NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
StageTools Releases
MovingPicture v3.0Software for Animation of Still Images from NLE Editors
Now with Mac OS X Support for Final Cut Pro(Middleburg, VA – March 1, 2002) -- StageTools has released version 3.0 of its highly acclaimed MovingPicture still image animation software, now with Mac OS X support.
New features include Motion-blur, Timeline scrubbing, Multi-image Flash output, increased performance and a host of productivity enhancements.
StageTools also announced support for Apple's new OS X operating system. "We will be releasing OS X versions of all of our Mac plug-ins" said StageTools founder, Bill Ferster "as OS X compatible editors are released on the market, starting immediately with Apple's Final Cut Pro v3.0 and Adobe's After Effects v5.5."
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 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 widely used by broadcasters, documentarians, corporate and event videographers and 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.
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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
