NewSoft Enhances Creative Options/Control of Home Movie Making

NewSoft, a leading provider of innovative business and consumersoftware, announced today the immediate availability of Presto! DVDPowerSuite Version 1.1. Expanding the creative capabilities of itsvideo editing and DVD burning solution, PowerSuite V1.1 users willexperience markedly faster MPEG-2 conversion speed, acceleratedrendering, improved performance, enhanced quality, and the added bonusof realtime, on-the-fly burning.

Designed for the growing number of digital camcorder owners who wantto quickly and easily create entertaining home movies on high-qualityDVDs they can share with friends and family, this latest versionsimplifies the movie making experience without sacrificing creativefreedom or performance making the PowerSuite V1.1 an ideal solution forusers of all experience levels. Working with Intel to take advantage ofthe power of the Intel Pentium 4 Processor with Hyper-ThreadingTechnology, Newsoft’s PowerSuite V1.1 empowers users with theability to add surround-sound and format for wide-screen viewing forhome movies with a more engaging home theater experience.

“NewSoft is committed to providing all of the quality featurestoday’s home movie makers need in a single, powerful, economicalDVD editing suite,” says James Li, President of NewSoftTechnology. “Presto! DVD PowerSuite version1.1 is an excellenttool for video editors of all skill and experience levels, and with theaddition of these new features, updates and applets, we hope peoplewill find even more ways to express and share theircreativity.”

Version 1.1 of the PowerSuite also includes two new applets:Ez-Picture and CD Labeler. Ez-Picture provides users with the abilityto edit and crop digital photo images before printing, sending orimporting the images into other artistically inspired projects.Features include tools to reduce redeye, light, color and imagecorrectors; hand editing tools to remove or correct objects and manyother fun and creative tools. CD Labeler is the ideal accompaniment tothe Presto! DVD PowerSuite, enabling customers to personalize their CDand DVD projects to reflect the content of the disc or just theingenuity behind the creator. After creating a unique disc label, userscan print to any standard media label using any printer.

Based on Intel’s Hyper-Threading Technology, Presto! DVDPowerSuite v1.1 offers users the industry’s fastest videorendering capability. Because PowerSuite v1.1 performs the imageanalysis and Mpeg2 compression simultaneously, NewSoft’sPowerSuite is able to offer users higher performance and better qualitythan any other DVD editing suite. Like other editing suites,NewSoft’s PowerSuite v1.1 automatically detects the CPU and usesthe optimized code for encoding. However, in newer Pentium 4 systems,PowerSuite v1.1 further detects whether it would be best for one partof the coding to be performed by the SSE algorithm and another part ofthe coding to be handled by the SSE2 algorithm, thereby reducing theoverall strain and maximizing the power of the CPU.

Presto! DVD PowerSuite v1.1 supports DVD ±R/RW, DVD-RAM inaddition to DVD-Video, DVD+VR, DVD-VR and CD formats. The PowerSuitealso supports Dolby AC-3 5.1 channel and 16:9 widescreen movie effectsso users can playback their home movies on any HD screen. With anadditional free download from DivX, Presto! DVD PowerSuite can be usedto convert files to MPEG 4.

The technology behind NewSoft’s Presto! DVD PowerSuite ensuresoptimized data rate for better video quality through an adaptivevariable bit-rate encoder capable of using a higher data rate forcomplex or fast motion scenes and a lower data rate for simple ormotionless scenes. The PowerSuite also ensures the best possible speedis being used for high quality Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio (PSNR) usinga one-pass streaming algorithm.

NewSoft’s Presto! DVD PowerSuite is a powerful platform thatleads the user through real-time video capturing, on-disc editing,creating animated menus and subtitles, and includes a unique built-inDVD Player offering all the common DVD functions in addition tooffering users the ability to create playlists and set parentalcontrols.

PowerSuite simplifies movie editing with real-time MPEG-2 encodingto all leading video file formats that can be burned to discs on thefly. Users can capture raw video footage directly to DVD±RW orDVD-RAM for immediate direct-to-disc editing, and even inexperiencedusers can add still or motion menu templates, titles, transitions,effects, background music, and DVD menus. The PowerSuite also offersReal-time Preview enabling users to review their video withoutrendering.

To complete this powerful suite, an advanced video editing tool anda media player are included giving more advanced users the ability edittheir video clips using either the storyboard feature or an advancedmode with five separate timeline tracks. Presto! DVD PowerSuite alsoincludes a unique built-in DVD Player with all common DVD functions aswell as the ability to create playlists and set parental controls.

The PowerSuite can also be used to burn data, music, or simply makea personal back-up copy of non-copyrighted educational, multimedia andbusiness software, music CDs, as well irreplaceable personal photo CDsand home video DVDs.

A free 30-day trial of the complete NewSoft’s Presto! DVDPowerSuite V1.1 is now available on the company website:www.newsoftinc.com. Compatible with Windows 98SE/Me/2000 and XPoperating systems, boxed copies are also available throughwww.newsoftinc.com with an Estimated Street Price (ESP) of just$69.95.