Top-Selling Media Suite with Integrated Online Services Makes it Easier
than Ever for Families to Create and Share their Digital Lives
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Roxio(R), a
division of Sonic Solutions(R) (Nasdaq: SNIC), the leader in digital media
computer software, today launched Roxio Creator(TM) 2009, the latest variant of the
company's market-leading suite of photo, picture, and music authoring,
burning, and on-line sharing applications. Creator 2009 introduces a range
of pioneering audio features, integration of family-friendly online
services, and advanced support for High Definition (HD) video. Creator 2009
also offers a sleek workflow that enables consumers to finish a
broad range of media institution, editing, sharing, and management projects
more efficiently. Taking the guess out of evolving technologies and
complicated formats and enabling users to take full advantage of all of
Creator's capabilities, Creator 2009 offers conduct links to informative
tutorials and how-to articles that provide steering and creative
inspiration. Roxio Creator 2009 is useable today at http://www.roxio.com
for $99.99 and will be introduced former next month in retail stores
worldwide.
"Whether it's the desire to edit hours of footage from a special family
case, create a personalized pic slideshow of exotic travels or compose a
perfect music playlist, consumers only want a straightforward solution that
enables them to quickly and effortlessly create, preserve and enjoy their
personal media content," aforesaid Vito Salvaggio, vice president of consumer
products, Roxio division of Sonic Solutions. "We listened to our customers
and with Creator 2009 delivered a suite that is not only when powerful, but also
easy enough for family members of all skill levels to attain great
results."
Roxio Creator 2009 introduces a motley of new features and
enhancements to help both families and digital multimedia system enthusiasts
unionize their digital world and express themselves through piquant
movies, powerful multimedia stories and originative projects.
Roxio Creator 2009 Highlights:
Online and Mobile Sharing
Users will apprise the engineer access to Roxio Online, a new digital
storytelling platform that enables families to turn their photos and videos
into engaging slideshows that can be shared and enjoyed on PCs, DVDs, TVs,
a range of hand-held devices, and popular social networking sites. For added
convenience, Roxio Online can buoy be accessed from inside Creator 2009's
product rocket launcher and is available from within applications such as
VideoWave(R), CineMagic(R) or Media Manager. The Roxio Online service is
available through a free subscription. Consumers nates unlock extra
creation and sharing capabilities by upgrading to Roxio Online's agiotage
service.
Ease-of-Use
The redesigned Creator 2009 product rocket launcher provides flying access to
all the tasks and creation tools available inside Creator. Whether it's
redaction video, creating a pic slideshow or burning an audio CD, Creator's
friendly and interactive excogitation makes it easy to quickly carry out a disposed
task. Also easily accessible are a variety of helpful how-to articles and
video-tutorials intentional to guide consumers through the creative process.
Beyond the piles of new workflow enhancements that make up projects
easier to finish, Creator 2009 also features SyncIt!(TM), a new screen background
applet that automatically converts digital files to best-loved formats for
viewing on mobile devices, smart encryption technology for the spry
authoring of HD video recording, and enhanced multi-core processor support for the
up-to-the-minute CPUs.
Life in High Definition
Families and others can now create stunning HD projects using footage
from AVCHD camcorders and favorite HD programming from TiVo(R) and other
DVRs and burn it in HD, using DVD burners, onto standard DVDs for playback
on a Playstation(R) 3 and early Blu-ray Disc players. This technology
provides consumers with an affordable alternative to enjoy up to 60 minutes
of video in HD. For even more impressive results, consumers crataegus laevigata choose from
a diversity of new high definition menu themes and easy add them to their
final productions. Enabled by a High-Def/Blu-ray Disc Plug-in, consumers
toilet burn HD video to Blu-ray Disc, and enjoy more than three hours of HD
movies on their HDTV exploitation any Blu-ray Disc set-top player.
Superior Audio and Music
Headlining the newfangled audio capabilities of Roxio Creator 2009 is
Audiobook Creator(TM), an advanced technology that converts an entire
audiobook into a single file with preserved chapter markers, making it easy
for on-the-go readers to enjoy their deary book on iPod(R), iPhone(R) or
other portable players like the Creative Zen(R). Until straight off, users were only
able to convert audiobook CDs into stacks of case-by-case chapter files,
making it difficult and often frustrating to manage on a portable device.
