Canon Germany and NewSoft demonstrates Presto! VideoWorks 4.5 at IFA

NewSoft, a leading provider of innovative software solution for imaging peripherals is the official bundled software found with Canon Germany¡¦s new DV camcorders ¡V high-end models MV4i and MV4i MC. During IFA (Internationale Funkausstellung) Canon has been exhibiting NewSoft¡¦s Presto! VideoWorks. IFA is the most important international consumer electronics trade fair in Europe. Approximately 50% of the DV Camcorders sold by Canon Germany will use Presto! VideoWorks 4.5 as the video editing solution. NewSoft is forecasting a 30% growth in demand for their video editing products in the European market this year.

¡§We provide software to enhance a user's experience with computer peripherals and consumer electronics," said James Li, President of NewSoft Technology Corporation. "It is our goal to provide solution-oriented products to hardware manufacturers with one-click convenience to the end users. Presto! VideoWorks 4.5 is the perfect solution for digital cameras. It is a wise choice and easy-to-use editing tool for your video devices.¡¨

Later this September JVC Victor will have a booth focusing the DV camcorder and its use at World PC EXPO in Japan. The show will be held between September 19 and 22. In JVC¡¦s booth NewSoft Japan will introduce the DV connection Kit that includes Presto! VideoWorks to show participants.

About Presto! VideoWorks

Supporting the popular Digital Video format, Presto! VideoWorks can be used to control the DV camera, edit the video, and then write the edited video back onto the DV tape. Users can also import video or images through other peripheral devices such as PC cameras, dual-mode digital cameras, or any IEEE 1394 card input device. Presto! VideoWorks also simultaneously captures audio with the video. It all makes for extraordinarily vivid video. It features Magic Touch and VideoFun that apply special effects by using any one of the many included templates.

The Easy Panel has everything arranged step-by-step for easily importing, editing, and creating outstanding multimedia presentations. Create a video sequence and combine separate video files by just dragging the images or videos to the Storyboard and adding transition effects between each clip. The results can be spectacular. It's so easy and so fun. Other technological advances in Presto! VideoWorks include limitless DV capture and DV scene detection. You can even link with image editing software for frame-by-frame editing.

Once you¡¦ve finished editing you can play a preview of a project in real-time without spending time to render preview files. This allows you to immediately see the editing progress and decreases downtime when creating video projects.



System Requirements

The hardware and software required for running Presto! VideoWorks efficiently.
MS Windows 98/98SE/NT4.0/2000/Me
A personal computer with a Pentium II 350 MHz or higher processor
Minimum 50 MB free hard disk space to run the program
At least 16 MB of RAM (preferably 64 MB or above for DV)
A display card supporting 24-bit true color mode
An available PCI slot
CD-Rom drive



Media Capturing
¡PCaptures videos directly from all kinds of video devices in AVI format
¡PCaptures single or multiple frames for further editing
¡PCaptures frames at a definable rate and time limit
¡PSupports index 256 color, 16-bit color and 24-bit true color formats
¡PAcquires still images from TWAIN compatible devices
¡PRecords audio from microphone or line-in input to AVI files
Video Editing
¡PImports various types of media files, including FLI/FLC animation files, MOV, MPEG, AVI, and image files like BMP, TGA, JPG, TIF, PCX, PNG, FPX, WMF, PICT and WAV sound files
¡PSupports and plays ActiveMovie formats such as MOV and MPEG
¡PVideo/audio playback with single-frame stop
¡PSupports SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) time codes (Hours:Minutes:Seconds:Frames)
¡PUser-definable playback display size
¡PImproves video quality with anti-alias and alpha channel technology
¡PComplete video/audio editing functions from all possible video sources such as VCRs, laser disc players, camcorders, and digital cameras
¡PImports image files with alpha channel, like TGA, PNG, and FPX, and automatically produces animation effects such as dissolving between key frames
¡PMedia Browser for previewing thumbnails of media files as well as opened documents for immediate usage
¡PUser-definable Easy Panel for quick execution of often used commands
¡PFilmstrip¡¨ style display for frame-by-frame video editing
¡PStoryboard for combining videos and transition effects using drag-and-drop methods
¡PCombines videos with numerous video transition effects such as multiple-direction wiping, step wiping, Venetian blind, fading, and barn door
¡PJoins video fragments with mixing or chroma effect for special image combination
¡PDrag-and-drop editing for extracting video or combining two video sequences with transition effect, mix, or chroma effect
¡PSupports all compressors supplied by Microsoft Video for Windows, such as Microsoft Video 1 or Intel Indeo Video compression file formats
¡PVideo resizing function to enlarge or shrink video dimensions
¡PPlayback speed adjustment by changing the video frame rate
¡PDirectly adds text captions with definable scrolling path, as well as anti-alias, 3D, and shadow effect
¡PPlenty of video special effects such as fade, mosaic, slant, zoom, hue/saturation, brightness/contrast control, ripple, and swirl to compose perfect video compilations
¡PMagic Touch pen tool to edit portions of specific frames with definable pen shape and size, and various filters such as Mosaic, Emboss, Swirl, Ripple, Sphere, and Hue/Saturation
¡PPrecise frame-by-frame control for video effects; process and preview the results immediately in dialog boxes
¡PAudio special effects such as fade-in, fade-out, echo, and amplitude to match and enhance the video effects
¡PVideo editing functions to cut, copy, extract, or paste insert/overwrite for completing a video sequence
¡PSupports Video Fun templates for easy composition of special video applications, such as video greeting cards
¡PRibbon bar for quick, easy processing
¡PSends AVI files directly by e-mail
¡PLinks to other NewSoft applications installed in the system

ABOUT NEWSOFT
NewSoft Technology Corporation develops, markets, and distributes award-winning imaging and multimedia software solutions, including the Presto! product line of imaging, photo/video editing, OCR software, and OCR development toolkits. Its customers and partners Adobe, Brother, Canon, Epson, Omron, Acer, JVC, Primax, AGFA, Kodak, Plustek, Mustek, NEC and UMAX.





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