NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
StageTools Releases
MovingPicture v3.09Pan and Zoom Software for Animation of Still Images in NLEs. New Support for All Mac OS X based editors.
(Middleburg, VA – September 16, 2002) -- StageTools has released version 3.09 of its highly acclaimed MovingPicture image pan and zoom software.
New features include support of native Photoshop PSD files, image preparation options, fully adjustable eases, batch rendering, and a host of other productivity enhancements.
StageTools also announced Mac OS X support for all Macintosh editors, including Avid, After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Media100 and Premiere, as well as Apple iMovie compatibility.
MovingPicture is a tool for documentary and industrial filmmakers to pan and zoom on high-resolution images. It takes scanned images up to 4,000 pixels and allows for perfectly repeatable pans and zooms directly from a Windows or Macintosh computer or as a plug-in to most nonlinear editors.
MovingPicture is widely used by broadcasters, documentarians, schools, corporate and event videographers, including: ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, BBC, PBS, NOB, MSNBC, Discovery, LifeTime, Harvard, Yale, Tufts, Apple, Microsoft, the New York Mets, Crawford Communications, Henninger Media, Foote Cone and Belding, DDB and MatchFrame Video.
MovingPicture is very simple to use. The image appears on the screen. Dragging and sizing a framing box icon on top of it changes the view, adding key frames onto the timeline. Editor's can preview the motion in real time without any rendering, so the design process is very rapid. The moves can be previewed in real time, and finally rendered in high quality without ever leaving the editor’s timeline. Motion is field-rendered at sub-pixel accuracy, so motion is very smooth, and in full 32-bit color.
MovingPicture can also create Macromedia Flash files, creating dynamic image animations that require in the same amount of download time as a typical Jpeg file.
MovingPicture is available for Windows-based editors including After Effects, Avid, dpsVelocity, Discreet edit, FASTStudio Premiere, RexEdit and SpeedRazor. Macintosh versions are available for After Effects, Avid, Final Cut Pro, Media 100, and Premiere. A fully functional evaluation copy can be downloaded from the website: www.stagetools.com. The MovingPicture Plug-In is priced at $199. Registered users can upgrade at no charge.
StageTools also announced a special offer on MovingChart for Windows at $99 until the end of the year. MovingChart is a tool to create high-quality 3D charts and graphs into AVI movies. You can easily animate the data, as well as the chart itself in full three dimensions.
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For More Information:
Bill Ferster
StageTools
(540) 592-7001
bferster@stagetools.com
www.stagetools.comImages:
A MacOSX screen shot is available at: www.stagetools.com/macOSXplugin.jpg
A Windows screen shot is available at: www.stagetools.com/fullplug.jpg
The MovingPicture logo is available at: http://www.stagetools.com/mlogo128.gif
The StageTools logo is available at: http://www.stagetools.com/slogo128.gif