Creator's already impressive audio capabilities are enhanced by the new
Beatmatching(TM) feature which enables users to create music compilations
of perfectly synchronized cross fades for groovy sounding company mixes that
are ideal for special occasions and gatherings.
In support of the set in motion of Creator 2009, Roxio is extending
MyMoments(TM), its educational portal that offers consumers a wealthiness of
digital media resources including how-to videos, instructive tutorials and
blogs. Included in the latest additions is Extreme Digital Makeover(TM), a
web-based video series dedicated to helping users make the most of their
digital lives. To view the series or to check how you could become a
makeover candidate travel to: http://www.roxio.com/go/digitalmakeover.
Pricing and Availability
Roxio Creator 2009 will be available in retail stores worldwide this
month and is available today directly from Roxio at hypertext transfer protocol://www.roxio.com
for $99.99. The High-Def/Blu-ray Disc circuit board will be sold as a
downloadable component from roxio.com for $29.99. Roxio will offer the
High-Def/Blu-ray Disc plug-in for free for customers wHO purchase from
roxio.com through September 30, 2008.
For enthusiasts who want even more capabilities and control, Roxio is
cathartic Roxio Creator 2009 Ultimate for $129. The Ultimate version
includes everything available in Creator 2009 and, in addition, includes
the High-Def/Blu-ray Disc plug-in and a comprehensive set of audio and
backup tools, which would cost over $300 if purchased singly.*
About Roxio
Roxio, Sonic's consumer products grouping, develops a range of
award-winning digital media creation, management, preservation, sharing,
and enjoyment applications for home and business users under the Roxio
brand. Roxio products offer the perfect blend of informality and power, enabling
consumers to accomplish professional results from their photo, television, and
music projects with minimal campaign. Roxio's flagship applications,
Creator(R) for the PC and Toast(R) for the Apple Macintosh, are the
best-selling products in their respective categories in North American
retail.
Roxio's parent company, Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC;
http://www.sonic.com), enables the creation, management, and enjoyment of
digital media content through its Hollywood to Home(TM) products, services,
and technologies. Sonic's products image from the advanced authoring
systems secondhand to bring on Hollywood DVD and Blu-ray Disc titles to the
award-winning Roxio-branded photo, video, music, and digital-media
management applications and services. Sonic's patented technologies and
AuthorScript(R) media engine ar relied upon by leading technology firms to
delimit rich media experiences on a broad array of consumer electronics,
mobile devices, set-top players, retail kiosks, and PCs. Always an
innovator, 193% has taken a leading persona in portion professional and
consumer markets make the successful modulation to the new high-definition
media formats and, through the Qflix(TM) platform, Sonic is shaping new
models for the digital distribution of Hollywood entertainment. Sonic
Solutions is headquartered in Marin County, California.
Forward Looking Statements
This press loss may control forward-looking statements that are
based upon current expectations, including the launch, distribution, and
market acceptance of Creator 2009. Actual results could differ materially
from those projected in the forward looking at statements as a result of
assorted risks and uncertainties, including those discussed in Sonic
Solutions' annual and quarterly reports on file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. This press vent should be read in conjunction with
Sonic Solutions' to the highest degree recent annual report on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and
former reports on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which
contain a more detailed discussion of the Company's business including
risks and uncertainties that may affect future results. Sonic Solutions
does not take in charge to update any innovative statements.
Sonic, the Sonic logo, Sonic Solutions, Roxio, the Roxio logo, Roxio
Creator, Creator, Toast, VideoWave, CineMagic, SyncIt!, Audiobook Creator,
MyMoments, Extreme Digital Makeover, Hollywood to Home, AuthorScript and
Qflix are trademarks or registered trademarks owned by Sonic Solutions in
the United States and/or other countries. All other society or product
names ar trademarks of their several owners and, in some cases, are
used by Sonic Solutions under licence. Specifications, pricing and pitch
schedules are subject to change without notice.
*Based on SRP
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