To: Pete Mason who wrote (363 ) 11/7/1997 8:41:00 AM From: BillyG Respond to of 846
CARPINTERIA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 1997-- MetaCreations Corp. (Nasdaq:MCRE) Thursday announced it is shipping Final Effects for Ulead's MediaStudio Pro 5.0. Already established for video editors and digital artists, Final Effects for MediaStudio Pro ships with new drag and drop features and an interactive real-time preview that displays full-frame updates, allowing dynamic control over every aspect of a video composition. Designers can easily create magical-looking motion graphics with workstation-quality special effects. Running on Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0, Final Effects for MediaStudio Pro brings 12 new video features to the editing desktop. Effects such as Pixel Polly, which breaks images into polygons to create a shattered glass effect, or Sphere, which wraps video images into a spherical shape, exponentially expand the video artists' creativity. "We're pleased that third-party vendors such as MetaCreations see the incredible value built into Ulead MediaStudio Pro and have prepared their products to support our customer base," said Steve Stautzenbach, director of sales and marketing for Ulead Systems. "We believe this support indicates a healthy, viable market for professional video products at the desktop level." "MetaCreations has a long history of creating top-of-the line plug-ins for leading software developers," said Frank Casanova, MetaCreations' vice president of product management and design. "By making Final Effects available for MediaStudio Pro, MetaCreations will now reach a much broader audience of digital video artists than ever before." System Requirements, Pricing & Availability Final Effects for MediaStudio Pro 5.0 is available now for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0, and requires a Pentium processor, Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0, 16 MB of available RAM, CD-ROM drive, 16-bit video, Windows compatible display adapter and a Windows compatible pointing device. Suggested retail price is $199. Customers can call 800/459-5188 for more information. MetaCreations, the visual computing software company, designs, develops, publishes, markets and supports software tools and enabling technologies for creating, editing and manipulating computer graphic images, digital art and web content on the desktop for both professionals and consumers. Working with distributors in North America, Europe and Asia, MetaCreations' professional and consumer software is available in more than seventy countries. The company's headquarters is located in Santa Barbara County at 6303 Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria, Calif. 93013; Tel: 805/566-6200; Fax: 805/566-6385. The company also has significant operations in Scotts Valley, Calif., and Princeton, N.J. MetaCreations' International Operation Center is located at Wilson House, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Ireland; Tel: 353-1-662-9333; World Wide Web server: metacreations.com . -0- NOTE: Final Effects is a trademark of MetaCreations Corp. MediaStudio Pro is a registered trademark of Ulead Systems Inc. Windows is a registered trademark. Windows 95 and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corp. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. 1997 MetaCreations Corp. All rights reserved. --30--RJ/la* MEM/la CONTACT: MetaCreations Corp., Carpinteria Kevin Clark, 408/430-4218 kclark@metacreations.com Teresa Bridwell, 805/566-6274 teresab@metacreations.com -