NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release:

StageTools Releases
MovingPicture v5.0

Pan and Zoom Software for Animation of Still Images gets even better in it's 5th year with MacOS Panther support

(Middleburg, VA – December 3, 2003) --  StageTools has released version 5.0 of MovingPicture, their popular  image pan and zoom software for nonlinear editors. 

Version 5.0 of MovingPicture adds a number of user-requested   productivity enhancements, including MacOS 10.3 (Panther) support, 16:9 letterbox display, automatic show timing changes, expanded shortcut keys, image tinting, enhanced image filtering, and support for a number of new editors.

"MovingPicture has evolved into the fastest and easiest way to move stills on nonlinear editors." said StageTools founder Bill Ferster. "We owe a big debt to our users, whose continual suggestions over the past five years have honed it into the highly productive tool it is today."

MovingPicture is a tool for producers and editors to pan and zoom on high-resolution still images. It takes scanned images up to 8,000 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, documentary film producers, schools, corporate and event videographers, including: ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, BBC, PBS, Discovery, LifeTime, A&E, and the legendary 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 the following editors: After Effects, Avid, dpsVelocity, edit, Final Cut Pro, Media 100, Pinnacle, Premiere, RexEdit, and SpeedRazor. A freestanding Mac or Win version is also available. MovingPicture supports all Windows and Macintosh based systems. 

A fully functional evaluation copy can be downloaded from the website: www.stagetools.com. The MovingPicture Plug-In is priced at $199. As always, 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.com

Images:

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

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