CyberLink StreamAuthor 2.0 Offers Corporations Powerful Yet Easy-to-Use Tools to Create Media-Rich E-Training Content

"In today's information driven business environment, more and more corporations will seek superior e-learning solutions to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their corporate communications and training programs," states Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink Corp. "Using rich-media training content eliminates the travel and logistical costs of classroom based training, and provides a more economic way to deliver time-critical information to employees, partners, suppliers and customers with maximum speed, impact, and consistency."

StreamAuthor 2.0 makes it easy for corporate users to take live or pre-recorded video and easily synchronize it with existing PowerPoint slides, other Microsoft Office documents, HTML pages, still images, and more to create rich-media presentations for corporate communications and training programs. It offers a user-friendly interface, along with a complete set of powerful authoring tools that will ensure that even novice users achieve quick turnaround times in creating rich-media training presentations. Publishing is also made simple with StreamAuthor 2.0's flexible output options that allow users to post their productions directly to the Internet or corporate intranets, a local PC hard drive, or even onto a CD or DVD.

By simplifying the process of assembling training content materials and with the ability to integrate various file formats and media resources, StreamAuthor is a solution that any corporation can immediately implement into existing training programs to ensure fast, impactful and consistent sharing of knowledge resources in today's rapid paced business environment. Here is a run-down of StreamAuthor 2.0's powerful, but simple-to-use features:

Powerful Tools to Create Rich-Media Presentations
StreamAuthor 2.0 allows recorded video footage of speakers and instructors to be synchronized with various media files to create high-impact, rich-media presentations for corporate training and communications.

• Live Presentation Mode allows the user to directly synchronize PowerPoint slides with video from a live (real-time) presentation in a conference room or classroom, while maintaining all of the slide transitions and effects from the actual presentation.
• Live Studio or File Studio mode allows rich-media presentations to be created from any desktop or notebook PC. Recorded video files can not only be synchronized with Microsoft PowerPoint, but also Word, Excel, Adobe PDF, Flash files, and more.
• Users can also select from 39 different presentation design templates or create their own customized versions.
• To give a more dynamic and effective viewing experience for the audience users can even draw onto the presentation pages via the new Pen tool feature in version 2.0.
• StreamAuthor 2.0 also gives the user the ability to attach reference materials (PowerPoint files, Word documents, etc.) and or URLs to the presentation so that the learner can easily and instantly access more information.

Capture Video With Ease
With StreamAuthor 2.0, capturing and synchronizing video and audio with media files is simple due to the product's wide ranging support for various video import devices.

• PC Cameras, Camcorders, TV Tuner Cards and DV Camcorders via IEEE 1394 Fire Wire are supported for video capture onto the PC in StreamAuthor 2.0.
• Designed to provide hassle-free recording, users don't have to record a presentation again from the very beginning if they make mistakes during the recording process. Unwanted sections can be easily removed and StreamAuthor will seamlessly connect the mistake-free video clips into one video file.
• StreamAuthor 2.0 can easily screen capture the mouse movements and running software applications on the monitor into streaming video files, a feature well suited for creating software training presentations.

Support for Various File Formats
StreamAuthor 2.0 features vastly improved support of audio and video file formats that allow users to assemble complete training presentations from virtually any media or document files.

• StreamAuthor 2.0 has the ability to import, edit and output the latest digital video file formats such as popular MPEG-1 & 2, WMV and AVI video files.
• MP3, WAV and WMA audio files are supported to allow users to add recorded audio for background or narration on any created presentation.
• StreamAuthor can import and synchronize Microsoft Office documents (PowerPoint?, Word?, Excel?) and/or Adobe PDF, HTML and Flash? files to create more dynamic and informative presentations.

Efficiently Edit Content
The new simple-to-use timeline based user interface allow users to drag-n-drop media files onto a timeline, preview the synchronization and instantly adjust the timing points to their liking.

• StreamAuthor 2.0's new "timeline" allow users a simple and convenient way to assemble or cut and merge video clips. With just one click, user can trim off beginning and end points of their video or cut out unwanted sections in the middle.
• To offer users more flexibility in enhancing their presentations, StreamAuthor 2.0 has added over 100 different transition effects that can be inserted between clips.
• Users can easily add or adjust the components of an existing table of contents (TOC). These modifications can include changes to the wording, size, and font type.
• Through the use of special adjustment menus, users can control the brightness, saturation, and contrast of the video picture to their liking, as well as the volume level.

Publish Content With Total Flexibility
With StreamAuthor 2.0, users have the option of publishing their rich-media presentations as either Web files or as standalone executable files (EXE) viewable with Windows Media Player 6.4 or above and Internet Explorer 5.0 or above.

• Rich-media presentations can be published to the Web, a corporate Intranet, a shared network drive, a local computer, CDs or DVDs, or to the CyberLink Content Management Server (through the use of CyberLink TCMS).
• With StreamAuthor 2.0, users will also have an effective tool for creating surveys, which can be included with the presentation and returned by the learner via e-mail, allowing the person who developed the presentation to measure the effectiveness of the training content and return on investment.
• StreamAuthor 2.0 allows users to create and save their output destination paths and settings in the "Destination Library". By saving the output destination, users can make the process of publishing content to the same location much easier and quicker.

Availability
StreamAuthor 2.0 is currently available directly from CyberLink. Various editions are available to provide customized solutions for your e-training needs. Please contact us to consult with a sales representative. More detailed product information is available at the StreamAuthor 2.0 Product Page.

About CyberLink Corp.
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 Entertainment and e-Training Solutions. Digital Video Entertainment products 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 e-Training Solutions offer breakthrough technologies to stream and manage high-quality, media-rich content 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.

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