For Immediate Release

MovieWorks Deluxe Renamed to MediaWorks

Universal Mac Version to be Released this Month

PLEASANTON, Calif., July 9, 2007 - Interactive Solutions, Inc. today announced MovieWorks Deluxe will be renamed to MediaWorks with the launch of the Universal Macintosh version 6.2 in August. In addition to the new update, the company will launch a new website www.mediaworkssoftware.com, a new Product Tour (created with MediaWorks), completely updated Help, and a new “Getting Started” document. The update will be free for registered users of 6.0 or higher.

"MediaWorks is a much better name than MovieWorks for the types of multimedia projects it is able to create! Half of our users are creating amazing "movie-type" productions that are not possible or difficult in other low-end, affordable movie and slide show editors, and the other half are creating high-quality, precisely-timed interactive presentations without the learning curve and expense of other high-end authoring tools,” says Bill LaCommare, President, Interactive Solutions, Inc. “We are all thrilled to finally have a name that better positions our flagship product in the market.”

David Hentschel, legendary Record Producer for Elton John, Genesis and others says, “I looked at all the other software available for authoring my cross-platform multimedia biographical presentation and found each package wanting due to either inadequate features, unnecessary complexity, unreliability, steep learning curves or prohibitive cost. After a quick web search, I came upon MovieWorks Deluxe which I almost discounted due to the fact that its name led me to believe it was only for creating movies. However, literally within minutes of downloading the demo, I was authoring an interactive presentation. MediaWorks is so intuitive and includes all the tools I needed in one very user-friendly package. Furthermore, the finished standalone DVD-ROM looks and performs equally well on Mac OS X and Windows. The name change is a great idea and should help introduce this amazing software application to many new users.”

“The name change to MediaWorks is great news! No name is better to describe its range of capabilities,” says Joe Morris, Technology Director, Gillispie Elementary School and Apple Distinguished Educator. “Our students have used MovieWorks Deluxe for the last 3 years to create clay animation movies and a variety of interactive projects including adventure stories and history reports. MediaWorks, without a doubt, is one of the best interactive, multimedia authoring programs available!”

MediaWorks combines simple-to-use video, sound, animation and paint/photo editors with a powerful multimedia authoring program. Create precisely-timed presentations and a variety of different kinds of movies with unprecedented ease, speed, quality and affordability. Deliver finished presentations on a computer or data CD/DVD, or exported movies on a consumer DVD player, iPod or web page. The five integrated applications (Author, Paint/Photo, Sound, Video & Animator) work together seamlessly, making it easy to incorporate analog (AV) or digital (DV) video, buttons, photos, graphics, animations, 3D, narration, MIDI, MP3, CD music, text and titling, and even Virtual Reality (VR) movies into stunning, professional-quality multimedia productions.

MediaWorks MSRP is $79.95, and installers for Mac OS X and Windows are included on a single CD. MediaWorks is distributed by Academic Distributing in the Education market, and Lab Packs are available in 2, 5, 10, 25 and 100 unit configurations. MediaWorks requires a 500+ MhZ PC running Windows 98 or better, or a Power Macintosh with Mac OS X 10.2 or better. A CD or DVD drive is required, 100 MB or more of available hard drive space and 256 mb or more of RAM is recommended. An analog to digital video capture product, or DV camcorder connected via IEEE-1394 (FireWire) or USB-2 are optional.

About Interactive Solutions
Located in Pleasanton, California, Interactive Solutions was founded in December, 1987. The company's flagship product, MediaWorks (formerly named MovieWorks Deluxe), was awarded "Best Budget Multimedia Authoring Tool" by Presentations Magazine, was a finalist for Best Consumer Software Application from Macworld Magazine in 2005, and received 4 star reviews from Macworld and PC Magazines. MediaWorks has been adopted by numerous school districts in North America due to its unprecedented value, and is also used by professionals and home users worldwide due to its ease-of-use, power and high-quality results.

Contact:
Bill LaCommare
President, Interactive Solutions, Inc.
email
or 925-485-0702

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