Totally Hip Software Releases LiveStage Professional 3
Posted on 05-31-01
Totally Hip Software Releases LiveStage Professional 3
www.totallyhip.com
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Award Winning Interactive Authoring Tool Now Supports Macintosh and Windows
Vancouver, BC – May 31, 2001 - Totally Hip Software announces the release of its award winning LiveStage Professional 3 QuickTime Authoring
Environment software supporting the new release of QuickTime 5.
LiveStage Professional 3 is the leading QuickTime 5 authoring tool for developers and digital media producers. LiveStage Professional 3 is a comprehensive environment for creating interactive QuickTime movies and video for the Internet, CD-ROM, DVD or anywhere that QuickTime plays.
The addition of a Windows version along with the powerful new features, refined interface and new tutorials and sample projects should solidify LiveStage Professional’s status as the industries leading QuickTime authoring product. The ability to communicate and generate movies with XML and databases strengthens QuickTime and LiveStage Professional’s position as a leading broadband video and interactive web development environment.
QuickTime 5 is an important milestone in the advancement of QuickTime with its advanced feature set including the ability to support Flash 4, XML and database communications as well as component downloading allowing for easy and regular updating and deployment of new features.
Use of Totally Hip Software’s LiveStage Professional continues to become an accepted approach for authoring interactive and video content and integrating many media types into QuickTime movies for web deployment. QuickTime 5 and LiveStage Professional 3 combine to offer one of the best solutions for deploying video in an interactive environment. It’s ability to utilize existing media or content created with other popular media authoring tools including Flash by Macromedia, LiveMotion by Adobe and the many video production tools available continue to draw increased exposure and new users.
Flash developers will especially appreciate the video capabilities and complete QuickTime 5 access afforded with LiveStage Professional 3. Interface refinements, new tutorials and sample projects, upgraded users manual, updated QScript reference guide and availability of additional training seminars will assist designers looking to enter into or expand their capability in highly creative interactive digital media works.
With LiveStage Professional 3 the incredible power and flexibility in creating interactive media is not only better, it’s easier. Some of the new features that the cross-platform version of LiveStage Professional 3 brings to both Windows and Macintosh multimedia authoring customers are: Interactive media skins that allow for delivery of custom interfaces. Flash 4 support for integrating Flash with video and all other QuickTime media types XML support for the dynamic creation of content or movies Server side connectivity for database support and movie generation Over seventy new wired actions to be added to the QScript scripting language Support of new and enhanced QuickTime track and media types Upgraded users manual including reference guide, tutorials and sample projects
Retail pricing for LiveStage Professional 3 is US$899.95. Upgrades for current registered LiveStage Professional 2 users are US$199.95. LiveStage Professional release 3 owners can purchase an alternative Windows or Macintosh license for US$499.95. Totally Hip Software’s extensive price discounts for educational and multiple users are available by contacting sales@totallyhip.com.
Totally Hip Software is now delivering LiveStage Professional 3 for the Macintosh with OS X capability. The Windows version of LiveStage Professional 3 is currently in beta testing and will be available in June of this year.
“The small but talented team, assisted by our incredibly supportive Wired Media Experts and testers, have done an incredible job in getting LiveStage Professional 3 out in such a short time considering QuickTime 5 was only released in April of this year”, said David Dicaire, CEO and President. “We also made the commitment earlier this year to get the Windows version of LiveStage Professional finished and look forward to the successful completion of that achievement when the first Windows package ships in June.”
Totally Hip Software’s mission is give content developers and producers complete creative control by producing software that empowers users to create, produce and deliver the most engaging and interactive experiences on the Web. Totally Hip Software’s products are geared towards the creation of highly interactive media, broadband content and easily working with digital media and video. Totally Hip Software was founded in 1995 and is an award winning developer and marketer of interactive Web development technologies.
Totally Hip is traded on the Canadian Venture Exchange
(www.cdnx.ca) under the trading symbol:THW. © 2001 Totally Hip Software Inc. All rights reserved.
Totally Hip Software Inc.
Per: “David B. Dicaire”
David B. Dicaire, CEO & President
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