Sonic Foundry Launches Vegas Video 3.0 at DV Expo 2001

Sonic Foundry[R] Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFO), a leading provider of rich media software, systems and services, today announced that its Software Division has released Vegas[R] Video 3.0, the newest version of Sonic Foundry's award-winning professional desktop video and audio editing system. The latest release includes many new innovative features and advances in the world of multimedia content development, from fast and efficient DV capture and editing, to multiple output formats for Web publishing, broadcast, and DVD. This program is designed for digital video producers, videographers, production houses, multimedia content developers, audio engineers and corporate trainers. Vegas Video offers support for many OHCI-compatible IEEE 1394 DV devices and provides high-quality output options to render projects in various formats including: DV, MPEG-1 and 2, Real Media, Windows Media and Quicktime formats, uncompressed D1 for broadcast, NTSC, PAL and Red Book audio CDs [featuring Sonic Foundry's CD Architect technology].
"Vegas Video 3.0 was designed to create an all-in-one desktop video and audio editing system with unparalleled performance and quality," said Brad Reinke, Senior Vice President and General Manager - Software Division. "It takes the best of Vegas[R] Video 2.0 and adds powerful new features such as enhanced video effects and generators, VideoCD and Multimedia CD burning, batch capture, Red Book Audio CD mastering and much more. Additionally, Sonic Foundry continues to provide the most robust audio capabilities found in any DV editor by incorporating our Vegas Audio multitrack recording and editing system seamlessly into this product. Vegas Video 3.0 puts cutting-edge video and audio technology into the hands of media production professionals worldwide."

New Features in Vegas Video 3.0 include:

• New Video Effects — Lens Flare, Light Rays, Film FX, Color Curves, Mirror, Remap, Deform, Convolution, Linear Blur, Black Restore, Levels, Unsharp Mask, Color Grad, and Timecode Burn filter.
• Batch Capture with Automatic Scene Detection — Capture DV with automatic scene detection, batch capture, tape logging, still image capture and thumbnail previews.
• Red Book Audio CD Mastering with CD Architect[TM] Technology — Burn professional-quality Red Book audio CD masters directly from the Vegas timeline, with ISRC, UPC, and PQ list support.
• New Sonic Foundry DV Codec — This high-quality DV codec developed by Sonic Foundry offers pristine colors, sharp images, artifact-free compositing, and DV chromakeying.
• DV Print-To-Tape From The Timeline — Print finished projects, with bars and tone, to DV cameras and decks from the Vegas timeline.
• Windows Media[TM] File Editing — Create and edit Windows Media[TM] files in Vegas Video 3.0.
• New MPEG Encoding Tools — The new MPEG plug-in in Vegas Video produces superior MPEG-2 files for DVD productions, with significantly faster render times.
• Dynamic RAM Previewing — Temporary RAM/render-free previews allow quick analysis and tweaking of complex video FX without time consuming rendering.
• VideoCD and Data CD Burning — Burn your project directly to VideoCD for playback on most DVD players, or data CD for playback on your computer's CD-ROM.

Availability And Pricing
The MSRP for Vegas Video is $599.95 and is offered direct from Sonic Foundry for $419.97 as a download, $479.96 for boxed product or from select retail stores nationwide.