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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