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Tuesday April 20, 8:58 am Eastern Time
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SOURCE: Totally Hip Software Inc.
Totally Hip Software Inc. Announces LiveStage(TM) for Windows 95 and NT, the Premier Script Authoring Tool for Apple's QuickTime 4 Introduced at NAB
LiveStage's Unique QScript Authoring Environment unleashes the Interactive Power of Apple's QuickTime 4, the 'Standard in Streaming Digital Video'
LAS VEGAS, April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Booth No. S4639 -- Totally Hip Software Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: THPSF - news; Alberta: THW - news), the premier provider of award-winning QuickTime script authoring tools today announced LiveStage for Windows 95 and NT, with support for Apple Computer's (Nasdaq: AAPL - news) QuickTime(TM) 4 at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention. LiveStage is the only cross-platform script authoring tool available for the Mac OS and Windows 95 and NT platforms that allows developers to script highly compressed, interactive QuickTime 'wired sprite' movie content for delivery with Apple's QuickTime Streaming Server.
Apple Computer introduced the QuickTime Streaming Server software at NAB and it is making the technology available as 'Open Source' to all developers. By doing this, Apple is significantly lowering the cost of streaming digital video and audio on the Internet, bypassing costly proprietary server software from other vendors. This will drive the demand for Web sites to deliver engaging 'rich media' QuickTime streaming movies, and subsequently increase the demand for robust QuickTime authoring tools such as LiveStage.
LiveStage, the next-generation QuickTime Authoring tool seamlessly integrates existing raster and vector image and video content created with popular tools such as Adobe Photoshop(TM), Adobe ImageReady(TM), Adobe ImageStyler(TM), Apple Final Cut Pro(TM), Totally Hip WebPainter and other tools. It is also completely compatible with popular Web page authoring tools such as BBEdit(TM), Adobe GoLive(TM), Microsoft FrontPage(TM), NetObjects Fusion(TM), and Macromedia Dreamweaver(TM) and others.
Apple Computer is demonstrating QuickTime 4's interactive 'wired sprite' capabilities at NAB and on Apple's QuickTime site by showing off an entertaining 'QuickTime logo' game created with LiveStage by Apple and Michael Shaff, of Small Hands Inc. This 'wired sprite' game is available at the following URL: apple.com
''LiveStage is the only QuickTime authoring tool that allows me script control over QuickTime 4's MP3 audio and streaming video capabilities to make my movies completely interactive. The introduction of LiveStage for Windows will help bring QuickTime 4's interactive 'wired sprite' capabilities to the widest possible audience of developers,'' says Michael Shaff, President, Small Hands Inc. of La Honda, CA. ''Unlike costly presentation based authoring tools that provide very limited access to QuickTime, LiveStage is low cost at $199 USD, and provides a powerful, feature packed command set with QScript, allowing developers to gain complete script control over QuickTime's powerful media instruction set. I recommend LiveStage to all serious Web developers, especially Macromedia Flash developers, because Totally Hip will provide scripting access support for Flash (.swf) open file format in QuickTime 4.''
LiveStage compiles highly compact, interactive 'rich media' movies for quick delivery with QuickTime 4's streaming audio and video capabilities. Extremely cool interactive user-interfaces, Button Rollovers, even interactive MP3 audio custom players -- complete with streaming video and Macromedia(TM) lash(TM) file support, fun interactive games, education and CBT, and extremely small 'rich media' ad banners for e-commerce can be easily created with LiveStage.
For more information on the LiveStage for Windows 95 and NT platforms or Mac OS, visit Totally Hip's Web site at:
(http://www.totallyhip.com). LiveStage is available for an SRP of $199 USD and it includes the award-winning WebPainter 3 software.
Totally Hip Software Inc., founded in 1995, provides a complete interactive QuickTime solution including authoring software, streaming server and content services for Web Broadcasting, e-Commerce, Education and Distance Learning. The Company is traded on the Alberta Stock Exchange.
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The Alberta Stock Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved of the contents of this press release.
SOURCE: Totally Hip Software Inc. |
