabilities and more. Videonics is a leading designer of affordable, high-quality, digital video post-production equipment. Videonics' products are used by videographers, business, industry, education and videophiles; they are also used in the broadcast, cable, video presentation and video conferencing See videoconferencing. (communications) video conferencing - A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. markets. The company manufactures standalone and personal-computer-based hardware and software products that edit and mix raw video footage and add 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. and titles. Products include edit controllers, video and audio mixers, video processors, character generators, multimedia software, frame synchronizers, time base correctors, sync generators, transcoders, distribution amplifiers and routing switchers. The company has its headquarters in Campbell. Its stock is traded on the NASDAQ National Market System under the symbol VDNX. Further information on Videonics may be obtained from the company's SEC filings, visiting the company's Web page at http://www.videonics.com/, or by contacting the company directly. -0- Note to Editors: PowerScript is a trademark of Videonics, Inc. PostScript is a trademark 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. , Inc. CONTACT: Videonics, Inc. Jim McNeill, 408/866-8300 |
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