Taipei, Taiwan----August 27, 2001----CyberLink Corp., a leading developer of digital video and multimedia streaming software, today launches an exciting new competition: The Direct Your Way to Hollywood Contest. As part of CyberLink's special launch programs to present PowerDirector to the video editing software market, this event allows users worldwide to submit their short films or video presentations created on the PC using CyberLink's award-winning video editing software program. This unique program will be held online and is co-sponsored by Lifeview who will be supplying its world renowned PC hardware components as part of the many great prizes awarded to the winning entries. The Web address for this event is http://www.gocyberlink.com/english/event/pd_hollywood/pd_main.htm.
"PowerDirector brings speed and simplicity to the video editing software market, as well as a full set of professional special effects to allow even the novice user to create fantastic movie creations on the PC," notes Manal Ma, Marketing Director of CyberLink. "We look forward to seeing diverse interpretations on short film composition from people all over the world and we invite the online public to vote for their favorite entries at the event site's video gallery."
Free 30-day trial versions of the program are provided to those who don't already own the full version of PowerDirector. The contest will run until October 25 and prizes will be awarded to the top 15 entries with highest cumulative scores based on Internet voting and points awarded for creativity from CyberLink's internal jury of digital video experts.
About
PowerDirector
PowerDirector is a powerful yet easy to use video editing software program allowing
even the novice user to produce professional-looking videos. Derived from CyberLink's
core technology in the area of MPEG-video applications, PowerDirector offers
users the latest advancements in video editing software and a unique video output
production technique called Smart Video Rendering Technology (SVRT). This allows
PowerDirector to provide much faster video rendering than any other video editing
software currently available. Plus, with SVRT users are not only able to output
video in a timely fashion, but also perfectly retain the original quality of
video segments where effects have not been applied. Users can import video content
from DV camcorders (by IEEE 1394), analog video sources via capture devices,
or VCD or non-CSS DVD files. Editing videos is a simple affair with the simple
and flexible user interface to access numerous features and 3-D transitional
effects, allowing the user to create professional-looking movies in a short
time. Plus, because PowerDirector supports numerous video formats, users have
maximum flexibility when producing finished video projects that can be exported
later to DVD, VCD, the Web, or even back to DV tape. Equipped with advanced
operating features, numerous input and output options and superior rendering
technology, PowerDirector is the ultimate tool to easily create fantastic video
productions with today's PC.
About
CyberLink
Founded in 1995, CyberLink Corp. is a world leader and pioneer in bringing advanced
digital video and audio software products to market. The products are categorized
into two major lines: Digital Video Applications and Streaming Multimedia Solutions.
Digital Video Applications focus on providing video/audio playback and recording
capabilities on the personal computer. These award-winning software applications
are ideal solutions for turning today's mainstream computers into powerful home
theaters and digital video centers. The company's Streaming Multimedia Solutions
offer breakthrough technologies to stream and manage high-quality, media-rich
contents over corporate intranets or the Internet. As a result of the company's
solid growth and profitability, CyberLink became a public company in October
of 2000 and is listed on the Taiwan Over The Counter Exchange (OTC: 5203). To
keep up with market demands, CyberLink has operations in North America, Europe
and the Asia Pacific region including Japan. CyberLink's worldwide headquarters
are in Taipei and its Web site is located at www.goCyberlink.com.
CyberLink
programs are available for press evaluation. Please contact Ty Ung or Manal
Ma at press@gocyberlink.com or by
phone at: +886-2-8667-1298, ext. 301 or 303 for more details. High resolution
product photos are available for download at
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