Wave Issue 0307 3/14/03 Article 1-02

***StageTools Releases MovingPicture v4.4
(March 10)

StageTools announced today that it has released version 4.4 of
MovingPicture, the company's image pan and zoom software. Version
4.4 of MovingPicture supports images of up to 8,000 by 8,000
pixels, a 100% increase in rendering speed, support for multiple
processors on both Macintosh and Windows systems, support for
Pinnacle Edition and Liquid Series editors, and other
productivity enhancements.

MovingPicture is a tool that enables producers and editors to pan
and zoom on high-resolution still images. It takes scanned images
up to 8,000 pixels and allows for repeatable pans and zooms
directly from a Windows or Macintosh computer or as a plug-in to
most nonlinear editors.

MovingPicture is used by broadcasters, documentary film
producers, schools, and corporate and event videographers,
including ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, BBC, PBS, Discovery, Lifetime, A&E,
and Ken Burns.

Use of MovingPicture begins when 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. Editors can preview
the motion in real time without any rendering. The moves can be
previewed in real time and finally rendered in high quality
without leaving the editor's timeline. Motion is field-rendered
at sub-pixel accuracy, so motion is smooth and rendered in full
32-bit color.

MovingPicture is available for the following editors: After
Effects, Avid, dpsVelocity, edit, Final Cut Pro, Media 100,
Pinnacle, Premiere, RexEdit, and SpeedRazor. A free-standing
Macintosh or Windows version is also available. MovingPicture
supports Windows, MacOS 9, and MacOS X based systems.

A fully functional evaluation copy can be downloaded from the
StageTools web site. The MovingPicture Plug-In is priced at $199.
Registered users can upgrade at no charge.

www.stagetools.com