NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
StageTools Releases
MovingPicture v4.0Pan and Zoom Software for Animation of Still Images in NLEs. Includes Alpha support and 3D Camera moves.
(Middleburg, VA – December 9, 2002) -- StageTools has released version 4.0 of its popular MovingPicture image pan and zoom software.
New features include the ability to use the alpha channel in images for high-quality floating logos and special effects, the ability to rotate the camera in 3 dimensions to achieve "skewed" effects, support of MacOS 1.2 (Jaguar), and a host of productivity enhancements.
"This release offers some very powerful ways of animating still images without losing the ease of use MovingPicture is famous for" said StageTools founder Bill Ferster. "There are some new features that have streamlined the process of making smooth moves on stills, while still allowing direct control of eases and other important options."
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, MSNBC, Discovery, LifeTime, A&E, and Ken Burns.
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 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, for both MacOS 9 and X based systems.
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.
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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
