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Sep. 26, 2002
Announcing PowerProducer, The Easiest Way to Store and Share Home Movie DVDs and CDs.

CyberLink Features a new and Intuitive solution to produce home movies onto DVDs, VCDs, SVCDs and MiniDVDs

Taipei, Taiwan----September 26, 2002----CyberLink Corp., a leading developer of digital video software and e-learning solutions, announced toady the total wizard style software that enables anyone to produce home movies & photo slideshows. This latest development offers step-by-step guide for users with little time or knowledge of video editing and burning, to produce movies and photos onto CDs or DVDs. With PowerProducer, in just 3 easy steps, users can import photo or video files from video capturing devices, then perform basic editing functions like adding special effects and creating chapters to the video clip. It also features the "QuickBurn" solution, a one-click step to capture video from DV camcorders directly into DVD disks.

According to the Jon Peddie reports, over 1.3 million DVD Recordable drives were shipped in 2001 and anticipated to swell to over 30 million by 2004. "Digital video applications will be one of the stimuli for Media recording growth", stated Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink Corp. "Home users would want to store their home videos into lasting digital disks. Yet they need software solutions with the least learning curve to produce home DVDs or CDs for sharing and storing. PowerProducer is exactly the software to fulfill this need."

PowerProducer is designed with the users in mind. Based on the HTML interface, it features a wizard-style interface with detailed instructions and information to guide users start to finish. According to Alex Weng, Product Manager of PowerProducer, "Even first timers will be able to produce movies with PowerProducer. We want to give them the best out-of-the-box experience."

Main Features of PowerProducer

Auto Capture Device Detection: PowerProducer auto-detects the users' video capture devices and displays the options available only.

  • Complete Wizard-based Interface: The interface features complete guidance through out the whole movie making process. Even the first-timers will be able to operate with ease.
  • Auto-File Separation: Users may pre-set a maximum file size limit, so that PowerProducer will then record until it reached that size and then continue recording subsequent files. A convenient feature for recording large files automatically.
  • SVRT: A proprietary engine in PowerProducer that renders MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and DV-AVI video faster than any other software. With SVRT, only the edited portion(s) of a video file is rendered, which saves time and also preserve the original and un-edited video quality.
  • Interactive Navigation Menus: Special feature that allows users to produce unique navigation menus, selecting from over 40 template designs.
  • Trim, Merge, and Split Video: To remove unwanted sections, splitting video and combining video clips are quick and easy with the slider bar or entering the exact mark-in/out time points in PowerProducer.
  • Photo Slide Shows: User can create stylish photo slideshows with background music with PowerProducer. It comes with tools to set the transition timing, and other display settings, and even background audio tracks can be adjusted.
  • Quick Burn: A convenient one-click function to burn video files right onto CDs or DVDs.
  • i-Help: Built-in help guide located throughout the program, users can click on any I-Help icon and it will display helpful information on terminology, procedures and more.


Versions and Availability
PowerProducer is scheduled to be released in October. It will be available in retail and OEM bundled versions.

About PowerProducer
PowerProducer is a totally wizard style software program that is ideal for today's fast paced society. It enables people to quickly produce their home movies & photos onto CD or DVD, without sacrificing quality and style. PowerProducer is the best way to take those precious moments and transform them into stylish presentations, with customizable menus, that can be viewed or shared with friends and family.


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 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.

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