FREAK'IN AWESOME AND NOW THIS...
Totally Hip ships "the only" Windows QuickTime Authoring Tool
LiveStage 1.0 for Windows Now Available
VANCOUVER, June 22 /CNW/ - Totally Hip Software Inc.
Alberta Stock Exchange: THW
Totally Hip Software Inc. (Alberta Stock Exchange: THW) announces that
LiveStage(TM) 1.0 for Windows 95/98/NT is now available for purchase. The
product is available at an introductory price of US $199.95 until June 30,
1999 when the SRP will be US $299.95.
What's the buzz about LiveStage for Windows? It is the only
cross-platform QuickTime authoring environment available today for scripting
interactive rich media applications. This means developers can create
interactive content on either the Windows or Macintosh platform using
LiveStage(TM) and have it play back using a QuickTime(TM) plug-in on either
platform in most web browsers. The interactive content can be delivered or
viewed on the Internet, CD-ROM, PDF file, Microsoft Office(TM) product, email
attachment or anywhere that a QuickTime movie can be embedded.
What are the applications for LiveStage? The application is anywhere
users want to turn static media into interactive rich media content, or
control any of the QuickTime media types. Some of the early applications are;
e-commerce such as interactive add banners; product marketing such as
advertising, branding games, puzzles and allowing customers to interact
visually with the products; education such as interactive learning and
distance education; web developers for creating interactive web sites;
interactive video creators for allowing interactivity with video content;
control of 3D, VR, and all other QuickTime media types. The applications are
endless for anyone wanting to create compressed interactive content with easy
delivery and playback.
LiveStage and Rich Media? Traditional media such as film, video, sound
and photography have been used on television, radio and in print. Only
recently has the Internet gained prominence and with this the ability to
interact with the media rather that the traditional one-way presentation,
hence the emergence of 'rich media'. The interactivity available using
LiveStage(TM) allows the presenter the capability to invite, and retain the
viewer, and allows the viewer to choose the level and location of interaction.
This is why LiveStage(TM) is a leading tool for the creation of rich media
content. Viewers can now be immersed in a truly interactive experience over
the Internet.
What are the benefits of LiveStage? The various components of
interactive rich media have been available for some time however their file
sizes were often too big to be used effectively for the Web and streaming
capability did not exist. The technology behind both QuickTime and
LiveStage(TM) now allows creation of highly compressed interactive content
allowing blazingly fast delivery and content which now can be streamed over
the Internet and be made interactive without recipients being subject to large
file downloads, frequent plug-in updates or user fees. This is achieved by
the script capabilities of vector-based sprites and digital hot spots in
LiveStage(TM).
What are the key features of LiveStage? It has all the tools a developer
needs to turn static media into an interactive theatre;
- The ONLY product which enables access to all the capabilities of
QuickTime wired sprites utilizing the scripting language QScript(TM)
by Totally Hip allowing virtually unlimited flexibility and creativity.
- Ability to assemble vector and bitmap graphics and animations with
sound and interactivity.
- Allows animation along paths or ability to manipulate images over time
either visually or numerically.
- Easy integration of both background soundtracks and interactive sound
triggering.
- Works with popular Web design and traditional publishing and graphic
tools.
- Sample scripts and projects to help users start producing cool
interactive content.
- Allows the creator to 'lock' their content within the movie file
providing a level of security for images, sounds, videos and scripts
not available via other plug-ins.
Why QuickTime? It is the leading media plug-in and QuickTime movies can
play in any program that embeds or supports QuickTime. QuickTime is classed
as the dominant and best multimedia architecture in the world including being
one of the most popular browser plug-ins on the Internet. Since its release
in April over 5 million users have directly downloaded QuickTime 4 which
contains streaming media capability. Industry giants such as Lucasfilm,
Pixar, Disney, Microsoft, Apple and CNN use QuickTime to deliver digital
media. QuickTime is the standard for delivery of rich media, digital video
and streaming media.
Why is LiveStage leading the interactive Internet market? It is
un-matched as a tool for the creation and delivery of interactive content.
No other product allows you to integrate various technologies such as sprites,
movies, sounds, instruments, MIDI, MP3, 3D, VR under a single interactive
control. It will soon be a product standard for developers wanting to create
and deliver interactive rich media content. No other product can match the
cross-platform interactive capabilities of LiveStage(TM) 1.0.
Totally Hip Software Inc., founded in 1995, is a developer and marketer
of interactive Web development tools, including its award-winning
LiveStage(TM) and WebPainter(TM) software. The Company is traded on the
Alberta Stock Exchange (Trading Symbol: THW). (c) 1999 Totally Hip Software
Inc. All rights reserved.
The Alberta Stock Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved of the
contents of this press release.
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For further information: Corporate Communications 1-800-416-6320,
info@totallyhip.com
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