Sonic Foundry Announces Launch of Vegas Video

Sonic Foundry, Inc. (Nasdaq: SOFO), the leading developer and marketer of digital media and Internet software tools, services, and systems, today announced the release of Vegas[TM] Video, a non-linear, digital video and audio editing system designed for video editors working with Digital Video (DV) and video destined for Internet, Intranet, and multimedia applications.

Vegas Video offers unlimited tracks of video and audio, with each track featuring its own A/B tracks, advanced compositing tools, automatic crossfading, keyframeable filters, transitions, and other effects. Multiple media formats can be added on the same track at the same time without conversion or rendering. To complete the multimedia solution, Vegas Video also hosts the full line of audio processing capabilities from Sonic Foundry's award-winning Vegas[TM] Pro audio editing software.

In addition, Vegas Video delivers correct aspect ratios that depend on the pixel shape for each medium including D1, D2, and DVCam, deinterlacing, and the ability to render out to broadcast video resolutions. DV capture and print-to-tape tools are included and work directly with the Windows OS and supported 1394/OHCI cards. Vegas Video allows direct save applications to RealSystem[R] 7, Windows Media[R], QuickTime[TM], MP3, and other popular formats.

"It is a natural fit for Sonic Foundry to offer a comprehensive software tool enabling users full video and audio editing and streaming capabilities all in one product," stated Curtis Palmer, chief technical officer and co-founder of Sonic Foundry. "We are excited about entering this market and feel Vegas Video is the ultimate tool for creating and editing video."

A download of Vegas Video Beta is available at:
http://www.sonicfoundry.com/download/step2.asp?DID=213.