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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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